Catch Weight Item for Seafood Manufacturing and Distribution

Catch Weight Item Setup for Seafood Manufacturing

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A company produces and distributes seafood to supermarkets.

During the manufacturing process, raw seafood is purchased, cleaned, and packaged into various- sized boxes.

Each box may have a different weight.

Product is sold by the box and priced by the pound.

You need to ensure that you can perform transactions at the box level and record the net weight of goods shipped to a customer.

Solution: Set up the product as a catch weight item with serial control.

Set the catch weight unit to box and the inventory unit to pounds.

Does the solution meet the goal?

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamicsax-2012/appuser-itpro/about-catch-weight-items

The solution presented in this scenario is a possible solution to meet the goal of performing transactions at the box level and recording the net weight of goods shipped to a customer.

Setting up the product as a catch weight item with serial control allows the system to track the weight of the product at the box level. The catch weight unit is set to box, which means that the system can capture the weight of each box of seafood. The inventory unit is set to pounds, which is the unit used to price the product.

Serial control allows for unique identification of each box of seafood, which is important for tracking the weight of each box accurately. This feature also enables the system to track the movement of each box through the supply chain, from the time it is received as raw seafood to the time it is sold to the customer.

Overall, the solution presented seems appropriate to meet the stated goal of performing transactions at the box level and recording the net weight of goods shipped to a customer. Therefore, the answer is Yes.