How To Find The Right Inventory Management System For Your Candle Making Business
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- If you're in the business of making candles or about to be in business, you know how important it is to keep track of your materials, supply levels and production runs. At a certain point you need a more streamlined approach to handle this so your expertise can be better used elsewhere and thats why Inventory Management systems for small business candle makers is crucial! There are two main contenders on the market and for the last two years I've been using Craftybase but I finally took the dive into a new (to me) system over the last few months called Inventora. I have a LOT to say about both of these but I narrowed it down to the nuts and bolts that YOU need to know about how to get started on which one is right for you or if you need to make a switch based on what's important to you and your business right now. Which is where I found myself!
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Today's Video:
00:00 Welcome
01:30 What is an Inventory Management System?
02:30 I started with Craftybase...
04:40 Pro's and Con's
05:40 User-ability and Interface
06:40 Cost
09:20 reporting
10:30 Labor Calculations
12:50 Manufactures \ Production Run
15:20 Inventory Updates
16:40 Batch Numbers
17:10 Integrations
18:15 Wholesale Orders
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I subscribed to Craftybase early on my journey and I tried adding my inventory early on but it just got so daunting which really discouraged me from continuing. I've been procrastinating on updating my inventory to the point where I'm so far behind now because I have a bunch of inventory. After almost a year, I told myself that I'm really going to focus on getting that together and was planning on doing some research on what other candle makers are using for their inventory system and here your video pops up in my feed! Amazing! And THANK YOU so much! What you've done with your business is so admirable and inspirational to me to keep going., I will give Inventora a try as I don't know why I waited so long! Here's to being a success entrepreneur.
I am right there with you. Exactly everything you stated and now I am behind too. I am going to try inventora now! Good luck to you too
@@costavidadesign-michaelynn2941 You as well!!
I'm glad to hear this and can relate to it 100% so there's that! I find that I just have to be strict with myself and sit down and bit the bullet to get it done. It's a "I'll thank my future self for this" task!
“Been on a few dates” 😂❤ love it. I appreciate your humor and love you throw a shit bomb here and there :)
Thanks so much!
Thank you for the info! I’m glad I found your channel!!
You're Welcome!
This video came at the perfect time. On my to-do is was to compare these two inventory systems! Thank you for this info
I'm so glad to hear that!
I know I was hard on you after your previous CraftyBase review video but I was frustrated because I tuned in for functional info to help me make decisions on what way my hobby will go and I didn’t feel that was delivered. Even though I spoke up with frustration I never stopped watching because you are relatable and transparent. I just wanted to reach out again and tell you this video was awesome! Functional info to help me better understand the differences between the programs. Well done and thank you! On a side note, I was just blasted by someone yesterday for being hard on you! I hope I wasn’t too hard on you! I do understand it’s frustrating when things don’t work the way we think they should and it’s easier to blame them then to look at ourselves. Enough about that; thanks again for a very informative video!
You were blasted by someone??? NO! I hate to hear that. I'm glad you found this video helpful! My intent is never to rag on someones efforts or abilities and simply to remain constructive on what is needed as a maker to run my business so I'm so glad to hear this one helped you!!
Hi Ashley! I've been getting to the point of needing an inventory system so this video is perfect timing. Thanks for going in depth on your review of both. So helpful!
Let me know which one you go with!
This is SO helpful! Thanks Ashley!
You're welcome!
Thanks, Ashley!! I've been putting off setting up an inventory system....you should see my system now 😒 but this was so helpful. Sounds to me like I'm more of an Inventora girl.
Good luck to yoU!!!
I absolutely love Inventora! I am surprised no one knows about it!❤
I'm always glad to hear this feedback!
Fabulous video! Thank you so very much 🎉
Thanks for watching!
Great and very useful video, I’m trying to decide which system to use 🏴🏴
Glad it was helpful!
