Projects: Update inventory when a tracked inventory item is added as an expense
Update inventory when it is posted as an expense to a project as this makes more sense as clients use the project reports to calculate WIP and it is annoying to have to constantly check which inventory figures have been applied and deduct this from the inventory. It also means when projects are billed this actually reduced the stock figure as this only happens when you invoice the project for the tasks and expenses whereas currently invoicing using the project amount does not update the inventory.
Dan Hosgood
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Jenny Maguire
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This would also be a great feature. We assign inventory items as expenses to projects, but invoice our customers on a different schedule. We still need to know what inventory items are used in the project, but don't want to physically invoice these items to the customer. It would be great if you could use the 'mark as invoiced' option to update the inventory figures. ie 1 x inventory item is assigned as an expense in projects, if you mark it as invoiced, the inventory level is reduced by 1 x item.
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Chris Mellow
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Absolutely agree that invoicing the project amount (or even a progress payment up to a specified date) needs to push any tracked inventory through to Xero & update stock levels. We hold consignment stock & need to report monthly on usage, which requires manual intervention & additional work.