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Stock Transfer · One Order Completes a Cross-Warehouse Move

Best-seller overstock in the east warehouse while the west warehouse is out? One transfer order solves it. The moment the source warehouse ships, the destination warehouse receives, with stock balances synced in real time on both sides, in-transit stock flagged separately, and financial cost following the goods.

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document handles both directions
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manual re-entry in between
Capabilities

A Fully Closed Loop from Order to Arrival for Cross-Warehouse Transfers

Supports three business modes — same-city direct transfer, inter-regional in-transit, and emergency transfer

📦 Two-Way Document Linkage

A single transfer order simultaneously generates the source-warehouse outbound + destination-warehouse inbound, eliminating duplicate entry

🚚 Independent In-Transit Stock

Goods shipped but not yet arrived are flagged as "in-transit stock" — in neither the source nor destination warehouse — avoiding double allocation

📝 Configurable Approval Flow

Small same-city transfers skip approval; large or inter-regional transfers go through warehouse-head approval, for flexible control

💰 Cost Follows the Goods

Product cost (weighted average / FIFO) syncs with the transfer order, seamlessly connecting to financial accounting

📱 Mobile Confirmation

The destination warehouse scans to confirm quantities on receipt, recording discrepancies instantly

🔍 Fully Traceable

Transfer order → outbound order → in-transit → inbound order — one chain tracked visually, with a solid basis for reconciliation

ims.shangbangke.com/transfer/createDB-20240514
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New Transfer Order
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Ningbo Main
Guangzhou Branch
South-China peak restock
Full transfer

Transfer Items

SKUProductQtyAvail
SK-1108Bearing 6204-2RS300480
SK-3201SS Flange DN50200795

One Transfer Order Handles Two-Way Inbound and Outbound

The traditional way: the source warehouse creates an outbound order + the destination warehouse creates an inbound order + manual reconciliation. SBK needs only one transfer order — the source warehouse generates the outbound on approval, the destination generates the inbound on receipt confirmation, all linked automatically.

  • Enter products and quantities once, and both warehouses' stock changes in sync
  • Transfer orders are linked to outbound/inbound orders for easy traceback
  • Supports partial transfer: ship half first, the rest on a follow-up document
  • Discrepancies after transfer auto-generate stocktake adjustment suggestions
ims.shangbangke.com/transfer/in-transitIn-Transit
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In-Transit Monitor
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5In-Transit Orders
1,860In-Transit Qty
1Overdue
$186KIn-Transit Value

In-Transit Detail

No.Route / ETAQtyStatus
DB-20240514Ningbo→Guangzhou · 5/17500In transit
DB-20240512Ningbo→Beijing · 5/16200Arriving
DB-20240508Shanghai→Chengdu · 5/12360Overdue

Independent In-Transit Stock Account Avoids Double Allocation

Goods shipped from the Beijing warehouse to the Guangzhou warehouse spend 3 days on the road — who owns that stock for those 3 days? SBK places it in a separate "in-transit stock" account, with controllable visibility to sales, preventing the Guangzhou warehouse from promising shipments before the goods even arrive.

  • In-transit stock queried and counted separately
  • Configurable: allow / disallow selling in-transit stock
  • Overdue-arrival alert: reminders past the expected arrival date
  • In-transit stock included in the balance sheet, for accurate financial figures
Use Cases

Three Mainstream Transfer Scenarios

Chain-Store Main-Warehouse Distribution

Weekly distribution from the main warehouse to stores, batch-transferred by sales forecast, with stores scanning to confirm on receipt.

Regional Warehouse Balancing

"3,000 units in Shanghai vs out-of-stock in Guangzhou" — issue a balancing transfer in one click, arriving via 24-hour high-speed rail logistics.

Emergency Transfer to Rescue an Order

A customer's rush order exceeds local stock — urgently transfer from a nearby warehouse with 1-hour approval + same-day shipment.

Pre-Transfer Before Major Sales

A week before Double 11, transfer goods from the main warehouse to regional warehouses in advance per the sales forecast, so the campaign ships from the nearest location the moment it opens.

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