(Ticaret) The use of more than one unit of measure for a given item for orders and transactions. A given item may be internally stocked in units but entered on customer orders in cases, packs or some other measure. Conversion tables translate all requirements into a base measure for planning, scheduling and inventory valuation
a train consisting of one or more self-propelled cars capable of coupling with other units of the same or similar type and still being controlled from one cab