5.1.9 Unit
Conversion
Unit Conversion refers to number of Sub units per
Main unit. For example, 1 Dozen contain 12 Pieces.
Hence conversion factor between Dozen and Pieces is
12 i.e. number of Sub unit per Main unit.
Conversion factors defined in Unit Conversion master can be used with
any item.
Let us discuss the
relevance of Unit Conversion master
with the help of an example. A Shopkeeper purchases boxes of DVDs wherein each
box contain 50 pieces of DVD. Further when he sells DVDs to customer then he
sells it in pieces. Hence he requires doing transactions of item DVDs in both
Boxes