What is the difference between a delivery report and a shipment tracking record?

A shipment tracking record provides real-time status updates for a specific consignment as it moves through the carrier's network — it is live, per-consignment, and event-driven. A delivery report is a structured retrospective document produced after a service period closes, covering multiple consignments in a single output. Both record delivery events — the tracking record shows them as they happen; the delivery report summarises them across the full service period.

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