How does inventory management work with QuickBooks and the inventory planner?

Use QuickBooks to manage inventory

Introduction

You can still use QuickBooks to manage inventory. Connex Inventory Planner is meant to show reports and is no procurement management tool like QuickBooks.

Do I turn off inventory management with QuickBooks Online?

Leave inventory management activated within QuickBooks Online.

How do I manage inventory in QuickBooks?

You can create a purchase order and receive items with a bill. You can perform an inventory adjustment. For more info, read these guides:

What benefits does the planner offer over QuickBooks?

Here is a table:

Feature	QuickBooks	Planner	Notes
Purchase orders and bills	Yes	No
Order management	Yes	No
Invoice customers	Yes	No
Multi-currency	Yes	No
Pay employees	Yes	No
Pay vendors	Yes	No
Track quantity on hand by bin	Yes	No
Forecast sales	No	Yes
Forecast quantity to order	No	Yes
Integrate with selling channel	No	Out of box, no add-on
Record expenses from selling channels	No	Out of box, no add-on
Visual charts	No	Many charts and tables	QuickBooks has some outdated charts in the custom reports area.
Easily Share reports	No	Yes	QuickBooks has a 5 user limit and you must lock down users from viewing certain areas. You must purchase a remote desktop, which is an additional fee.
Break Even Report	No	Yes
Two Way Product Sync	No	Yes	Connex can sync product updates to various selling channels.
Forecast Reorder Points	No	Yes
Goals Notifications	No	Yes	Connex can notify you if a financial event happened, like time to reorder or you received many refunds.
Amazon Dashboard to Manage Fees	No	Yes