Questions on route

[Former Member]

Dear friends

Friends could your please explain me the following questions regarding Route

Where all Routes are used

What are the impact of Change in Route

What all things are dependent on Route

Regards

Prakash

Edited by: Sprakash on Mar 11, 2009 12:46 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Prakash,

1) Where all Routes are used

Routes are basically used for Transportation module. The Route basically helps us to determine the Freight rates which will be applicable for a particular material. But you can define the Route in the IMG nodes present in Sales and Distribution, Logistics Execution. In Documents, Route is determined in the itemlevel of the Sales Documents but at the Header level of the Delivery Document and the Shipment Document.

2)What are the impact of Change in Route

As I said before the Change of Route may affect the Freight rates or the No. of days required to deliver the goods at the Customers place. The Route is more significant at the Delivery Document rather than in the Sales Document, since the Shipment Document is based on the Delivery document and the Vendor payment (Transporter) also depends on that.

3)What all things are dependent on Route

I would rather explain the data required for the Determination of the route by the system.

The system uses the following data to determine the route for the order:

-Country and transportation zone of the shipping point (departure zone)

-Shipping condition

-Transportation group of the material

-Country and transportation zone of the ship-to party

As far as I know the Route basically is used only for the freight charges determination.

Regards,

Karthik.

[Former Member]

Routes are used in order , delivery and shipment

If route will change then shipment cost will change

Country and departure zone of the shipping point

Shipping condition from the sales order

Transportation group from the material master record (Sales/Plant Data screen)

Country and transportation zone of the ship-to party (Control screen in the customer master record)

Thanks