Receive Commodities

A business that uses a commodity item in manufacturing may purchase the item from more than one vendor. Although each purchase is separately loaded onto the delivery vehicle at the vendor's location, it typically becomes interchangeable with the other units of the commodity that are stored in the vehicle. For example, if the commodity is a liquid, and each purchase is added to a tanker truck in which a quantity of the item is already stored, the new quantity and existing quantity will immediately intermingle, becoming indistinguishable from one another. As a result, a single quantity of the commodity is received into the inventory, as opposed to a separate receipt for each relevant vendor.

The commodity manifest functionality allows companies to receive commodities in this manner by giving the user the ability to enter multiple purchases as part of a single receipt. When a commodity manifest is posted, the purchased quantities that are entered for each vendor are combined into one amount. In addition, purchase documents are generated for each vendor on the manifest.

The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.

To	See
Learn how commodity manifests are used to receive purchased commodities into a warehouse location.	About Commodity Receiving
Receive multiple purchases for a commodity as part of a single warehouse activity, and generate related purchase orders.	How to: Receive a Commodity Manifest