Quickbooks question, about inventory items....?

Question

I am working on QBK Premiere 2007. The company manufactures and sellls bath and body products. I am setting up the inventory items. The company sells 5 different products, but they come in many different scents. should I set up an inventory item for each fragrance or for only the items? (i.e. body wash, citrus, summer rain, winter white etc...) I know the answer will be "only if you want to track sales & inventory very detailed, by fragrance." But my question is this, should I? Is it important for re-stocking that I inventory by scent?

Answer 1

Yes - Each item should have a different code from the manufacturer. You should have each product listed by type and scent. So if you have five different types of product in five different scents you shpuld have 25 items in your inventory

Answer 2

Absolutely...each different fragrance is its own item for inventory and tracking....you'll just cause yourself a lot of confusion if you don't differentiate.