Mary Kay® Inventory Software
Mary Kay Inoutch® provides a lot of great features, but unfortunately inventory software is not one of them. You can order new products, but beyond that, Intouch® does not provide a way to track your products coming in or going out. Let's talk about some of the options and some of the software types you can use to accomplish your inventory tracking.
Option 1: If your thrifty, and don't mind putting a little time in, then you can use something as simple as a word document (or an excel file) to keep a very basic inventory. You will want to input your product name, product number, retail and wholesale price, category and last but not least, number in stock. This simple method can product the results you need for cheap (or even free if you use notepad, or already have the software installed on your computer). You will not get a lot of "extra" using any of these software platforms, but if you do a very low amount of sales, it may be enough. Make sure you add them to your inventory levels when you do an order, and make sure you subtract when you sell an item (or use an item yourself).
Advantages:
-Cheap (or even Free)
Disadvantages:
- no sales history
- tracking your finances is a lot more work and VERY TIME CONSUMING
-Your time would be better spent in front of people making a sale than wasting it "spinning your wheels" with paperwork.
Option 2: You can use a Mary Kay® Inventory software that is designed to make inventory tracking as easy as possible. For example, www.qtoffice.com which includes www.qtinventory.com will allow you to import your entire order from Mary Kay Intouch® and it will add all the product to your shelf; from here, you can create an invoice and the product will be taken from your shelf. There are some extra steps that are automated as well. For example, because you created the invoice, your products are deducted from your shelf, your profit is calculated, your end of year tax sheet is updated, your product history is updated (so you know who purchased that product in the past), your customers purchase history is updated (so you know everything that all of your customers purchased in the past) and you have a way to send a sharp invoices/receipts to your clients.
Advantages:
- Saves Time by automating tasks
Mary Kay Inoutch® provides a lot of great features, but unfortunately inventory software is not one of them. You can order new products, but beyond that, Intouch® does not provide a way to track your products coming in or going out. Let's talk about some of the options and some of the software types you can use to accomplish your inventory tracking.
Option 1: If your thrifty, and don't mind putting a little time in, then you can use something as simple as a word document (or an excel file) to keep a very basic inventory. You will want to input your product name, product number, retail and wholesale price, category and last but not least, number in stock. This simple method can product the results you need for cheap (or even free if you use notepad, or already have the software installed on your computer). You will not get a lot of "extra" using any of these software platforms, but if you do a very low amount of sales, it may be enough. Make sure you add them to your inventory levels when you do an order, and make sure you subtract when you sell an item (or use an item yourself).
Advantages:
-Cheap (or even Free)
Disadvantages:
- no sales history
- tracking your finances is a lot more work and VERY TIME CONSUMING
-Your time would be better spent in front of people making a sale than wasting it "spinning your wheels" with paperwork.
Option 2: You can use a Mary Kay® Inventory software that is designed to make inventory tracking as easy as possible. For example, www.qtoffice.com which includes www.qtinventory.com will allow you to import your entire order from Mary Kay Intouch® and it will add all the product to your shelf; from here, you can create an invoice and the product will be taken from your shelf. There are some extra steps that are automated as well. For example, because you created the invoice, your products are deducted from your shelf, your profit is calculated, your end of year tax sheet is updated, your product history is updated (so you know who purchased that product in the past), your customers purchase history is updated (so you know everything that all of your customers purchased in the past) and you have a way to send a sharp invoices/receipts to your clients.
Advantages:
- Saves Time by automating tasks
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