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Kris Koeller

In trying to set up Odoo for a friend, I'm trying to figure out the best way to handle this scenario.  

They make home made lip balm.  They buy empty lip balm tubes from amazon. 1 package from amazon has 10 empty tubes. When I make Product - I put Lip Balm Tubes with a quantity of 1 Unit. This is because in the Bill of Materials - I need to use 1 unit of an empty lip balm tube.

Lets say a package of 10 costs $12.99 - so its around 1.29 per tube.  When I build the PO - I select Lip Balm tubes - it shows 1 @ 1.29. I can update the quantity to 10. But if I send this to my vendor - they're going to send me 10 products which is $129.

So what is the best way to show a quanity of 1 to my vendor - and when I receive it - actually show 10 available in stock - and when I run the manufacturing against teh bill of Materials - have it consume 1 tube from inventory?

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Kris Koeller
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Thanks Paresh!  This is what I needed to know. Thank you!!

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Ermin Trevisan

Instead of posting your thanks you'd better upvote the answer and check it as answered :-)

Kris Koeller
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Wished I could :( "don't have enough karma" - otherwise I would

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Paresh Wagh
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Hi Kris:

  1. Go to Inventory > Configuration > Settings and enable the Units of measure setting in the Products section. This will allow you to sell and purchase products in different units of measures.

  2. You can then go to Inventory > Configuration > UoM and define a new UoM called Pack of 10 which is defined as 10 times the Unit UoM. 

  3. Set up the Product (Lip Balm Tube) with a UoM of Unit in the product template and use a UoM of Pack of 10 in the PO.

This will allow you to order in Pack of 10 which is then translated into the corresponding Units for maintaining Inventory and Manufacturing. 

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