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March 3, 2023
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Inventory Reporting

  • March 3, 2023
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I am working with Quickbooks desktop. Is there a way for Quickbooks to calculate the raw materials needed for the finished goods on sales order? Thanks!

 

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March 3, 2023

I can share some so you'd be able to track your raw materials and finished product in QuickBooks Desktop, jreyes2.

 

If you mean QuickBooks automatically calculates the raw materials required for the finished goods on a sales order, that option is not available. We see consumer feedback as an opportunity to improve the numerous features of our products. I'd recommend giving our engineers direct feedback. They may look into this suggestion and incorporate it into future updates. Let me demonstrate:

 

  1. Go to the Help menu at the top.
  2. Select Send Feedback Online.
  3. Click Product Suggestion.
  4. Choose a feedback type and product area on the QuickBooks Feedback window. 
  5. Enter your feedback, name, and email address (optional).
  6. Once done, click on the Send Feedback button.

 

You can also visit this page or the What's New section on your QBDT to stay up to date on the latest product improvements. What we can do is add your raw materials to the inventory. Then, enter the raw material's manual count as the quantity on hand. Here's how it's done:

 

  1. Go to the Lists menu.
  2. Select Item List.
  3. From the bottom part of the Item List window, click the Item drop-down.
  4. Choose New.
  5. Pick Inventory as the Item type.
  6. Enter the item details.
  7. Click the Ok button.

 

Once completed, you can now create an inventory or the finished product that you sold. You can refer to the screenshot below:


inventory assembly item

 

 

Here's an article you can refer to for more details about combining your inventory items to build finished goods. Lastly, I've added these articles that can help you in maximizing the advanced inventory feature in QuickBooks:

 

 

Please get back if you have other QuickBooks inventory concerns. I'm still here to help. Take care always, and more power to your institution!