Unit to Order By

This field on the Vendor tab of Inventory Maintenance is the unit of measure you must use when ordering  this item from an Alternate vendor.

 S = Order by the stocking unit of measure.

 P = Order by the purchasing unit of measure.

Blank = Use the system suggested order quantity on the next purchase order.

If this is an L-type record  (Record Type = L), this field defaults to P.