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Receive
Goods arrive, go on the books.
See step 2 in the Overview →Over- and under-deliveries
Record what actually arrived, never what was ordered. Receiving fewer units than ordered leaves the balance outstanding and keeps the purchase order open for the rest. Receiving more is allowed on purpose: the extra units are real, so they go on the books and raise what you owe. Neither case needs a correction, and neither is an error.
What a unit costs
A product's unit cost is a moving average: what the stock already on your shelves cost, blended with what the newest delivery cost, weighted by quantity. It counts delivery charges as well as the supplier's price. It changes only during costing, and only after someone chooses an action for that line — never quietly, and never just because goods arrived.
Cost a receiving
Costing decides what each unit is now worth, after a delivery is already on the books. Open the receiving, choose Apply costs & close, and pick one action per line: blend the new price into the moving average, replace the old cost, or keep it. Nothing changes until you choose. The receiving then reads Costed, and the supplier bill can be raised.
Receive a delivery
Recording a delivery tells Mossery that goods have physically arrived. Open the purchase order, enter how many of each line actually turned up, and submit. Stock goes on the books immediately, at the location you received into. Costing is a separate step done later by whoever owns supplier pricing, so a delivery never waits on it.
Receive a delivery from your phone
Open Receive on your phone and land on To receive. Tap the delivery — a purchase order, or a production run coming back from a maker. Type what you counted, photograph the delivery note, check the total, tap Submit. The stock is on the books straight away, at the location the order was sent to. Prices are added later by the office.
You recorded a delivery and the stock level did not move
Recording a delivery posts the stock immediately, so a level that has not moved almost always means you are looking at a different location: a delivery lands where the purchase order said it would, not at your default warehouse. Next most likely, the receiving is still Awaiting post and never posted, or you are waiting on costing, which never changes quantity.