You use the Advanced Shipping module to assign sales order line items to a bill of lading, add all specialized information to the bill of lading and print it. If you use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to send Advanced Shipment Notices (ASNs) for your products, you can use the Advanced Shipping module to add to your shipping data information contained in an ASN.
You can use the Advanced Shipping module to allocate inventory to specific line items, print pick lists and ship multiple sales orders in one transaction. You can use various Advanced Shipping module tools to review and plan shipments before you record them, query bills of lading, calculate total weights and counts, check the status of deliveries and keep detailed records of your shipments.