Inventory setup: Cost centers
Use internal cost centers when performing internal stock use to track inventory costs and usage taxes associated with items you use within your practice, but are not invoiced. Cost centers can be specific areas within your practice, such as treatment, lab, exam rooms, or a reason such as expired or donated.
Before you start
- Security access to Inventory Cost Center List, Inventory Cost Center Maintenance
Important!
- Cost center IDs cannot be modified.
- Once used for a transaction, cost centers cannot be deleted, but can be inactivated.
Setup cost centers
- Inventory > Cost Centers
- Click Add New.
- Enter a cost center ID, up to 7 case sensitive characters, and press Tab.
- Enter a description.
- Click Save.
Update cost centers
- Inventory > Cost Centers
- Select from the list and click Edit.
- Modify the description, if needed.
- Select Inactive, if needed
- Click Save
Delete cost centers
- Inventory > Cost Centers
- Select from the list and click Delete.
- Click Yes or No to confirm.
Additional information
Cost centers
- When using internal stock use to deplete inventory the activity is tracked on the Internal Usage Report which can be used as an internal cost of goods sold/used for reporting purposes.
- Start with a small list. You can always add more later.
- To see all cost centers in the Cost Center List, select Show inactive cost centers.
Related reports
- Adjustment Report
- Audit Report
