Material delivery log

Field record

What arrived, from whom, in what condition — and who was standing there when it did.

The argument always happens later

Three weeks after a short delivery, the only things that settle it are a dated note made at the gate and a ticket number. That is what this is: a minute per truck, and a record that reads the same in a meeting as it did on the day.

Observed, not claimed

Marking a delivery short or damaged records what the person receiving it saw. It is not a claim, and the tool does not make one — it checks nothing against an order, prices nothing, and decides nothing about conformance.

Before and after the truck

What authorized the order in the first place is a purchase order, which fixes price and scope before anybody bills you. What happens to the material once it is on the shelf is the maintenance inventory. The invoice, when it turns up, goes to the vendor bill tracker.

A record of what arrived. It checks nothing against an order, computes no cost, and makes no determination that a delivery conforms to a purchase order or a specification — noting a shortage records what you observed, not a claim. Everything runs on your device.

Questions people ask

Why log deliveries at all?
Because the argument always happens later. Three weeks after a short delivery, the only things that settle it are a dated note made at the gate and a ticket number. A delivery log costs a minute per truck and is the difference between 'we were short 12 sheets on the 14th' and 'we think we were short.'
Does it check deliveries against my purchase order?
No. It records the ticket or PO number you type so the two can be matched by a person, and it compares nothing automatically — that would need a copy of the order and a shared idea of what counts as a match, neither of which this tool has. Purchase orders themselves are a separate tool here.
What does marking something 'short' mean?
That the person receiving it observed less than expected and wrote it down. It is not a claim against the supplier and this tool does not make one; it is the contemporaneous note that any later conversation would be built from.
Can I use this outside construction?
Yes. A facility receiving stock, a property manager taking in appliances, a shop receiving parts — the shape is the same. It attaches to a job here because that is where deliveries most often need proving; the maintenance inventory tool is the one that tracks what is on the shelf afterwards.