Constructive? Hella Yeah! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I absolutely wanted an inventory system for my Shopify store and now I know which one to choose. Call me crazy, but if an inventory system does not communicate with my store to reflect the current quantity of each item I have for sale….it’s useless! Inventora sounds like just the system I need. Thank you very much for your time and this video, Ashley!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
@@UpsideGoodsCo Welcome
I’d love to hear about the process of inputting everything and what tips you could share. I’m still floundering between the two myself.
I feel like that would be a pretty boring video as I can't multitask over tasks like that one 🤣! But, I think that if you take your time, follow their helpful outlines on both platforms, a lot is copy and paste! I hope that helps!
Hi Ashley. I also changed from Crafty Base to Inventora I love Inventora for the simplicity it has, however, I don’t see where I can record the failures.
Meaning If you make a production run and it's a bad batch? Tell me more!
And the wasted materials. I asked them about it. They are updating the program to adjust for tgat
When I'm testing candles. I made a "Test" group under Product
Do you have a video concerning the relationship between Inventora and Quickbooks?
I don't. I don't have mine connected though and not exactly sure if they can be connected.
Hi Ashley! I'm having a lot of issues with my inventory numbers since I integrated square with Inventora. For example: if I had 0 candles in a particular scent, it was changed to 735 of that particular candle, also if I had 20 candles of another scent, it changed it to 0. SMH. Half of my inventory was changed.. I spoke with Square and I was told they did nothing on Inventora. I am still waiting for a call or email back from the Inventora to resolve this emergency I am having. So upset!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I've run into this and it's a pill. I can't find the exact reason as towards when and why it happens and I will say its very few and far between and a lot less drastic numbers in my case! Keep on Inventora and they should get back to you with a resolution! Good Luck!
I have reached out to them several times and will continue to do so. Thanks Ashley@@UpsideGoodsCo
Retailers want QR codes to meld with their inventory systems. Does Inventora allow us to use them?
Interesting, I’ve never heard of retailers wanting QR codes. Do you mean UPC codes?
yes, UPC codes. If we have to print these on our products, they are valuable to the retailers. Why can't we use them in our own inventory systems? @@UpsideGoodsCo
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FYI, the IRS does not consider your pay to yourself as a COG. You can add employees as your COG.
I'd have to watch the video back to see what you are referring to... I'm assuming it's something I said but I can't place the reference but yes!!
@@UpsideGoodsCo you mention the program helped you figure out you sales prices, including how much you pay yourself, or something similar to that
I started with Inventora and am testing the waters in Craftybase. my problem with Inventora is that I have about 120 different scents and 4 different size candles as well as car freshies. Inventora doesn't give you the option to make a "base formula" like craftybase does. you have to enter all materials and amounts manually. also, the website isn't a fan of all my stuff in it, it freezes sometimes and says it's unable to save my change. I like inventoras production system and its option of stock+capacity. if they are able to get it more updated for large-scale business I would for sure go back. It took me about half the time to put things into craftybase vs Inventora. I also had an issue with updating my inventora and it changing my shopify. if you make an error in inventora it causes your shopify/etsy to be incorrect and then trying to fix the mistake is such a headache! not only that, but you can't separate your product inventory. So if I use the production for making vendor booth candles it updates stock in the online platform. I can make the candles " for an order" and it won't but then what I don't sell at the craft fair I can't just add into stock without it messing with my materials.
My takeaway- Craftybase is good for large scale business and Inventora for small-scale or newly started
Agree with you. Not to be rude or anything, but Inventora is Kindergarten ( my level) and Craftybase is more High School level!
I really agree with this with regards to large scale vs. just starting out or smaller scale. Have you tried reaching out to Inventora about this?
@@UpsideGoodsCo I have, they said they are working on updates with no estimated time
I'm so happy you were able to get a response from Inventora, I'm still waiting for a call or email since the beginning of August regarding many changes that were done in my inventory numbers. @@MellyBellyBoo