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title: "Blind receiving"
description: "What is blind receiving? Counting a delivery without seeing the ordered quantity. Learn why it catches short deliveries, its trade-offs and a warehouse example."
url: https://1flux.ai/glossary/blind-receiving
last_updated: 2026-10-10
---

[Procurement and inventory](https://1flux.ai/glossary#procurement-and-inventory)

# Blind receiving

What is blind receiving, and why does hiding the ordered quantity make counts more accurate?

Glossary Updated 10 October 2026

Definition

Blind receiving is a goods-in practice where the person checking a delivery counts it without seeing the quantities on the purchase order.

## What is blind receiving good for?

When the expected quantity is printed on the screen or the paper, it’s tempting to tick it rather than count. Hiding it forces a real count, so short and over-deliveries surface at the dock instead of at month-end. The trade-off is speed: blind counts take longer and need a clear way to resolve differences.

Example: a storekeeper counts 47 cartons without knowing the PO says 50, and the shortage is raised on the [goods received note](https://1flux.ai/glossary/goods-received-note) before the supplier’s driver leaves.

Blind receiving is related to blind [stock counts](https://1flux.ai/glossary/stock-count), where counters don’t see system quantities.

In 1flux

Blind receiving is a setting. With “Blank, order quantities hidden”, the GRN form and print hide ordered and open quantities from stores. [See goods receiving](https://1flux.ai/products/purchasing/goods-receiving)

Related

## Keep exploring

### [Goods received note](https://1flux.ai/glossary/goods-received-note)

The stores record of what arrived, from whom and in what condition.

### [Stock count](https://1flux.ai/glossary/stock-count)

Counting physical stock and comparing it with the system.

### [Three-way match](https://1flux.ai/glossary/three-way-match)

Checking a supplier invoice against the PO and the receipt.

### [Goods receiving (GRN)](https://1flux.ai/products/purchasing/goods-receiving)

Check deliveries in on a GRN, then post stock and the journal on a goods receipt report.

Last updated 10 October 2026