Inventory and Warehousing · Odoo glossary
Shipping
Shipping dispatches goods to a customer or another destination and records the movement out of the warehouse.
Definition
In general ERP practice
Shipping dispatches goods to a customer or another destination and records the movement out of the warehouse. Dispatch confirmation and the carrier’s final delivery confirmation are different events.
In Odoo
Odoo delivery transfers record shipped quantities and can integrate with configured delivery methods or carriers. Validating the stock transfer records the warehouse movement; external tracking updates depend on the carrier or integration.
Official Odoo documentation
The Odoo-specific explanation above is based on the documentation for Odoo 19. Features and workflows can differ in other versions.
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