Thanks for submitting your question about inventories in the forum, Brent530. Allow me to explain how these processes work in the program and provide relevant guidance about managing work orders and building assemblies in QuickBooks.
Receiving inventory and building assemblies are two important but distinct processes in QuickBooks. Receiving increases the on-hand quantities of the items, while assemblies combine parts into new products.
I want to clarify how each feature works so you can optimize your inventory workflows:
- Receiving automatically increases the quantity on hand as it enters into inventory.
- Assemblies draw from existing inventory to build finished goods, deducting components.
In other words, simply receiving inventory items into QuickBooks does not deduct those components from your quantities on hand. The Receive function only adds the received items.
To deduct parts from inventory, you still need to manually build assembly items. The Build Assemblies feature will pull components from your inventory shelves and reduce the quantities.
Let me share these articles for more details about these processes:
Understanding the nuances of these processes is key to tracking inventory properly as it moves through work orders and production.
Let me also share these articles in case you need additional resources when tracking inventories in QuickBooks:
Don't hesitate to ask follow-up questions or post new inquiries in the Community if you need anything else, Brent530. Our team is just a post or reply away whenever you need additional guidance on receiving items, assemblies, or any other aspect of using QuickBooks for your business.
