Hi. I run a construction company and we use Enterprise Desktop. We typically do multi-month jobs that we invoice along the way based on actual Time&Materials (as opposed to just "beat the estimate").
Our customers will give us a PO based on our estimated cost of the job (not itemized, just a $ amount). But we do have to monitor what portion of the PO $ amount we've invoiced so far, so that future invoices don't exceed the PO amount.
This seems like the ideal use for a "Work Order" or an "Estimate" in QB that we invoice against. However, as far as I can tell, to make a Work Order or Estimate, you need to put in items and quantities. In my case, I don't know items and quantities until I actually do the invoicing. Ideally, I'd like to make a Work Order with only a $ amount (not necessarily items), then have that $ amount get "used up" as I invoice against that Work Order.
Of course I can just do this outside of QB by keeping a separate Excel, but stuff like this is what is great about QB. Is there any way to do itemized invoicing against a non-itemized (just $ amount) Work Order?
