Shipping Flashcards
Strategy
Tells if the material is being procured or produced
Procurement type
Dictates if the procurement is internal or external
Production Lead time
Time it takes to produce a material
Procurement Lead time
Time it takes to procured a material
Transit time
Time of travel
Loading time
Time it takes to load goods
Picking time
Time it takes to pack goods
Packing time
Time it takes to pack goods
Transportation lead time
Time it takes to prepare the transportation
Delivery date derived from….
Ordering date Material availability date Transportation planning date Loading date Goods issue date
Picking and Packing time are maintained in….
Shipping point configuration
Transit and Transportation lead time maintained in…
Route determination
Backorder
A state in which some or all of the quantity ordered is not available
Rescheduling
A batch process where the back orders are calculated up till a date, then all the confirmed orders up till that date are calculated, then checks if any new unexpected stock has come in and reshuffles them so that older orders are given preference.
V_RA
T-code for manual back ordering
LF
Standard Delivery Document Type
LR
Return Delivery Document Type
Picking
Taking goods from a storage location and staging the right quantity in a picking area where the goods will be prepared for shipping.
Stock transfers
Transferring stock from one plant to another
Goods Receipt
Procurement version of PGI
Delivery Type: Document Content fields
Output determination procedure
Text determination procedure
Route determination
Partner determination procedure
Delivery Item Category type: Warehouse control and packing fields
Relevant for picking
Storage location required
Determine storage location
Text determination procedure
Determination of Delivery Item categories
Item Category Group + Delivery document type + Usage + High level Item Category
Staging area
Where packing is done
Packing
Putting goods into their packages
Post Goods Issue
The reducing of inventory and updating the accounts
Post the issuing of goods into accounts
Short picking
Partial picking, used so that, you can still create transfer orders for the outbound delivery even if full delivered quantity is not met.
Have to allow for partial picking in shipping control customization in WM
Route
How you go from source (shipping point) to destination(ship-to party)
Route parameters
Shipping type (Mode of transport) Distance Transit time Factory Calendar Travel duration
Transportation Zone
A way to identify sources (shipping points) and destinations(ship-tos) at a broad level.
Key field for defining customers
Transportation zone config
Transportation zones and countries are assigned to Shipping points
Transportation group
Help determines transportation route based on grouping of material
Defined at material master level, usually mandatory field
Shipping conditions
Play a role in determining the route
Defined in customer master and/or document type, document type definition takes precedence if both exist
Departure country
Country of the shipping point
Destination country
Country of the ship-to party
Departure zone
Zone of the shipping point
Destination country
Zone of the ship-to party
Two types of route determination
Weight included
Weight non-included
Shipping point determination
Loading group
Shipping conditions
Plant
Sales organization, distribution channel and plant
These three are all assigned to each other
Shipping point and plant
You can have one shipping point on multiple plants
Complete Delivery Indicator
Customer requires his or her orders to be delivered completely
two places where you can enter this indicator:
Customer master record, shipping screen
Order header, business data tab, delivery field
Partial Delivery Indicator
Customer allows partial deliveries for his orders. Partial delivery agreements are taken into account during the availability check in the order. These indicators are once again checked when the delivery is created. The delivery must observe the partial delivery agreements in the order.
Three places you can enter this indicator
Customer master record,
Customer-material information record
Order item,
Standard Partial Delivery Indicators
“Blank” - Up to maximum number of partial deliveries permitted are allowed
A - One delivery attempt carried out on requested date
B - One delivery attempt carried out on any date
C - No partial deliveries allowed
D - Any number of subsequent deliveries allowed
Maximum Number of Partial Deliveries
The check carried out for the delivery indicators is influenced by the number of partial deliveries permit
Standard Partial Delivery Indicator “Blank”
You can enter as many partial deliveries as you wish for an order item until the maximum number permitted is reached. If the last delivery does not result in the entire outstanding order quantity being reached, you receive a warning message.
In this situation, you can create a partial delivery of 5 pieces for the example. The order item is then regarded as partially delivered. Once the material becomes available again, you would create another partial delivery. This process would continue until the item is fully delivered or the maximum number of deliveries has been reached.
Standard Partial Delivery Indicator A
If the delivery quantity on this date is not the same as the outstanding order quantity, you receive a warning message. If the delivery quantity is greater than zero, the system marks the order as complete. This indicator is used, for example, when the customer wants you to ship as much as possible on a particular date. If the delivery quantity falls short of the order quantity, the customer wants the order to be marked as complete (that is, wants no backorders).
