I read here that “Qty to be available” is connected to Open Purchase Orders.
However, is there any way to connect it to Production Orders?
i.e, is there any way to have a Complete or Incomplete Production Order (to track our stages of manufacturing, when it’s in process, not started or complete), that can then reflect in “Qty to be available” or similar?
What you are asking is not possible with the current system as Production order instantaneously produce finish goods so there are no intermediate stages (when required raw material is all available).
Btw i think there should be two tabs for production. One for issuing an order to Produce Finished goods (Like Job card or work order or anything). Next tab which we already have production order (maybe renamed to something other like stock entry or completed productions).
I agree there is a market for production control software. I’m less convinced it is a core accounting software function but whether it is within Manager’s scope is clearly not my call.
If that’s the case then there are many other features in manager which are not considered as core accounting functions. What i suggested is same as purchase order but connected to production instead of P Invoices. And also it would be optional just like purchase order so if someone needs it they can use it otherwise it won’t affect existing workflow.
And maybe with some tweaks it would solve the issue for those who dont want their production employees to see the cost of the production. So whoever wants that will give them access to the work order tab only and then the concerned department can copy it to the final production where cost of each item could be seen.
Yes and that is at the core of many issues. Manager more and more becomes a Jack of all trades, and a master of none. If anything a bold decision to declutter, and thus remove bloatware and good to haves, would benefit Manager to be a focussed accounting application that does the essentials exceptionally well and let’s other stuff be handled by POS, Inventory, Investment, etc applications. Maybe a well functioning API with major players in the market would help.
To the level you want to bring down manager then there would be no need of manager at all. Those things could be done in any spreadsheet. About the bloatware most people love manager because of the UI not because of the lesser bloatware. If someone want/need a feature they can turn it on and off on demand. As there are already close to 40 tabs. but not most of them are used by many users. So adding functionality wont hurt.
Theoretically yes. You could use a spreadsheet, but with much more difficulty than Manager, and figure out how to import bank statements, assigning payment and receipt rules, prepare financial statements, handling taxation, deal with multiple currencies, etc. Even more difficult would be error trapping with functions such as bank reconciliations.
Manager has an excellent accounting basis for all these essentials that far supersedes any spreadsheet in terms of ease of use and accuracy. However, it is not an ERP, has limited Payroll, Inventory, Sales (POS), CRM, Investment, etc capacities that often raise questions and requests for more functionality (see the massive and ever expanding ideas category) while time could be better spend on core issues. The enabling of more tabs in essence is equal to adding modules. As mentioned if a solid API to some of the much better implemented POS, Payroll, etc systems would be in place then the now weak components could be ditched.
No one is comparing manager to spreadsheets. I don’t think u even read my post properly.
As i said earlier manager is used by most of the user because of its interface not because of less functionality. And extra functionality isn’t bad as long as not everyone is forced into using that extra functionality. Like u said about the expanding ideas category that means users need more features. As far as accounting is concerned manager already got all the essentials. But that doesn’t mean development should stop.
It means SOME users WANT LOTS more features.
That’s also a matter of opinion. In many jurisdictions electronic communication with the tax authority is becoming mandatory.
There is also a difference between dabbling in a task and excelling in it.
In summary, I like everyone else, would like Manager to excel at what I consider to be basic functionality. The problem is we all have a different view on what should be basic functionality.