Weight
The default Unit type for Materials is Weight. Weight units can be used as Ticket, Sale and Cost Units.
Quantity
Unit type Quantity is only used for Sale and Cost units.
Quantity should be used for Materials like Top Soil or Concrete that typically are sold by the cubic metre (m3) or cubic yard (yd3).
Ticket printing
When the Sales Unit of a Material is set to a Quantity type, a scale operator will be able to input a quantity prior printing a ticket. The Gross, Tare and Net weights are also recorded.
Here is an example of a C.O.D./Cash Sale for top soil that is sold by the cubic metre:
After clicking Print and prior to printing, the pricing information is displayed clearly indicating the amount of material being sold is 8.5 cubic metres:
The final Ticket indicates that the load was priced using a rate per cubic metre (m3):
