Module 07 · 4 chapters
Manage warehouses and custody
Receiving, putaway, stock allocation, counts, detention and safe handling.
For Warehouse & branch, Booking & dispatch, Owner & founder · Reviewed
Work through the module.
- 01
Receive freight and investigate arrival discrepancies
Count and inspect actual unloading, preserve shortages and distinguish transport custody from owned inventory.
- Record actual receipt by booking and package.
- Preserve shortage, damage and excess evidence.
- Separate custody from inventory ownership.
- 02
Design warehouse locations and safe freight handling
Create usable location identities, compatibility rules and a putaway routine for transport warehouses.
- Create a location map staff can use.
- Keep held and incompatible goods controlled.
- Record location changes without losing history.
- 03
Reserve, pick, transfer and count inventory correctly
Understand available stock, reservations, partial transfers and approved inventory adjustments.
- Calculate available stock without double allocation.
- Handle partial picks and transfers.
- Approve count differences with source evidence.
- 04
Review storage, detention and dock charges fairly
Connect agreed free periods, actual operational evidence and approved charge drafts without treating geofences as invoices.
- Define charge clocks and contractual triggers.
- Use actual events rather than unsupported location assumptions.
- Review drafts before posting financial documents.