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Hello all,
I have a small business leasing custom built equipment. I am trying to find a software solution to accounting and managing.
I have tried the demos from sage, tas and sortmybooks but I cannot figure out how to use them for rentals.
Just so you know what I'm doing here is an over explained but typical example of how it works. Products and costs are fictional for illustration purposes.
A customer requests a specific product that they need for a short time - lets say its a Decorated Christmas Tree.
First I will need to cost all the parts for the tree so I need to create a bill of materials for it. Lets say it costs 500 plus labour to make.
Next I quote a customer for the cost to hire the tree per day. lets say @ 400. Now lets say they reply and want to rent the tree for 4 days at 400 per day to total 1600.
I issue an invoice for 800 to be paid on agreement of terms and the remainder to be paid at the end.
They pay the 800 and I buy all the parts for the tree and generate my BOM.
The Tree is completed and added to my inventory of products. I need to assign the dates to it.
After the display, I invoice and receive the balance from the customer.
From then on I can rent the tree to other customers.
Ok, so that's how it works.
The problem I am having is that I cant figure out how to tell the software that I am not actually selling 4 trees, I am just renting one out for 4 days, all of the parts I bought are now one tree and I still have the the tree at the end.
I also want to be able to keep a record of booking dates so I don't double book something.
Currently I am doing it all on paper but my inventory is growing and I would prefer to keep a computer record.
Can anyone point point me in the right direction or recommend a software solution that does what I need.
Thanks,
Jon
I have a small business leasing custom built equipment. I am trying to find a software solution to accounting and managing.
I have tried the demos from sage, tas and sortmybooks but I cannot figure out how to use them for rentals.
Just so you know what I'm doing here is an over explained but typical example of how it works. Products and costs are fictional for illustration purposes.
A customer requests a specific product that they need for a short time - lets say its a Decorated Christmas Tree.
First I will need to cost all the parts for the tree so I need to create a bill of materials for it. Lets say it costs 500 plus labour to make.
Next I quote a customer for the cost to hire the tree per day. lets say @ 400. Now lets say they reply and want to rent the tree for 4 days at 400 per day to total 1600.
I issue an invoice for 800 to be paid on agreement of terms and the remainder to be paid at the end.
They pay the 800 and I buy all the parts for the tree and generate my BOM.
The Tree is completed and added to my inventory of products. I need to assign the dates to it.
After the display, I invoice and receive the balance from the customer.
From then on I can rent the tree to other customers.
Ok, so that's how it works.
The problem I am having is that I cant figure out how to tell the software that I am not actually selling 4 trees, I am just renting one out for 4 days, all of the parts I bought are now one tree and I still have the the tree at the end.
I also want to be able to keep a record of booking dates so I don't double book something.
Currently I am doing it all on paper but my inventory is growing and I would prefer to keep a computer record.
Can anyone point point me in the right direction or recommend a software solution that does what I need.
Thanks,
Jon