Inventory - Report for item rentals
We are a meadery that often sells mead in kegs. This idea would also apply to breweries.
I use a "Keg" inventory item to track the physical keg shells. I use a separate item for the product inside the keg. So an invoice for one keg will show two items: the mead itself and the keg. This helps me keep track of our physical kegs on hand, weather they are full or empty.
When a client returns a keg, they receive a credit note for returning the keg. In addition to getting their deposit back, this keeps my inventory correct.
This system works well to keep track of how many kegs we have at our location, but it would be wonderful to run a report to see which customers currently have kegs out and how many.
This could be generalized into any type of rental item, as the keg shells are essentially rented from us, we do expect to get them back.
Thank you!