One receiving error can impact inventory accuracy for weeks Your system says you have 144 units of a SKU. You walk the aisle and count 131. Somewhere between the last receiving dock scan and right now, 13 units went sideways — and the uncomfortable truth is it probably wasn't one thing. Receiving is where a lot of it starts. A pallet comes in short-shipped, the driver's in a hurry, the paperwork says the right number, and whoever's checking either trusts the BOL or rushes thr