You define the base unit of measure and also alternative units of measure and their conversion factors in the material master record.It is usually refer in SAP with MEINS. SAP Alternative Unit of Mesure for Material OverviewAll the Unit are stored in Standard Table T006.In This Table T006, Details of the Unit and the kind of the unit are defined such as Nb of Decimal, Dimension key, Temperature, Pressure Check the table T006A ( Assign Internal to Language-Dependent Unit ) For Unit Description.
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It is useless to look for the base unit in this table. Actually the?Base Unit of measure is only on MARA-MEINS. Convert Mater ial?Quantities to Different Unit of Measure. In order to convert SAP Material Quantities from an unit of Measure to an other or an alternative unit, use the standard function module?MATERIALUNITCONVERSION.
SAP Alternative Unit of MeasureA unit of measure that is defined in the SAP system in addition to the base unit of measure (BUn, base UoM).For example, the base unit of measure might be “pallet” while the alternative unit might be “carton”.: Alternative Units of MeasureIn order to maintain or display this list, open the Material General Data ( MM02 for Change or MM03 for Display), Go to Additional Data (on the top bar), then select the second tap Unit of Measure. Material Alternative Units of Measure OverviewLet’s try to explain how the Units of Measure works. Alternative Unit of Measure for Stockkeeping Unit (X) Denominator for conversion to base units ofDenominator of the quotient that specifies the ratio of the alternative unit of measure to the base unit of measure.