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.
- Enter other details as needed.
Leave the inventory quantity at zero, as Retail POS will not track inventory for this item.
- 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.