Handling, transloading and storage services for customer

[Former Member]

Hey everyone

One of our plants handles, transloads and stores material for customer in transit, we bill customer for these services. How can I get this functionality in SAP work (we don't own the material)?

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi Vikas,

I understand your company is working as a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL).

See Link: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_logistics]

In my opinion this functionality is only partly available in the standard SAP system.

In SAP a first step is to create a special material type (non valuated) to represent the customer materials.

Afterwards you can represent all stock movements using WM. Not accounting (FI) should ever happen.

The problem is to invoice the customers based on this information. Of course you can invoice them using a SD debit note, but how do you generate it?

You might want to invoice them based on aggregated information (stock entries + stock issue + stock maintenance fee), not on real stock movements, because 1) That would be represent too many invoice lines 2) The goods issue is not really a sale, only an issue on behalf of the Customer, so the item categories should not be relevant for invoice IMHO.

Therefore I understand a specific development will be needed to make this happen and it will not be that simple.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, you might want to check the SAP Business All-in-One for Logistics Service Providers solution, as an already defined solution for LSPs.

Link: [http://www.sap.com/industries/travelandlogisticservices/midsize/solutions/index.epx]

Regards,

Franck