The base order dimension used in Perenso are single units and is the preferred measurement.
However, additional volumes - known as order units - may be created if a product can be sold in specific amounts like dozens (12 units) or gross amounts (144 units).
This option is entirely up to your organisation to add other order dimensions comprised of the base unit.
One of the benefits of utilising an order unit is the ability to assign a different price to it.
For example, the cost of a single unit may equal to $1.00 so an order of 12 units will total $12.00, but if it can be offered at $10.00 per dozen, then this translates to a price of 83c per unit, resulting in a total saving of $2.00 per 12 units.
Perenso will always convert any selected order unit back into single units - so if you elect to order 2 dozen, the interpreted quantity is 24 units.
This makes it much clearer when you are calculating the average cost per unit, otherwise known as comparing apples to apples.
Each order unit will display the price within its own button to help you calculate or upsell additional quantities at a lower cost per unit.
When ordering a quantity that does not fit evenly into an order unit like in the case of dozens, let's say 26 units are requested, Perenso detects that 24 units can also be seen as 2 dozen for it to attract this new price while the 2 remaining units continue to use the standard price.
As a result, the average price per unit will be adjusted accordingly because the price is no longer the same for all units.
You can press the icon in the entered quantity field to reveal how they are divided.
After taking an order and closing the quantity keypad, the sale/NIS price in the product list screen will adjust itself to use the average price per unit if the order line has used an order unit with different pricing than the base unit.
Rounding
If rounding has been enabled on an order unit, a triangular arrow icon will appear on the button.
The quantity is always rounded up to the nearest multiple of the set number, for example, a rounding of 5 units will increase an order quantity of 26 to become 30.
Even though you have enter 26 units, the actual amount in the delivery date is saved as 30.
