''Purchase order'': is a legal document issued by a
buyer to a seller to inform the specifications of a
purchase such as quantity, description of products or
services, unit price, etc.
''Goods receipt'': it is an important document in any
company that is dedicated to the purchase and sale of
goods. A goods receipt is used to record and track the
movement of goods in a warehouse from one supplier to
another.
''Merchandise transfer'': defined as an internal movement
activity where certain goods in the warehouse change
location. Also part of the control of the reception and
departure of merchandise, this operation requires an
exhaustive record of the movements.
''Requisition of materials'': it is a request required by the
warehouseman. or warehouse manager, to deliver a material
requested through a work order for the execution of a task.
''Warehouse output'': these are movements of goods that are carried out to
supply customers and can be classified into two main types: material output for
production and finished product output for sale. The former include issues of
raw materials, while the latter include outputs of products for sale.
''Shrinkage control'': is the percentage or amount of loss or gain (of
product, energy, money) in each stage of the production process
as a deviation from the expected consumption of each material
used for the manufacture of a product. To properly control and
reduce waste, it is necessary to plan production properly and
measure losses or gains at each stage.
''Warehouse card'': it is a document with which we can control the
movement of a business's merchandise, both in its Entry and Exit, as well
as in the prices that are obtained. This card also helps us to obtain the
amount of inventories or stocks that we have at a certain time.