Incoming shipments are inventory that does not currently have a location. These shipments might be the fulfillment of resource requests or other items that are ready to be or are in the process of being received.
It is important to process incoming shipments, using status changes, so that items are formally received and added to your inventory list. The status of these items can be changed to Stored when the items are allocated to a sub location.
Incoming shipments have two separate tabs, Active Shipments and Shipment History. Active Shipments are currently in transit or receiving. Shipment History contains older shipments that gave since been processed and received.
Note: At any point in the process, the person who created the incoming shipment can edit it, on the Incoming Shipments page, by clicking the edit icon.