# Dispatch

A Dispatch is the means within the system by which goods or services are taken out of stock and delivered to a Customer.

A Dispatch can only be performed for some or all of the items on exactly one Sales order, and is referenced throughout the system by its .

The following also holds for Dispatches:

- A Dispatch is performed only for the Warehouse that is referenced on the Sales order
- You can create as many Dispatches as you like for a single Sales order
- A Dispatch cannot be performed where its date is not within the Extended financial year or where its date is before the Journal lock date