In plain English
It means one order is broken up for delivery. The items do not all go together, but are sent in two or more separate shipments.
In context
Here, it communicates that one order will be delivered in two or more separate shipments.
- Situation
- Following order preparation, fulfillment, dispatch, delivery, and collection
- What it communicates
- notifies that one order will be sent in separate parts.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say why the order is split or when each separate shipment will be sent or delivered.
Examples
“The desk arrived as a split shipment, with the drawers delivered one day and the frame the next.”
“Your order is coming as a split shipment, and the books may arrive before the mugs.”