One Inbound delivery with multiple shipment

[former_member660762]

Dear experts,

I would like to seek for help on below scenario:

- When a purchase order takes place, which is 100 Ton for example. The purchaser need to arrange the transporter to the seller's site to pick the 100 Ton. However, purchaser and logistic do not know how the transporter arrange their truck (since every truck will have different capacity, eg 2 ton and 2.5 ton). As a result, the purchaser will create a single inbound delivery with the PO quantity (100 Ton).

Now the questions are:

1. is there a possibility for us to create Multiple shipment for a single INBOUND delivery order?

2. if 1. is not possible, any best practice way can we adapt into this scenario?

3. The shipment cost is actually calculated based on the 100 Ton of delivery regardless the number of trucks. If we split the inbound delivery, then we will have problem also to split the shipment cost. Any suggestion on this?

Thank you guys. <removed by moderator>

Thanks in a million.

Message was edited by: Jürgen L

[former_member183424 · Accepted solution]

If you are using legs, then multiple shipments are possible for one inbound delivery.

Otherwise one inbound delivery can contain one shipment.

Refer to thread

creation of Multiple Shipments with respect to ... | SCN

[former_member660762 · Accepted solution]

Dear Dev,

Thanks for your input and link. Yes the thread is similar to my situation and the conclusion is we cannot have multiple shipment from A to B for 1 inbound delivery is not possible.

However, any of you guys who face this situation before and advise me how you guys tackle it.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Isaac.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I hope it ultimately depends on how many trucks are used by your transporter for the shipments.

As you have mentioned above, there will be trucks with different capacity so shipping 100 tons may not be possible using a single truck and say if your transporter ships the entire quantity in 5 trucks by assuming 20 ton/truck then in this case you can create separate inbound delivery with 20 ton each and then you can create separate shipments with reference to these inbound deliveries. Even your transporter gives a single invoice for the entire quantity I guess you can split the same across the different shipments.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks n Regards,

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You can create an inbound delivery for each truck so that you can create separate shipments.

Regards,

[former_member660762]

The industry here is doing palm oil. For the inbound delivery basically logistic will negotiate the term with transporter to load in the oil from the mill (Location A), and deliver it to refinery plant (Location B). We will not able to know the number of truck and quantity per each truck until the truck arrived at refinery plant (Location B).The weighbridge form from the mill (Location A) will show the quantity of the truck. So this is not possible for the logistic to split the delivery since they will not know it. This is the situation and requirement and I hope for alternative solution.

Thanks for you guys' input, I am replying to all of you guys:

SAP FC: Your feedback on creating separate deliveries is not possible from my explanation above. And splitting of the shipment cost is even not possible since the cost is based on total quantity and also the tolerance level is in the picture.

Rahul: Refer to the explanation above.

AKPT MM: Using shipment document. Not direct GR.

Thanks.

[Prasoon]

Hi,

   In your case, you are using shipment cost document. The possible options could be:

1. Split the inbound delivery at the time of shipment document creation. (In this case, there would me multiple shipment doc and shipment cost documents, since one SCD can refer only one shipment document)

2. Change the inbound delivery quantity to GR quantity at the time of actual GR. Create shipment and shipment cost document for actual GR quantity. Create inbound delivery again for the pending quantity.

3. If you are not able to / dont want to track the cost based on actual shipment, you follow the procedure without shipment and SCD. Enter the freight charge in PO, Post GR from inbound delivery and enter freight invoice in the planned delivery cost in MIRO

4. Please refer the notes: 427944 - Info: Shipment costs as delivery costs during goods receipt

700512 - Information: Allocation of shipment costs to delivery items

746605 - INFO: => LE-TRA-FC-DC (Delivery costs)

Regards,

AKPT

[Prasoon]

Hi,

   Are you using TM module for Shipment Document and shipment cost document from inbound delivery. Or direct GR from inbound delivery?

Regards,

AKPT