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Round-off Quantity

A round-off quantity is used in connection with order suggestions using lot sizing rule Lot-for-lot and Period requirement. Round-off quantity is entered using the part's regular unit. The purpose of using round-off quantities is to be able to round-off the order suggestion to even multiples. For manufactured parts, that could be a quantity that can be manufactured from a single raw material, such as a whole piece of sheet metal. For purchased parts, it can represent an even load-carrying unit, box, etc. For example, if the requirement is 76 and the round-off quantity is 10, the order suggestion will be 80.