---
title: "4.10 Transfers and Dispatches"
space: "Vuna Livestock"
url: "https://docs.navari.co.ke/livestock-management/farm-operations/410-transfers-and-dispatches"
updated: "2026-10-24"
---

Use stock transactions to record your animals' actual movements. Keep the Batch and serial allocations accurate so your house balances and life-cycle history stay consistent.

## **Move animals between houses**

1. Create a standard **Material Transfer** Stock Entry for the Company.
2. Enter source and destination Warehouses, livestock Item, stock quantity, and the actual Batch/serial allocations.
3. Review posting timestamp and submit.
4. Confirm departure and arrival in the stock ledger and life-cycle report.

A transfer changes location. It is not a birth, sale, or mortality event. House-filtered population and exposure change when animals enter or leave that house.

## **Dispatch and return**

Use standard ERPNext **Delivery Note**, or a stock-updating **Sales Invoice** where appropriate, to record physical customer dispatch. Allocate the actual animal Batch/Serial Nos and warehouse. Use the corresponding standard return workflow for customer returns.

Life-cycle sales coverage follows physical stock movements. Non-stock invoices and revenue-only billing do not add dispatch events, and billing linked to a delivery must not be counted as another animal departure.

## **Batch transformations**

Record legitimate splits, merges, or replacements using reviewed Repack transactions with complete stock allocations. The lifecycle report infers continuity only when count and access checks pass. It labels cross-Item replacement as **Reclassification / possible grading** because stock records alone cannot prove grading intent.