Order fulfillment system

A computing system sending, across a wide area network, a real-time stream of orders, such as delivery date-specific. The computer system can be interposed between a web processing system and a provider of shipments and preferably utilizing a carrier management system. Exemplary embodiments include, depending on the implementation, apparatus or system, communication systems, articles of manufacture, method of use and method of making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of any of the foregoing.