Tag: Inventory

QuickBooks 2013 R6

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2013 R6 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. This is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site, and it looks as though Intuit will push this out as an automatic update right away also, rather than a week later as is normal.  Please note that [...]

March 28, 2013 | By | 44 Replies More

Checklist for Converting from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online

Thinking of making the change from QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise or even Mac to QuickBooks Online? Read this first. I want to say, if you are considering this switch: YAY! Most of the people in the QuickBooks community know that I’m sort of a fan, so I’m always excited to hear about one of my [...]

February 28, 2013 | By | 16 Replies More

Barcoding for QuickBooks: SmartScan Order Verification

I’ve been talking about QuickBooks barcode support a lot lately. If you have an inventory-centric business, barcodes can really help improve your efficiency and accuracy of data entry. This has been an area that I’ve received a lot of questions about ever since Intuit introduced barcode support in QuickBooks Enterprise Advanced Inventory.  While I like [...]

February 19, 2013 | By | 7 Replies More

Barcoding for QuickBooks: SmartScan Inventory Count

Barcodes can be used to improve the speed and accuracy of certain QuickBooks inventory-related tasks, but only if you have the proper software. One of the functions where barcoding can be very useful is with taking a physical inventory count – let’s take a look at how SmartScan Inventory Count by Baus Systems can help. [...]

February 5, 2013 | By | Reply More

Barcoding for QuickBooks: SmartScan Barcode Translator

If you are managing inventory with QuickBooks then you are probably very interested in the possibility of streamlining your operation by using barcoding. If properly implemented a good barcode system can improve accuracy of data entry and be a great time saver. Out of the box, most editions of QuickBooks don’t support barcoding, so you [...]

January 24, 2013 | By | 5 Replies More

QuickBooks 2012 R11 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2012 R11 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. At the time I’m writing this the release is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site. I would expect this to be released as an automatic update within a week, if all goes well. Please note that [...]

November 15, 2012 | By | 12 Replies More

Why Do Accountants and Bookkeepers Limit Themselves?

I was training a bookkeeper in QuickBooks this week and she referenced a well known book in the industry and told me that she “..knows she should just focus on a few industries and get really good at those.” I stopped her and asked her if she wanted to know why I disagreed with that [...]

November 14, 2012 | By | 36 Replies More

MISys Easy Purchasing for QuickBooks

Purchasing management isn’t the most developed aspect of QuickBooks, but for an inventory-centric business it can be a key issue. How do you know what items you need to purchase, and how many of each? Let’s take a quick look at some options that you have, including a new product that was introduced at the [...]

November 2, 2012 | By | 19 Replies More

QuickBooks 2013 R3 Released

Intuit has released the QuickBooks 2013 R3 update for the U.S. version of QuickBooks. At the time I’m writing this the release is available as a manual update from the Intuit support web site. I would expect this to be released as an automatic update within a week, if all goes well. I’ve been playing [...]

October 24, 2012 | By | 43 Replies More

QuickBooks 2013 FIFO Improvements

Intuit introduced FIFO Costing as an option in Enterprise V12 last year, if you purchased the additional Advanced Inventory feature. With Enterprise V13 a new FIFO Cost Lot History by Item report has been added to support this feature. Let’s take a look at this new report. PLEASE NOTE that much of this is based [...]

September 24, 2012 | By | 5 Replies More