Creating labor items allows you to add commonly used services such as a bicycle tuneup or a tailoring charge to the labor section of a work order.
Creating labor items
- Navigate to Inventory > New Item.
- Set the Type to Non-Inventory and the Tax Class to Labor or a custom labor tax class.
- Enter the time required to complete the service in the Service Defaults section.
If you’re creating a rental item, enter a base unit of time you use for rentals, for example 1 hour. When adding the item to a sale, charge the appropriate units, for example 3 x 1 hour rental for 3 hours. Optionally add a deposit that can be refunded when the rental is returned.
- Enter other details as needed.
Leave the inventory quantity at zero, as Retail POS will not track inventory for this item. Regardless of your cost tracking method, non-inventory items always use the Default Cost entered in the Inventory Defaults section.
- Click Save Changes.
You can now add the labor item to work orders.
Enabling discounts on labor items
To set whether discounts can be applied to labor items:
- Navigate to Settings > General Options.
- Uncheck the No Discounts on Labor box to allow discounts on labor items.
- Click Save Changes.
Archiving labor items
To archive a labor item:
- Navigate to Inventory > Item Search and search for the labor item.
- Click the name of the item.
- Click Archive.