Book an approved order's stock in against its lines, record what actually arrived, and hand each delivery off to QC or putaway.
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A pallet of basmati rice you approved last week just came off the truck. Before any of it counts as stock you can use, it has to be booked in against the order it arrived on — that is what Receiving does. It records what actually turned up, runs any checks the goods need, and hands each delivery off to be put away as stock. Open Receiving to see the orders waiting on you. Kitchen+
You can only receive an order once it's been approved. Open a pending or rejected order in Receiving and you'll see a note that it can't be received yet, not the lines — approval is what makes an order receivable.
Open the receiving worklist
Go to Receiving. It opens on the orders that are approved and waiting on stock. Read it as a Calendar to see what's expected on which day, or switch to the Table for a straight list, and filter by vendor, requester, or receiving stage.
Open the order that arrived
Select the order's number to open it. You'll see its vendor and totals, any truck-shipping records, and a Lines section with one row per product you ordered.
Receive each line
A line you haven't booked in yet reads Ready to receive and carries a Receive button. Select Receive, then record what actually arrived: the Quantity (it starts at the amount you ordered), the Manufacture date, and the Expiration date. Select Receive to book the line in.
An approved order opens on its lines. A line you haven't booked in yet reads Ready to receive and carries the Receive button that starts it off.
Selecting Receive opens a short form. The Quantity starts at what you ordered — change it to what actually turned up — and you set the delivery's Manufacture date and Expiration date before booking it in.
Booking a line in creates a . The tracked lots themselves aren't created here; those come later, when you put the stock away.
Every line carries a stage badge that moves as the delivery works through receiving:
The order's own status climbs alongside its lines — from Approved through QC in progress and Pending storage to Received — so the worklist tells you at a glance how far along each delivery is.
When you book a line in, Bettr either clears it or holds it:
Send a line to QC yourself
The receive form has a Request QC review checkbox. Tick it to route a delivery to quality control even when the product wouldn't normally need it — useful when a load looks off and you want a second set of eyes before it moves.
A cold reading routes, it doesn't block
For a temperature-tracked product the receive form adds a required Temperature reading. A reading above the product's limit still books the stock in — it just sends the receipt to Awaiting QC so someone decides before the stock is used, rather than turning the truck away at the form.
The Quantity field starts at the amount you ordered, but you record what showed up. If the delivery came up short, receive the smaller number — the line then reads Received 80 of 120, so the shortfall is on the record. You can't book in more than you ordered; Bettr won't accept a quantity above the ordered amount.
A line takes one receipt
Once you book a line in, it moves on to QC or putaway — it doesn't reopen for a second delivery. Receive a line only when the count in front of you is the count you mean to keep for it.