Standard Partial Delivery Indicator B
This delivery should fully satisfy the order quantity. If the delivery quantity does not correspond to the outstanding order quantity, you receive a warning message.
Any delivery quantity, even zero, completes processing of the order. This indicator can be used, for example, for customers who want no backorders to be generated, even when a delivery quantity is zero.
If only part of the order quantity can be delivered, a delivery is created and the order item is then regarded as completed.
You can create a delivery for 5 pieces for the order item in the example. The order item is then regarded as completed
Standard Partial Delivery Indicator C
Complete delivery is required for an order item.
You receive a warning message if you try to create a partial delivery of 5 pieces for the order item in the example.
Standard Partial Delivery Indicator D
You can enter any number of subsequent deliveries for an order item until the maximum number of partial deliveries permitted is reached. You can over deliver the original order quantity in the process. An order item can only be assigned the completed status manually. After you assign this status, no further deliveries can be created.
You can create a partial delivery of 5 pieces for the order item in the example and then go on to create any number of subsequent deliveries as long as you do not manually mark the item as completed.
Lean WM
Essentially allows you to use benefits of WMS without having to update the stock at the bin level
Benefits of Lean WM
If you do no wish to update stocks in your fixed bin warehouse at storage bin level, Lean WM provides you with the option of using the advantages of warehouse management through transfer orders in the same way as warehouse management using the WMS.
You can reprint transfer orders at any time
You can split transfer orders and thus distribute the workload better among the staff in your warehouse.
You can pass on the transfer order target data and the names of those who process transfer orders to the HR application component, where this data can be used to calculate incentive wage.
Prerequisites for implementing Lean
Assign a (newly defined) storage location to a warehouse number.
Set up at least two storage types:
- A picking storage type as the source storage type
- A shipping area as the destination storage type for deliveries
Delivery free of charge
Made, when a customer is not satisfied with the products or the quantity of good is lesser when delivered. The company has to initiate a return as per the customer’s request. In this delivery, customer is not charged for shipping of goods. Reference document is not mandatory.
Subsequent Delivery free of charge
This includes free of charge delivery of disputed goods to the customer. This is required when incorrect quantity of goods are delivered to the customer. A reference document is mandatory.
Two kind of scheduling agreement release
Forecast (FRC) delivery schedule
Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery schedule
Forecast (FRC) delivery schedule
Provides the vendor with longer-term data regarding the quantities needed of a material and when delivery is required. In such schedules, the timing of delivery is usually expressed in terms of calendar months or weeks
Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery schedule
Provides the vendor with data on required quantities and desired delivery dates/times covering the near future. In such schedules, the timing of delivery is usually expressed in terms of specific days or even times of the day
Schedule agreement release
Release orders from a Scheduling agreement with release documentation
They contain schedule lines which have finalized data for the vendor based on delivery quantity and dates
Route determination
Departure zone + Destination zone + Shipping condition of sold-to + transportation group of material
Delivery Type: Document Content fields
Output determination procedure
Text determination procedure
Routine determination
Partner determination procedure
Delivery Type: Order Reference fields
Order required
Delivery Group
How the delivery document ensures all parts of the BOM go together
BOMs in Deliveries
BOMs become flat aka one line item, in Deliveries
Delivery
Any recorded goods movement
Delivery doc config: Default ord ty
The default for a “pseudo” order type for deliveries or delivery items that do not refer to an existing order
Delivery doc config: Order required
Indicates whether a delivery that has no reference to an existing sales order is allowed
Delivery doc config: ItemRequirement
Identifies a requirements routine for a delivery item that does not refer to a sales document
Delivery doc config: Stor.loc.rule
Specifies how the system determines the picking location when you create a delivery without entering a storage location for the items
Delivery doc config: Route determination
Specifies whether, during delivery processing, the system uses the route that is determined during sales order processing or whether it determines a new route.
Delivery doc config: Delivry Split - WhNo
You can control, in addition to the indicator for the delivery split, whether a delivery split must be for one warehouse number only.
Delivery doc config: Delivery Split Part.
This indicator controls the systems’ split behavior when delivering preceding documents that are assigned to different partner functions.
Delivery doc config: Automatic packing
The automatic packing proposal is retrieved when a delivery is created.
Delivery doc config: Gen. pack.matl item
Dictates whether you want to permit generation of delivery items for packaging materials in deliveries of this delivery type.
Delivery doc config: Rescheduling
Controls whether a redetermination of shipping deadlines should be run for backlogged deliveries.
Delivery doc config: Distrbtn Mode
Specify the time at which an inbound/outbound delivery is distributed to the decentralized WMS.
