Apothecary Keeper - WHAT A KEEPER!!!!!

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I've finally gotten around to playing around with Andy's Apothecary

Keeper program and HOLY CANOLI everyone who does what we do with oils

and making soaps, and toiletries really should have this for inventory,

cost calculating, etc ... It is pretty darn awesome!

 

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*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

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I totally agree with Chris. This program is a Godsend for perfumers,

aromatherapists, toiletry makers, soapers, herbalists. A member of my group

got it, and asked some questions about it on the group, but nobody had it,

so she went back to Andy, the creator.

 

It got our interest piqued because we ALL have problems with inventory

tracking, no? Mercy, this program works where the $3000 Quick Books

inventory program doesn't, according to a manufacturer on my group! Andy is

currently working on version 2.0 which will be usable for Macs, too.

 

Only $50. Incredible. When the upgrade comes out, all the data you've

entered in 1.0 will be uploaded, of course, and the new bells and whistles

will make your business soar.

 

Andy's in the Guild and participate in my , answering questions.

He's a member here, so if any questions arise, he can answer them. There

are some sample pages on his website to look at to give you an idea of the

power of this program, but they don't do it justice.

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OK Where does QuickBooks cost $3000 LOL You were misinformed. And QB is not an

inventory program. never was . It is a financial program, and costs from $99 ..

the ones that cost a little more .. i.e. from $179 do have inventory in them but

it is not like the ones that do cost $1,000's.

 

and Yes I am biased because I work for Intuit now LOL

 

 

Graham Sorenson

 

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It got our interest piqued because we ALL have problems with inventory

tracking, no? Mercy, this program works where the $3000 Quick Books

inventory program doesn't, according to a manufacturer on my group!

 

 

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I have the Premier Accountant's Edition 2004, which was $500 (plus extra for

instruction from our accountant). That was in 2004. I have no idea what it

costs in 2006.

 

As for inventory, yes, it most definitely DOES do that.

 

Cindy

 

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OK Where does QuickBooks cost $3000 LOL You were misinformed. And QB is not an

inventory program. never was . It is a financial program, and costs from $99 ..

the ones that cost a little more .. i.e. from $179 do have inventory in them but

it is not like the ones that do cost $1,000's.

 

and Yes I am biased because I work for Intuit now LOL

 

Graham Sorenson

 

 

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My son-in-law just recently purchased QuickBooks Enterprise

Solutions 6.0. It cost $3,000 and is for 5 users. This is what

his CPA suggested for his printing company to track inventory,

etc. So there is an Intuit program that costs $3,000 or more.

 

Sandi

BlackKat Herbs

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, " Graham Sorenson "

<lunaaromatics wrote:

>

> OK Where does QuickBooks cost $3000 LOL You were misinformed. And QB

is not an inventory program. never was . It is a financial program,

and costs from $99 .. the ones that cost a little more .. i.e. from

$179 do have inventory in them but it is not like the ones that do

cost $1,000's.

>

> and Yes I am biased because I work for Intuit now LOL

 

There is a Quick Books for Manufacturers and it IS $3000. I have the

top of the line financial program, which is Premier 2006 and that's

only $400. At first my accountant rec'd the $3000 one for my

inventory, then a cosmetics manufacturer on my group wrote how she had

purchased the $3000 one and it didn't work for our business needs.

 

It's called Enterprise:

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting_software/enterprise_accounting_s\

ystem.jhtml

 

Better not let the bosses know you're not up on the products, Graham, lol.

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, " Guinness " <guinness97 wrote:

>

> I have the Premier Accountant's Edition 2004, which was $500 (plus

extra for instruction from our accountant). That was in 2004. I have

no idea what it costs in 2006.

>

> As for inventory, yes, it most definitely DOES do that.

 

Not the kind of assembly inventory that AK does. I'm rather

inarticulate at explaining it, but my QB doesn't work out the cost per

unit, follow-the-whole-process inventory that AK does. That's why the

accountant rec'd Enterprise, she thought it would. Someone explained

the difference: QB inventories if you buy widget and combine it with

wadget to make a whatsit ;-) it doesn't track something made from

scratch. AK does.

