Track events and milestones

Tracking all events refers to the setting that enables the monitoring and logging of every possible event related to a shipment throughout its lifecycle, for example, shipment announced, shipment departed depot, delivered to safe place, and other. On the contrary, milestones refer to significant stages within the shipment process that are essential for monitoring process, such as order created, label printed, out for delivery, and so on.

/cusIn SAPIENT, while configuring the tracking webhook, You can choose to receive all tracking events or tracking milestones only.

  • If you select to receive milestones only, the system only pushes the tracking when a new milestone is triggered.
  • If you select to receive full tracking events, then the system pushes the tracking every time it receives a new tracking event from the carrier, regardless of whether the tracking event triggers a new milestone or not.

Milestones

Milestones refer to significant stages within the shipment process that are essential for monitoring process, such as order created, label printed, out for delivery, and so on.

If you choose to receive tracking milestones, bear in mind that each milestone only gets triggered once. To understand each milestone and its expected order of occurrence, refer to the information explained in the following table:

Milestone

Description

IT'S ON ITS WAY

The shipment was handed over or is on its way to the carrier.

IN TRANSIT

The shipment is travelling through the carrier's network.

TRANSIT DELAY

The shipment processing through the carrier's network is delayed.

IN CUSTOMS

The shipment is undergoing customs inspections.

Note: this is applicable to international shipments only.

OUT FOR DELIVERY

The shipment is on the way to the recipient.

DELIVERY ATTEMPT FAILED

The delivery was attempted, but failed.

READY FOR COLLECTION

The shipment was left at a chosen location for the recipient to collect.

DELIVERED

The shipment was successfully delivered to the recipient (or another person/place chosen by the recipient).

COLLECTED

The shipment was successfully collected from the collection point.

PART DELIVERED

The part of a consignment shipment was delivered successfully.

UNDELIVERABLE

The delivery of the shipment was not possible.


Final events

Final events are the stages of a shipment lifecycle where no further tracking statuses are sent after the event/milestone was hit.

The following events are considered as the final events.

  • All delivered events
  • Recipient collected
  • Shipment lost/destroyed
  • Undeliverable - destroyed.

List of tracking milestones and tracking events

The following section displays a comprehensive structure of the milestones, event codes, and events that occur throughout the shipping journey of a shipment.

Tracking Events and Milestones
Milestone Name Milestone Order Tracking Event Code Tracking Event Name
It’s on its Way 1 PSRE Shipment Received
PSAN Shipment Announced
PSCO Shipment Collected
PSDE Shipment Despatched
In Transit 2 PINT In Transit
PPID Shipment Processed in Depot
PRID Shipment Received in Depot
PSDD Shipment Departed Depot
IOWS Oversize/weight Shipment
In Customs 3 BCUI Customs Inspection
BHBC Held by Customs
BRBC Released by Customs
Out for Delivery 4 POFD Out for Delivery
Delivery Attempt Failed 5 FDAF Delivery Attempt Failed
FNCO Not Collected
FCAR No Answer - Carded
FANK Address Not Known
FRNK Recipient Not Known
FRAA Refused at Delivery Address
FINA Incomplete Address
FUTA Unable to Access Delivery Point
Part Delivered 6 DPAR Partially delivered
Ready for Collection 7 DRFC Ready for Collection
Delivered 8 DELV Delivered
DTSP Delivered to Safe Place
DPOB Delivered to PO Box
DDMG Delivered Damaged
DTNB Delivered to Neighbour - No Signature
DTNS Delivered to Neighbour with Signature
DNSV Delivered to Neighbour with Signature - ID Verified
DNSO Delivered to Neighbour with Signature - Over 25
Collected 9 DRCO Recipient Collected
Undeliverable 10 RTNS Return to Sender
RUND Undeliverable - Return to Sender
RNCO Not Collected - Return to Sender
UDTS Delivered to Sender
IDES Shipment Lost/Destroyed
ICAN Shipment Cancelled
FUDS Undeliverable - Destroyed
Transit Delay Null IDIP Delay in Processing
IFME Force Majure/ Exceptional Event
ISMI Shipment Misrouted
PRET Shipment Retention
N/A Null ICLR Shipment Customs Cleared
IARR Shipment Arrived at Facility
IRCO Shipment Ready for Collection from the Facility
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Note

The ICLR, IARR, and IRCO tracking events have not been allocated to any milestones.