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TRANSPORTATION

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Dear all,

can anybody let me know what exactly transportation process.i have gone through many document including sap library.but i am confused with leg determination ,border crossing points,stages,load transfer points.can any body has the documentation regarding transportation business process

regards

Krishna

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Former Member
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Hi Sree,

Transportation is an essential element in the logistics chain. It affects both incoming and outgoing goods. Effective transportation planning and processing ensure that shipments are dispatched without delay and arrive on schedule. Transportation costs play an essential role in the calculation of the price of a product. It is important to keep these transportation costs to a minimum so that the price of a product remains competitive. Efficient transportation planning and processing helps to keep these costs down.

Shipments & Transportation

1) Maintain transportation planning point through Menu as follows:

IMG Maintain Logistic Execution  Definition Enterprise Structure transportation planning point.

Create your own like BP01 enter the general data¡¯s required

2) Defining modes of transport:

IMG RoutesBasic Transportation Functions Transportation Logistic Execution Define modes of transportDefine routes

Use the standard like:

Shipping type: 01

Description: Road

3) Define shipping types :

IMGBasic Transportation Transportation Logistic ExecutionDefine shipping types RouteFunctions

Or through T-code: SM30

PT: 01

Description: Truck

Mdtr: 01

STPG: 0001

4) Define transportation connecting point :

LogisticIMG DefineRoutes Basic Transportation Functions Transportation Execution Define transportation connection pointsroutes

Copy the std point and make it FB01 as departure zone and FB02 as destination zone

5) Define routes and stages.

 Logistic Execution IMG Define Define routes Routes Basic Transportation FunctionsTransportation routes and stages

Use the standard route and copy it as FB0001 and enter the departure zone and destination as what we created.

6) Defining Transportation Zone:

Basic Transportation Logistic Execution IMG Define transportation Router determination Route Transportation Functions zones

Use the standard transportation zone depending on the route so as for the example use 0000000003 - Southern Region

7) Maintain country or transportation zone for shipping points

 Logistic Execution IMG  Route determination  Route Basic Transportation Functions Transportation Maintain country and transportation zone for shipping point

Shipping point be ASH1 and route as 0000000003 which is assigned to country India

😎 Maintain route determination:

Logistic ExecutionIMG Route determination Route Basic Transportation Functions Transportation Maintain route determination

Country of departure: India

Departure Zone: 0000000003

Country of destination: India

Destination Zone: 0000000003

And enter the data’s needed like shipping condition 01, etc.

Maintain Transportation relevance for shipping point, sales document type and delivery types.

9) Now create shipping types

IMG Define shipment Shipments  Transportation Logistic Execution types

Copy the standard 0001 and make it to AFIL

10) Define and assign traffic zones through T-Code: T_76 (or) thru menu as follows

LogisticIMG DefineBasic functions tariff Shipments cost  Transportation Execution and assign zones

Copy the standard and make it to FABTARIFF and assign our transportation planning point as ATP1, ATP2 assign tariff zone to every particular transportation planning point

11) Define and assign pricing procedures

Shipments Transportation  Logistic Execution IMG define and assign pricing Price control  Pricing cost procedures

Copy the standard shipping cost pricing procedure SDFC00 to FBSC01

12) Assign purchasing data:

 Logistic Execution IMG Assign purchasing data Settlement Shipments cost Transportation

13) Assign transportation planning point to shipping condition, purchase organization, purchasing group and to plants.

14) Define Automatic G/L account determination:

 Transportation Logistics Execution IMG Automatic G/L Account Determination SettlementShipment Costs

Or through T-code: OMWB

Use G/L account 614000 as used in standard

15) Automatic determination of CO assignments:

IMG Automatic Settlement  Shipment Costs Transportation Logistics Execution Determination of CO Assignments

Or T-code: OKB9

16) Maintain shipping point address.

 Logistics Execution  DefinitionEnterprise Structure Define, copy, delete, check shipping point

17) Creating G/L account centrally.

General LedgerFinancial AccountingAccounting  Master Records 

ProcessingIndividual Centrally

Or through T-Code: FS00

18) Enter the G/L account 614000 to the company code AFIL

19) Create transportation condition records:

Logistic Execution Prices Shipment cost  Transportation Master data create

Or thru T-code: TK11

Enter condition type FB00 that is freight condition type, which is used as standard in the shipping cost pricing procedure.

Enter the price and save it

Process:

1. The system determines the pricing procedure for the shipment cost item-using transportation planning point, service agent and shipment cost item category

2. Calculation Basis

3. Condition Record

4. Access sequence.

For the sales order, create a delivery using VL01N and pick the goods. Now create a shipment using VT01N and assign the delivery to the shipment document. Make sure to enter the carrier and other details before performing the transportation planning and execution. Save the shipment document and PGI for the delivery would be done automatically.

