Autodesk Fusion Operations allows you to create Units of Measurement (UoMs) and associate them with your Products to accurately track quantities and consumption.
Create Units of Measurement
1. Navigate to Units of Measurement (1) under Products in the Side menu, then click Add Unit of Measurement (2).
2. Fill in the UoM Code and Name.
3. Click Save Unit of Measurement, Save and Continue Editing, or Save and Add Another to create another Unit of Measurement.
Assign a ‘Unit of Measurement’ to a Specific Product
1. Open the Product to which you want to assign a specific Unit of Measurement.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the Product page, select the Units of Measurement tab (1), and choose the Standard UoM (2) from the dropdown menu.
3. Click on Save Product.
Other UoM related fields:
Do you receive your products in a different unit of measurement than your daily use in inventory, production and consumption? Autodesk Fusion Operations allows you to set a specific UoM for receiving, and another for production. Learn more about how to parametrize these differences between ‘UOM - Purchase Orders’ and ‘Standard UoM’, as well as the ‘UOM Conversions Group’, in our article about UoM Conversions.
Unit Weight is a numerical field that defines the weight of each unit of the Product, while UoM - Weight defines the unit used to measure that weight, such as kilograms, grams, tons, pounds, or ounces, etc.
For example, consider a company that purchases boxes of empty glass bottles, where each bottle weighs 90 grams. The Standard UoM can be set to ‘Units’, with a UoM Conversions Group defining that each box contains 6 bottles, UoM - Purchase Orders set to ‘Boxes’, Unit Weight set to 90, and UoM - Weight set to ‘Grams’.
When will the Units of Measurement be used?
After assigning a Unit of Measurement to a Product, it will be displayed on the Inventory screen.
In Inventory Movements, you can also see the Unit of Measurement used for each Product when registering inventory movements.
When adding or viewing a Bill of Materials for a Product, the associated Unit of Measurement will also be displayed.
The same applies when creating a Purchase Order. After selecting a Product, the Purchase UoM will be displayed by default.
Fusion Operations will also display each Product’s Unit of Measurement in several Mobile App options, such as Receiving, Insert Production, Material Staging, Inventory Move, Inventory Pick/Drop, and others.
Unit Weight and UoM - Weight will be displayed when printing the Bill of Lading.
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