[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 233, Issue 68

[Chris Skudder]

   GnuCash will do the accounting fine.
   It won't do the equipment, RMA, and inventory tracking.
   I suspect it'll be very hard to find a software which integrates these
   other functions with accounting - because of that, if it were me, I'd
   use GnuCash for the accounting, and look for other solutions for the
   other functions.
   Chris
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Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:32:03 -0400
From: Dave Mueller AA3EE [3]<dave at ditdit.us>
To: [4]gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: [GNC] Is GnuCash right for me?
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HI Everyone,
Sorry for the totally noob uneducated question. I'm an engineer by
training, not an accountant!
I recently started a home business and everyone said "Quickbooks". It's
too expensive and I despise subscription software. Online/cloud options
are not an option, we have limited (and expensive) internet where we
live.

The business is repairing custom electronic equipment.
What I want/need:
Basic money tracking for the checking account.
Keep track of equipment based on serial number (I was thinking a
database). Here I will keep a record of owner(s), data like software
versions, and work done per RMA.
RMA tracking (another database?). Ability to generate RMA numbers or use
one supplied by the distributor.
Invoicing based on what was done on an RMA (labor, parts and state tax
if applicable).
Simple payroll (I'm the only employee).
Light duty inventory control. I have about 30 items, some are almost too
cheap to track, a few items are expensive, some of those are supplied by
the manufacturer so I need to settle with them at the end of the month.

My wife wants to run the entire business from Excel, and in one
spreadsheet I think? Databases seem more proper to me :-)

Thanks and enjoy the weekend.

Dave


   -- Dit Dit Electronics

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