Miscellaneous Shipments for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Not every package leaving your dock is tied to a sales order. Dynamic Ship‘s Miscellaneous Shipments function lets your team ship literature, samples, warranty replacements, and other non-inventory items directly from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, without attaching a sales order. Set a description, a ship-to address, and package details, then rate, label, and post the shipment the same way you would any other shipment.
At a Glance
- Ship literature, samples, or marketing materials without creating a sales order first.
- Choose the ship-to from a customer, vendor, location, or contact record.
- Rate, print the carrier label, and post the shipment in one workflow.
- All activity stays within Business Central, with no separate spreadsheet or manual entry into the carrier portal.
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Key Capabilities
Order-free shipping. Create a Miscellaneous Shipment record directly, with a description of what is being sent and a ship-to selection, when there is no underlying sales order to drive the shipment.
Flexible ship-to types. Send to a customer, vendor, location, or contact, covering the range of destinations a non-inventory shipment typically needs.
Standard packing and labeling. Add a package, enter the description, dimensions, and weight, then get a carrier label the same way you would for an order-based shipment.
Full carrier network access. Rate and label through the same carrier connections used across Dynamic Ship, so a sample shipment or a warranty replacement gets the same carrier choice as a sales order.
One-step posting. Post the shipment from the same screen once the label is generated, closing out the record without a separate reconciliation step.
Consistent shipping data. Because Miscellaneous Shipments run through the same package and shipping engine as sales orders, tracking numbers and freight details are captured and available the same way.
How Miscellaneous Shipments Work in Dynamic Ship
- Search for Miscellaneous Shipments in Business Central and select New.
- Enter a description of what you are sending.
- Choose the Ship to Type (Customer, Vendor, Location, or Contact) and the corresponding Ship to No.
- Select Packing, choose Add Package, and enter the package description, dimensions, and weight.
- Select Shipping and choose Get Label.
- Select Shipping and choose Post.
Why Dynamic Ship Miscellaneous Shipments Stands Out
Order-bound shipping tools often force an awkward workaround for anything other than a sales order: a dummy order, a zero-dollar line item, or a manual shipment outside the system entirely. Dynamic Ship treats non-inventory shipments as a first-class workflow, with the same package, rating, and labeling steps your team already uses every day.
Because Miscellaneous Shipments run through the same carrier connections as your sales orders, you get the same rate access and label quality on a sample shipment as you do on a customer order, without a second tool or a separate login to a carrier portal.
Who Uses Miscellaneous Shipments
Shipping clerks use this feature to send warranty replacements, product samples, and literature requests that never touch the sales order pipeline. Marketing and customer service teams rely on it to ship promotional materials or documentation to a contact or vendor without looping in the sales process. Warehouse managers appreciate that these ad hoc shipments still appear in the same tracking and shipping history as everything else, rather than living in a separate log.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Dynamic Ship’s Miscellaneous Shipments function is built for exactly this case. You create a shipment record with a description and a ship-to address, add a package with dimensions and weight, then get a label and post it, all without a sales order behind it.
Anything that is not tied to inventory on a sales order: literature, marketing materials, product samples, warranty replacements, or any other non-inventory item you need to send to a customer, vendor, location, or contact.
Yes. Miscellaneous Shipments are rated and labeled through the same carrier connections as sales order shipments, so you have the same carrier and service options available.
You can choose a Ship to Type of Customer, Vendor, Location, or Contact, then select the corresponding Ship to No. This covers most non-customer shipping destinations a business needs to reach.
Yes. Because it runs through the standard Dynamic Ship packing and labeling process, the shipment receives a tracking number just like an order-based shipment.