When the shipment date for a confirmed order arrives, the supplier takes the products are taken from its inventory (if they are available) and are shipped. Between shipment and arrival, the products are in transit. When the customer receives the products, both parties will be notified that the products have arrived.

When the products are not available with the supplier, the inventory is checked every 24 hours to see if they are already available. As a result, the shipment will arrive too late at the customer, and a fine may be imposed. When the goods have not arrived after a very long time (usually 2 weeks or a month, this depends on the scenario), you might get a bill including a large fine for the order that you have to pay in spite of not yet having delivered the products.

Shipment properties

The Shipment has the following properties:

• Order
  The underlying Order to which the shipment belongs (not changeable)
• Delivered amount
  The number of products that are actually delivered (not changeable)
• Actual delivery date
  The actual date of delivery (not changeable)
• Price
  The total price that the supplier is asking for the overall order (not changeable)