Re: Inventory Control Program

Post #314,223 by jbrabeck 9/18/09 6:16:53 AM Reply	Re: Inventory Control Program Ok, but would an accounting program be able to tell her what will be available on any given day? Bookings are sometimes a year out. Mary books 300 linens for Jun 1, with return on Jun 2. Terry calls and wants to book 400 linens for Jun 5th. Sarah wants 300 on Jun 8th. Does my friend have enough linens available? Not quite as simple as that because we also have to worry about color of linens. How would your accounting AR/AP handle that? Wouldn't a hotel room booking program be closer to her needs?
Post #314,224 by folkert 9/18/09 7:11:37 AM Reply	Rental Industry Software does what she needs There are quite a few out there. From minimal cost and ability at $30 to sizable at $350 to OMG it HUGE at $200K+ I just perused about 30 different products Using google, "Rental Inventory Software" gave the best widest selection returned.
Post #314,293 by jbrabeck 9/18/09 8:28:55 PM Reply	Re: Rental Industry Software does what she needs Found some this morning. Of course the ones I found either didn't state price (and told me when they called) or said $1500-$4000. I'll do further research along this line. Thanks.
Post #314,225 by boxley 9/18/09 7:34:16 AM Reply	just pay 195 and get quickbooks Track inventory, set reorder points & create purchase orders http://quickbooks.in...cial-software.jsp I use the free quicken that came with my mac and could set up a full inventory system using account codes very easiloy but the pro version has an inventory module. Managing inventory is an accounting function.
Post #314,294 by jbrabeck 9/18/09 8:30:07 PM Reply	Re: just pay 195 and get quickbooks I've used Quickbooks. There inventory is structured for sale of inventory, not rental, from what I recall. But I will further investigate. Thanks
Post #314,720 by altmann 9/28/09 5:49:19 PM Reply	Re: just pay 195 and get quickbooks Yeah, to use the built in QB inventory system you would want to record the initial purchase of the rental items as plain assets, then record the count as inventory items with zero price so it doesn't effect the financial aspects of the inventory system. To rent an item you would put the zero cost item on the invoice to reduce the count along with a separate line item for the rental fee. When the customer returns the rental items, issue a credit memo to up the inventory count. Of course this doesn't solve the scheduling problem. QB does have an extensive 3rd party ecosystem though, and if necessary an API.

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