Sendeterminen

Sendetermin is a logistics term used in procurement and sales to designate the scheduled date on which goods are dispatched from the seller’s facility or handed to the carrier. It indicates when the seller commits to initiating shipment, not when the goods arrive at the buyer’s location. The term may refer to a specific date, a date range, or a condition-based trigger (for example, “as soon as production is completed”). Whether the sendetermin is binding depends on contract language; it may be a firm obligation, a best-effort target, or a preliminary estimate.

The sendetermin is typically established in purchase orders, order confirmations, or shipping terms and is coordinated with production planning, warehousing, and logistics. The separation between sendetermin and delivery date is important: the latter concerns the time of receipt by the buyer, which depends on carrier performance, transit times, and customs in international shipments. If delays threaten the sendetermin, parties usually communicate promptly and may reschedule or renegotiate the date. In practice, clear definition of the time zone, business days, and holidays is essential to avoid misunderstandings.

In international contexts, the term may be used alongside other scheduling terms and is related to but distinct from Liefertermin (delivery date) and Versandtermin (shipping date). See also: Liefertermin, Lieferdatum, Versandtermin, Versanddatum.