In my prior article on QuickBooks Custom Manufacturing I described several alternate ways that you can work with QuickBooks if you need to customize your assembled item each time you build it. One of the hassles, if you aren’t working with an...
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QuickBooks Custom Manufacturing
QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise support the inventory assembly item type, which provides a Bill of Materials (BOM) and adds a Build Assembly transaction. These work well when you have a standard assembly item that you build over and over again...
Tools for Transferring QuickBooks Inventory Data
The concept of moving data seems so simple – I want to move my data from one software program to another. But the reality is a lot more complicated. When transferring QuickBooks inventory data (either into or out of QuickBooks), you are usually...
QuickBooks Negative Inventory is BAD
You can use the inventory feature in QuickBooks to keep track of the “quantity on hand” (QOH) of inventory parts and assemblies, but this can add a dimension of complexity that can create problems for a small business. One of these problems has...
Barcoding for QuickBooks: SmartScan Inventory Count
Barcodes can be used to improve the speed and accuracy of certain QuickBooks inventory-related tasks, but only if you have the proper software. One of the functions where barcoding can be very useful is with taking a physical inventory count –...
Dealing with Manufacturing Byproducts in QuickBooks
The inventory system in QuickBooks is fairly simple, not a lot of bells and whistles. If you are a manufacturer and you are working with discrete assemblies (things like bicycles, electronics and such) then QuickBooks provides you with the basics...
QuickBooks Available Inventory
If you use the Inventory feature of QuickBooks you understand the concept of quantity on hand – a measure of the quantity of any inventory part or inventory assembly item that you have at any given time. QuickBooks also has another measure of...
Outsourced or Sub-Contract Work in QuickBooks
Many manufacturing (and other) businesses send materials out to another firm to perform some intermediary processing of the item. This can be plating of a component part, populating a PC board with circuit components, and many other tasks...
Item Types in a QuickBooks Bill of Materials
QuickBooks Premier and Enterprise provides us with 11 different item types, of which 5 can be used as component items in an inventory assembly. Which should you use, and why? Each of the item types have their own characteristics and uses.
Understanding QuickBooks Total Bill of Materials Cost
In a prior article I talked about the cost and avg cost fields in the item list. In this article I’ll talk about a related value, the Total Bill of Materials Cost which you will see listed at the end of a QuickBooks bill of material.
Dealing with Scrap in QuickBooks Manufacturing
Many manufacturers have to deal with scrap in their manufacturing process. That is, the consumption of component materials beyond what is defined in the bill of materials due to waste, trimmings, left over sections or other variable consumptions...
QuickBooks Manufacturing Forecasts: Component Demand
Having an adequate supply of component parts is critical to a manufacturer. If you run out of something, you can’t build your assembly. If you can’t build your assembly, you can’t fulfill customer orders. So let’s talk about...
Why Won’t QuickBooks Let Me Build This Assembly?
Computer programs can be frustrating when they don’t let you do what you want. They are supposed to be a tool that helpsyou run your business! One complaint that I hear often from QuickBooks manufacturing users is that the program won’t...
QuickBooks Groups for Custom Manufacturers
Most QuickBooks users think of Group and Inventory Assemblyitems as an “either-or” decision – use one or the other. There are times, however, when we can mix the two items to solve problems in QuickBooks. This is particularly useful...