Lab 03 · Warehouse to branch replenishment

Scenario: The UAE distribution centre dispatches 1,000 cartons to Dubai City Centre. Riyadh later requests the same item from the Saudi regional warehouse, which belongs to another legal company.

Same-company branch transfer

1. Review available stock: on-hand minus reserved, not merely a catalogue quantity.
2. Create a transfer request from the distribution centre to the branch backroom.
3. Approve, pick, and dispatch the cartons.
4. Keep the quantity in goods-in-transit until the destination receives it.
5. Receive and count at the branch; record shortage, damage, or excess separately.
6. Put away into the branch location and make accepted stock available for POS.
7. Reconcile the transfer and retain dispatch and receipt evidence.

Inter-company movement

Do not reuse the same-company shortcut when UAE supplies Saudi. Decide whether the event is an inter-company sale and purchase, a stock transfer with an agreed ownership policy, or another controlled model. The decision affects currency, tax, revenue, inventory ownership, receivables/payables, and consolidation elimination. The Academy will never infer a legal treatment from a button label.

Variance exercise

The dispatch says 1,000 cartons; the branch receives 996. The learner must:

• keep 4 cartons as a documented variance;
• identify whether the cause is picking, transport, receiving, or damage;
• avoid silently editing the original dispatch;
• obtain the required approval;
• reconcile stock and any accounting effect.

Status: The scenario teaches the intended control model. Exact transfer, goods-in-transit, and inter-company behavior must be runtime-tested and release-tagged before certification use.