I need some ideas as to the best way to handle a process of assembling some components into finished items, some for sale and some for use in house.
The physical process is as follows: I buy some stock (cable, connectors and ancillary items) I assemble some stock items into finished cables I either keep the assemblies for in-house use or sell them.
I've looked at creating assemblies in QB (2006 Accountant version), but the problem is that I have currently assembled 6 cables and every one is different - different lengths, different connectors and different coloured identifying rings. As this number is only going to increase, defining assemblies in QB seems a bit of a pain.
What I want to achieve is use QB to track my inventory, and to invoice the clients for a cable, which I can define via the product description. Is there any way of doing this without defining what will probably be about 40 different assemblies?
Thanks for any advice.