Units of measure are used wherever general units are needed for material quantities, wherever resource usage and capacity times are required and wherever monetary values are needed.

The following are some of the areas where the system makes use of units of measure.

General units

•Material quantities for:

•quoting

•buying

•selling

•issuing to works orders

•component quantities to make something

•receiving from a supplier

•inspecting

•dispatching

•stock quantities

•Unit quantities for costs

•Measurements for inspecting.

Time units

•Resource set-up and run times

•Resource capacities

•Resource usage

Monetary units

•Material unit costs

•Credit limits

•Carriage charges

•Resource running costs

•Invoice values

•VAT