Shipment number and material move doc

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What is shipment number? When and how is it generated? What is difference between shipment number and material movement doc number?

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Shipment document is created using VT01N transaction.

This document will have all the shipment related information like carrier, type of shipment and shipment stage.

Material document is created when you do the Post Goods Issue.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

K i agree with u saju. Bt in the sales cycle when the shipment number is created?

Edited by: anil ajmera on Dec 1, 2009 5:43 AM

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Hi

When you want to send several deliveries into one truck (mode of transport) and the truck is to deliver the goods to several ship-to-parties along a particular route, then this function is called "Shipment function".

The document prepared for it is called Shipment document.

Normally, in shipment we combine more than one deliveries meant for one specific route.

Shipment can be done before as well as PGI, but normally it is done before PGI.

Once PGI is done, Material document is generated.