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POD relevance

Former Member
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Hi,

If we make a delivery POD relevant (by making the delivery ItCatg and Ship to Relevant for POD, then we cannot bill the delivery unless the POD status is confirmed.

What makes the system do this? where is it configured?

I checked the copy controls, IMG but could not find anything.

Is the logic hard coded or is it hidden somewhere in any of those copy routines.

Pls suggest

Thanks

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Former Member
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Hi all,

Thanks for all your responses.

I actually did not wanted the config for POD working.

My question was that if a delivery is relevant for POD, then the system does not allow us to do billing until the POD status is confirmed by the process you all explained.

I want to know where this logic is configured that the system checks the POD status in billing?

Former Member
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Hi,

As already updated :

We have to do it manually based upon the response we receive from the customer. Also you can observe a similar situation in consignment issue where unless we have an update from the customer of having issued the goods the business would not know. May be if a workflow implemented this can be acheived.

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Sadhu Kishore

Former Member
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Hi Sadhu,

I want to know that if the system does not allow billing then what is the technical reason (what settings) behind this. like in copy control or where?

Hope i have explained my point

Former Member
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Aribis: ignore the replies given, they are not answering your questions.

What you are looking for, is indeed customizing in copy control from delivery > invoice at the header. The default copy routing 003 has a check for the POD status. If the status is not C (completed) it will not allow invoicing. Ofcourse you could ask a developer to create a new routing (copy of 003) and deactivate this check.

But before you do that, you have to understand that by doing this, the POD functionality is not working as it was intended by SAP. With the SAP POD functionality it is possible to invoice the POD confirmed quantity. This might differ from the goods issued (delivery quantity).

Hope this helps.

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Former Member
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There may be business scenario, where you will only do the billing after confirmation of receipt by the customer. POD as the term suggest is Proof of delivery. As per business requirement, the quantity to be billed must be equvalent to the POD quantity. Hence if the qty is the same of both, then invoicing can take place. Else, the customer may be billed for only quantity confirmed.

The check that both quantity are same or not is a manual check & not by SAP system.

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Rajesh Banka

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Hi,

You should make the following settings in the Implementation Guide under Logistics Execution ® Shipping ® Deliveries ® Proof of delivery:

Define for each delivery item category whether it is relevant for the POD process.

SAP recommends that you flag all item categories that belong to a delivery type as being POD relevant.

If you want to copy the POD relevance from a preceding document (such as an SD scheduling agreement) into inbound deliveries, select Copy POD relevance from preceding document (V) for the item category. In this case, as the preceding document is being processed, the system already knows whether verification for an item should occur or is expected.

Define reasons for deviation.

Define how the quantity is to be calculated (add or subtract the difference quantity, depending on whether you are dealing with an overdelivery or an underdelivery).

Set the Relevant for POD indicator on the Shipping tab page of the customer with whom you would like to carry out POD-processing in the Sales area data of that customer's file.

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Sadhu Kishore

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Hi

In confuguration settings Customer should also be relevant for proof of delivery,in customer master record in sales area data ,shipping tab page,u should check the POD icon there

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Narayana

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Hi,

We have to do it manually based upon the response we receive from the customer. Also you can observe a similar situation in consignment issue where unless we have an update from the customer of having issued the goods the business would not know. May be if a workflow implemented this can be acheived.

Proof of delivery (POD) is an instrument involved in business processes in which an invoice is issued only after the customer has confirmed the delivery's arrival. In addition to the proof of delivery itself, you can also record the POD date, POD time, the actual quantity that arrived and the reason for possible differences in quantities. This is especially important for deliveries where the delivery quantity varies because of the nature of the goods or for which the exact delivery quantity is unknown from the start.

You are now in a position to issue an accurate invoice based on the customer's confirmation of goods received. You no longer need to create credit memos. The reasons for deviation that occur most frequently in "real world" scenarios such as stock shrinkage, theft, certain characteristics of goods (volatility, for example), and transportation damage are recorded and analyzed in the system. This analysis is especially valuable when you are negotiating with forwarding agents, vendors, or customers, since all deviations can be reflected.

Hope it helps. Please reward if useful.

Thanks & Regards

Sadhu Kishore