Multiple shipments in one order Magento

Question

When a customer creates an order in Magento with lets say the following products:

Product A - 5 x
Product B - 5 x

Product A I have in stock and I want to ship this now. How can I create a different packing slip, and invoice for it. And later, create a packing slip, and invoice for Product B.

Im using Magento 1.7.0.2

Answer 1

In Magento you can create multiple shipments and invoices for one order. Just select the items qty you'd like to, say, ship and process as shown at the screen shot: