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This page is the mental model for the material flow: how you buy materials, record what actually arrives, and read what’s on hand. The step-by-step tasks live in the Production module guide.

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From need to purchase order

Material buying starts from a real demand, not a guess. When you raise a , its styles carry a BOM, and the BOM is the list of fabrics and trims those garments need. A (PO) is raised against that material need and sent to the supplier. POs separate main materials (fabric) from trims, and each is numbered automatically in sequence.

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Receiving what actually arrived

When materials arrive, you record a (收料) against the purchase order line. This is where planned meets actual: you ordered one quantity, but you record the quantity that physically turned up. A shipment can arrive in parts, so receipts accumulate — each delivery adds to what has been received against that line, and there’s no need to receive a PO all at once. Because a receipt is tied to a specific PO line, the system always knows which material arrived and against which order — you can’t accidentally receive something that isn’t on the PO.

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The inventory ledger

Every receipt posts to one running ledger of stock movements. Stock is never a number you type in and maintain by hand — it’s calculated from the movements: 
Balance = receipts + returns − issues
Receiving materials adds to the balance; issuing them to a factory subtracts. The view simply reads this ledger and sums it per item, so the balance is always consistent with what was actually received and issued.

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Materials gate the start of production

Because the ledger knows what has truly arrived, it can protect the schedule. An administrator can switch on a material-arrival check: when a factory order’s materials haven’t all been received, starting that order’s production is held back and the shortfall is shown. This is a guard, not a wall. When you need to proceed anyway — a receipt not yet keyed, a tolerance you accept — you can override the hold by recording a reason, which is kept for the record. It keeps the factory from cutting before fabric is in, while leaving room for judgment.

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Finished goods are stock too

The same ledger tracks finished garments, not just raw materials. As completed goods come in from the factory and later ship out, those movements post to the ledger like any other. Finished-goods balances carry a size breakdown: the quantity is captured per size at the moment goods are received and shipped — a packing list is, after all, a per-size count — so you can read the on-hand balance for a style down to each individual size.