The functions and department that process incoming material against purchase orders, interplant orders and customer returns, verify proper item, quantity and physical condition, move to stocking locations and perform receipt update and documentation duties.
One of the basic operating functions of the food distribution center where incoming merchandise is unloaded from trucks or rail cars and checked for condition and completeness.
In MOD: processing of a piece that has been shipped to the libraries by a publisher or vendor. Includes making sure the correct piece was supplied, all parts were sent, invoice is forwarded to Accounting Section, and OSCAR order record is updated with date received, number of pieces, where the piece was sent for next processing steps. Receiving may also involve "fast cat."
A door or dock of a warehouse or store designated for receiving merchandise from a supplier. The procedure for physically and legally accepting a shipment of product.
Process by which ILL items are received from lending libraries, updated into the ILL database ( Clio), and prepared for pick-up or delivery to the patron.
The function encompassing the physical receipt of material, the inspection of the shipment for conformance with the purchase order (quantity and damage), the identification and delivery to destination, and the preparation of receiving reports.
Receiving is the function of accepting items of supply. When Purchase Orders are issued, a copy of the original requisition, a copy of the Purchase Order, and a receiving report are returned to the requisitioning department. [Exception: If a shipment is scheduled to be delivered to Central Receiving (CWS), Computer Repair Center (CRC), or Environment, Health, & Safety (HSO), a receiving report is not sent to the requisitioning department.] Disbursement Services cannot pay invoices without a receiving report. Submit the receiving report as soon as goods are received. Online receiving is available to campus departments that have FRS online requisitioning capability. Back to list.
This function includes the physical receipt and inspection of inventory items.