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Receiving Materials

Track what actually shows up on site against what you ordered — so nothing falls through the cracks.

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Written by Ariel Tirosh

The Receiving tab is where you check off materials as they arrive on the job. It picks up right where the POs tab left off. Everything you ordered is waiting here and you simply record what's been delivered so you always know what's still outstanding.


The Basics

Riffle automatically lists the materials and quantities from the purchase orders you've created for the job.

As deliveries come in, you record what you received, and Riffle tracks the running total. Keeping it up to date is what lets Riffle show your progress toward a fully delivered job. Everything saves automatically.


How It's Organized

Materials are grouped (typically by the vendor or PO they came from). Each group is a row you can expand to see its individual materials. The group row gives you the totals at a glance:

  • Ordered: The total quantity you ordered for that group.

  • Received: How much has actually arrived so far.

  • Remaining: What's still outstanding — ordered minus received.

When a whole group has been fully received, its row turns green so completed deliveries are easy to spot.


Recording What Arrives

Expand a group to record received quantities on each material as deliveries come in. For each item you can track the Quantity Received , see the Quantity Remaining, note the Received Location where it's stored, and leave a note (for example, to flag a damaged or short delivery).

When everything in a group has landed, use Mark all fully received to clear it in one step. You can always un-mark it if something needs to be corrected.


Adding Your Own Items

Most groups come straight from your POs, but you can also add your own groups for materials that didn't go through a purchase order. Groups you create can be renamed; groups that came from a PO keep their name automatically.

You can add or remove materials to a PO group at any time.

Note: Deleting a group also removes the materials inside it (and any notes), and that can't be undone — so remove a group only when you're sure you no longer need it.



Tips

  • Record deliveries as they arrive so your Remaining column always reflects what's truly still outstanding.

  • Use the location field so your crew can find materials once they're on site.

  • Note the rows highlighted in green, they're your quick confirmation that a vendor's materials are all in.

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