Processing Finished Goods With Added Costs.

This article shows you how to process finished goods with added costs.

Sometimes you may need to combine many different raw material items and additional outside vendor costs into one finished good.

Note:You will not achieve the desired inventory results if you do not record the removal of the raw material stock as soon as it is issued or if you record the finished good inventory before it is complete. The time period between these two points is commonly referred to as Work in Process or “WIP”.

The suggested method to track and manage the inventory and accounting while the inventory is in the WIP stage, involves the following steps:

Create a WIP holding location
Assemble the finished good from the raw materials stock
Transfer the finished good

Creating a WIP holding location:

Create a new warehouse named WIP (or any other identifiable name).

Select File > Configuration Management to open the Configuration Manager.
Select the Inventory folder > Warehouse.
Click the New button (or Ctrl + N) to create a new warehouse.
In the Warehouse field, name the warehouse, WIP or any other desired name.
Enter all other necessary information.
Click the Save button.
If desired, you can setup a separate asset account to associate to this warehouse to track the value of work in process on your balance sheet.

Assembling the finished good from the raw materials stock:

Creating the finished good is a three-step process:

Define the finished good
Assemble all products and costs of the raw materials into the product
Add the additional outside costs

Defining the finished good:

This transaction will move the value of the inventory into the WIP warehouse, which will represent inventory that is no longer available. This representation is important when making future selling and inventory reorder decisions.

Select Inventory > Product Information to open the Product Information window.
Click the Lookup button (or F4) and select the product that is defined as the finished good.
Click the Edit button.
From the Bill of Materials drop-down menu, select Assembly.
Select the Components tab that appears in the window. In this tab you will select each of the raw materials to be included in the assembly.
Click inside the Product ID field and click the Lookup button that appears. Select a raw material from the Product Lookup window.
Click inside the Warehouse field and click the drop-down arrow that appears. Select warehouse where the raw materials are created.
In the Quantity field enter the quantity.
Repeat steps 1-8 in this section for each raw material component.

Creating the assembly:

This is the transitional process that will reflect a finished good that is a "Work In Process" and will be available to sell in the near future. The transaction is defined to move the finished good into the WIP warehouse where it can have additional outside costs added to its value.

Select Inventory > Assemblies to open the Inventory Assemblies window.
Click the New session button. A new transaction will automatically be created in the session.
In the Product ID field enter the product ID manually or click the Lookup button next to the Product ID field and from the Product Lookup window select the finished good item that will be created.
In the Quantity field enter the finished quantity that will be made.
From the Warehouse drop-down menu select the WIP warehouse.
Enter all other necessary information in the header.
Click the Save button.
To finish the process, click the Post button.
A pop-up window will appear asking if you want to post your inventory transaction. Click Yes to post (update) the inventory. Click No to stop the posting process.
The Inventory Assemblies-Transactions Report window will open when you have successfully created the assembly.
Select the appropriate buttons, to print or preview the report.

Adding additional costs :

The Landed Cost feature is the best way to add costs to assemblies, but some customer will use our "Added Cost" functionality. When using Added Cost, there are accounting implications that need to be considered. We recommend going through our Added Cost vs Landed Cost article before going with this option.

Important: It is not advised to add payroll costs without proper accounting consideration as these costs are posted through your payroll module and will already be expensed on your financial statement.

Transferring the finished good:

A transfer transaction will move the value of the inventory into the WIP warehouse, which will represent inventory that is no longer available. This representation is important while making future selling and inventory reorder decisions.

Select Inventory > Transfers to open the Inventory Transfers window.
Click the New session button. A new transaction will automatically be created in the session.
In the From Warehouse drop-down field select the warehouse you are transferring the raw material from.
In the To Warehouse drop-down field select the WIP warehouse, which is where the raw material will be transferred to.
Complete all other necessary header fields (i.e. Reference, Transfer Document and Description).
Click the Save button.
In the data grid, click inside the Product ID field and enter the product ID manually or click the Lookup button (to select the product(s) you want to transfer from the Find Product Lookup window).
In the Quantity field for each product, enter the quantity.
When you are done, review the products on the screen. Your inventory in the database has not been posted yet.
To post your inventory transaction, click the Post button.
A pop-up window will appear asking if you want to post your inventory transaction. Click Yes to post (update) the inventory. Click No to stop the posting process.
The Inventory Transfers-Transactions Report window will open when you have successfully posted your inventory transaction.
Select the appropriate buttons, to print or preview the report for the products you just transferred.