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Preparation & Shipping Tasks
How does a consignment get prepared and shipped — and who is on the hook for each step?
Execution is two tracked phases with named owners. Creating a consignment can generate preparation tasks for warehouse staff and shipping tasks for drivers, each due on its own date, while separate preparation and shipping statuses record where the consignment stands.
What it records
Generated, dated tasks
Preparation and shipping tasks are created in the platform task system with due dates from the consignment’s own dates.
Warehouse-registered preparers
Preparation staff are selected from people registered in the source warehouse, not an open employee list.
Availability before assignment
Existing task load around the due date is checked, so busy people are visible before work lands on them.
Independent phase statuses
Preparation and shipping carry separate statuses through to completion, exposing exactly where a consignment stands.
Explicit delegation
A consignment can be accepted by another named employee, recorded on the record itself.
How it works
Preparation staff are chosen from the people registered in the source warehouse, shipping persons from the employee register, and the availability check shows who is already carrying tasks around the due date. When task generation is switched on, the platform task system receives a named task per person — preparation tasks due on the preparation date, shipping tasks due on the cargo picking date — carrying the consignment’s reference and notes.
Status is per phase: the preparation status and the shipping status advance independently, so a consignment can be fully picked while transport is still pending, and the record shows exactly that. Delegation is explicit — a consignment can be accepted by another named employee — and a completion flag closes it. Where no transport is generated, the shipping phase simply carries no tasks.
What this touches
- Task Management
Generated preparation and shipping tasks live in the platform task system with statuses and due dates. - Warehouse Management
Preparer selection reads the staff registered per warehouse. - Transport & Carriers
Shipping tasks target the drivers assigned to the consignment’s transport. - Identity & Access
Distribution actions are gated by read, create, update, and delete permissions per resource.
See preparation & shipping tasks running in continON.
A guided walkthrough on a sanitized demo tenant — this capability inside its module, on the shared platform.