Profitability Tracking

by Greg Kravchak
(Virginia Beach)

Is it possible to track profitability on a sale from cost that gets applied to a manufacturing or work order?

Jennifer replies:

Hello Greg,

Work orders do not post to the general ledger, which means that they do not affect any financial reports in QuickBooks.

Therefore, you cannot track profitability via a work order. You must convert it to an invoice before QuickBooks can compute profitability.

I hope this answers your question about profitability tracking. Take care and thanks for writing.