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, Blackkat <blackkat wrote:

>

> My son-in-law just recently purchased QuickBooks Enterprise

> Solutions 6.0. It cost $3,000 and is for 5 users. This is what

> his CPA suggested for his printing company to track inventory,

> etc. So there is an Intuit program that costs $3,000 or more.

 

Yes, Sandi, that is Enterprise. And it will work beautifully for the

kind of company your SIL has. Pure in-and-out inventory. Works for

widget assembly companies, too, but not toiletries, herbalists,

cosmetics, perfumers, aromatherapists (that are blending.)

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Anya,

 

I wasn't disputing the fact that Apothecary Keeper is a good product. I

have looked at it and think it is great. My comment was just that

Intuit did

have an expensive bookkeeping program.

 

Sandi

BlackKat Herbs

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I think what she said was that the $3,000 was for more than one

user. . . . businesses can pay pretty significant dollars for the

right for employees to use their program. It is a license I

suspect. We have to purchase various software programs and they can

be very costly when they are to be used by a large department. I do

not use QB myself but one of the other administrators here does.

According to her, enteries can be coded and if you plan your system

well enough you could think of it as " inventory. " She uses is for

accounting as well as tracking usage of specific items.

-Helen

>

> OK Where does QuickBooks cost $3000 LOL You were misinformed. And

QB is not an inventory program. never was . It is a financial

program, and costs from $99 .. the ones that cost a little more ..

i.e. from $179 do have inventory in them but it is not like the ones

that do cost $1,000's.

>

> and Yes I am biased because I work for Intuit now LOL

>

>

> Graham Sorenson

>

> http://Luna-Aromatics.com Come and stick your nose in our

business

> The Home of " Arizona Balm " the Natural Solution to Problem Dry

Skin.

> Hand Made Soaps, Soy Wax Candles, Lip Balms and more Good Stuff

> Retail and Wholesale.

> http://TheGuideToAromatherapy.com

>

> It got our interest piqued because we ALL have problems with

inventory

> tracking, no? Mercy, this program works where the $3000 Quick

Books

> inventory program doesn't, according to a manufacturer on my

group!

>

>

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Graham Sorenson

 

http://Luna-Aromatics.com Come and stick your nose in our business

The Home of " Arizona Balm " the Natural Solution to Problem Dry Skin.

Hand Made Soaps, Soy Wax Candles, Lip Balms and more Good Stuff

Retail and Wholesale.

http://TheGuideToAromatherapy.com

>

> OK Where does QuickBooks cost $3000 LOL You were misinformed. And QB

is not an inventory program. never was . It is a financial program,

and costs from $99 .. the ones that cost a little more .. i.e. from

$179 do have inventory in them but it is not like the ones that do

cost $1,000's.

>

> and Yes I am biased because I work for Intuit now LOL

 

There is a Quick Books for Manufacturers and it IS $3000. I have the

top of the line financial program, which is Premier 2006 and that's

only $400. At first my accountant rec'd the $3000 one for my

inventory, then a cosmetics manufacturer on my group wrote how she had

purchased the $3000 one and it didn't work for our business needs.

 

It's called Enterprise:

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting_software/enterprise_accounting_s\

ystem.jhtml

 

Better not let the bosses know you're not up on the products, Graham, lol.

 

LOL Actually I am up on the products. I am not sales so don't know the prices

to the last dollar. I am Tech support for the accountants version and for those

who are ProAdvisors.

 

You are right but Quickbooks is not $3000, Enterprise is.. And actually much

more if you get the recently introduced 20 user version.

 

QUICKBOOKS is a different product than Enterprise and starts from $99 (Simple

Start) Quickbooks and Enterprise are not interchangable.

 

The resaon I replied to the original is because I didn't want people to get

misled into thinking that " QuickBooks " was $3k

 

And I stand by what I said that it is not in Inventory Programme. but a

Financial programme that has some inventory aspects to it.

It certainly doesn't do the sort of inventory control that is really good for

people who do manufacturing with items like 0.1% of this oil and 0.25% of that.

etc.

 

End of thread LOL

 

Thanks

 

 

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Graham Sorenson

 

http://Luna-Aromatics.com Come and stick your nose in our business

The Home of " Arizona Balm " the Natural Solution to Problem Dry Skin.

Hand Made Soaps, Soy Wax Candles, Lip Balms and more Good Stuff

Retail and Wholesale.

http://TheGuideToAromatherapy.com

 

I think what she said was that the $3,000 was for more than one

user. . . .

