3398921 - Purpose of two fields for each dimension (height, width, length, and weight) in OITM table

When you query the OITM table, you notice that, for the sales and purchase UoM, there are two fields for the same dimension of Length, Width, Height and Weight:

SHeight1, SHeight2, SWidth1, SWidth2, SLength1, Slength2, SWeight1, SWeight2 (sales units)

BHeight1, BHeight2, BWidth1, BWidth2, BLength1, Blength2, BWeight1, BWeight2 (purchase units)

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