Offsite Inventory

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Hi, my company is a distributor. We work with Sage 50. We will have to send some products of the inventory to a third party company  to be cleaned and then these products will be returned to us. Is it correct to create an inventory account named "Offsite inventory" and to  transfer these products to this account temporarily? since these parts will not be available until they return.

How is the best way to post this process in Sage 50 ?

Thank you in advance for your help

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    Sure,  I would create a customer invoice when they leave your main location that would take them out of inventory.  You could also move them to the new offsite inventory in the same transaction.  I would use the original cost so it would not change the income statement.   

    When they come back in you would need to re-enter them as a new purchase to put them back to the original inventory, remove them from offsite inventory and pay your vendor.  The new inventory cost must be a total of all costs rolled into one number. 

    If you need help setting up this process, we would be happy to consult with you but there would be a fee for our service. 

    Regards, 

    Shirley Byard, owner Best Business Strategies [email protected]