The three stages of the shipping process consists of receiving, processing, and fulfilling an order. These stages impact how quickly and accurately you can prepare a customer order and have it shipped directly to its end destination.
How do you do a shipment?
- Step #1: Importer requests quotes and orders goods.
- Step #2: Freight forwarder arranges export.
- Step #3: Booking of freight.
- Step #4: Goods to travel to international depot/port.
- Step #5: Goods processed through export customs clearance and placed in transit.
- Step #6: Goods arrive in buyer's country for import clearance.
What are the stages of shipping?
The four stages of the shipping cycle, all based on customer demand, are trough, recovery, peak and collapse.