Delivery

Delivery Processing Sales & Distribution

Company

LOGO

Topics 1. Introduction 2. Delivery Structure 3. Data Origin in Deliveries 4. Delivery Types 5. Delivery Item Categories 6. Features in Deliveries 7. Special Functions in Deliveries

Introduction  Delivery forms the central object in Logistics Execution module. Outbound delivery supports all shipping activities like   

Picking / Packing Transportation Goods Issue

 In outbound delivery process planning of shipping information is recorded and further activities like delivery scheduling etc. are initiated.  Outbound delivery is created with reference to Sales order, Stock Transport Order, Subcontract order, Project or without any reference.

Introduction  In standard cycle Outbound delivery connects the sales order to billing and forms core part of Shipping activities  This linkage is evident in the diagram below Inquiry Contract

Sales

Quotation Order

Returns

Shipping

Delivery Debit Memo

Billing Doc

Sched. Agmt.

Credit Memo

 Data flows from sales orders to deliveries.

Billing

Delivery Structure  Delivery structure in system like any other sales document consists of Header and many items as visible in following figure.  General data for entire document like shipping point ship-to party, route is at Header level  Data like material number, delivery quantity, plant & storage location specifications, weights & volumes of individual items etc. are in Item level data.

Delivery Structure  Delivery document in system has a user friendly interface which facilitates easy navigation and switching between screens.  An important feature of interface is the tab page which is like of box of index cards as shown below

 Important data in a deliveries is contained in following three screens which in turn have several tabs. 

Overview Screen Overview screen presents user with main Header data of document and links to other screens to which user can navigate.

Delivery Structure

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Header Screen Screen has tab of various important header data which applies to the entire document. Eg. Of tabs shown below

Item Screen Item screen displays data on individual items in a delivery. Item screen also has various tabs containing various relevant data.

Data Origin in Deliveries  During delivery creation data is copied from master records or previous documents in process flow.  When delivery is created without reference, data from Ship-to party and material master is picked up.  When delivery is created with reference, data is picked up from preceding document, as explained in figure below:

Delivery Types  Basic control of outbound deliveries is based on delivery types. Various delivery types are provided in system to cater to varying business scenarios:  Some of them are as under: Delivery Type LF

Name

LO LR

Outbound Delivery without reference Returns Delivery

NL

Replenishment Delivery

NLCC

Replenishment Cross Company

LB

Delivery for subcontracting

EL

Inbound Delivery

Outbound Delivery

Delivery Item Categories  Item categories in delivery control item behavior, these are copied from order item and same as item category in sales order.  When delivery is created without reference they are determined in delivery via item category determination.  Some standard delivery item categories are as under: Item Category Name TAN

Standard Item

TANN

Free of Charge Item

DLN

Standard item without reference

KBN

Consignment fill-up

KLN

Service free of charge

TATX

Text Item

Features in Deliveries  Partial & Complete Delivery In business scenarios customer specifies if complete or partial delivery of order is acceptable. 

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Complete Delivery: Complete delivery for a customer can be marked by indicator in Customer master or Sales order header, thereby when system creates delivery message is displayed if user tries to create partial deliveries. Indicator is ‘X’. Partial Delivery: If Customer allows for partial deliveries for an item, corresponding indicator can be setup in Customer master ‘Shipping data’ or in Sales document header.

Features in Deliveries  Order Combination This is actually a feature in Order to combine orders, order items or partially deliveries of individual order items in one delivery if this is agreed with customer. Order combination indicator has to be setup in Customer master or order header & order items & schedule lines must have following common criteria    

Shipping point Ship-to party Incoterms Sales Organization

Features in Deliveries  Delivery Groups Outbound deliveries can be combined into groups. These grouped deliveries can then be identified by group number. These groups are created manually and utility of these groups include that outputs can be processed for entire group or group can be processed for picking etc. An outbound delivery can belong to several groups if required.

Special Functions in Delivery  Batch Management Batches are part of material separated based on some criteria and put in stock. These criteria are based on various industry requirements of material like expiration dates, shelf life, etc. Batch determination can be setup in system to have batches being automatically determined in delivery for picking from stocks or can be manually entered.