Closure of the shipment can be automatic or manual, and will result in the shipment assuming the Closed status. The shipment being closed means that the goods have left the sender, and only a few changes to the content of the shipment is allowed. In order to create a customer order invoice the shipment must be closed. The only activities still allowed when a shipment is closed, is to create customer order invoice, send or resend the dispatch advice, print shipment documents and transport labels.
The shipment can be closed automatically by using the shipment type, you can also close the shipment manually per shipment or per consolidated shipment by clicking Close. A consolidated shipment is defined as one departure of several shipments from the specified site, to all the delivery addresses of the connected shipments. When executed from the consolidated shipment all connected shipments, ready for closure, will be closed.