In a huge firm, you buy many things and keep them in stock. Customers may request either a limited quantity of products or many products. In such cases, we must convert units. 

Units of Measure Category: allows us to categorize units and make unit conversions easier. 

For using Unit of Measure (UoM) first, we need to configure Unit of Measure category.

Add New Unit of Measute Category

To add a new unit of measure category to your organization:

• Step 1. Go to Settings menu under Manufacturing module from the left sidebar.
  
• Step 2. Select the Units of measure categories menu -> Click on the Add button on the top.
  
  
• Step 3. In the Add category popup, enter the Category name -> click Save button 
    

Create Unit of Measure

The data at this screen will be used for the Bill of materials, Manufacturing order and Products menu.

To add a new unit of measure to your organization:

• Step 1. Go to Settings menu under Manufacturing module from the left sidebar.
  
• Step 2. Select the Units of measure menu -> Click on the Add button on the top.
  
  
• Step 3. In the Add unit of measure popup, fill the following detail 
   
  1. Enter the Unit of measure
  2. Selec the Category: Data is taken from Unit of measure categories
  3. Select the Type: there are three reference types. One is  Reference Unit of Measure for this category, another is Bigger than the reference Unit of Measure and the third is Smaller than the reference Unit of Measure.
  4. Enter the  Rounding Precision,
  5. In the Smaller ratio and Bigger ratio, we must specify the ratio of the specified unit of measure to the given reference unit.
  Units have been set as the reference unit, and we have added a more enormous Bunch than the reference unit. It has a 20:1 ratio. This translates to one Bunch equal to 20 Units, and Stem is equal to units. That means one Bunch equal to 20 Stems
  6. Active: Unchecking this checkboxe disables that specific unit of measure without deleting it. 
• Step 4. Click on the Save button