This illustration is a suggested processing sequence of data for customer schedule shipments based on information that flows from one type of data to another and prerequisites that need to be accomplished before setting up a type of data.

A shipment consists of multiple items, which can be end items or containers holding other containers and/or end items. Each shipper has a unique ID. A shipper is defined for the entire shipment, which contains all containers as well as any items that are not in containers.