How to find most cost-effective fwdg agent at the time of shipment creation

[Former Member]

Dear Friends,

I have a requirement of realizing the best cost effective transporter(forwarding agent) in the shipment document. Then how to do using the Transportation functionality of the ERP?

There is a scenerio like I want to transport my goods from L to M. In system say i have a route XX for that, which gets automatically determined in the shipment document.

Now on route XX, if i have 5 operative transportors, say A, B, C, D, E.

Transporter A - provides services km-wise, kg-wise, fixed price as well as truck wise

(Say if you opt for km-wise, charges are 15 rs/km, 10 rs/kg, fixed price of 15000 for full truck from A to B)

Transporter B - Similar to Transporter A with different charges

(Say if you opt for km-wise, charges are 18 rs/km, 7 rs/kg, fixed price of 14500 for full truck from A to B)

Similarly other tranporters also have their charges.

and Now at the time of shipment creation, how can i have some standard method, so that the system suggest the most cost effective transportor for my delivery ie. shipment i want to make or probabaly if there is some standard way to get the list of all available transporters on a given route at the time of shipement creation.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Dipti.

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeepan,

Thanx for ur reply.

As per my requirement, there might be say 100 routes existing into the system and each route might have say 10 different transportors available. Now they want to know 1) the list of transportors available on the given route - (run time at the time of shipment creation) to be put into the forwarding agent field 2) Of the available (say 10 transportors) who will be the best/cheapest.

As per your suggestion, the functionality helps after we put in the fwdg agent and then estimate his associated cost. But as in this case, since there are so many routes (associated so many transportors) they will not know whom to put in the field.

Hence want to know if there is some standard functionality of SAP which might help us i) identifying the list of transportors on a particular route or a given criteria - run-time ii) How to find the best among available OR i) SAP Directly suggesting the one and best transportor available on a given route.

Please help.

Regards,

Dipti.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can use the Freight Cost Estimate without Internet Tendering Process.

If you have all the condition records maintained for the different Forwarders, all you need to do is to create a shipment document assign say the first forwarder and do the freight extimate. You will get the freight cost details for that vendor. Then you go back to the shipment and change the forwarder to the second forwarder. Then again run the freight cost estimate. You will get the freight cost with the second Vendor.

Based on the cost estimates for both the vendor you can decide on which to choose.

Regards

Sandeepan

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeepan,

Thanx for your reply.

I just checked the option that u suggested.

But the freight cost estimate function that you are suggesting seems to come under Shipment Tendering for Service Agents Through the Internet.

But in my case, the creator will know that the Shipment X, needs to be sent from Place A to Place B.

Now i want to know the most cost effective transportor (first the available list of transportors from A to B) for the same.

Regards,

Dipti.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can use the Freight Cost estimate function in the shipment document to estimate the Freight Cost with various Service Agents

Sandeepan