Team, please refer to the following standardized status labels and emoji indicators for Sales orders & Delta Warehouse Delivery Orders. These appear on your Odoo dashboard as saved filters

🟨 SOs Confirmed (Processing Stage)

These Sales Orders are confirmed and are currently being prepared.
Warehouse or sales team action may be required (picking, packing, or follow-up).

🟥 SOs Processing (Quotation Stage)

These are still Quotations.
They require pricing confirmation, adjustments, or approval before they can be converted into a Sales Order.

🟦 Backorders

These orders cannot be fulfilled immediately due to a stock shortage.
Waiting on incoming PO, replenishment, or stock transfer.

🟡 DOs Ready to Pick

Delivery Orders where:

• Items are available
• No hold reasons
• Status = Ready

Warehouse can begin picking immediately.

🔴 DOs On-Hold / Waiting

Delivery Orders that cannot proceed due to issues like:

• Missing stock
• Packaging delays
• Allocation problem
• Incomplete picking
• Waiting for approval or instructions

Requires immediate review.

📦 Pending Shipment (DOs)

Delivery Orders that are almost ready, but still require a final action, such as:

• Label generation
• Carrier assignment
• Ship Ready flag
• Final quality check

✔️ Ready to Ship (DOs)

Delivery Orders that are fully picked, packed, approved, and ready for carrier pickup.

🎯 Course Objective

Internal Transfers allow you to move stock between warehouses (e.g., Delta → North Carolina, or CanAmer → Delta,...). This ensures stock is available at the correct warehouse before fulfilling customer orders.

📍 Go to Inventory → Operations → Internal

🔹Create Transfer

Click New in the top left.

You’ll see the Internal Transfers Form like this:

Warehouse Transfer Process – Delta → North Carolina

Example: CanAmer → Delta

Select Operation Type: CanAmer Warehouse: Internal Transfers, 

Source Location: CanAmer / Stock (Physical Locations/XTL-CANAM/Stock)

Destination Location: Delta / Stock (WH/Stock)

🔹 Add Products

Under the Operations tab:

1. Click Add a line.
2. Choose the product(s) to move.
3. Enter:
   • Product → Select SKU (same as Sales Order line).
   • Demand Quantity → Qty to transfer.

🔹 Confirm and Validate

​​1. Click Mark as To Do
​ ​→ This sets the transfer as ready.

​2. Warehouse team action (pick, pack & ship):

• • • Pick the items in Source (Delta),
    • When shipped, click Validate

​​3. On Validate
​ ​→ Confirms the movement and instantly updates stock:

• • • Delta → decreases stock.
• • • North Carolina → increases stock.

🔹 Verify Movement

📍 Go to Inventory → Reporting → Locations
Filter by:

• Warehouse: North Carolina
• Product: [product name]

✅ You should see the transferred stock quantity reflected in NC.

✅  Operator Goal: Handle cancellations at different stages.

1. Cancel SO Before Any Validation

If neither PICK nor OUT is validated, cancelling the SO cancels everything automatically.

2. Cancel SO After PICK Validated

If PICK is Done, cancelling SO does not undo stock.
Stock remains in WH/Output until returned. (➡️ Follow the Manual Return Stock Flow Steps)

3. Cancel SO After OUT Validated

If OUT is Done, goods are considered delivered.
You must create a Return from OUT (customer return) to restock. (➡️ Follow the Manual Return Stock Flow Steps, but instead of PICK, select WH/OUT/xxx)

Cancel SO → 

  ​ If PICK/OUT = Waiting → Both Cancelled

  ​ If PICK = Done → Manual Return from PICK

  ​ If OUT = Done → Manual Return from OUT

🛠 Manual Return Stock Flow

1. Locate the Done PICK

Open the cancelled SO → Transfers → open WH/PICK/xxx.

2. Click Return

On the PICK DO, click Return.

This opens the Return wizard. Confirm quantities to return.

Defaults usually match qty_done.

Confirm the return location and click 'Return'.

3. Validate Return DO

Wizard generates a new Return of WH/PICK/xxx transfer.

Destination is WH/Stock.

Click Validate.

Stock moves back into WH/Stock.

4. Verify Inventory (optional)

Check Product → Inventory tab.
On Hand should reflect returned quantities.

♻️ Re-Using Cancelled SOs

☑️  Set to Quotation

On the cancelled SO, click Set to Quotation if reusing it.
This reopens it for edits.

☑️  Confirm Again Carefully

Make adjustments, then confirm again.
⚠️ Only do this if returns are fully completed, otherwise stock will be over-reserved.

✅ Best Practices Summary 

• Cancelling is safe before PICK validation; manual return needed after PICK is done.
• Always verify OUT vs PICK status before cancelling.
• Sales must notify Warehouse before cancelling if PICK has already been validated.
• Warehouse should pause validation if a cancellation request is pending.
• Manual returns must be validated to restore stock.
• Never reconfirm a cancelled SO until returns are completed.