UOM - Metric vs. Imperial

Good afternoon,
We have two offices, one in Switzerland, the other in Canada. The item in question was set up on the system by Canada and the UOM is inches. We know that we can set up UOM conversion for metric to imperial, but we have another issue.
When the Swiss users go into any of the screens to display the item, it defaults to the imperial UOM rather than metric.
Short of setting up a new item, or remembering to change it on the screen, is there a way to set up an item so it will display a UOM based on the plant?
Thanks for your help and let me know if more information is required.
Kristine

No, SAP does not have splant specific stock keeping units.
You can have order units (info record) and goods issue units by plant, but the base unit of measure is unique to the material - globally.
The decision metric vs. imperial is one that has to be made long before going live and needs to be tested (by the people who have to deal with the change) and communicated to everyone.
If no transactional document was carried out for the material then you can change the unit. but if you had already a PO, or movement, then it is better to create a new material rather than going to all the archiving stuff to be finally able to change the unit.

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good day!
An item can be purchased either in Metric ton or Kgs. but maintain an inventory UoM in Kg only. What step do I need to consider, aside from creating a UDF.
Since, I can see only one conversion in item Master data, 1 Metric Ton = 1,000 kg... ( Purchasing UoM= Metric Ton) , What if my client wanted to purchase an item in Kg? The system can only viewed metric ton, how about the kg? Please help me on his matter... Thanks and God bless.
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Looking online, the explanation I found was that it's so much easier to do the math when using picas. To show this, they pointed out how easy it is to divide an 8.5" x 11" sheet into thirds the long way, 66 picas easily being divided by 3 into 22. This only makes sense if you assume that we always work with letter-sized sheets and always need to divide by numbers that work this easily. But what if we're working with an odd page size or need to make unusual measurements? It would seem that working in picas and points could just as easily be a complete pain as it could be convenient, depending on the project.
The other justification I've come across is that picas and points are the standard when working with newspapers and many other publications, but this doesn't argue in favor of picas as a better standard, it only favors picas as a matter of convenience and tradition. It makes me think of metric versus imperial measurements, where the U.S. continues to use the feet and inches even though the metric system appears to make more sense, the main reason seeming to be that we just can't be bothered to embrace it.
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I am exporting my netlist from Ultiboard 10.1 PowerPro, in the IPC-D-356A format, for use in a Polar Instruments GRS500 flying probe tester. In Ultiboard, there is no export setting dialog. From the generated file, I see that the generated coordinates are in millimeters/degrees. However, the tester requires a file with coordinates in inches. Question: Is there a way to export an IPC356 file from Ultiboard with inches? If not, does anybody know of a conversion program/script to convert an existing IPC356 file from metric to imperial units?. Thanky

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Greetings all!
I am looking for a smartphone to replace my old and outdated PDA (Palm). I have been reading up on the E72 and the hardware features and form factor seem excellent. I would like to buy one, but I must say I am somewhat nervous to pull the trigger with all the "problems" and complaints.
I'm in US and would be getting the US version. Any suggestions?

