Accounting for Receiving

Rattail provides a separate phase entirely for accounting (see Accounting) but in practice it is often lumped into the receiving phase. So here we’ll describe how it works in receiving.

The Basics

Where some of the data comes from will depend on the receiving workflow, but in general here is what we’re concerned with, for each individual line item:

• case size

• case cost

• unit cost

• cases received

• units received

• total cost

Ideally only the “cases/units received” amounts are provided by the user, with all other values being read from PO and/or invoice file.

Although we also must consider credits for damaged, expired, not shipped etc.

The “total cost” is normally calculated by multiplying received quantities by cost. It is reduced by any credits present.