Franchise needs to Set up one parent company that shares data across other company files.
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I have a parent franchise company. We are selling franchises to other owners. Each business owners requires the tools to run their business, I need to provide them a constantly updated inventory/parts list. This needs to be maintained daily. Right now I see the parent company hosting multiple company files, each business owner has access to their location and they transact accordingly. My question is: How do I set up a common parts/inventory list that is visible to all franchises, and is updated by the parent company. Importing/Exporting will not work unless it is automated on a daily basis. Is this even possible? I currently am running QB Enterprise with remote sessions enabled to handle multiple sessions, but creating separate companies and sharing common data is stumping me. Any advice? Thanks in advance.
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We have been tossing this around too. Our inventory doesn't need to be updated as often. I think our solution is separate QB software etc for each location and POS system for sales. I haven't been working much with it lately but I know some of the ones we looked at had a way that I could send a database file with prices etc for the stores to import into their POS db.
We also have started looking at offsite backup with the franchisor having access to each franchisees file to pull numbers etc.
