The shipping department receives all shipments on outstanding purchase orders. When the clerk in the shippingdepartment receives a shipment, he or she finds the outstanding purchase order for those items. The clerk thensends multiple copies of the shipment packing slip. One copy goes to Purchasing, and the department updates itsrecords to indicate that the purchase order has been fulfilled. Another copy goes to Accounting so a payment canbe made. A third copy goes to the requesting in$-$house customer so he or she can receive the shipment. Afterpayment is made, the accounting department sends a notification to Purchasing. When Purchasing receives theseother verifications, it closes the purcha