Order sheet to QuickBooks invoice

Sample data: fictional wholesaler, account, products and prices

Incoming order sheet

Photo of the account's order pad

Fictional sample order pad. Not a real business.

Process

Scripted walkthrough

Stages

    Animation timing is for the demo, not a speed measurement.

    Draft invoice

    SKUProductQtyUnitUnit priceLine totalStatus

    QuickBooks Online export

    Formatted for QuickBooks Online invoice import. This demo does not connect to QuickBooks.

    • Pick MM/DD/YYYY when mapping dates.
    • QuickBooks Online imports up to 100 invoices and 1,000 rows per file. It can't import invoices this way if sales tax is set up in QuickBooks.
    • Before importing, set up DEP-HB and DEP-SX as items that post to a keg deposit liability account, and make sure the SKUs match your QuickBooks product/service names (otherwise QuickBooks uses Sales).
    • QuickBooks invoice import can't take negative lines, so keg credits go on a separate credit memo.
    • Where stock and order history come from: in a real setup, your price list, an on-hand stock export and recent invoices. In this demo they are fictional sample data.
    • What it doesn't do: it doesn't post to QuickBooks, it makes an import file. It can't know about changes agreed by phone; a person confirms those.

    Order desk estimate (editable assumptions)

    Assumptions: change to your numbers

    What each default assumes

    Estimate from these assumptions

    Staff hours a month
    Manual
    Automated
    Order lines with an error a month
    Manual
    Automated
    Estimate from these assumptions, not measured
    ManualAutomatedChange

    Error counts aren't turned into dollars beyond the rework assumption.

    Real result from Rafay's work