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Inventory software for fabric?

Has anyone used any type of inventory management software? I have been attempting to keep track (using an Excel spreadsheet) of amount of fabric used, cost of fabric, cost of buttons or elastic etc for each item I make. It is tedious and I know there has to be a better way.
Most of the FREE inventory apps or software don't allow for the tiny details - just a box for "cost" and a box for "selling price". Maybe I need to be searching for manufacturing software!?!? Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
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Sounds like something I would like. I've never seen one though. Just very basic spread sheets. Hope you find one.
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Sorry, I don't have any info but should you find a software program or an app (besides Excel), I want to know all about it! It sure would help.
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I too would love something like this.. and have looked around but not seen what I am looking for.
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I tried the same thing and failed to find anything free. You can buy software for raw materials, that has an inventory page and an output page and then the third page is stock held. It is fantastic but costs money!

I did this myself in excel- I have a column for things you can number, eg buttons, zips and a column for fabric, where I enter the dimensions and it calculates area. Again not foolproof as there is waste and pattern orientation affects cutting.... A simple formula breaks down the price per metre into cost of quantity used.

If you log your incoming stock, you can use the same titles for the outgoing stock and thus use references in excel. It is all time consuming and tedious though. I have added more columns to mine for other costs (variable and fixed) and duty, postage...

If you are ok to spend money, there are software suppliers in etsy that specialize their packages to etsy shops

You can export all your sales as CSV from here and maybe build something in excel working backwards...
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Craftybase and Quickbooks I think...
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I already use QuickBooks, just signed up for Craftybase free trial. Looks like a lot of work at the beginning but I can see how it would saw a lot of time in the long run. It imports info from etsy shop too.
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I have never heard of this. Sorry!
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I just use Excel workbook...

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