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Pack Size functionality in Products

started a topic over 5 years ago

In addition to Reorder Qtys, and Min Before Reorder levels, we really need Pack Size functionality.

Reorder Qtys really relate to MOQs (min order qtys) in the Purchasing process, not in the Sales process.

Whereas Pack Sizes are used in the Sales process, etc.


I'm sure there'd be many other wholesale businesses who stock products that come in Inner cartons & Outer cartons, but these may not necessarily reflect the Reorder Qtys.

E.g the MOQ of an item might be 100, but the Pack Sizes are 10.

So when ordering from your supplier the min qty is 100, and PO's must be placed in multiples of 100. But when selling to customers you can sell in qtys of 10.



Pack Sizes could be utilised as follows:

  • Enforceable/Suggested Qty* during the sales process - both the normal SO module and in B2B portal
  • Enforceable/Suggested Qty* during Stock Transfers / Warehouse Replenishment
  • Deals & Discounts - create deals associated with Pack Sizes (I know this can be done now by entering the pack size manually, but it would be great to be able to create them simply e.g. Discount = 5% off Pack Size)
  • Show on the B2B Portal in Product details/Specifications view
  • PO Stock Receiving and Stocktake, so you can count stock items in pack sizes (and it automatically converts it in individual unit qtys)
  • ... please add your ideas!



*Enforceable could have at least 3 levels:

  • Enforced - Order Qtys MUST be multiples of Pack Sizes
  • Suggested - during the SO process, when entering a qty which is not a multiple of the Pack Size, pop-up suggests to order in the Pack Size, but is not enforced. Alternatively, the current drop-down list could show the Pack Size alongside Stock Availability
  • Off - not in use

Please like/vote/comment if you agree!
Glad of further ideas for functionality


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  • Hi All, 


    I have skimmed through the previous posts so apologies if this has been covered, but the issue we face as a wholesaler (to retail stores) is that we purchase and sell items in inner quantities and retailers sell them in singles. For warehouse efficiency, we need to ship as inners, but retailers want their inventory and price list to be singles for easy of use and easy margin calculation. It becomes confusing when the retailer has to order an Inner code of 12, then convert it to retail quantities (1) in their system. There is also only 1 barcode option in DEAR which makes it difficult to communicate the correct barcode to the customer when there is both a retail unit barcode and an inner barcode (if you set the Inner barcode as the main barcode, you need to use an attribute for the retail barcode). Our preference would be to sell our range in retail units (1) with MOQ restrictions and force the customer to purchase in inner quantities. i.e. set MOQ by item in the sale process. 


    Additional units of Measures does not work in this case because it still allows purchase in singles (not good for wholesale). It would work if the customer was restricted to a minimum order quantity like in the B2B. It would also be beneficial to have an additional barcode field added for a TUN/Inner barcode that would display on the picking list when the goods are picked (for internal warehouse use). That would identify to the picker the barcode for the inner they are to pick. The system could then trigger the Additional Units of Measure naturally and it would solve the issue of a customer ordering 12 singles and getting 12 inners due to a picking errors. 


    The ideal process for Wholesale is- order in single retail units (retail SKU and Barcode)-- convert to inner code for picking/inventory management/purchasing (inner SKU and Barcode)---- invoice customer for single units. 


    Please set MOQ sale restrictions by SKU ASAP, that would be very helpful for your wholesale customers. 



  • We have packaging that comes in as 5000/case, but we stage as singles for production. It would be nice to be able to assign a second barcode to the product that populates a user defines quantity of singles without doing an auto or manual disassembly. If that barcode could be used in a stocktake as well it would add an incredible amount of function to  DEAR WMS

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