Version: Odoo 19 Enterprise

We understand that draft purchase receipts are automatically synchronized with the related Purchase Order on a scheduled basis. Any manual changes made directly on a draft receipt can therefore be overwritten — even if the PO itself has not been modified.

Our setup:

• Large Purchase Orders

• Deliveries happen in multiple partial shipments over time

• The PO quantity remains fixed and confirmed

• Each receipt represents one physical partial delivery

• Before goods arrive, we sometimes receive supplier confirmation about quantities in the next shipment

• We adjust the draft receipt to reflect that upcoming delivery

• Later, the receipt quantities are reset to match the PO again

Odoo Support recommends updating quantities on the PO and using receipts strictly for physical validation.

However, in a multi-delivery scenario this creates some practical challenges.

So my question to the community:

How are you handling partial deliveries operationally in standard Odoo?

• Do you adjust PO quantities per shipment?

• Do you split large POs into multiple smaller POs?

• Do you avoid preparing receipts in advance?

• Is there a standard approach for planning upcoming deliveries without validating receipts before goods physically arrive?

We want to stay fully within standard Odoo processes and avoid customizations, but with larger multi-delivery POs this behavior makes operational planning difficult.

Interested to hear how others manage this in practice.