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Goods Received Note (GRN)

  • Render-verified
  • Commercial
  • Version 1.0.0

Country-agnostic Goods Received Note (GRN) raised at an inbound warehouse to record what was physically received against a purchase order. Supports full-quality and discrepancy flows; good-practice reference for ISO 9001:2015 §8.4 (externally provided processes, products and services).

JSON Schema

Fields in this template

Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 29 fields:

Field Required Type Description
receiver Required object
receiver.warehouse_name Required string
receiver.address Required string
receiver.warehouse_code Optional string
supplier Required object
supplier.name Required string
supplier.address Optional string
supplier.supplier_code Optional string
supplier.vat_id Optional string
po_reference Required string
delivery_note_reference Optional string Optional. Carrier waybill or supplier delivery-note number.
received_on Required date
received_by Required object
received_by.name Required string
received_by.role Required string
items Required array of object
items[].sku Required string
items[].description Required string
items[].unit Optional string
items[].ordered_quantity Required number
items[].received_quantity Required number
items[].discrepancy Optional object Present only when the line has a quantity difference, damage, or other issue.
items[].lot_or_batch Optional string
overall_status Required enum
notes Optional string
signatory Optional object
signatory.name Required string
signatory.role Required string
signatory.date Optional date

POST /render

Generate it

One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.

curl 
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "generic.business.goods_received_note",
    "data": { ... },
    "options": {"language": "en"}
  }' -o goods-received-note.pdf
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Frequently asked questions

What is “Goods Received Note (GRN)”?

Country-agnostic Goods Received Note (GRN) raised at an inbound warehouse to record what was physically received against a purchase order. Supports full-quality and discrepancy flows; good-practice reference for ISO 9001:2015 §8.4 (externally provided processes, products and services). On papii this document is available as template generic.business.goods_received_note: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.

Can I generate a Goods Received Note (GRN) with AI?

Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.

Is the Goods Received Note (GRN) template legally compliant?

This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.