I have an engineering business that manufactures different products for customers. Prior to Quickbooks, my company used a pricing system where we had different categories (stock, plating, engineering, setup, inspection etc.) that were that were divided into two categories: expenses and time.
For expenses: we calculated the total expense of what it would cost to complete the job (direct materials, tools that we need to buy, etc.) , and divided this sum by the quantity ordered to get unit price.
For time: we calculate the total time it would take for us to manufacture one item in the order and multiply this by an hourly rate we create for the customer.
Price = Expenses + (Time x Hourly Rate)
The per unit price can be multiplied by quantity to get the total cost.
My question is does Quickbooks Desktop Premier have an advanced pricing options that would allow us to do this rather than having to do this in excel like we have done before?
I do not want to have to calculate a unit price for each item in excel and then paste that into quickbooks especially if orders can have 10 or 20 items where this needs to be calculated.
As of right now, I can only see a unit price option, but I want to be able to calculate the unit price in excel that shows up on the estimates, sales orders, and invoices.
Thank you
