Does your inventory system have a purchase factor and selling factor.  If that is the case then just set up your formula in the purchase factor to convert to selling factor.  For example you can set the purchase factor as 1X40  . 1 represent the one length of steel bar and the 40 represent the total length in feet of the steel bar.

--- On Tue, 4/28/09, Jon Oswald <jmo7824@...> wrote:

From: Jon Oswald <jmo7824@...>
Subject: [Distribution_Inventory_Control] Managing Steel bar inventory
To: Distribution_Inventory_Control@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 8:48 PM

Hi,

Does anyone have a solution on how to handle inventory of steel bars of different lengths?

Looking for best practices, etc.

 

I.E. We buy steel bars w/a UOM of EA but Stock/consume in FT.   When cutting how is the drop handled?

 

Any and all suggestion welcomed.

 

Thanks.