Is this a feature that potentially will be updated in the near future? 

Every other inventory system we've used has been easy to work with in this sense; however, we switched to QB on recommendations from a friend and accountant (however, they admitted they were unfamiliar with the inventory end of QB). I likely never would have purchased QB had I known, but I do enjoy many of the other features. Best case scenario would be for an update in this area - do you foresee that happening?