Connections

• Receiving evidence. Decide how files from a dock or inspection station become attachments on the parent stock request.
• Financial settlement. Keep refund or credit decisions in the financial system and link them to the relevant return outside the stock quantity trail.
• Transport tracking. Connect carrier events when the team needs to know when returned goods actually arrived at a location.

Agree an owner for each external handoff and retain its source reference. A file arrival should not move stock by itself. A carrier acknowledgment should not stand in for a posted movement. Reconcile external events with the request, decision and operation receipt before allowing an automated action to affect quantity. Keep the human review point clear when a revision or receipt needs investigation.