Add Unit of Measurement Options for Materials and Purchase Orders

We would like to request the ability to assign a Unit of Measurement to materials and purchase order line items.

At the moment, materials and PO items are generally entered as a quantity and description, but there is no clear unit field to identify whether the quantity relates to items such as:

• Each
• Lineal metres
• Square metres
• Cubic metres
• Litres
• Hours
• Rolls
• Packs
• Sheets
• Boxes
  
  

For construction and trade-based businesses, this would be very useful when ordering materials, sending purchase orders to suppliers or subcontractors, and reviewing job costing.

For example, a PO line item may currently show:

Quantity: 20
Description: Floor tiles

However, it would be much clearer if it could show:

Quantity: 20
Unit: m²

Description: Floor tiles

This would reduce confusion between supervisors, suppliers, subcontractors, and admin staff, especially where the same material could be ordered by different units.

Ideally, the Unit of Measurement field could be:

• Added to material items
• Displayed on purchase order line items
• Visible on printed or emailed purchase orders
• Available as a dropdown with standard unit options
• Customisable so businesses can add their own units where required

This would help improve accuracy in purchasing, reduce back-and-forth clarification, and make job costing clearer.

Thank you.

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