This activity is used to approve shipments.
Often, additional documents have to be sent with shipments, particularly if the shipment is an export order. In such instances, there is a requirement that deliveries should not be allowed until these additional documents have been received by the warehouse. The Approve Before Delivery option in the Settings and Indicatiors section in the header of the Shipment page is enabled when additional documents are required, where the shipment delivery should be halted until such documents have been received. The shipment header command Approve will update the shipment when the documents have been received. A value for the user name in the Approved By field then appears automatically on the Shipment/General tab. If the option on the header is enabled and the Approved By field is not populated it will not be possible to deliver the shipment.
When creating a new shipment, a check will first be made on the shipment type connected in the header. If the Approve Before Delivery option is enabled for the shipment type, the same option will be enabled in the shipment header. If not, you could manually enable the option if needed.