How to create shipment document

Question

hi,
sap gurus,
how to configure shipment document
step by step
configureation steps is needed
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balaji.t
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Answer 1

Shipment is an essential element in the logistics chain. It affects both incoming and outgoing goods. Effective shipment 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.
Integration
As illustrated in the following graphic, you can use the SAP transportation functions to plan and process:
Incoming shipments in Materials Management based on purchase orders and shipping notifications
Outbound shipments in Sales and Distribution based on sales orders and deliveries
Transportation planning and processing is based on the shipment document. This document facilitates the flow of information from the shipper to the customer and to any service agents who are involved in the business transaction.
Features
The transportation component includes basic transportation processing functions:
Transportation planning and shipment completion
Shipment costs calculation
Shipment costs settlement
Shipment costs calculation for individual customers
Billing of customer freight
Service agent selection
Management of means of transport and utilities
Follow-up and supervision of shipments
Management of shipment costs
These transportation functions can handle planning and processing for both inbound and outbound shipments. You can control and monitor the entire transportation process from the planning stage to goods issue at your shipping point (for outbound shipments) or vendor location (for inbound shipments), through to goods receipt at the customer location or your plant.
Other available functions include: shipment costs calculation and settlement with the service agent, transfer to accounting, credit memo creation and invoice verification.
This documentation describes procedures in outbound shipment processing. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the information here also applies to inbound shipment processing. Differences between the two will be pointed out where necessary.
For information on creating and processing inbound deliveries, see the Confirmations section of the R/3 Library documentation for Purchasing (MM-PUR).
Here is the step by step to configure shipment or transportation planning
Step: 1
Maintain Purchase Organization
Path: Spro—Enterprise Structure—Definition—Materials Management—Maintain Purchasing Organization.
Step: 2
Create Purchasing Group
Path: Spro—Materials Management—Purchasing—Create Purchasing Group.
Step: 3
Maintain Transportation Planning Point to Company Code.
Path: Spro—Enterprise Structure—Definition—Logistics Execution—Maintain Transportation Planning Point
Step: 3A
Assign Transportation planning point to company code.
Step: 4
Assign Purchasing Organization to Company Code.
Path: Spro—Enterprise Structure—Assignment—Materials management—Assign Purchasing Organization to Company Code.
Step: 5
Assign Purchasing Organization to Plant.
Path: Spro—Enterprise Structure—Assignment—Materials management-- Assign Purchasing Organization to Plant
Step: 6
Create Vendor Account Group
Path: Img—Financial Accounting—Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payables—Customer Accounts—Vendor Accounts—Master Data—Preparations for Creating Vendor Master Data--Define Account Group
Step: 8
Create Vendor
T-Code: XK01
Step: 9
Define Modes of Transport
Path: Spro—Logistics Execution—Transportation—Basic Transportation Function---Routes—Define Routes—Define Modes of Transport.
Step: 9A
Define Shipping Types
Path: Under the Same Menu path---Define Shipping Types
Select New Entries and Assign the Shipping Type (e.g. Road or Train) and Assign Mode of Transport (Mdtr) and Assign Shipping type Procedure group.
Step: 9B
Define Transportation Connection Point
Path: Under the Same Menu path--- Define Transportation Connection Point.
Step: 9C
Define Routes and Stages.
Path: Under the Same Menu path--- Define Routes and Stages.
Select the New Entries and Enter the Details
Then Select the Routes stages and define
Step: 9D
Maintain Stages for all Routes.
Path: Under the Same Menu path---Maintain Stages for all Routes.
Step: 10
ROUTE DETERMINATION
Define Transportation Zone
Path: Spro—Logistics Execution—Transportation—Basic Transportation Function---Routes—Route Determination—Define Transportation Zone.
Step: 10A
Maintain County and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point.
Path: Under the Same Menu path--- Maintain County and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point.
Select the Shipping point and enter the Country and Transportation Zone
Step: 10B
Define Transportation Groups.
Path: Under the Same Menu path---Define Transportation Groups
step: 10D
Maintain Route Determination
Path: Under the Same Menu path--Maintain Route Determination.
Select New Entries and Define the Route Determination.
SHIPMENTS
Path: Spro—Logistics Execution—Transportation—Basic Transportation Function—Shipments
Step: 11
Define Shipment Types
Path: Spro—Logistics Execution—Transportation—Basic Transportation Function—Shipments—Define Shipment Types.
Select the New Entries and define Shipment Type
Step: 12
Go to Customer master data.
In Address of General data. Enter the Transportation Zone id. and save
U will get the route.
Direct Shipping:
Direct Delivery from Vendor to Recipient
The merchandise is ordered from a vendor and delivered direct to the recipients. In this case, the merchandise does not go through the distribution center. The only follow-on documents generated are vendor purchase orders.
Indirect Shipping:
Delivery from Vendor to Distribution Center and then to Recipient
Two movements of merchandise are involved:
Delivery from vendor to distribution center
The merchandise is ordered from a vendor and delivered to one or more distribution centers. Vendor purchase orders are generated as follow-on documents for this.
Delivery from vendor directly to recipient
Once the vendor has delivered the goods to the distribution center, they are then sent to the recipients. Warehouse orders, sales orders or deliveries are generated as follow-on documents for this.
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