Splitting a shipment

If an order has two or more items, you can split it into separate shipments, up to the number of items in a single order. You may split an order...

• to expedite items that are immediately ready for shipmentCommerce: a collection of products from a purchase order, ready to be shipped after going through inventory check and other verifications., while other items require additional shipping lead time.
• to ship multiple heavy items, back-ordered items, or a large volume of items for ease of delivery and pickup.

1. In Order Management, go to an existing purchase order or create a new one.
2. Click Details and look for Shipment # 1.

   

3. Click Move next to the item you want to move. The Move Line Item dialog box appears.

   

4. Select the data for the line item and click OK to save your changes.

   

   • Quantity to move. Select the quantity of the item to move.
   • Move to existing shipment. Select an existing shipment.
   • Create new shipment.
   • Address. Select an address.
   • Shipping method. Select a shipping methodCommerce: A set of information and rules that determine the shipping cost. Displayed on the front-end public site while a customer checks out an item from the shopping cart. The shipping fee is added to the total price of the purchase. A shipping method is mapped to a shipping provider visible to a back-end administrator in Commerce Manager. For example, when a customer picks "Ground Shipping," UPS (or another provider) may fulfill the shipment..
   • Charge customer for original/new shipment's shipping rate. Select which shipping rate to charge for.

   The Details page shows the new shipment, which you can process separately from one another, but tied to a single purchase order.