Phil
The E72 is a great phone - eventhough I'm not pleased with my purchase. My displeasure has nothing to do with build quality (so far - although the rear cover IS a bit flimsy and the plastic piece below the spacebar IS creaking). Neither do I have any major problems with its operation or firmware (so far - although, again, one of the one-touch key doesn't work as it says ... and teh advice here is that you need a firmware upgrade ... something I just haven't had the time to do in the last 2-3 weeks since I got the phone).
My issue is more with Nokia marketing the E72 as a business smartphone. As you may have read my other rants here on various threads, the E72 CANNOT - by any stretch of the imagination - be termed a smartphone.
I'm changing over (I hate to think it's an upgrade - because it is NOT) from a Palm Treo 600. Those who know this device would know that it was first released in late 2003 (in this part of the world atleast), so its 6 year old technology. But the things that that device could do ... the Nokia E72 cannot even dream of.
As you mentioned that you'd be changing over from a Palm device, I feel compelled to highlight my experience with the E72 these past 3 weeks. A number of other readers here have tried to ridicule some of my earlier complaints. I don't know; maybe they work for some Finnish telecommunication manufacturer or maybe they own shares in that company :-)
Let me just outline a few items here:
1. Data cannot be edited offline on PC - Unlike the Palm, the E72's data (eg contacts, notes, pictures, etc) CANNOT be viewed on the PC unless the E72 is connected to the PC, ie you cannot view and even edit the data on the PC and later at a convenient time sync the data. This is a pain because you have to connect the E72 to your PC each time you want to edit the info using a PC (for ease of use, more comfortable keyboard, etc).
Some users wonder why is that a problem? What it means in the case of the Nokia E72 is that a full working copy of the data is not kept on the PC. You must connect the E72 to the PC to view & edit the data. Ofcourse a backup of the E72's data can be made onto your PC, but this info is useless unless you re-copy it onto an E72. So if you were to loose your E72, you cannot go home and atleast retrieve some of the contaacts, etc on your PC. No chance!
2. Moving info from Palm to E72 - You are going to have one helluva problem trying to move your contacts info from your Palm to the E72. Unless you've only got a few contacts (I doubt any Palm user would have only a few contacts on their Treo :-), its a nightmare. I've asked on these forums, but no one has a solution. I myself have slightly over 1,200 contacts and so far, I've 'moved' just about 200+ contacts over. I've done about 3/4 of these by connecting the E72 to a PC and opening the PC Suite program. On the same PC, I've also opened Palm's Desktop software. Then I copy and paste each contact ONE FIELD AT A TIME. If someone has a better and faster way, kindly post it here.
3. Short fields - When connecting the E72 to the PC the data is seen differently than that seen on the E72. For example, the address field on the PC can take a slightly longer string of text but when you see the same contact on your E72, parts of the address gets truncated. This is a serious issue as you loose parts of the street address. I've counted the exaact limit but so far, out of 200 contacts, I've got about a dozen addresses that got cut off. Even the 'title' field is limited (I cannot put in 'Assoc Prof Dr' in full!)
4. Setting alarms - On the Palm, the time to sound the alarm either before or after an event is user-defined, ie we can type in any figure, even 37 minutes. On the E72, you get a choice of a few pre-determined times, like Off, 0 min, 5 min before, 15 mins before, 30 mins before, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 2 days, 1 week. That's it. To some people that may do. But I hace situations where I'd like to set the alarm 18 hours before (say I'm setting an alarm to sound the night before the event). Tough luck on the E72!
6. Snooze - When an alarm sounds, you can choose to snooze it but the delay period is globally defined. So if you have set this delay to 10 minutes, then all your alarms can only be snoozed for 10 mins. On the Palm, the user has the option to there and then select any snooze period. This is useful when, say an alarm rings for my next appointment, but I'm still stuck in a previous meeting and would like to postpone the alarm to say 20 mins. On the Palm thats a no-brainer. On the E72, no can do that!
7. Calendar View types - Remember how easy it is on the Palm to change calendar views from monthly view to weekly view to daily views? Well on the E72 you have to go thru numerous cascading menus to do that. This I suppose is partly becus of its non-touch screen interface. It does drive me crazy occassionally.
8. Notes - The Notes application on the E72 does not have the ability to sort the notes according to alphabetical order. These notes get re-arranged according to edit dates, so if you edit a note it goes to the top. When you get more than a couple of dozen notes (I had 400+ notes on my Palm), its a pain locating a note (yes, you can search, but you may not always remember its name).
9. Date on home screen - Unless you are in the General profile, the date is NOT visible on the home screen. In General mode, you can see the date on the home screen, but when you switch to any other profile (say Meeting, Sleep, Outdoors, etc) the date is replaced with that profile's name. Silly, if you ask me.
10. Reminders on home screen - For upcoming events, the full title, date, time location, appears on the hoem screen. No option to customise it - I may only like the start time to appear without the location, etc. No can do.
11. Calculator - No scientific/business calculator - On the Palm I have a rather advanced calculator that can even do various types of specialised functions, eg convert metric to imperial measurements, do areas, lengths, weights, temperatures, volumes, etc. On the E72, I suppose I have to find some third party apps.
The above are some of the shortcomings of the E72, if you buy it thinking its a smartphone replacement for your Treo. My view is that the Treo and its software may be 6 years old, but its far superior to the E72's capabilities. Some readers here say but you can extend these by use of third-party apps - my response is why cant simple features be part of the device itself. I don't buy a car with 3 wheels and buy the fourth as an add-on accessory.
I'm waiting for someone to say why don't I stick with my trusted Treo -- well the fact is that after 6 years use (in quite rough conditions as I'm always on the go and work in the construction field) the Treo's casing has taken a heavy beating and is cracking up badly. Hence I thought the E72 with its full QWERTY keyboard would be a stylish and contemporary replacement.
Having said all that, teh E72 has great camera, great video playback (I've loaded up some classic 1970s movies to watch in between meetings, etc but haven't yet found the time to watch any!). I don't use the email feature as the majority of my emails have large attachments (drawings) and it would be pointless to even view the headers without being able to open teh AutoCAD files. Anyone can suggest an AutoCAD (reader atleast) for the E72?
So if you can live with the above shortcomings, please do consider the E72.
To die-hard fans of the device ... see, I'm not anti E72, I'm just giving valuable FREE feedback for Nokia to improve its product. If Nokia were to hire a consultant like KPMG, etc, such feedback (packaged in a thick volume) would cost a million or two atleast :-)
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