Receiving & putaway

Preserve lot, serial and title evidence

Lot-controlled goods retain their original lot identity and established expiry. A later arrival of that lot cannot extend its life by starting a new shelf-life clock. A configured fallback for a new lot uses supported origin evidence and the reviewed policy.

Serial-controlled goods remain individually identifiable through receipt, movement and later issue. The serial’s stocking quantity must reconcile to a single unit. Bin and warehouse checks prevent a valid scan from assigning goods to an unrelated site.

Ownership is recorded separately from the warehouse’s name or type. Third-party goods can be held in custody without entering owned inventory value or ordinary available-to-issue stock. Missing title evidence is resolved before the corresponding owned-stock effect.

Move received stock into storage

Posting the receipt adds the evidenced quantity at its arrival position. Putaway then moves bounded portions to valid destinations. Each move removes stock and carried value from the source position and adds the same amounts at the destination.

A receipt can therefore be partly put away while the remainder stays in receiving. Its original arrival bin and quantity remain unchanged. Storage assignments and movement history explain the subsequent route rather than rewriting the receipt to look as if everything arrived in its final bin.

• Preserve the original lot, serial, owner and expiry during a move.
• Carry the selected cost layers and their original age into storage.
• Check active count locks before changing either position.
• Close receipt work only after the remaining custody has been reconciled.

Correct errors without losing the trail

An unposted draft can be corrected before confirmation. A posted receipt needs a traced compensating action or the appropriate return. The check follows the affected stock through later moves and commitments; it cannot subtract from an empty arrival bin or erase goods already issued elsewhere.

Repeated scans and integration deliveries retain their original action identity. The stock change, signed movement legs and cost effects commit together. A retry returns the established result instead of creating another receipt or another layer of inventory value.

Recent Receipts (last 7 days) helps the receiving team reconcile recent activity. On-Hand by Warehouse shows current eligible stock, while Lot Expiry Soon highlights dated goods needing attention. Inventory Valuation and Expiry Report provide their separate cost and age perspectives to authorized users.