Inventory & warehouses

Move goods with their carrying value

Putaway, picking and same-entity transfers use paired movement legs. The source loses the same quantity and carrying value that the destination receives. Parent and descendant layers preserve provenance without valuing the same units twice.

A warehouse transfer records actual departure into owned transit. Partial destination receipts consume only their unresolved dispatched scope. Loss, damage or return needs its own reviewed evidence; a short receipt is not permission to erase the goods still away.

The source and destination must remain within the approved entity and site scope. Relocating goods between warehouses does not change their legal owner. Remaining transit quantity and value must be reconciled before the transfer closes.

Keep standard cost changes explainable

Each entity uses the product’s approved effective standard cost per base unit. Missing cost blocks the relevant posting; a genuine zero requires explicit review. Ordinary master edits cannot rewrite the valuation of transactions already posted.

Accepted receipts recognize inventory at standard and keep the difference from reviewed commercial receipt value in the appropriate purchase-variance treatment. That difference is not added to inventory a second time when the supplier bill is matched.

A reviewed standard revaluation changes the value of remaining owned layers without inventing physical quantity. A depleted layer must have no unexplained carrying value left behind. Customer returns preserve their original issued-cost basis, with any later standard update treated separately.

Count a controlled physical population

Warehouse Manager defines the count scope and obtains its current lock after conflicting work is resolved. Warehouse Operator records blind observations against that complete physical population. Away transit is reconciled separately instead of appearing as missing stock on the floor.

First observations remain evidence when an independent recount is required. Absolute quantity and percentage tolerances both matter; a finding against zero expected stock cannot pass through a fabricated percentage or unknown cost treated as zero.

An independent Warehouse Manager reviews every adjustment. Found, identity-changing, reserved, held or above-value differences require additional independent Finance Manager approval and known reviewed cost. There is no autonomous count write-off.

Posting rechecks the exact locked identities, current versions and approved quantity/value basis. Expired locks or resumed movements need fresh evidence. A count cannot orphan an order’s reservation or apply the same difference twice.

Handle returns without losing their origin

Customer and supplier returns retain the original shipment or receipt and the bounded remaining quantity. Warehouse Operator records actual physical evidence, while independent Warehouse Manager disposition determines the permitted stock treatment; financial loss or value exceptions receive their additional finance decision.

A returned item does not automatically create customer credit or a refund. Supplier return carrying value follows the current receipt descendants, while the original commercial settlement remains separately traceable. Reversal after consumption or title transfer requires reconciliation of downstream effects rather than a status edit.