Re: [SL] Accounting for fuel inventory in a small power generator

[Dieter S. <dsi...@sq...>]

You have to set up heat as an assembly and add fuel as a component so it
will be recognized as COGS when you sell heat.

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On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Oscar A. Valdez wrote:

> We are a small power generator that purchases fuel and converts it into
> electrical and heat energy for sale.
>
> I've looked at the manual's section on Inventory, and it doesn't seem
> like I can have a fuel inventory and periodically consume it to produce
> energy for immediate sale (can't be inventoried). That would seem like a
> Job Costing or WIP functionality that doesn't seem to be there in
> SQL-Ledger.
>
> Am I wrong?
>
> If I am right (i.e., I can't do what I want), I'd appreciate suggestions
> on how to account for my fuel inventory and my energy sales.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>