Thanks for joining our forum, @FHall,

The normal inventory receiving process in QuickBooks usually starts with creating a purchase order first before creating a bill for it. However, unlike invoices, we're unable to convert partial orders into a bill for billable expenses.

If you want a hybrid type of inventory receiving that works similarly to your business processing, you may venture for some third-party tools in our website. Our app website have different providers that this supported by Intuit. This way it's easier to import them into our program for proper recording.

To visit our site, click the following link: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/app/apps/home/

We also have a separate forum called Intuit Developers, where you can find engineers who can help recommend third-party applications for you to use. In this website, you can connect with engineers who can help with app integrations, take part in software developments and innovate business tools for QuickBooks.

Here's the link to the website: Intuit Developers Community.

Let me know if there's anything else I can assist you. I'm just a click away for help. Have a nice day!