Just to check if purchasing UoM can be defined by vendor.

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Well as it says in the title, although I do suspect the answer for this one, but I really wanted to check with everyone so I am safe in my assumptions.
Let's say I manage and sell Orange Juice (the documentation example) by the Litres. Let us say I import Orange Juice from a Californian Vendor in Gallons and from a Mexican one in 100L Barrels.

Does this mean I must have two distinct products for this? Or a variant of the same thing?

Why can't I just define in the lines of the Purchasing tab th

Jaideep · Accepted Answer

You need only 1 product, as the UoM is in the same Category. (Volume in your example)
While defining the product the purchase UoM can be set to only 1 (either gal or L or ml etc), which is defaulted to on the vendor and qty line on the purchase tab. (It does seem to be a limitation.)
However, you can change the qty and UoM on the PO depending on the vendor.
Also, not withstanding the PO UoM, while receiving you can change the UoM as well.

Peter Romão · Answer

Thank you Jaideep,
That's as precise an answer as can be. I concur though, it is a limitation.
After all, one would like to have whatever purchase document one start editing for a certain vendor to default to its predefined settings, like UoM's for its products one pulls into the RFQ, PO, Invoice etc.
Stay safe!

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