How to manage inventory with Shopify Retail POS and QB Desktop 2024 (along with a Service program)?

We appreciate you joining us in the Community, cca_110.

Let me share information regarding inventory tracking with QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) 2024.

Yes, you can utilize QBDT 2024 to manage your inventory, which can also be used as a parent software. However, if you want to automate the process, you can integrate several applications that could meet your business needs.

On the other hand, please know that the program can only generate purchase orders. Syncing data to another service program will depend on the connector you're utilizing.

Nevertheless, I recommend seeking advice from your bookkeeper for the most suitable setup for your business.

Moreover, you might want to scan these materials that contain information to help you manage your inventory within QBDT:

• Add, edit, and delete items in QuickBooks Desktop
• Set up Advanced Inventory in QuickBooks Desktop
• Import and export data in QuickBooks Desktop

Furthermore, consider reviewing these resources for guidance on tracking accounts payable and receivables to keep your record accurate:

• Accounts Payable workflows in QuickBooks Desktop
• Get started with customer transaction workflows in QuickBooks Desktop

Feel free to revisit this forum if you have additional questions when managing your inventory or other related concerns in QuickBooks Desktop. We'll be around to help.

hi,thanks much for getting back to me. Much appreciated. While our co.'s bookkeeper has become fairly familiar with QB Desktop over the years, she isn't too famiar with setting up all the different apps and software to best meet our needs which is why I'm trying to do some research to figure some things out.

Thanks for the resources. I actually saw a couple of those just before posting, but not all of them so I'll check them out.

Do you happen to have an recommendations for the different "connectors" for syncing QBDT to other programs at all? I'm sure there's a ton of options, but if you know of any tried and true options I would love to know so I can check them out. I'm hoping there's a 3rd party app that can help sync both Shopify POS AND a program like Bluefolder or House Call Pro to QBDT and then it seems to me that as long as we receive PO's through QBDT then the POS and the Service software should put items out of QBDT's inventory when we close out invoices on either program and that should keep inventory up to date... does that sound right at all?

Thanks again!

Hello there,

You may want to find some third-party applications that suit your needs in the Apps for QuickBooks Desktop webpage or by following this link: https://desktop.apps.com/home.

Once on the page, follow the steps below:

1. Go to All Applications.
2. On the search tab, type in the clue word of the specific app you're looking for.
3. Click the magnifying glass to search.

You can utilize this article to customize any report: Customize reports in QuickBooks Desktop.

Thanks for dropping by. We're available 24/7 to tend to each of your concerns. Don't hesitate to post here again. Stay safe!

@cca_110 

The reality is that when you need to integrate with third-party applications, QB Desktop is no longer suitable. Most developers prefer to support QB Online.

Thanks for the insight... they had originally made the decision to go with QBOL because we were told that Intuit was forcing everyone to go cloud-based and we had to get rid of both QB POS (as there was no longer any support or updates) and ALSO QBDT. It wasn't until our new computer guy was in on Friday that they found out that Intuit had a QBDT 2024 and we were given the wrong info.

Immediately asked the inventory questions and I was told that QBDT does not do inventory (which I found very hard to believe as I had QB a long time ago and I could do it then.. and that's what  lead to me posting here..

Just to clarify - are you saying that there are NO options 3rd party "connector" apps available for QBDT 2024? Or are there just much, much less options? Thanks much.

Thanks for the insight... they had originally made the decision to go with QBOL because we were told that Intuit was forcing everyone to go cloud-based and we had to get rid of both QB POS (as there was no longer any support or updates) and ALSO QBDT. It wasn't until our new computer guy was in on Friday that they found out that Intuit had a QBDT 2024 and we were given the wrong info.

Immediately asked the inventory questions and I was told that QBDT does not do inventory (which I found very hard to believe as I had QB a long time ago and I could do it then.. and that's what  lead to me posting here..

Just to clarify - are you saying that there are NO options 3rd party "connector" apps available for QBDT 2024? Or are there just much, much less options? Thanks much.

Hello there.

Let me assist you with integrating third-party applications into your QuickBooks Desktop 2024. To clarify your question, you can still use third-party apps to integrate into your QBDT 2024 account.

While we don't have accurate statistics on how many developers would develop a program to integrate with QuickBooks Desktop 2024, we can still assure you that there will always be a third-party app running with QBDT 2024. Also, QuickBooks Desktop 2024 isn't discontinued, as it has just been released to the public recently.

To integrate third-party applications into your QBDT 2024, you'll need to allow the access first before proceeding.

Moreover, you can also consider checking out the required system specifications for QuickBooks Desktop 2024 to check if it runs compatibly with your system.

Let me know if you have further concerns regarding QBDT 2024 and its third-party apps. I'm always here to assist you.