order taken, products either held or special ordered and sales not immediately recognized.

QB does not appear to have a way to deal with this kind of scenario.

We run into variations of this on a regular basis.  Delivery delay can be either because we have to special order product or because the customer does not want it right away or they do not want the whole order all at once..

We do not recognize it as a sale until it has been delivered to the customer, but the product is reserved for the customer.