Delivery is one of the process step in Sales process (Order-to-cash) and
Shipment is one of the sub-functions in the Delivery or Shipping process step.
Shipment:
This Shipment function is an optional function.
From one Shipping point, when you send multiple deliveries in one truck (means of transport) and the truck is to deliver goods to several Ship-to-parties along a particular route, then this function is called Shipment function. The document created for this is called Shipment document and cost involved is called Shipment cost which is also optional. Normally, Shipment is created before PGI.