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book in

To record goods or materials as having been received into stock.

In plain English

It means entering arriving items into the stock record so they are acknowledged as received. The focus is on the recorded receipt of the goods or materials, not on their physical handling.

In context

Here, it instructs staff to record the arriving pallets as received into stock before putaway.

Situation
Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
What it communicates
instructs staff to record arriving pallets before putaway.

Meaning limits

The term itself only covers recording receipt and does not by itself confirm the items' condition or any wider status.

Examples

“She booked in the ten bags of cement while they were still on the pallet by the entrance.”

Core meaning

“Book in the arriving pallets before they are moved into storage.”

In context