Inventory Software

[shervinj]

Hey Guys,

My wife is looking for some sort of inventory software for the small business she will be starting. I saw this and that at office max but I was wondering if you had any experiences with some. Any info would help.

 

[MonkeyK]

MSAccess is cheap and very easy to use.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: shervinj
Hey Guys,

My wife is looking for some sort of inventory software for the small business she will be starting. I saw this and that at office max but I was wondering if you had any experiences with some. Any info would help.

Have a look at QuickBooks, if you haven't already. You don't say what kind of business, but their inventory module is suitable for most. They used to offer free trial versions.

It won't usually cut it for manufacturers. Ex. they have part bins #1-99, which can be used to assemble product a, b, c. etc. Under QB, if you sell product "b", you can't make QB "memorize" which parts outta which bin compose product b and reduce the amount of inventory in said bins accordingly. That kinda software is pricey.


Fern

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: MonkeyK
MSAccess is cheap and very easy to use.

It comes with some samples for inventory application use.

 

[shervinj]

Basically she is going to be running a beaded jewelry business. She needs to track her inventory of completed pieces. She also needs to be able to subtract from the amount or raw material as she produces more finished pieces. Access has this template built in?

 

[Traire]

well, it has a basic inventory template, but its very basic, and will not link parts to finished products. You will have to manually update each parts inventory, or make your own queries to do it for you.