Receiving Items (Receipts)

Use the Receipts transaction to receive items.

Receipts is a transaction belonging to the Inbound Transactions Sub-Menu on the Warehouse Mobility icon based and list based menus.

On the Inbound Transactions Sub-Menu:

  1. Select Receipts.
  2. Specify or review this information:
    Order Type
    Select the type of order you are receiving.
    Receipt Date
    Specify the date that the item is being received. This field is only displayed if the Allow Entry of Receipt Date parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Warehouse
    Specify the receiving warehouse.
    Receipt Series
    The Receipt Series to be used. This field is only displayed if the Enter Receipt Series parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Packing Slip
    Scan the packing slip.
    Kanban ID
    If applicable, scan the Kanban number. This field is only displayed if the Allow Entry of Kanban ID parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Order Number
    Optionally, scan the order number.
    Item
    Optionally, scan an item number to receive only lines containing that item.
    Position
    Optionally, specify a position number to receive only items in that position. This field is only available if you scanned an order number and did not scan a Kanban ID.
  3. Select Next. Items to receive are displayed.
  4. Select an item to receive. The order number, position, warehouse, item number, item description, and quantity to receive are displayed.
  5. Specify or review this information:
    Inspect?
    If applicable, specify whether to inspect the items you are receiving. If the Allow Entry of Inspection parameter is not selected for this transaction, this field is display only.
    Supplier Lot
    If applicable, scan the supplier lot.
    Certificate No
    Optionally, to link a document to the lot number, specify a certificate number. This field is only displayed if the item is lot-controlled and the User Input Lot Certificate Code parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Lot Number
    If applicable, scan the lot number.
    Lot Size
    The maximum size of a lot. This field is only displayed if the Split Lot parameter is selected for this transaction. This feature allows a single receipt to be split automatically into multiple lots.
    Pack Slip Quantity
    Specify the quantity listed on the packing slip.
    Received Quantity
    If applicable, specify the quantity to receive. If the User Inputs Received Quantity parameter is not selected for this transaction, this field is display only.
    Inventory Date
    If applicable specify an inventory date. If the Allow User Input of Inventory Date parameter is not selected for this transaction, this field is display only.
    Final Receipt?
    If applicable, specify whether there are more items to receive for this order line on the current shipment. For example, if the open quantity is 100, and you are receiving a box of 50 on this shipment and a box of 50 on a future shipment, specify Yes. If you are receiving both boxes of 50 on this shipment, specify No when receiving the first box and Yes when receiving the second box. If the User Input Final Receipt parameter is not selected for this transaction, this field is display only.
    Serial/Lot Entry?
    To generate new serial numbers for the received items, select No. To manually scan existing serial numbers, select Yes.
    Enter HU
    This field is only displayed if you are using handling units. Specify Yes to assign a handling unit to the items you are receiving. To receive the items as loose inventory, specify No. See Receiving Items Into Containers.
    Location
    The receipt location to put the items into.
    Note: This field is displayed only when:
    • you are not performing a putaway for an item and the Enter Receipt Location parameter is selected.
    • you enable the feature (RS9116) check box in the Feature Management form.
  6. Select Process. If you need to specify a lot number, the lot number form is displayed.
    Supplier Lot
    Specify the Supplier Lot Number.
    Certificate Number
    Specify the appropriate Lot Certificate Number.
    Lot Number
    The Lot Number to be used in Infor LN for this receipt. This field is not specified if the application auto-generates the lot number. Based on the Lot splitting usage Infor LN uses the Supplier Lot Number as the internal lot number.
    Lot Size
    If Lot Splitting is in use, this field is prefilled with the standard Lot Size for this item. This value determines the number of lots created for a specific receipt. For instance, if the receipt is for 100 and the lot size is entered as 30, the application creates four lots (three of 30 and one of 10).

    If you need to manually scan serial numbers, or the item needs to be manually assigned multiple lot numbers, the Serial/Lot Entry screen is displayed.

  7. Specify or review this information on the Serial/Lot Entry screen:
    Item number
    The item number and description are displayed.
    Quantity remaining
    The quantity that needs to be assigned serial or lot numbers is displayed.
    Generate Serials?
    To generate new serial numbers for the items, select Yes. To scan existing serial numbers, select No. This field is only displayed if the item is serial-controlled, it is possible to generate serial numbers for this transaction, and you have not scanned any serial numbers.
    All Serials?
    Select Yes to indicate that all serial numbers for this item at the current stock point are being used in the transaction. Selecting Yes in this field removes the need to individually scan each serial number. This field is only displayed if the item is serial-controlled and you are performing a transaction using all the items in a stock point.
    Lot Number
    If applicable, scan a lot number to assign to the item. This field is only available if the item is not serial-controlled and needs to be assigned a lot number. If the item is serial-controlled, the item lot number displays in this field after you scan the first serial number.
    Serial Number
    Scan a serial number. This field is only displayed if the item is serial-controlled, you are not generating new serial numbers, and you did not select Yes in the All Serials? field.
    Quantity
    Specify a quantity to assign to the specified lot number. This field is only available if the item is not serial-controlled and needs to be assigned a lot number.
  8. Select Process. The scanned serial number or lot number is processed. If there are additional serial numbers or lot numbers to scan, scan them. Optionally, press X to view serial or lot numbers that you have scanned. Optionally, press Y to reset all scanned serial or lot numbers, so you can re-scan them.
  9. If you are asked to cross dock the items, and you wish to cross dock, see Cross Docking Items. To skip cross docking, specify No.
  10. If prompted, specify a putaway location in the Actual Location field.
  11. If applicable, print labels. If this transaction is configured to print labels, labels are automatically printed or the Label Printing screen is opened. To print labels using the Label Printing screen, see Printing Labels.