Unit of Measure is part of Inventory Truth & True Cost in Windward System Five. System Five includes 4 documented capabilities here — 3 in the standard set and 1 optional.
These 4 capabilities sit within System Five's 1287-capability documented set — a selection, not a ceiling.
Sell by weight but stock by piece
Items stocked by quantity but sold by the manufacturer's printed weight, with minimum and maximum weight ranges that warn the clerk when a catch weight is missing or out of range, and averaged cost on receiving.
Cost timber by the board foot
Products can be costed from vendors in thousand board feet (MBF) or thousand square feet (MSF), with per-unit value calculated from three dimension fields to four decimal places and used on purchase order lines and landed cost.
Break a case down when singles run out
Linked items represent pallet, flat, six-pack and single, and the point of sale automatically breaks larger pack sizes down into smaller ones when stock runs out, only warning when the largest level is empty.
Buy and sell in different pack sizes
Items carry pack size, unit description and stock balance, separate price and markup percentages per pack size, and pack-size ordering options for purchasing.
Yes. Items stocked by quantity but sold by the manufacturer's printed weight, with minimum and maximum weight ranges that warn the clerk when a catch weight is missing or out of range, and averaged cost on receiving. This is optional in System Five.
Yes. Products can be costed from vendors in thousand board feet (MBF) or thousand square feet (MSF), with per-unit value calculated from three dimension fields to four decimal places and used on purchase order lines and landed cost. This is optional in System Five.
Yes. Linked items represent pallet, flat, six-pack and single, and the point of sale automatically breaks larger pack sizes down into smaller ones when stock runs out, only warning when the largest level is empty. This is optional in System Five.
Every capability on this page is documented in the System Five capability index. Last updated 2026-11-05.