Ok... REALLY DUMB question this time...
Currently, we are using DBA to handle, obviously, all our materials used in manufacturing, and we are ALSO using it to keep track of all the other items the company purchases for general use (beyond mfg). The mfg portion is no particular problem (other than the normal DBA issues), but the office, shop and other areas are.
To "issue" materials to a WO, is standard. How would one "issue" materials to the sales dept., or front office, or.... etc., etc.? We have thought of creating internal wo's that each department is responsible for and on a monthly basis, close the wo's out and move the material costs to their areas, but...?
On a similar note, "engineering" (and we all know engineers are notoriously bad at accounting for material usage) pull materials out of stock for "testing" purposes (and I use that term loosely!), how do others track those expenses?
Please understand, we know it is "easy" enough to transfer dollars from one place to another via normal accounting practices, but DBA, with one of it's strength's being it can track materials, permits us to "standardize" on the paper, penciles, pens, notebooks, file folders, etc., etc. we use. ie., when someone needs a notebook, we know exactly which one to get and it's done. At least it comes in and it is given to them, getting it out of inventory is another matter, or issue, as the case may be!
Thanks
John