Shipping strategy

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The shipping strategy refers to the relationship between inventory, loading dock and shipping policy. The way they communicate will define the structure combination for shipping your customers’ orders.

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Initial logistics settings

You can configure initial settings through the VTEX Admin or via API. If you are starting to configure your shipping strategy, we recommend the following order:

Topic	Configuration via VTEX Admin	Configuration via API
1. Shipping policy	Creating a shipping policy	Create shipping policy
2. Loading dock	Managing loading docks	Create/update dock
3. Warehouse	Managing warehouses	Create/update warehouse