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A shipment records goods leaving the company against a , sales return order, purchase order, purchase return order, or outbound transfer. Its source type selects the corresponding posting behavior. Creating a shipment does not affect inventory. relieves inventory, updates the source document, and records cost in a journal. Partial shipments allow one order to be fulfilled in multiple deliveries.

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Posting checks

Before a shipment posts, the storage rules that apply are evaluated against every line, for both the shipment and the pick, and for an outbound transfer also against the transfer. A sales shipment is also checked against the sales rules of its sales order, using this shipment’s lines and shipped quantities. A violation is shown in the post dialog; see Storage rules. Posting an outbound transfer’s shipment completes the transfer.