Free or Low Cost Inventory Program that works with QuickBooks
We are looking for a free or low cost solution to keeping our inventory updated. We are using QuickBooks right now but it's not really doing what we want it to do. We would like to be able to view our inventory online if at all possible. We found the plugin called Fishbowl Inventory which seems to do everything we want however, the price is a bit on the high side. http://www.fishbowlinventory.com/products/pricing/
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Hi DTHConsulting,
Thanks for this valuable information.
1. The inventory program would only need to be accessed by 2 people on a network.
2. Purchase orders from other vendors
3. Deal only in one currency
4. Inventory is installed for clients primarily, but sometimes just dropped shipped.
5. WO's to reserve inventory before sold is NOT needed.
6. Retailer
7. Budget is 500.00 US or less.
Thanks for this valuable information.
1. The inventory program would only need to be accessed by 2 people on a network.
2. Purchase orders from other vendors
3. Deal only in one currency
4. Inventory is installed for clients primarily, but sometimes just dropped shipped.
5. WO's to reserve inventory before sold is NOT needed.
6. Retailer
7. Budget is 500.00 US or less.
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If you find a low cost or free inventory program - you're going to get what you pay for.
The cost of developing an inventory control program and debugging it can run into the millions of Dollars.
The biggest problem is that for an inventory control program to work - it needs to interface or even integrate with Accounts Payable, Purchase orders, Accounts Receivable and Sales Invoicing in order to be able to accurately determine what the level of inventory really is
Depending on what your requirements are, there are some very good POS (Point of Sale programs out there,
Before suggesting any one in particular, we would need to know a bit about your operations
Things like:
How many simultaneous users do you need?
Do you use purchase orders to get you inventory from other vendors or
Do you manufacture Inventory items from raw materials purchased from other Vendors?
Do you deal in only one currency?
How do you handle inventory that is sold to your clients?
Do you need Work-orders to reserve inventory before it's sold?
Are you Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing........?
What is your Budget?
These are just a few of the questions that a professional would need to ask before making any recommendations.