# Exception management

Exception management, in commerce operations, is detecting the order, inventory, and fulfillment events that deviate from their expected flow, routing each to the team that owns it, and resolving it before it reaches the customer. It spans stuck orders, sync failures, financial holds, and flow anomalies.

Full guide: [order exception management](/content/learn/order-exception-management/index.html) covers the exception types, what unmanaged exceptions cost, and the detect, route, resolve model.

See Exceptions Resolve Themselves

Pipe17 detects, routes, and resolves order exceptions before your customers notice.