What Is a Shipment?

A shipment is a scheduled delivery of items from a single origin (branch/plant or depot) to a single destination (ship to address) on a specific date. Shipments are defined by the individual pieces on board, such as pallets, boxes, or containers. The system rates and routes shipments at the sales order entry. You can add options and equipment to the shipment. For example, if a shipment requires the use of a liftgate for delivery, then you can assign a liftgate as equipment. Multiple orders can be consolidated into the same shipment if certain key information about the orders is the same. You have four options for consolidating shipments:

• Transactional consolidation

  You can consolidate only the order lines that you add or modify in a single transaction into one shipment.

• Multiple order consolidation

  You can consolidate order lines from multiple transactions into one shipment.

• Single order consolidation

  You can consolidate order lines that pertain to the same order into one shipment.

• No consolidation

  You can place individual order lines into separate shipments.