Use Cases
Typically, there are two main uses for Consolidate and Ship. You can use Consolidate and Ship in Consolidation Packing mode to:
• Create consolidations of orders for packing at a later time.
• Place several orders or order lines into new or existing consolidation shipments. You may want to do this if all items with a particular lot number must be shipped together, or if you can improve delivery times by reassigning items to a different shipment or shipments.
In Standard Packing mode, you can use Consolidate and Ship to:
• Deconsolidate a currently unavailable item from a shipment to allow the other items to be delivered on time. This is known as short shipping. The item you remove can be added to a new transaction for back ordering or consolidated onto an existing transaction.
• Add items to an existing shipment; for example, you can consolidate items that were on back order or items that can be shipped ahead of time.