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Re: using inventory goods during production



Hi Gerald,

thanks, that sounds easy.

But, how will the cost of the fertiliser appear in the 'costs of goods
sold' of the specific department which consumed the fertiliser?
Thinking of it, the follwoing solution pops up in my mind: 
Maybe through a simultaneous cash transfer?

'fertiliser stock' dept:
cash debited by X
inventory credited by X

'couliflower on area 1' dept:
cash credited by X
costs of goods sold debited by X

both cashes are the same company cash, only appearing under different
departments. So the company cash position won't change a bit, the
inventory is credited and the costs of goods sold are debited.

Does this sound correct?

thanks

ario

On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 09:55 -0400, Gerald A wrote:
> Hi Ario,
> 
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:11 PM, ario <..hidden..>
> wrote:
>         
>         for a farm there is fertiliser in stock, purchased some time
>          ago and
>         recorded through 'vendor invoice', hence recorded as inventory
>         in stock.
>         Now the farmer is spreading some of this stocked fertiliser on
>         the soil,
>         but he is not selling any, nor does he know how much produced
>         end-goods
>         (kg produce) will result from his current farming operations.
>         How is the consumption of this fertiliser to be recorded and
>         moved out
>         of the inventory and charged to that particular
>         'department' (specific
>         area) and project (cropping type and date) of the farm without
>         selling
>         any to a third party?
>         I'm quite stuck with this as the only possible way I see to
>         move this
>         used fertiliser out of the inventory is through selling.
> 
> I'm still getting my feet wet in ledger-smb, so I can't give you a
> definitive answer.
> 
> However, there must be a way to "consume" things out of inventory
> without selling
> them. I think of a paper company -- when they need paper, they just
> remove it from
> inventory. This would be similar to any process where a company keeps
> supplies on
> hand.
> 
> Now, as a pure hack, if no one else responds with the "correct" way to
> do this, you
> could create a "customer" called internal who you "sell" the goods to.
> Since the
> goods are paid for, you could "charge" the internal customer $0 and
> this would
> allow your fertiliser to be consumed.
> 
> It's a hack, and I'd love to hear the real way to approach this.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gerald 
> 
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