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Keep every received quantity attached to the right container.

Follow a real container from scanned quantities to its completed receipt and the backorder that keeps unfinished work visible.

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Keep the shipment togetherCompare the scan totalsReview the receiptFollow up on the remainder
The working interface

See it in use.

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Compare what was expected with what was scanned / Actual Odoo screenEnlarge screenshot ↗
Actual saved scanning session for container 1838A2: 710 expected, 700 scanned and 10 remaining. The session is Validated while historical review flags remain visible. Only three staff identities are covered.
01 / Receiving supervisor

Compare what was expected with what was scanned

  • Compare 710 expected with 700 scanned.
  • Read the remaining quantity and exception indicators.
  • Keep the historical review flags visible alongside the saved session status.
See the completed receipt / Actual Odoo screenEnlarge screenshot ↗
Actual completed container batch 1838A2 with 327 operation lines. The full working pane retains products, receipt references, demand, quantities and picked status. Staff chatter is outside the crop.
02 / Receiving team

See the completed receipt

  • Open the completed container batch.
  • Review the products and quantities processed against each receipt.
  • Keep the completed batch connected to the container.
Keep the remaining ten visible / Actual Odoo screenEnlarge screenshot ↗
Actual in-progress Back Order of 1838A2. The remaining fog-lamp line shows demand and quantity of 10 with Picked unchecked. This is an existing backorder, not a new receipt created for the example.
03 / Receiving follow-up

Keep the remaining ten visible

  • Find the backorder by its original container name.
  • See the outstanding fog-lamp line and its ten-unit demand.
  • Continue the remaining receiving work separately from the completed batch.

Actual Pro-A-Motors interface captures. Private identities and contact details are covered or outside the crop; screen data has not been replaced.

What improved

Keep the shortage visible after a partial receipt.

The business problem

A shipment can arrive short even when most of the receipt is complete. The team needs to see what arrived, which products remain outstanding and which container those products belong to.

What we changed

Receiving review shows expected and scanned quantities, while the completed receipt and remaining backorder retain their container link.

What the team can do now

Inbound teams can retain the connection between what was purchased, what arrived and where it should move next.

A real container / Three connected views

700 scanned. Ten still need follow-up.

Container 1838A2 has a saved scanning session, a completed receipt batch and an in-progress backorder. The three screens let a receiving team follow the same shipment.

Expected
710
Scanned
700
Remaining
10
Follow-up
Container backorder

What the screen shows

The session shows the ten-unit difference. The backorder lists ten fog lamps with Picked still unchecked.

What the team does next

Use the backorder to locate the unfinished receiving work. The saved session also retains review flags; its Validated label alone does not tell the whole story.

What the next team receives

The completed products and the remaining receipt stay connected to container 1838A2.

How the work moves

Follow the work from one decision to the next.

01

Keep the shipment together

Start with the container and its receiving work.

02

Compare the scan totals

Read the expected, scanned and remaining quantities.

03

Review the receipt

Inspect the products and quantities on the completed batch.

04

Follow up on the remainder

Find unfinished goods in the backorder attached to that container.

Built, used, refined

How the workflow improved over time.

  1. Group container backorders

    Refined unfinished batch work and its downstream internal-transfer routing.

  2. Connect collaborative receiving

    Adapted container behavior to the collaborative scanning workflow.

  3. Protect kit identity

    Strengthened receiving checks around kit and component disaggregation.

  4. Refine edge cases

    Corrected kit and clip handling in the container batch path.

About these dates

Dates identify recorded implementation changes, not claimed rollout dates or measured results. Reviewed revisions: 61bfa2e, d91335f, d3f98a5, 64d1dec.

Build notes and background
Inventory logicWarehouse UXWorkflow automation

The boundaries we made explicit.

One internal transfer has a container scope

The model constrains container linkage so unrelated container work cannot silently share the same route.

Kit receipt and kit consumption differ

Buying a set is not automatically the same operation as receiving each BoM component separately.

Backorders retain their origin

Backorder batches do not create an unrelated second internal route for the same container.

Existing records are shown as captured. Private identities are covered or outside the crop. No business records were changed for this collection. Implementation history supports behavior beyond the visible screen; a still image is not an end-to-end test or a measured productivity result.

Built on Captivea CAP modules and Odoo. This case describes the subsequent Pro-A-Motors extensions and refinements recorded in the reviewed repository; it does not attribute the original CAP implementation to Toro.

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