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Understand pending and accepted purchase quantities

Read the delivery table before recording another receipt.

Updated 2026-11-11

The purchase order's Delivery quantities table separates Ordered, Pending acceptance, Accepted and Available quantities. Use those columns together when checking how much of an order has been received and what can still be recorded.

A saved receipt awaiting acceptance should not be treated as an accepted delivery merely because its quantity appears somewhere in the history. Open the receipt and inspect its current state. The available Submit for acceptance and Accept receipt actions reflect separate workflow stages.

Before entering another delivery, compare the new supplier evidence with existing receipts. Recording the same delivery again can overstate what arrived, while ignoring pending quantities can obscure work that is already awaiting a decision.

If accepted-receipt totals or approval evidence are unavailable, refresh before relying on the table for another action. Keep the retained receipt history visible while resolving the evidence. Once the current state is confirmed, enter only the new delivery's quantities and verify the saved table again after acceptance.

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