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• BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  lol I can tell you’ve never worked in fulfillment. Whether an order has been shipped is something you need to track.

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. Of an order has been shipped it will be tracked.

    Am i missing a joke or something?

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    • BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Okay in any fulfillment operation tracking occurs when an order is placed. You need to know when a label is printed, often when specific items are packed, and when that order leaves the building. Bigger operations will have more steps for the fulfillment chain and delivery if they do that part.

      From a customer perspective, even your mom and pop shop doing UPS pickup will create a label with tracking so the customer knows when their shipment has entered the delivery chain.

      Am I misunderstanding what you are talking about?

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      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The order goes to the warehouse. The item(s) are picked. When every thing is completed the shipping/tracking order is printed, stickered, scanned, and put on the truck. That’s when the tracking number is sent out.

        This is standard stuff.

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