How to receive stock by scanning.
When a delivery comes in, scan each item with a barcode scanner or the camera, check the list, and add it all to stock at once.
- Who it is for
- Owners, managers and stock staff
- Plan
- Advance and Team
Receive a delivery
- Open Receive stock under Inventory, or press Receive by scan on the Stock page.
- Check Receiving at shows the right location.
- Scan the first item, or type its SKU and press Enter. Press Use camera to scan with the device camera.
- Each scan adds one. Scanning the same item again adds another. Use One more, One less or Remove to fix a line.
- To record what you paid, switch on Add unit costs and type the cost for each line.
- Press the add button at the bottom, for example Add 24 items to stock. It shows how many items you scanned.
A barcode Timeo does not know
If a scan is Not in your products, type that product's SKU and press Link to save the barcode on it, or press Create a new product.
What your customers see
- Nothing changes for customers. The new quantities appear on Stock straight away.
Common problems
- Will pressing the button twice add the delivery twice?
- No. If it was already added, Timeo says This delivery was already added and nothing is counted twice.
- It asks me to add a location first.
- Add one under Settings > Locations. Stock is always held at a location.
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