Unit of Measure Considerations for a Material Item Using Microsoft Dynamics AX

Editor's Note: This represents the third of a 3-part article, and is drawn from Dr. Hamilton's recently published books about supply chain management (SCM) in manufacturing and distribution businesses. The books cover the software capabilities within AX 2012 R3 as well as the new Dynamics AX. One book focuses on SCM for Discrete Manufacturing and a second focuses on SCM for Process Manufacturing. The third book applies to both, and covers the major options for Warehouse Management.

Information about material items provides the foundation for managing supply chain activities in distribution and manufacturing businesses. However, the definition of a material item involves many different types of information. In particular, the considerations about units of measure represent a critical aspect for many scenarios, and several unique aspects apply to advanced warehouse management and to process industry scenarios. These topics are reflected in the following sections within the article.

1. Unit of Measure Considerations for a Material Item
2. UM Considerations for Advanced Warehouse Management
3. UM Considerations for Process Industry Scenarios
4. Case Studies

The first article within this multi-part series provided a starting point for the explanation. It covered a typical business process to define a material item, where the typical process requires an understanding of enterprise- versus company-level information about an item. The second article focused on the absolute minimum company-level information in order to use ...