UOM Multiplier

I'm not sure how that would work, but you could try setting up IC11 with your Stock UOM set to EA with EA being the Buy UOM and BX set up as a secondary Trans UOM. Then on IC12, you would set the Transaction Default UOM as BX.

The system will still track your item by EA, but it might force transactions to process by the BX.

I'm not sure I understand completely what you're trying to do. It sounds like you're buying a CA of 50 units and your UOM conversion is set at 2 (BX per CA), BX being your low UOM. Do you want to stock by the EA?

I have a vendor that will only distribute a product by each.  Even though the product is provided in a box of 25.  IE: If I order 25 boxes via EDI, the vendor will supply (1) box.  This creates confusion and leads to potential issues.  Normally, I would just match the vendors UOM but the product in question is tracked by lot numbers and using an their UOM as a Stocking UOM creates other issues. 

Thanks,

Metrazal

If the vendor refuses to sell by the BX you don't have a lot of choice. I would set up your UOM conversions as David said (you can also set BX as the primary transaction UOM and EA as the secondary). We don't track any supplies by lot # in Lawson so I'm not sure what issues you would run into with this setup.

Metrazal,
You CAN have fractional/decimal conversions for units of measure, but it is not recommmended. You can do this by adding a UoM lower than the Tracking UoM. As painful as it may be, especially if you have the item as inventory-tracked, it is much better to update the lowest UoM as the Tracking UoM and calculate back up from there. It can require some work to clear out open transactions, but it is functionally much cleaner.

Also, we experience the same issues with a few of our suppliers. We order by the BX, the vendor accepts the order at the BX, but then invoices by the EA. As long as AP is paying attention, it is not terrible, but it still causes issues in what should be an automated process.

Good luck,
Red

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I am trying to work with our vendor to resolve this without having to make any internal adjustments but if that fails, I will try your recommendations.

Thanks again,

Metrazal