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When should you use packages, units of measure or kits?
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Unit of measures
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Units of measures are an indication about the unit used to handle a
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product. Products can be expressed in multiple units of measure at once.
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Activate this option if you are working with several ones in your
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warehouse.
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The purchase unit of measure might be different that the one you use in
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your warehouse.
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The selling unit of measure is set on the sale order and can be
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different.
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.. image:: media/usage01.png
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:align: center
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.. note::
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The conversion between the different units of measures is done
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automatically. The only condition is that all the units have to be in
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the same category (Unit, Weight, Volume, Length,...)
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Packages
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The package is the physical container in which you put one or several
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product.
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.. image:: media/usage02.png
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:align: center
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Packaging
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Packaging is the physical container that protects your product.
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If you are selling computers, the packaging contains the computer with
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the notice and the power plug.
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In Odoo, packagings are just used for indicative purpose.
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.. image:: media/usage03.png
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:align: center
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.. note::
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You can define on the **Packages** which **Packaging** it uses. But it is
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only for indicative purpose.
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When to use packages, packagings or unit of measures ?
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For example, you are sellings eggs. In your warehouse, you manage the
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eggs individually. Lots of eggs are scrapped and you do it egg by egg.
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The **unit of measure** is ``Unit(s)``.
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If you are selling eggs by the dozen, the selling **unit of measure** is
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the ``Dozen``. You will set it on your sale order.
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The ``cardboard trays`` that contains the dozen of eggs is the **packaging**.
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When you are selling several trays, you might wrap all the trays into a
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``box`` or in a ``plastic`` wrapping. It is the **package**.
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.. seealso::
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* :doc:`../../overview/start/setup`
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* :doc:`uom`
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* :doc:`packages`
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