Delivery doc config: Display Range
Specifies the kinds of items that the system automatically displays during document processing.
Storage location determination for MALA storage location rule
Storage conditions + plant + shipping point
Delivery item cat config: Mat.no. ‘0’ allowed
Controls whether it makes sense to enter an item in the SD document with this item category without specifying a material
Makes sense for text items
Delivery item cat config: ItemCat.stat.group
Specifies a statistics group for this item category and helps determine which data the system updates in the LIS
Delivery item cat config: Stk determ.rule
One part needed for the stock determination strategy
Delivery item cat config: Check quantity 0
Specifies whether you can create an item that has a zero quantity and, if you do, how the system reacts
Delivery item cat config: Check minimum qty
Checks the MM and CMIR for minimum delivery quantity
Delivery item cat config: Check overdelivery
Specifies how the system reacts when, during delivery processing, you exceed the original quantity
Delivery item cat config: AvailCkOff
Switch off availability check for
Delivery item cat config: Pack acc. batch itms
Specifies if for a batch material only the main item with the accumulated batch quantity is to be packed in the delivery, or if only items in which the batch is recognized can be packed.
Delivery item cat config: AutoBatchDeterm
use automatic batch determination for materials handled in batches with this delivery item category
Other Delivery item cat config controls
Don't chk st. loc. No batch check Packing control TextDetermProcedure Standard text
Other Delivery doc config controls
Screen seq. grp Standard text Application NR int. assgt. No. range ext. ItemNoIncrement
Wave picking
Picking up multiple deliveries in multiple frequencies
Handling Unit
A combination of materials or a group of other handling units (multi-level packing)
Single-level packing
Packing is done in one stage/level
Multi-level packing
Many levels of packing
Shipment
You assign deliveries to a shipment in the process of transportation planning.
Deliveries are a must, shipments are optional depending on whether you ship by yourself, or not
You can combine multiple deliveries based on certain common criteria into a shipment document, Further shipment document will be followed by a shipment cost document and shipment cost settlement.
In shipment document you will be specifying forwarding agent, shipment type, pricing procedure for shipment cost calculation
Outbound shipments
The shipment of the goods from the company’s plant to the customer
Shipping document
Basis for transportation function
Central document used to model shipments in ECC
Contains information necessary for organizing and carrying out a shipment
Means of transport Dates Status Route Texts Transportation output Dangerous goods data
Purpose of transportation component
Transportation planning
Freight calculation/settlement
Calculation/settlement of customer’s freight
Supports the choice of service provider/service agent
Management of means of transport and transport aids
Tracing and monitoring of shipments
Management of shipment costs
Shipment cost document
Used to calculate the customer’s freight costs
Transportation processing
Create Shipment
Process shipment Planning & completion
Monitor shipment lists, transportation info
Shipment Cost Processing
Create shipment cost document
Calculate shipment costs
Transfer shipment costs, settle with service agent
Shipment Document provides these functions…
Combining outbound delivery to form outbound shipments Assigning service agents, modes of transportation, shipment type Planning and monitoring deadlines Specifying shipment stages Creating output and shipping papers Recording shipment-relevant texts Freight cost estimation Shipping tendering
Structure of a shipping document
Shipment header, contains general data such as shipment type, transportation planning point, route, deadlines and status
Shipment item, inbound or outbound deliveries in the shipment
Transportation planning point
Organizational unit in transportation processing
Central point within the company that plans, processes, and monitors shipments.
Can be a location or a group of people
Each shipment is a created and processed by a single transportation planning point
Determination of picking location MALA rule
Plant
Storage conditions
Shipping point
Possible delivery settings for the free goods
The free goods can only be delivered with at least some of the ordered goods
The free goods items are processed independently from the main items
The free goods can be delivered if part of the ordered quantity is being delivered
The quantity of the free goods delivered automatically changes in proportion to changes to the ordered material in a delivery
The free goods can be delivered if the complete quantity of the main items is being delivered
What determines whether picking confirmation is mandatory?
Shipping point
Partial delivery agreements can be set up in…
Sold-to
Ship-to
Customer/material info record
Order item
What does the movement type control
Change in stock quantity
Change in stock type or material number
Goods issue
Goods receipt
Precise scheduling
used if you want the system to determine scheduling dates to the minute
Daily scheduling
Used if you want the system to determine scheduling dates by date
Route schedule
The route schedule functionality will allow you to calculate accurate delivery dates / times for the various ship-to parties along the route
Route schedule determination
Shipping point Shipping condition Transportation group Calendar week / year Ship-to party and unloading point
