Parts billed on r/o but not used...

[bentwrench54]

More treasures from my previous parts manager....

I get called out to the outbuilding this morning, and am asked about parts sitting on shelf in the back of the upper level shelving.

From what I understand, it's all parts billed on repair orders but never installed or not used. They've been on the shelves longer than I've worked here. Previous PM never said a word to me about them.

I've got a set of takeoff truck wheels from a colorado.

They're not in our inventory. WTF do I do with them? Owner wants me to inventory stuff and put it in inventory so that we can sell it. We've already sold this stuff!

[TimK]

Sell it again.

[Zep33]

use your monthly parts invoice and credit yourself back for them. Don't re-receipt them as you didn't buy them.

That's free stuff for you and I bring stuff like that back in as a credit to help offset the shit we lose and break in parts.

[Kaju65]

What do you mean credit yourself back?

[bentwrench54]

use your monthly parts invoice and credit yourself back for them. Don't re-receipt them as you didn't buy them.

That's free stuff for you and I bring stuff like that back in as a credit to help offset the shit we lose and break in parts.

If I credit back the parts on an invoice, won't that cause them to be put back into stock? Or can you " IO " a credit? How does that work?

I have the proverbial clean slate after we wrote off a bunch of shit that we couldn't find and I don't want to screw anything up.

Some of this stuff was over 10 years old. Some of it was aftermarket parts. I tossed 90% of it aside from the stuff that I know I can sell.

I found an LPO set of colorado molded mudflaps with the gold bowtie logos on them.

[FixedManager]

That's why they make dumpsters.

[Gerry Laughlin]

I have always had a problem with these kinds of "freebies". I do not put them in inventory unless I believe they will have a "real" sale (if they never were installed on the original sale can you truly say that you have had a demand?), otherwise, if you put them in inventory, they show as pickup on your next inventory (you are a hero), but if they don't sell eventually you are going to have to trash them (now you are a zero.)
If I have lots of extra reserve, or can return them for a fee (35% GM) I will do that.
Thanks,
Gerry

[Zep33]

Of course if it's garbage, treat it as such and toss it. If they are useful parts that you know will sell, do a -1 on your monthly parts invoice(if you have one). That will put it back in inventory.

I never "receipt" parts that we did not purchase. I use the invoice for those

[Kaju65]

So you just create a credit invoice for that part and put it on the shelf?

[Zep33]

If you do a monthly parts policy invoice and a service policy invoice, the parts go on there. Not some random invoice