Track material usage and remaining quantity in Wallet

Wallet can connect a production expense to the materials it used. This is useful for a maker who buys material in bulk and wants a lightweight remaining-quantity view.

Prepare the material purchase

Create or edit the source expense with:

• The real total amount paid.
• The quantity purchased.
• A unit such as pieces, grams, kilograms, feet, square feet, milliliters, or liters.

For example, a boutique might record 1,000 square feet of leather purchased for $300. The amount remains $300; quantity and unit describe what that purchase contained.

Record material used

1. Create an expense for the work that consumed the material, such as Shoe manufacturing batch.
2. Open that expense from Wallet.
3. In Materials Used, choose Add.
4. Select the source material expense.
5. Enter the quantity consumed in the source expense’s unit.
6. Save.

The production expense then lists the material draw. Remove a line if it was attached by mistake.

Read remaining quantity

Open the original material-purchase expense. Its Remaining Balance card shows:

• Original quantity purchased.
• Total quantity recorded as used.
• Quantity remaining.
• Which later expenses used the material and when.

If usage exceeds the purchase, the remaining quantity becomes negative and is highlighted. Correct the recorded draws or source quantity when appropriate.

Understand the boundary

This feature is a manual production record, not automated inventory. It does not reserve stock, deduct material when an order is confirmed, synchronize quantities with Shopify, or prevent overuse. Use a dedicated inventory system when the business needs purchasing, stock locations, automatic deductions, or reorder controls.