Receive stock without a purchase order

Use this when stock arrives with nothing raised against it — no purchase order or transfer to receive it against.

1. Go to Purchasing → Receiving, select the caret beside New receiving session, then select Ad-hoc receipt (legacy).
2. Pick the Receiving site and the Supplier.
3. Open the receipt and start receiving.

This screen is older than the rest of receiving, and its wording differs in one place: its short-delivery choices are Backorder and Close, set per item rather than per document. See close or backorder a short delivery for what each does.

Ad-hoc receipts also happen automatically

Posting a supplier invoice that has manual stock lines on it (its Book stock in and post action) creates its own ad-hoc receipt automatically — you don't need to receive that stock separately first.