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Printing Serial Numbers in Invoices with QuickBooks Advanced Inventory

Intuit added the ability to manage serial numbers in QuickBooks Enterprise V12 with the Advanced Inventory option, and I’ve had a couple of clients point out a “bug” that was frustrating them relating to editing of sales forms and this feature. Turns out it isn’t a bug, just an odd way to implement this feature. [...]

| April 26, 2012 | 4 Comments More

QQube Update

A bit over a year ago I wrote about an exciting new reporting tool, QQube (see QuickBooks Reporting is Simple with QQube). I work extensively with the QuickBooks database and I was really excited by the potential that I saw in this product. This is the best QuickBooks reporting tool available in my mind, and [...]

| April 10, 2012 | 7 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 R8 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R8 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. This is another major update for the 2012 product, with a long list of changes. Please note that I have not had the opportunity to check or confirm each of the issues listed here. At the time I’m writing this the [...]

| March 29, 2012 | 17 Comments More

Importing QuickBooks Transactions with the Transaction Pro Importer

Importing information into QuickBooks can be a difficult chore, but it is a task that many people need to perform. One of the best tools that I’ve found over the years is the Transaction Pro Importer from Baystate Consulting. Let’s take a look at this important tool.

| February 22, 2012 | 13 Comments More

QuickBooks Enhanced Inventory Receiving – Bill Linking Problems

QuickBooks Enterprise V12 introduced Enhanced Inventory Receiving, a feature that lets you separate an item receipt from a bill. This feature resolves a number of problems that people run into with QuickBooks, but I’ve been recommending that people look at the impact of this feature very carefully before implementing it. Once you select this feature [...]

| January 9, 2012 | 9 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 R5 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R5 update to the U.S. versions of QuickBooks. There are quite a few changes here, ranging from minor and cosmetic issues all the way up to some major changes. There are some important changes to permissions and data access as well as some fixes for tricky issues in Enterprise price/cost [...]

| December 13, 2011 | 6 Comments More

Sometimes Intuit DOES Listen to ProAdvisors

Sometimes, in my role as a ProAdvisor, I get very frustrated with Intuit. They don’t run their business the way I would (but, hey, they have a MUCH bigger business than mine!) and I don’t agree with their decisions. Recently I published a rant on one of the problems, how they seem to have difficulty [...]

| November 25, 2011 | 3 Comments More

QuickBooks 2011 R9 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2011 R9 update for the U.S. versions of QuickBooks. This is an update that some people have been anxiously waiting for. It has been a long time coming, and the list of fixes is fairly extensive.  You may remember, last June Intuit released QuickBooks 2011 R7, and then very quickly [...]

| November 17, 2011 | 22 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 R3 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R3 update for the U.S. versions of QuickBooks. Here is an overview of what the update contains. There is an extensive list of changes, which is not unusual with the R3 release of any version of QuickBooks. Some are bug fixes, some are enhancements, and there is at least [...]

| October 20, 2011 | 22 Comments More

QuickBooks 2012 Serial Number Tracking

Serial number tracking is a key requirement for many inventory based businesses. Until now, if you wanted this feature in QuickBooks you had to use an expensive third party add-on product that would move inventory functions entirely outside of the QuickBooks company file. With the 2012 version of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions we have a closely integrated [...]

| September 13, 2011 | 12 Comments More