In plain English
It means extra goods have arrived in an incoming shipment. The amount received is higher than the amount that was ordered or listed on the shipment paperwork.
In context
Here, overage classifies the received stock as having a quantity greater than the quantity ordered or recorded on the shipping documents for that inbound shipment.
- Situation
- Managing warehouse receiving, inventory, picking, packing, and dispatch
- What it communicates
- classifies received stock as more than the expected quantity.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term shows only that more goods were received than expected, not why the difference exists or what should happen next.
Examples
“The warehouse logged an overage when 105 cartons arrived against a purchase order for 100.”
“After unloading, the delivery count showed an overage, with 52 cases received instead of 50.”