>>>>> Zack Williams <zdwzdw-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Every once in a while it comes up that ledger's commodity system isn't > suited for managing an inventory of items, for example, widgets being sold > at a retail store, as there's no unique tracking of individual items in the > system or ways to keep track of which items were purchased at what price, > which would sometimes be needed. Ledger's lot-marking facility was designed just for this purpose. You can, in fact, track items uniquely, or by purchase price, or even by purchase date. > That said, does anyone know of a a tool that would work with Ledger to > manage a physical inventory - say, manage a list of similar items, track > their purchase/sale price, other information (serial numbers, where > purchased from, etc.), do FIFO or LIFO queuing of items upon sale, and > generate appropriate ledger files when items move in and out of the system? The LIFO/FIFO thing is not implemented in Ledger, but I'd be interested too in seeing it implemented via some external tool. John
