Receiving against the order
Check deliveries against the purchase order and packing slip, record every difference, and keep exceptions out of available stock.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 35 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 2 videos · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Compare a delivery against the purchase order, packing slip and carrier paperwork before signing
- Record shortages, overages, wrong items and damage accurately, with the evidence someone else will need
- Keep exception stock separate until it is resolved
- Explain why the system receipt must match what was physically counted
Course outline
- 1.Receiving, putaway and countsVideo · 1 min
- 2.Receiving against the orderVideo · 2 min
- 3.Receiving is the control pointLesson · 12 min
- 4.Recording differencesLesson · 12 min
- 5.Receiving controlled and special itemsLesson · 15 min
- 6.Receiving against the order: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
- 7.Receiving against the order: practical exerciseKnowledge check · 1 question
- 8.Short shipment at receivingScenario
- 9.Final exam7 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Your site's receiving procedure and carrier claim instructions
- General warehouse receiving practice (purchase order, packing slip, bill of lading)
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