The Shipping stage in a telemetry pipeline is the second stage of the pipeline, as shown in figure 3.1. The Shipping stage receives telemetry from the Emitting stage, optionally marks up and enriches it (see chapter 6), and stores it for use in the Presentation stage. When the Emitting stage is entirely within your production code, the Shipping stage can be combined directly with the Emitting stage to make an emitter/shipper, or the Shipping stage might be a whole multisystem infrastructure handling the telemetry needs of your incredibly diverse production system. Both approaches are valid, and hybrid approaches are equally so.
