Receive Inventory

This screen is used to record the purchased inventory that comes into a site from vendors and also the inventory received at schools from internal warehouse orders.

If you are receiving new USDA Commodities into the system,  be sure to use the Receive Commodity option in order to create the journal entries for USDA receipts.

However, if you are processing Warehouse Orders for commodities that are already in your warehouse, it should be done using this screen.

Invoice Accrual with Receiving

You will also have the option to accrue invoices when Receipts are saved if you have security rights. Please see details below.

Receive with Order

o  If you are receiving a Warehouse Order, the primary warehouse will be listed as the Vendor.

o A unique Invoice Number is required for each invoice per vendor to prevent paying the same invoice more than once by mistake.

§  If there is a valid reason why the same invoice for a vendor needs to be processed more than once, you will need to make each invoice number unique (possibly by adding additional characters at the end). Check with your finance department if you have any questions on local policies that may apply.

 

o  If an item was ordered but not received, change the quantity to 0 or delete that line using the red minus button.

o  You can add items directly to the upper grid with the green plus button, or use the Browse grid at the bottom to locate items and add the quantity from there.

o  However, it is not usually necessary to change prices if you have a Purchase Order since POs are based on the current bid prices.

 

Saving a Receipt

There are three choices on the Save Receipt screen:

o  The On Hand quantities will not be updated until you come back to this order and select one of the Update options. 

o  If you click here, it will update the items that were received and save the “leftover” items as a new receipt that you can process later. 

o  The receipt will be marked as closed even if there were items that were not received.

 

Invoice Accrual from Receiving

o The invoice will not be assigned to a Batch; that part is done under Manage Invoices.  

o  Assign it to a batch as described under Manage Invoice.

 

Receive without Order

o  This is for recording receipts from vendors or the warehouse when there was no order placed in advance.

o  This screen is similar to the receiving from an order, but there is more flexibility here.

§  Example: you may select a different Vendor or receive at a different price than what is currently in Bid Price setup. You must have security rights to allow changing the price.

§  This feature is useful if you need to purchase an item “off bid” if the item is not available from the usual vendor.

o  You can change the price in the upper grid if necessary.

o  The lower grid does not accept prices changes.

 

Returned Items (Negative Receiving)

Negative quantities may be entered in Receiving in order to deduct items from inventory that are being returned to the vendor.

o  Negative Receipts will result in a Credit Memo (deduction from the amount to be paid) if an invoice is accrued from the negative receiving.