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Correct completed receipts and deliveries

Quick summary: For an open transfer, enter the quantity actually moved and decide whether a backorder is needed. Correct a completed transfer with a return; never delete completed movements.


Answer questions about the transfer status, subsequent movement, and related accounting. The tool then identifies the procedure that preserves stock traceability.

Start in deliveries

Your Odoo address

Enter the base address of your Odoo instance. It will be stored only in this browser.

The documentation does not receive your address, username, or password.

or receipts

Your Odoo address

Enter the base address of your Odoo instance. It will be stored only in this browser.

The documentation does not receive your address, username, or password.

, depending on the transfer type.

Is the transfer already in the Done status?
  1. On the delivery or receipt, enter the Quantity actually processed.
  2. Click Validate.
  3. If you will process the difference later, select Create Backorder.
  4. If you will not process the difference, select No Backorder.

Wizard for returning a quantity from a completed delivery

  1. Open the completed delivery or receipt and click Return.
  2. Enter the quantity to move back.
  3. If the goods must subsequently be sent or received again, select Return for Exchange. Otherwise, click Return.
  4. Check the source and destination locations, lot or serial number, and validate the generated return.
  5. For an exchange, review and validate the replacement delivery or receipt when the goods are actually moved again.