 

Still incorrect. QuickBooks 5 user version is ~$1500 not $3k. Enterprise, A

different product is ~$3k for a 5 user licence.

 

 

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, " Graham Sorenson "

<lunaaromatics wrote:

> > OK Where does QuickBooks cost $3000 LOL You were misinformed. And QB

> is not an inventory program. never was . It is a financial program,

> and costs from $99 .. the ones that cost a little more .. i.e. from

> $179 do have inventory in them but it is not like the ones that do

> cost $1,000's.

> >

> > and Yes I am biased because I work for Intuit now LOL

>

> There is a Quick Books for Manufacturers and it IS $3000. I have the

> top of the line financial program, which is Premier 2006 and that's

> only $400. At first my accountant rec'd the $3000 one for my

> inventory, then a cosmetics manufacturer on my group wrote how she

had purchased the $3000 one and it didn't work for our business needs.

>

> It's called Enterprise:

>

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting_software/enterprise_accounting_s\

ystem.jhtml

>

> Better not let the bosses know you're not up on the products,

Graham, lol.

>

> LOL Actually I am up on the products. I am not sales so don't know

the prices to the last dollar. I am Tech support for the accountants

version and for those who are ProAdvisors.

 

> QUICKBOOKS is a different product than Enterprise and starts from

$99 (Simple Start) Quickbooks and Enterprise are not interchangable.

 

Oh, I never said they were. I was rec'd Enterprise as the ultimate in

inventory management that would also do the financial stuff.

>

Well, I guess what confused me is that my accountant called it Quick

Books, and then when I went to the Intuit site, you have to click on

Quick Books to find Enterprise!

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/?priorityCode=3734300000

The URL I quoted originally at the beginning of this post, and earlier

today is what you get if you click on the second one immediately

above this sentence. I clicked on PCs and QB and there it was.

 

Anyway, Apothecary Keeper for $50 works better for us all, which was

the original point of my post, when I was seconding Chris' rave about it.

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Good morning! Thanks for the raving reviews Chris and Anya!

 

I think I'll have the guild-only page done in the next day or two. It pretty

much be a duplicate of the existing page, but have the guild info and the

discount price.

 

I have a guild question, but I'll do that on the guild list.

 

As to the current stand of Apothecary Keeper 2.0 and when it will arrive, I've

been swamped with my photography work and have not had much time to work on

Apothecary keeper 2.0. My jam of photography work (I'm doing a series of

photoshoots for someone who is making a Tarot deck) should end around the end of

July, and then I can get back to serious work on AK2. Based on the amount of

work I've done so far, the new features that have been discussed and added, the

timeline for completion has been increased. I wanted to have it available by

Midwinter, but I am now highly doubtfull that that will occur. My current goal

is Midsummer 2007.

 

This version will require a significant amount of betatesting as well, and I

will be hand selecting a mid-sized team to do this sometime thhis Winter/Spring.

And of course, beta testers get a free copy of the final. hehe!

 

Also, in a few months, I will be putting out a call to all the suppliers on this

list and the Natural Purfumery list. There will be a module (hopefully) that

suppliers can provide an importable file that can contain their entire product

catalog. Most likely as a CSV or XLS file, but I may make a catalog editor,

since they are asy to make. Yes, the catalog editor would be free! LOL!

 

In this way, the user could browse supplier's catalogs from within Apothecary

Keeper 2.0 and compare to their inventory to see what is low, and generate a PO

and send it to the supplier. There will also be a recieving module where the

user can check in the shipment against the PO and add it directly to inventory

with the pust of a button, and " close down " the PO once all items are recieved.

 

****Just a note: AK1 and the upcoming AK2 are NOT financial programs! They do

not replace Quickbooks or other financial software, although they do provide

cost analasys. Version 2 will provide an even more accurate cost analasys by

taking into consideration all of your overhead, including power, rent,

employees, etc. Version 2 will lso auto generate Distributor, Wholesale and MSRP

pricing based on your defined markup as well.

 

If I can, closer to the end of the project, I will see if I can figure out a way

to export information so that quickbooks can import it for the financials, but I

don't see this as likely at the moment.

 

 

Be well!

Andy Robertson

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