What is the impact of enabling the Advanced Shipping feature?

Enabling the Advanced Shipping feature in NetSuite has a significant impact on how order processing and fulfillment are managed within the system. Specifically, it separates the fulfillment process from the invoicing process. This separation allows companies to more effectively manage their shipping and billing operations independently. When fulfillment and invoicing are decoupled, businesses can perform shipping activities immediately upon release of the order without necessarily generating an invoice at the same time, which facilitates better customer service and inventory management.

The separation also allows for increased accuracy, as items can be shipped without creating an invoice prematurely, reducing potential discrepancies between what was shipped and what was billed. This is particularly beneficial for businesses that may face delays in invoicing due to processing or approval requirements, as it streamlines the fulfillment aspect of order management.

The other options suggest different functionalities that are not directly a consequence of enabling the Advanced Shipping feature. Multi-step fulfillment, automated drop ship functionality, and printing integrated shipping labels can relate to advanced shipping processes but are not specifically enabled through this feature alone. Each of these functionalities may have their processes and modules that operate independently from just enabling advanced shipping.