Stock Unit of measure and Buy Unit of Measure

Mark,
Assuming this is not a LUM/JIT situation, the most straightforward answer is to change the UOM for the item on the Par Location to the Buy UOM in the IC81. This should be your default set up for any non-stock (vendor-direct) par location item. There may be a small training issue as to when you place your order (at the very moment that is drops below the 20EA/1BX level or somewhere closer to 10EA/.5BX). Your answer will depend on physical space limitations and just how quickly the item is utilized at the location.

Good Luck,
Red

Thank you Red for your input, this helps....

Our set up is exactly as Red has explained. Decimals for quantity are not allowed for any items. We use MSCM for par ordering. If a nonstock item is set up on the par at the stock uom and is ordered using a handheld scanner, the MSCM app will reject the item giving a message "Zero decimal item; cannot convert cleanly to any buy uom"- or something close to that. When I see this I just fix it in IC82.