one clarification is needed for me gurus

[Former Member]

hi,

sap gurus,

one clarification is needed which is basic.

here my client is sending the material from 2 manufacturing plants

departure point : XXXX

departure point : YYYY and destination location is : AAAA

if material goes from XXXX then frieght charged is one rate.

if material goies from YYYY then frieght charged is one rate.

can any body suggest me

how many routes we have to configre

how we can maintain only one route which appears automatically in sales order and delivery level.

regards,

balajit

[Manoj_Mahajan78]

Balaji,

Route Determination

· Route may consist of different stages and different transportation connection

points or legs.

· The material can be transported from source to destination by using different

modes of transports with different shipment types.

· Route can be determined for a line item in the sales order.

· Route can be re-determined at delivery document header level by taking u201CWeight

Groupu201D into consideration.

· Each line item in the sales document will have its own route, each line item route

will be copied to delivery document header.

Configuration Settings:

1. Define Modes of Transport:

Ex.: Road, Train etc.

Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes / Define

Routes / Define Modes of Transports.

Here we create our own modes of transport and assign the shipping types

2. Define Shipping Types:

Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes / Define

Routes / Define Shipping Types

Here we assign modes of transport to the shipping types

3. Define Transportation Connection Points:

Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /

Define Routes / Define Transportation Connection Points

· Transportation Connection Point can be a Airport, Border crossing or a

railway station.

· Transportation connection point is a source or a destination.

4. Define Routes and Stages:

Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /

Define Routes / Define Routes and Stages

Choose an existing route, copy and create our own route SUZ001

Enter the data as shown

If you want to create a service agent, use T. Code: V-11

Specify Company Code and Account Group = 0005 u2013 Forwarding Agent, enter

the relevant data as required.

Also enter rest of the information as required seen in the screen shot.

: It is a pre-requisite for transportation for this route.

Save it. Highlight our Route and click on u201CRoute Stagesu201D. Following screen will

appear. Go to u201CNew Entriesu201D and enter the data as shown.

Leg Indicator:

There are 5 types of legs:

· Preliminary Leg

· Main Leg

· Direct Leg

· Return Leg

· Subsequent Leg

: It is a pre-requisite for calculating shipment cost for this particular

stage by using SDFC00 pricing procedure.

Until now what we did was a pre-requisite for the route determination. Now let us do the

route determination.

Route Determination:

5. Define Transportation Zone:

Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /

Route Determination / Define Transportation Zones

Transportation Zone represents Ship-to Party region or Vendor region. System

uses transportation zone as one of the factor to determine the route for a line item

in the sales order.

We go to the u201Cnew entriesu201D and define transportation zone for country.

Then we go to the Customer Master Data in XD01 / XD02 and assign

Transportation Zone in the Address tab of the General Data Section.

6. Maintain Country and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point:

Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /

Route Determination / Maintain Country and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point

7. Define Transportation Group: We can define Transportation Group if it is not

available according to our requirements

8. Define Weight Group: We can define Weight group if is not available according

to our requirements

9. Maintain Route Determination:

Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /

Route Determination / Maintain Route Determination

Route Determination is done for the line item by taking 4 factors in to considerations

1. Country of Departure Zone

2. Country of Destination Zone

3. Shipping Conditions (From Sales Document Header)

4. Transportation group (From Material Master)

Go to u201Cnew entriesu2019 and enter the data as shown

Select the route and the double click on the u201CRoute Determination Without Weight

Groupu201D. Go to u201Cnew entriesu201D and enter the following data

Here SC u2013 Shipping Conditions (01 - Standard)

TGroup u2013 Transportation group (0004 u2013 on Train)

Proposed Route u2013 SUZ001 (Our Route)

Save it and create order in VA01, Go to Shipping Tab in the item level data and Check

for the entry of the route determination

ALSO Visit link -http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/dd/5607da545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/content.htm

Regds

MM

[Former Member]

If your plants are physically situated very close to each other, then you can assign just one shipping point to both of them and then use a single route that can be determined.

This suggestion is only if you are very keen in keeping just one route (for whatever reasons) otherwise the suggestions above hold true.

[Former Member]

Hi

I think, you have to maintain two routes and having one route may not be possible as "Departure points" are different.

Departure points different means , Shipping points are different.

From two different Shipping points one route may not be possible as "Departure zone" is one of the component in determining Route.

[former_member204513]

Dear Balaji,

-->Basically you need to have two Routes

1.One route is From departure point : XXXX(plant 1) =========>destination location is : AAAA

2.Second route is From departure point : YYYY(plant 2) ======> destination location is : AAAA

-->Now you can maintain the condition records with different rates based on the Route and Plant by maintaining the Plant and Route are key fields in your condition table.

how we can maintain only one route which appears automatically in sales order and delivery level.

-->Maintain two shipping points

1.Shipping point XXXX

2.Shipping point YYYY and assign these shipping points determination with respect to the plants.

-->Maintain the Different Transoprtation Zones for two plants and assign these zones respective shipping points through IMG settings in the Route determination process.

-->Do the route determination based on the Depature Zones now system will pick the single route accordingly when you create sales order from a specific palnt.

I hope this will help you,

Regards,

Murali.