# Issue staged material to its job

Record material leaving the ledger for a prepared job, retaining the original reservation.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/stockflow/guides/stockflow-issue

Audience: Operator

Use an authorised account and only supported physical facts. This recording uses an isolated synthetic stockroom with prepared approved materials, rules, opening stock and a selected station.

## Issue staged material to its job

1. **Choose the floor menu**

   Choose the floor menu.

   Use the shared Floor menu for physical stock tasks.

2. **Open Issue to a job**

   Open Issue to a job.

   HELP-ISSUE starts with three pieces already picked and physically staged. The preparation is part of this synthetic fixture.

3. **Choose job reservation**

   Choose job reservation.

   Choose the reservation that owns this staged custody.

4. **Choose actual source**

   Choose actual source.

   Use the staged stock for this exact job, not another reservation.

5. **Enter actual quantity**

   Enter actual quantity.

   Issue the three pieces actually handed to the stated job. This does not prove manufacture or consumption.

6. **Check the exact movement**

   Check the exact movement.

   Check the current material, location, quantity and approved unit. This preparation has not posted stock.

7. **Confirm the physical facts**

   Confirm the physical facts.

   Confirm only the movement you physically checked. A scan or prepared suggestion does not establish that it happened.

8. **Record this movement**

   Record this movement.

   The recorded receipt is retained. If the result is uncertain, keep the original request and check it before attempting another movement.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/stockflow/demo?guide=stockflow-issue&chapter=issue)

Check retained receipts after uncertainty. Do not repeat a movement with a new request identity until the original result is known.