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How do I validate receiving orders before they create downstream issues?

Review receiving orders, pallet counts, rush status, and activity timing before validation creates inventory or fulfillment confusion.

Written by Max Villemure

Quick answer

Use Receiving > Validate Receiving Orders to review pending receiving work before it affects inventory and fulfillment. Continue only when the physical receiving work and recorded values match.

Common use cases

  • Receiving operator: Check pending receiving orders before validation.

  • Warehouse lead: Review pallet counts, rush status, and activity timing.

  • Support: Investigate whether receiving data may have created downstream inventory or order issues.

When to use this

  • Receiving orders are pending validation.

  • Pallet counts, rush status, or receiving activity timing need review.

  • Inventory or fulfillment exceptions may be tied to incomplete receiving data.

Before you start

  • Confirm the correct warehouse is selected.

  • Compare the page with the physical receiving work before validating.

  • Do not validate if counts, activity timing, or recorded work do not match what happened physically.

Steps

  1. Open Receiving, then choose Validate Receiving Orders.

  2. Select the warehouse that received the inventory.

  3. Search by receiving order ID, merchant ID, or merchant name/company.

  4. Review the pending receiving orders.

  5. Check pallet counts, rush status, order activities, and total order time.

  6. Continue only when the recorded receiving work matches the physical receiving work.

  7. If anything does not match, contact support before validation.

Screenshots

Steps 1-5: Open Validate Receiving Orders, select the warehouse, search, then review pending receiving records.

Validate Receiving Orders page showing warehouse selector, receiving order search, pending count, pallet counts, and rush checkbox.

What good looks like

The warehouse can confirm that received inventory, pallet counts, rush handling, and recorded activities are accurate before downstream orders rely on that inventory.

Common issues and next actions

If this happens

What to do next

The selected warehouse is wrong.

Switch to the warehouse that physically received the inventory before reviewing the order.

Pallet counts do not match the floor.

Pause validation and collect the receiving order ID, expected count, actual count, and screenshot.

The order timing or activities look wrong.

Confirm with the receiving owner before validation because downstream inventory may depend on the record.

Contact us when

Contact support when counts, rush status, timing, activities, or receiving ownership do not match the physical work.

Send us this information

  • Receiving order ID.

  • Merchant or workspace name.

  • Warehouse selected on the page.

  • Expected pallet count and actual pallet count, if relevant.

  • Rush status or activity timing concern.

  • Screenshot with private data masked.

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