In plain English
It tells where the order stands with respect to being sent out. The focus is on whether it has left the seller or warehouse so delivery to the customer can start.
In context
Here, "dispatch status" labels the field that reports an order’s state in relation to whether it has been sent from the seller or warehouse to begin delivery to the customer.
- Situation
- Following order preparation, fulfillment, dispatch, delivery, and collection
- What it communicates
- labels the field that shows the order's send-out stage.
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not establish any status other than the order’s relation to being sent out to start delivery.
Examples
“After the parcel left the warehouse, the dispatch status changed from not sent to sent.”
“In the order record, the dispatch status still showed that the seller had not sent the package out.”