A shipment represents a physical goods movement between two or more locations.

For the system to create a shipment, shipping-relevant deliveries must exist.

You use Transportation Planning to group pending deliveries into shipments and then to perform the shipments.

The outbound delivery documents contain routes that the system calculates in route determination, and a transportation planning date for the delivery.

Dynamic transportation planning is responsible for grouping together outbound deliveries into shipments that have at least the same route, visit plan type and the same transportation planning date.

The following restrictions can be taken into account for a shipment in Dynamic Transportation Planning:

• Weight

• Volume

• Variable capacity

• Number of stops

• Maximum duration

• Loading units

Create Shipment Document

Use

After the status of the delivery is open for transportation planning, it is possible to create a shipment document to schedule the transportation.

Single Logistic Execution TransportationTransportation Planning Create document Logistics

T.code: VT01n

Enter your transportation planning point and shipment type. Press enter.

Creating the shipment cost document

Use

After the deliveries are scheduled by shipment and the shipment is executed, now it is time to maintain and close the shipment document in order to record all relative information and ready for the shipment cost settlement.

Logistic Transportation Shipment cost  CreateSingle document LogisticsExecution

T.code: VI01.

After creation of shipment cost doc. You settle the Shipment cost.

Go to VI02, enter shipment cost no.and press enter.

Then go to Overview -- Fright cost items, Select the line item and double click it.

Go as main menu: Item --> Acc. assignment, you enter G/L acc. and cost center to which the transportation cost will be posted.

On the Standard change, details – Freight cost items screen, then check the check box “Transfer”, which means you will transfer the relative transportation cost to FI/CO, in this case, the system should determined which Purchase Order will used to settle the cost, so after you check the “Transfer” check box.

Press save button on the current screen.

Shipment cost settlement and documents:

Use

After the shipment cost settled in shipment cost document, it has the following affects:

It creates a service entry sheet that refers to the purchase order determined.

It posts acceptance of services performed.

It creates an accounting document for the accruals.

Further subsequent documents are created in FI.

Create Delivery:

T.code: Vl01n

Create TO:

T.code: LT03

Create Shipment Document

Use

After the status of the delivery is open for transportation planning, it is possible to create a shipment document to schedule the transportation.

 Transportation Planning  Create Single document Logistics Logistic Execution Transportation

T.code: VT01n

Enter your transportation planning point and shipment type. Press enter.

Creating the shipment cost document

Use

After the deliveries are scheduled by shipment and the shipment is executed, now it is time to maintain and close the shipment document in order to record all relative information and ready for the shipment cost settlement.

Single document Logistics Logistic Execution  Transportation Shipment cost Create

T.code: VI01.

After creation of shipment cost doc. You settle the Shipment cost.

Go to VI02, enter shipment cost no.and press enter.

Then go to Overview -- Fright cost items, Select the line item and double click it.

Go as main menu: Item --> Acc. assignment, you enter G/L acc. and cost center to which the transportation cost will be posted.

On the Standard change, details – Freight cost items screen, then check the check box “Transfer”, which means you will transfer the relative transportation cost to FI/CO, in this case, the system should determined which Purchase Order will used to settle the cost, so after you check the “Transfer” check box.

Press save button on the current screen.

Shipment cost settlement and documents:

Use

After the shipment cost settled in shipment cost document, it has the following affects:

It creates a service entry sheet that refers to the purchase order determined.

It posts acceptance of services performed.

It creates an accounting document for the accruals.

Further subsequent documents are created in FI.

Generally process is-

1) VL01N

2) VT01

3) VL02N - PGI

4) VI01

5) ML81N – Service Entry Sheet

6) MIRO – Invoice Verification

Shipping docs (VT01) are created before PGI...

You cannot carry out transportation planning or creation of shipment after the goods issue has been executed. Once goods issue is done it means that the material has left your premises so there is no need for a transportation planning after it.

In case you need carry out the shipment documents at the end of the day you could just create the delivery documents during the day and at end of the day create the shipment documents and the goods issue

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Thanks and Regards,

Sateesh.Kandula

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Hi satish,

Thank you very much for the reply.i have some doubt with respect to transportation.please clarify the below doubts.

1)when we created vendor service purchase order(Is it automatic or manual)

2)How system recognises the PO on which vendor account is settled.(when we settlement shipment cost)

3)how service entry sheet is created (is it automatic or manual) and where can we see?

4)what is the exact difference between leg determination and stages in route.is there any similarity.

Thanks and regards

krishna.

Lakshmipathi
Active Contributor
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Dear Krishna

Please go thru the links

[Transportation Automotive|http://help.sap.com/bp_bblibrary/500/HTML/A10_TransportAuto_EN_JP.htm]

[Transportation Management Building Block|http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/BBLibrary/Documentation/G82_BB_InstallGuide_EN_DE.doc]

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi