Record the quantity of goods you receive

Article • 4/27/2026 • 3 min read

You can record the number of items you receive against a purchase order or sales order.

To record the quantity of goods you receive

  1. Open the Receiving (RECV) page.

    1. Select Production Management > Production Transactions > Inventory > Receiving > Receiving.

      Or

    2. Search for RECV or Receiving in the Navigation box and then select Receiving.

      Receiving (RECV) page appears.

  2. Click Browse on the Toolbar.

    The Browse For Receiving window appears.

  3. Select a row and click Select. Or, double-click the receiver to use.

    Click Cancel to exit from the Browse For Receiving window.

  4. Highlight the item number to receive.

  5. Make the necessary changes.

  6. Type the quantity in the Qty Recd box. Or, click the icon at the end of Qty Recd box to display the calculator. Select an appropriate value.

  7. Click Save on the Toolbar to keep your changes.

    Click Cancel on the Toolbar to discard your changes.

Postings for receiving

When you record A complete unit of related data items stored in named fields in a database table. A record contains all the information for a single item, such as a single sales order. receipt (Also called cash receipt) A record of payment for goods sold. of an item A manufactured or purchased part, material, subassembly, or product., that transaction 1. A debit or credit posted to a particular general ledger account. 2. As a result of accounting events in accounts receivable, accounts payable, or payroll, at least one debit and at least one credit, where total debits equal total credits. posts to a different account (Also called general ledger account) 1. An accounting record that classifies and summarizes the increases and decreases of each asset, liability, and shareholder equity item. 2. The means for tracking users and keeping their actions separate in Made2Manage. Auser logs into an account using his or her username and password. depending on the type of item. This sample ledger shows how receiving transactions post when you use standard costing A type of cost accounting that bases financial numbers on the information stored in the item master.:

DateTransaction/AccountsDebitCredit
June 1Stock item received
Product class inventory account80
Received goods account80
June 2Buy to sales order item received
Buy/resell account100
Received goods account100
June 3Buy to job order item received
Product class WIP account75
Received goods account75

This sample ledger shows how receiving transactions post when you use weighted average costing

  1. A type of inventory cost accounting that bases costs on information from existing inventory items and purchase orders for those items.
  2. A type of inventory cost accounting that bases costs on existing inventory plus total estimated values, divided by the total quantity in existing inventory plus the quantity moved to finished goods when the job order is complete.:
DateTransaction/AccountsDebitCredit
June 1Item received to inventory
Product class inventory account67
Received goods account67