Record an incoming inspection

Last updated August 25, 2026

Incoming quality control is the last point at which a supplier's problem is still a supplier's problem. Once a part is fitted, a defect becomes your rework, your delay and your non-conformity. The receipt is where that line is drawn.

Recording a receipt needs create_iqc_receipt. Reading the register needs read_iqc_receipts.

Recording a delivery

A receipt names the supplier, the project the material is for, and one line per item delivered. Lines are the unit of work: each one is inspected and dispositioned on its own, because a delivery is rarely all good or all bad.

The new IQC receipt form with supplier, project, delivery note reference and the item lines.
One line per item code, with ordered and received quantities. The difference between those two is itself a finding.

  1. Open IQC and record a receipt as the material arrives, not at the end of the week.

  2. Pick the supplier and the project the delivery belongs to.

  3. Add a line per item code, with the quantity ordered and the quantity actually received.

  4. Save. The receipt sits at Pending until somebody inspects it.

The register

Every receipt is in one list with its status, so what is waiting on inspection is visible rather than remembered.

The IQC register listing receipts with supplier, project, line counts and status.
Pending is the queue. A receipt that stays there is material nobody has checked and somebody has probably already used.

Recording a receipt is not inspecting it. Material logged and never inspected is worse than material never logged, because the record implies a check that did not happen.

Next: accept, reject or part-accept a receipt.

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