File 03: Event records and custody events
Receipts, transformations, handovers and dispatches as events, with the context that lets one event link to the next.
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Event records and custody eventsAggregation and disaggregation eventsPacking items into a case, or unpacking a case, changes the unit of trace. This guide covers aggregation and disaggregation as events..GuideEvent records and custody eventsCustody events between sitesBetween sites, custody passes through carriers and warehouses. This guide covers the events that keep custody visible in transit..GuideEvent records and custody eventsDispatch and handover eventsA handover moves custody from one party to another. This guide covers dispatch records, receiving confirmation, and the gap between the two..GuideEvent records and custody eventsEvent context that makes a scan usefulA scan without context records an identifier at a moment. This guide sets out the context that turns a scan into an event: place, custodian, quantity, and relat.GuideEvent records and custody eventsEvent data: the minimum fieldsA minimum field set keeps event records comparable across partners. This guide proposes that set and explains why each field earns its place..GuideEvent records and custody eventsEvent record retentionEvent records are kept for a reason, and that reason sets the retention period. This guide covers retention, retrieval, and disposal of event data..GuideEvent records and custody eventsEvent records for returnsReturned goods re-enter a chain with a history. This guide covers return events, re-inspection, and how returned units are kept distinct from new stock..GuideEvent records and custody eventsEvent timing and time zonesEvents recorded in different time zones, or with system clocks that drift, can appear out of order. This guide covers timing discipline for event records..GuideEvent records and custody eventsException events and correctionsDamaged goods, short shipments, and data errors are events too. This guide covers how exceptions are recorded without rewriting history..GuideEvent records and custody eventsReceiving events and goods inReceiving is the first event in most internal traces. This guide covers what a receiving record must capture, and how it links a supplier lot to internal stock..GuideEvent records and custody eventsReconstructing a history from eventsA trace is a reconstruction, not a single document. This guide works through reconstructing a unit history from its event chain..GuideEvent records and custody eventsTransformation events in productionTransformation turns inputs into outputs. This guide covers how a transformation event records quantities, yields, and the lots consumed..Guide