Outbound Delivery Scheduling Discussion

[Former Member]

Hello Folks,

I am about to work on a assignment to setup and configure the outbound scheduling for delivery documents. The reason I start this post is to get input from you all experts on what are the steps involved and what kind of considerations should be kept in mind while working on this.

We will be doing shipping point based scheduling.....

So far I have noted down the following activities which need to be carried out :

1) Transportation zones

2) No of routes / route determination

3) combinations of departure/destination countries

4) departure/receiving zones

5) what shipping conditions

6) different means of transport

7) transportation groups

😎 weight groups definition ( if applicable )

9) combination of shipping point and destination countries

10) decision on load time, pick/pack time at shipping point level.

11) Master Data : assignment of transportation zones to ship-to's

Pl advice further on what other activities should be done in preparation for carrying outbound delivery scheduling...

Apart from the activities if you have any comments/concerns that should be kept in mind then kindly share that also.

Thanks In Advance!!

Your inputs will really help me in getting to a foolproof solution..

[Former Member]

thanks!

[Former Member]

Hi,

u2022Different Times involved in delivery scheduling-

 Pick/Pack Time

 Loading Time

 Transportation Time

 Transit Time

u2022Shipping point calculate: - Pick/Pack Time, Loading Time

u2022Route calculate: - Transportation Time, Transit Time

Backward scheduling- system confirms the quantity of delivery on the basis of customer request delivery date.

Forward scheduling- system confirms the quantity on the basis of New Material availability date.

Precise scheduling-the system calculates and displays the results of scheduling down to minute. If you have maintained the working times of the shipping point, the system performs precise scheduling.

Daily scheduling: - the system uses days, hours, and minutes for calculation, but only displays the resulting dates.

Route schedule: - the route is used to determine the transportation lead-time and transit time. For Transportation lead-time precise scheduling uses the working times of the shipping point; daily scheduling uses the factory calendar of the shipping point. For the transit time both types of scheduling use the factory calendar of the route to determine when route is used.

 You can use the route schedule to organize outbound deliveries from a particular shipping point to different ship to party.

 The route schedule generally contains: Route, Departure date and time, list of ship to party and itinerary (optional)

 You can use route schedules in sales order, stock transfer and outbound deliveries.

 In customizing, you define whether a route schedule should be assigned for each shipping point, order type, purchasing doc. type (Delivering plant) and delivery type.

Picking location / storage location determination: - MALA, RETA, MARE

u2022 MALA: - determination based on the shipping point, the delivering plant, and the storage location (Material master-plant data/storage 1)

u2022 RETA: - Determination based on the delivering plant, situation, and the storage condition.

u2022 MARE: - First MALA then RETA

Thanks

Bhushan

[Former Member]

Hi there,

yes the details are sufficient.

Delivery scheduling is automatically carried when we drop a sales order.

System will consider the following dates when doing the delivery scheduling:

1) Transit time (From Route).time from GI to finally reach the customer

2) Loading time (from shipping point) time required from packing to loading into the truck.

3) Pick pack time (from shipping point). Time required to pick & pack the items

4) Transportation lead time: From transportation planning point if it is defined.

Looking at the data that you gathered, looks like you have enough data for shipping point & route deterination as well.

Regards,

Sivanand

[Former Member]

Thanks for your input....