[buu709]

I work in wholesale, but a different industry (electrical) and this is 100% wrong from my experience. Varies from business to business but often times our POs go out for single units rather than cases. It's actually a huge headache for us as we can't get the team responsible to keep our ERP system up to date on which units to use for which lines.

[asah]

yep. Sadly, the food industry is different and in fact you see big variations across the trade, both in how buyers, sellers, brokers and distributors work.

[andrew_]

I grew up in a piping wholesale business in the midwest that's still going after 35 years. Orders could be ea. (each, single part) or cs. (case, which is arbitrary based on supplier). That industry is never arbitrary unit (e.g. per "units")because the suppliers sell in bulk and piecemeal, and buyers all have their own specs for how they order.

So I can confirm that at least one other wholesale market is indeed different.

[LanceH]

I've seen the same with snack foods. Never saw "unit". A single was an each and it would be said like, "$2 per each" rather than most people would say, "$2 each". I can't remember what the bundle name was case...or something, but it wasn't unit.

[arpinum]

It’s a lot more clear if you use EDI to transact with trading partners

[epicureanideal]

What’s the best resource for learning about EDI?

[jimnotgym]

Not necessarily. Wrong price on a PO is wrong price on a PO, electronically or not. A human set it up in the system.