Volumes, weights and strengths

Article • 7/6/2023 • 4 min read

Define your company’s volume, weight and strength units

In the Aptean Beverage Foundation Setup it is possible to select Units of Measure for volume, weight and strength. In addition to Base Units of Measures for each of them, it is also possible to select an Additional Unit of Measure. This setup will be used in:

A Ratio is used to calculate from Unit Volume to the Additional Reporting Volume (and weights):

With this setup, only one volume needs to be registered on the Item Card, the other one is calculated automatically. Besides this, the Item Units of Measure for the both volumes are created automatically, including the Qty. per Unit of Measure.

Before you can use Aptean Beverage Foundation, you must define your units of measure for volumes, strengths, and weights.

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Drink-IT Foundation Setup, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the General FastTab, fill the fields as necessary. Hover over a field to read a short description.

Volumes, weights and strengths on the Item Card

When you finished the Aptean Beverage Foundation Setup for volumes, weights and strengths, you can use them on your products:

  1. Select the Search icon , enter Items, and then choose the related link.
  2. Open the card of the code for which you want to specify the volumes, weights and strengths.
  3. On the Drink-IT Foundation FastTab, fill in fields in the Volume and Weights section and in the Strengths section. Hover over a field to read a short description.
  4. Choose Show more on the FastTab to view or edit additional fields for a third volume and strength.
  5. Choose the Units of Measure action to open the Item Units of Measure page.
  6. Verify that Codes are created as expected.
  7. Verify Qty. per Unit of Measure and Weight for the created codes. The value in the Weight field depends to the choice you made in the Aptean Beverage Foundation setup. You can choose to use the Net Weight (default) or the Gross Weight.

You can change the volume, weight and strength fields on the item card, even when you already used the item in documents, journals and transactions. After your confirmation, lines and entries with the item will be updated.

When you use Aptean Beverage Foundation Management extension in combination with Aptean Beverage Production, you can additionally define strength and volume for the Active Ingredient feature:

  1. Select the Strength and Volume for component items in the fields in the MFB Active Ingredient section.

Fields in Documents, Journals and Entries

Volumes, weights and strengths of items are used in document lines, journal lines, in the item ledger entries and in Aptean Beverage entry tables. The fields are by default hidden but you can make the visible by Personalize the page:

The field names that you see on the pages depend on the Foundation Set Up. When HL is filled in asUnit Volume UOM, the Volume 1 field will be shown as Volume HL. In the Volume * Strength fields, the volume is multiplied with the strength. The result is for instance the liters pure alcohol.