28 Materials and Their Handling 



to move the material between departments during 

 the progress of manufacture and orders for as- 

 sembling the material into the final product. 



If the material is all on hand and can be de- 

 livered at once, its issuance is simple and easily 

 recorded. Sometimes, however, only a part of 

 the material called for can be delivered. There 

 is, then, a shortage which must be promptly made 

 good, usually by the placing of orders through 

 the purchasing agent. These shortages are crit- 

 ical and must be vigorously followed up by all 

 concerned until the material is obtained and the 

 shortage wiped out. 



Deferred Deliveries. All the material called 

 for on an order may not be needed at once. In 

 such cases, a date or series of dates may be spe- 

 cified when the material will be required. One 

 way to care for this situation is to set aside the 

 material covered by the order in boxes or con- 

 tainers, marked for the order number on which 

 they are to be used. Although these containers 

 may be kept in the storeroom until the material 

 is required, their contents are treated as if already 

 issued, although they are physically still in the 

 storekeeper's possession. If there are a large 

 number of deferred deliveries, and it is incon- 

 venient to carry the material separated, as shown 

 above, they may be cared for on the store record 

 sheets, where the items called for are entered for 

 delivery, proper deductions are made, and the 

 balance remaining is considered as being the stock 

 on hand. Suppose there are 2,000 units in the 



