The Build Items window does not allow you to change the price of finished items. If a finished item has greater value (because of the labour required to build them, for example), use the Adjust Stock window to change their unit cost. For more information, see Making stock adjustments.
To do this, create the new item record with the new units of measure, then use the Build Items window to transfer the quantity and value from the old item record to the new one. For example, assume you buy an item in 12-can cases and you want to track purchases by individual cans. If you have 2 cases in stock, enter -2 as the quantity for the old item and enter 24 as the quantity on hand for the new item.
Before you can build items, the total value of the components and the total value of the finished items (displayed in the Amount column) must be equal. A transaction will be out of balance if:
Build items or adjust stock
Use the Build Items window to:
Automatically order items when your stock is low
For each item you order, you can set a minimum restocking level and reorder quantity. Then, when you sell enough items to reach the minimum restocking level, a purchase order will appear for the item in Stock Alert tab of the To Do List window. From here, you can create a purchase order for the item.
You can set minimum restocking and reorder levels for an item in the Buying Details tab of the Item Information window.
To change an item’s price on a sale, enter the updated amount in the Price field of the Sales window. The new price will be applied only to the current sale and no change will be made to the item price in your stock.
Some reports in your software are based on an item’s history, such as the Item Sales History report. If you change an item’s history, you will affect the totals that appear on this report and you cannot automatically revert the amounts to their original totals.
