Hi Sushil,
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3. Terminology:
Mentioned below are some important terms used in Transportation:
SAP Terminology: Description
1. Forwarding Agent: Agent who provides the transportation
2. Transportation Planning Point : Org. unit responsible for planning shipments with particular features. E.g.: A company has different groups of shipping personnel responsible for organizing shipments by train or ship
3. Shipment Document: The document containing the details of the deliveries, service agents
, routes, stages, planning and execution times.
4. Shipment Type: Shipment types contain all the essential control features for the shipment document such as number ranges, service level, and output and partner determination.
5. Routes: The route determines the itinerary and the means of transport in shipping, and influences transportation scheduling.
6. Shipment Cost Document The shipment cost document is the used for shipment cost processing. It contains the details related to accounting and the cost calculations.
7.Shipment cost type and item categories Shipment cost types and item categories contain all the important control features for the shipment cost document, such as number range, status requirements for the shipment documents, and parameters for shipment costing, parameters for shipment settlement.
8. Master Data:
Purchase Order is created for Vendor if the weekly or monthly orders are not created during the transaction by the system.
Relevant pricing conditions are maintained.
9. Customization:
1. Transportation Relevance is marked for Delivery type, Delivery Item Type, Route.
2. Route Determination is active.
3. Route is determined in the delivery document.
4. Shipment types are created as desired.
5. Shipment pricing procedure is in place.
6. Shipment cost types are created and assigned to shipment types.
7. Purchasing Data is assigned.
8. G/L Account assignments are done.
10. 1.Maintain Transportation Planning Point
The transportation planning point represents a group of employees responsible for organizing transportation activities. Each shipment is assigned to a specific transportation planning point for transportation planning and shipment completion
The transportation planning point is assigned at Co-Code level.
Menu Path: Enterprise Settings > Definition > Logistics Execution > Maintain transportation planning point
10.2.Define Routes
The route determines the itinerary and the means of transport in shipping, and influences transportation scheduling. The description of routes, service agent, distance and lead times are defined in routes.
Menu Path: Logistics Execution > Transport > Basic Transportation Functions > Routes > Define Routes > Define Routes And Stages
10.3.Maintain Route Determination:
Routes are determined depending on the following criteria:
1. Country and departure zone (departure zone of the shipping point)
2. Shipping conditions agreed in the sales order.
The shipping condition is defined in shipping point determination.
3. Transportation group of the material
4. Country and transportation zone (receiving zone) of the ship-to party
Menu Path: Logistics Execution > Transport > Basic Transportation Functions > Routes > Define Routes > Route Determination > Maintain Route Determination
10.4Maintain Transportation Relevance
Delivery types and delivery item categories for which transportation processing is to be carried out must be characterized as relevant for transportation.
All routes that are to be used for the shipment must also be set as relevant for transportation.
Menu Path: Logistics Execution > Transport > Shipments > Maintain Transportation Relevance
10.5.Define Shipment Types:
The shipment types represent the different forms of transportation processing in sales and distribution.
The following forms of transportation processing are distinguished:
1) Individual shipment, one or more deliveries are transported by a single mode of transport from one point of departure to one final destination.
2) Collective shipment, one or more deliveries are transported by a single mode of transport from one or more points of departure to one or more final destinations.
3) Multimodal shipment, deliveries are transported by several modes of transport between one or more points of departure and one or more final destinations.
Menu Path: Logistics Execution > Transport > Shipments > Define Shipment Types
10.6.Define Shipment Cost types
10.7.Pricing
Logistics Execution > Transport > Shipment Costs > Pricing > Pricing Control > Define And Assign Pricing Procedures
10.8 Settlement
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