Inventory management with GNU Cash

[Robert Heller]

At Thu, 7 Jun 2012 14:51:54 -0700 Mayank Bhatia <mayankbhatia at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi ,
> 
> I know this question has been asked many times but I have not seen a
> satisfactory answer yet.
> 
> I am trying to setup GNU cash for my wife's business. She makes handmade
> jewelry and sells it on etsy and art/craft shows. I tried the pre-defined
> asset types but none of them are suitable. What I want is an inventory
> account type and each new item going as a transaction under it, rather than
> creating new accounts for each item.
> 
> I tried stock account but it is not suitable either (it requires me to
> create a new Stock type for each item). That can go out of had quickly.
> Some people have suggested that I maintain inventory in separate excel file
> and then at the end of the month transfer COGS and taxes to different
> accounts. Isnt there a better way?

Not presently.  GnuCash does not have inventory management logic
implemented at this point. 

> 
> thanks
> Mayank
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