Delivery type

Question

explain me the importance of this and the concept behind this
like for example delivery type EL assigned to the inbound delivery  in the confiormation control key in the backend

Answer 1

Dear Rahul,
Below use of delivery Type
Define Delivery Types
    In this menu option you define your delivery types which represent the
    different business transactions in shipping.
    You have the following possibilities:
    o   Change an existing delivery type.
    o   Copy an existing delivery type and adapt it according to your
        requirements.
    o   Create a new delivery type.
    In this menu option you do not make specifications concerning the
    following functions:
    o   Statistics
    o   Output
    o   Text determination
    o   Route determination
    o   Picking
    You will edit these functions later in the respective menu options.
    This means that the definition of a delivery type is only complete when
    you have edited all of these menu options.
In this menu you have to make or check the following specifications:
o   Delivery type
    -   Specify an alphanumeric key for a delivery type that can have up
        to 4 characters.
    -   Enter text to describe the key.
o   Document category
    With the document category you allocate a document type to a certain
    business transaction. This way, an SD document is clearly
    identifiable, for example, as a delivery or a free of charge
    delivery.
    Specify a single-digit alphanumeric key. The keys you may use can be
    found under "Possible entries".
o   Number assignment
    Specify a number range for internal or external number assignment.
    To define a common number assignment for different delivery types,
    you have to specify the same number range in each case.
    To do this, you must already have defined the number ranges. For
    more information on this subject, see the section "Define number
    ranges for delivery types".
o   Increment of item numbering
    Here you have to specify the increment of the item number
    assignment. Keep in mind that items you add when changing a delivery
    at a later date have to fit into the consecutive numbering system.
o   Sales order required
    Here you define whether a delivery with or without order reference
    is concerned.
o   Default order type
     Here you determine the dummy order type which is regarded as a
     default value if deliveries or delivery items do not have an order
     reference.
     If you create delivery notes without order reference, you have to
     specify these control criteria for the system. In deliveries with
     reference to an order, the SAP System copies from from the document
     header of the sales document into the delivery header.
o   Requirements for an item independent of an order
     You can include items without reference to an order, that is, items
     independent of an order, into a delivery. You can, for example,
     enter packaging materials later.
     In the standard SAP R/3 System you can check for items independent
     of an order, whether goods issue and the billing document for a
     delivery have already been posted completely. If this is the case,
     you cannot include additional items in the delivery.
o   Transaction procedure
     You can define the transaction procedure for a sales document type
     individually:
     -   Group screen sequence header
         Here you determine the screens which the SAP System should
         display for a certain transaction (for example, creating a
         delivery) and the sequence in which they are displayed.
     -   Amount of data displayed for items
         Here you determine the items to be displayed by the system
         during document processing, for example, you can limit the
         display to all selected items.
     -   FCODE overview screen
         Here you determine the overview screen which is to be displayed
          first during delivery processing after you have entered data on
          the initial screen.
      The keys which you can used can be displayed under "Possible
      entries". At present, you cannot change the keys in Customizing.
  SAP Recommendation
  o   If you define your own delivery types, the keys should start with
      the letter Z since SAP reserve this name convention in the standard
      system.
  o   If you define your own delivery types, you should copy similar
      delivery types defined by SAP and make the appropriate changes.
      In this case, all specifications in the existing delivery type are
      copied. In particular, data, for example, concerning partner
      determination, or document flow is copied, which you do not edit in
      this menu option. As a result, you can test your new delivery types
      with regard to defaults set here without having to edit the other
      menu options.
  o   When copying delivery types and item categories, the SAP System
      automatically creates a log with the copied data. Using the log, yo
      can check whether all the copied data applies to your delivery type
      or whether you have to make changes.
  Actions
  o   If you only have to make insignificant changes to the existing
      delivery types, do so as appropriate.
      Insignificant changes include a changed description, a different
      number range or another increment for item numbering. They refer to
      parameters that are not used for controlling purposes.
  o   If you have to make further changes, define new delivery types. In
this case, you can, for example, define different output control
for different delivery types. Alternatively you can define a
separate delivery type for a new sales document type.
Hope above description will helps you
Prem.