QB Desktop - Manufacturing parts and sending to vendors for additional treatment

Dear QuickBooks Community,

 

I am currently using QuickBooks Desktop to manage our inventory and accounting. I would appreciate guidance on a more efficient way to track our raw materials through the production process to finished goods.

 

Our process involves purchasing raw materials, manufacturing parts, and then sending some of those parts to vendors for additional treatments like chrome plating, black oxide, and heat treating.

 

While we have an account set up to track different raw material sizes, and we perform inventory adjustments when parts are made, the process becomes more complex when we send parts to vendors. We've added letters to item numbers to track these external processes, but this requires further inventory adjustments when parts are returned.

 

Additionally, the cost tracking is not seamless, forcing us to maintain a separate spreadsheet to calculate the final cost of each part. We've also noticed that the numerous inventory adjustments are negatively impacting our profit and loss statement.

 

Could someone please provide recommendations on how to improve our workflow within QuickBooks Desktop to address these challenges?

 

Thank you for your time and assistance.