The document discusses different types of receiving options in Oracle Purchasing including substitute receipts, unordered receipts, express transactions, cascade transactions, and blind receiving. Substitute receipts allow receiving substitute items in place of ordered items. Unordered receipts are used to receive unordered items urgently needed. Express transactions allow quickly receiving an entire purchase order in one transaction. Cascade transactions enable quantities received to be applied to eligible shipment lines. Blind receiving records the exact received quantity without displaying quantities ordered or due.

1. Oracle Purchasing – Different types of Receiving Options
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Different types of receiving options available in Oracle Purchasing are:
1. Substitute Receipts
2. Unordered Receipts
3. Express Transactions
4. Cascade Transactions
5. Blind Receiving
Substitute Receipts:
Substitute Receipt is a used to receive substitute items in place of ordered items. For example
receive Samsung Phone in place of an iPhone Phone.
Unordered Receipts:
Unordered receipts are used to receive unordered items. In case of any urgent requirement in the
plant, no time to raise the Purchase Order and ask for approvals and if based on the urgency,
supplier also supplied the material, the same can be received using unordered receipt functionality.
Purchase order number is not mandatory.
But after receiving the material, the Purchase order to be raised and matched with the unordered
receipt for completing the P2P cycle.
Express Transactions:
Express Transactions is used to receive material quickly. In Express Receiving is a receipt can be
made for the whole Purchase Order in one go. System defaults the due quantities on each line.
Cascade Transactions:
Cascade Transactions is used to enable cascading for receipt i.e. a quantity received will be
automatically applied to each eligible shipment line in turn of need by date.
Blind Receiving:
Blind receiving is used when receiver should record exact quantity they have received.
On receipt form the quantity ordered or due is not shown. Purchasing ignores all receipt tolerances
and help to find out the exact quantity supplier has shipped.
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