# Shipping tab of a production order

> Create a shipment for a completed production order and follow its active and delivered shipments, costs, route and documents from the order itself.

Source: https://docs.vestislabs.com/production/production-order-shipping/

The **Shipping** tab of a production order shows every shipment created for that order, with its cost, route, delivery dates and documents. It is the quickest way to see where one order's goods are.

**Where to find it:** Production → Order Management → three-dot menu → View/Edit → Shipping
**Requires:** permission `VIEW_BRAND_PRODUCTION`

## Before you start

- To create a shipment you need the **Update** production permission. Without it, the **Create Shipment** button is not shown.
- The order needs a factory (supplier).
- The order status must be **Completed** or **Shipped**. Until then **Create Shipment** is disabled, and hovering over it explains why: "Assign a factory to this order before creating a shipment." or "Shipments can be created once production is completed."

## Create a shipment from the order

1. **Open the Shipping tab**
   Open the order with **View/Edit** and click the **Shipping** tab.

   ![The Shipping tab of an order with the summary cards, the four shipping tabs and the active shipments](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/60-shipping-tab.webp)

2. **Click "Create Shipment"**
   When the order has no shipments yet, **Create Shipment** is shown at the top right of the tab and the page reads "Shipping details will be available once the order is ready for dispatch."

   ![The Shipping tab of a completed order without shipments, with the Create Shipment button at the top right](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/61-create-shipment.webp)

3. **Fill in the shipment**
   The **Create New Shipment** dialog opens with this order already selected. Complete the factory, shipment type, destination and shipment details, then click **Create Shipment**. See [Create a shipment](https://docs.vestislabs.com/production/production-shipping-create-shipment/) for each field.

   ![The Create New Shipment dialog opened from the order, with the order already selected](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/62-create-shipment-dialog.webp)

The new shipment appears on the **Shipping** tab.

## The summary cards

Once the order has shipments, four cards sit above the tabs:

- **Active Shipments** – The number of shipments that are preparing, in transit or overdue.
- **Delivered** – The number of delivered shipments.
- **Total Cost** – The sum of the shipping costs of all shipments, in the brand's base currency.
- **Avg. Transit Time** – The average transit time of the shipments.

## The four tabs

### Active Shipments

Each active shipment is a card with its tracking number, a priority badge, the order number, the carrier, the shipping cost and a status badge. Under it you see the route from the factory's city and country to the delivery location, a progress bar with the percentage complete, the **Estimated Delivery** date and the days remaining.

- Click **Track** to open the carrier's tracking page in a new tab. Nothing opens if the shipment has no tracking number and tracking link.
- Click **Details** to open the shipment details dialog.

If there is nothing to show, the tab reads "No shipping information available for this status."

### Delivered

Delivered shipments show the tracking number, priority, the order number, the delivery date and cost, the route, and a **Delivery Performance** of **On time** or **Delayed**.

![The Delivered tab listing a delivered shipment with its delivery performance](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/64-delivered.webp)

### Analytics

Two cards summarise the order's shipments. **Route Optimization** shows the **Average Transit Time** in days and the **On-time Delivery Rate**. **Cost Analysis** shows the **Total Shipping Costs** and the **Average Cost per Shipment**.

![The Analytics tab with the Route Optimization and Cost Analysis cards](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/65-analytics.webp)

### Documents

**Shipping Documents** ("All shipping and customs documents") lists every document uploaded to the order's shipments, with the order number, the tracking number and its type, for example PDF or Excel. Click the download icon to download it. If there are none, the tab reads "No documents available for this shipment."

![The Documents tab listing the shipping documents of the order with a download icon](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/66-documents.webp)

## Shipment details

**Details** opens a dialog titled with the tracking number and status, with three tabs:

- **Tracking** – **Shipment Details** (**Origin**, **Destination**, **Priority**, **Cost**) and **Progress** with the percentage complete and the estimated delivery date.
- **Route** – A timeline of **Shipment Preparation**, **In Transit** and **Delivered**, with the start date, the actual dates reached and the estimated delivery date. Steps not reached yet read **Pending**.
- **Documents** – The documents of this shipment, with the upload date and a download icon.

![The shipment details dialog with the Tracking, Route and Documents tabs](https://docs.vestislabs.com/assets/production/assets/production-order-shipping/63-details.webp)