Unlike dry stock, chilled goods should not arrive early and wait for an unknown period. If cabinet commissioning, delivery and shelf filling are not planned as separate tasks, goods can queue at receiving and temperature records can break down.
Do not receive stock before cabinet readiness
Get the readiness check and loading conditions for each cabinet from the installation and commissioning team. Schedule product acceptance after that check is complete. Decide in advance where stock will go if the work is delayed; do not make an unready cabinet the default plan.
Match deliveries to filling capacity
Match order quantity to shelf capacity, filling staff and the next replenishment opportunity. The delivery schedule should state product group, receiving door, acceptance owner and placement order. Use a separate receiving flow for overlapping dry-goods work.
Keep the opening record as a reference. By lot and product code, record delivery time, acceptance condition, cabinet-entry time and readings taken. If an excursion is found later, the first-day record helps establish what arrived and when it entered the display. Compare opening leftovers and write-offs with the first order assumptions.
