How to record Real Delivery Dates to Customers?

Hi I am working in the supply chain department of medium sized company, but I am not an SD expert (not even close), but I got a "can't do" answer I would like to discuss with you in this forum.
I am trying to monitor real delivery dates to customers so I can get a real feel of how much time it takes from the day the Sales order is entered in the system to the day it is received by the customer.
I was told by our inhouse SD experts that they do not know a way to record in our SAP ERP 6.0 when a product was really delivered to a customers so we have to rely only in the date the product left the warehouse
As you could imagine I am not happy with that answer, so if you could please let me know whether one can o cannot record such information on the systems (and if yes, how can I pouint SD people to the right place)
Thanks in advance

It is a part of standard delivered SAP, in fact it is part of LE Module which is a split module from SD. You need to use the Transportation module.
A shipment can have multiple deliveries and yes, it can contain deliveries to several different customers. Shipment is used to:
Combine deliveries into one inbound or outbound shipment
Specify shipment stages
Legs
border crossing points
load transfer points
Assign goods to handling units
Assign service agents
Specify planned transportation deadlines
Record actual transportation deadlines
Specify output required for transportation (such as shipping papers or EDI messages)
Define transport-relevant texts
Take a look at the following documentation and read more about Shipments here:
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/93/743e5f546011d1a7020000e829fd11/frameset.htm
Here is the IMG activity to maintain Events and deadlines:
SPRO/IMG/Logistics Execution/Transportation/Basic Transportation Functions/Shipping Deadlines
Hope this helps.

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hi sap gurus
how to syatem determine delivery date in sales order
Thanks and regards
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Hi Friend,
There are many things which determines the delivery dates.
01. PICK TIME+ PACK TIME +LOADING TIME
02. LEAD TIME in days (VOV8)
03. Shipping point
04. Scheduling line
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Dear Experts,
How to Restrict Single Delivery Date for PO with Multiple Line Items.
System needs to through Error Message if User Inputs Different Delivery Dates for PO with Multiple Line Items in ME21N Tcode.
Can we achive this by Some Enhancement in SAP or Not ???
If so how to do it.
Any Inputs is highly appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
Selvakumar. M

Hi Selvakumar,
we can resrict the PO to have a single delivery date in all the line items by means of giving a error message or overwiting the delivery date keyed/determined in the line item.
You can use the BADI -> ME_PROCESS_PO_CUST. In which you need to implement the method PROCESS_SCHEDULE.
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How to Integrate real time data between 2 database servers

How to Integrate real time data between 2 database servers
May 31, 2006 2:45 AM
I have a scenario where the data base (DB2 400) is maintained by AS 400 application and my new website application based on j2ee platform access the same database also but the performance is very low. So we have thought of introducing new oracle data base which will be accessed by j2ee application and all the data from db 400 database will be replicate to oracle data base. In that scenario the only problem is of real time data exchange between 2 databases. How do we achieve that considering both the application As400 and j2ee website application are running in parallel and accessing the same information lying on DB2 400 database. We have to look at transaction management also.
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Registered: 4/30/99 Re: How to Integrate real time data between 2 database servers
May 31, 2006 11:16 AM (reply 1 of 2)
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panks
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May 31, 2006 11:55 PM (reply 2 of 2)
Yeajh I now that its not a XML solution.
Replication is one of the option but AS400 application which uses DB2/400 DB is highly loaded and proposed website also uses the same database for retrieval and updation purpose.All the inventory is maintained in the DB2/400 database so I have thought of introducing new oracle database which will be accessed by new website and it will have all the relevant tables structure along with data from DB2/400 application. Now whenever there is a order placement from new website then first it should update the oracle database and then this data shuold also migrate to db2/400 application at real time so that the main inventory which is lying on db2/400 should be updated on real time basis because order placement is aslo possible from As400 application. So the user from As400 application should not get the wrong data.
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Hi,
the answer to your question is not easy. Synchronization or integration or replication data between 2 (or more) database servers is very complicated task, even though it doesn't look like.
Firstly I would recommend to create good analysis regarding data flow.
Important things are:
1) what is primary side for data creation. In other words on which side - DB2 or Oracle - are primary data (they are created here) and on which side are secondary data (just copies)
2) on which side are data changed - only in DB2 side or only on Oracle side or on both sides
3) Are there data which are changed on both side concurrently? If so how should be conflicts solved?
4) What does it mean "real time"? Is it up to 1 ms or 1s or 1 min or 1 hour?
5) What should be done when replication will not work? I mean replication crash etc.
BTW. The word "change" above means INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE commands.
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How system updating the delivery dates in sale order schedule line

Hello
i created a sales order with 2 line items. For the first line item the confirmed delivery date in the schedule line is 06.02.2012 and for the second line item the confirmed delivery date in the schedule line is 14.02.2012 . Both the line items are third party items and the PR created against the line items in the sales order .
We created the PO with reference to the PR of the SO and we find there are different delivery dates coming in the PO document for the 2 line items . For the first line item the delivery date is coming as 14.11.2011 and for the second line item in the PO , the delivery date coming as 11.11.2011 . Firstly we are not understanding from where the delivery dates are picking in the PO.
Secondly , once we saved the Purchase order and once we come back to the sales order , the schedule line dates are getting changed automatically in the sales order . For the first line item in the sales order the delivery date is changing to 22.11.2011 and for the second line item in the sales order the delivery date is changing to 22.11.2011.
Now my question , is from where the delivery dates are updating in the Purchase order and once we save the purchase order how the delivery dates in the schedule line are getting changed .

Now my question , is from where the delivery dates are updating in the Purchase order and once we save the purchase order how the delivery dates in the schedule line are getting changed .
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Regards,

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actually your are picking up the correct data from Table EKET (EKET-EINDT) but your are printing that in item data loop for EKET might have already executed in your script and the header of that internal table consist the last entry of the table so for that. Fetch the delivery date explicite from the Table EKET when your in item level processing and print that.
For Example u can use this code.
To print you have write the this code in Script item level printing window "MAIN" window
Following perform is called to get the line item delivery date in PO
{/: PERFORM GET_DEL_DATE IN PROGRAM ZPerform_prog
/: USING &EKPO-EBELN&
/: USING &EKPO-EBELP&
/: CHANGING &DEL_DATE&
/: ENDPERFORM}
{* Dellivery date &DEL_DATE& }
write the below code in the Z program "ZPerform_prog"
{ FORM get_del_date TABLES in_par STRUCTURE itcsy
                         out_par STRUCTURE itcsy.
READ TABLE in_par WITH KEY 'EKPO-EBELN'.
CHECK sy-subrc = 0.
$_po_no = in_par-value.
READ TABLE in_par WITH KEY 'EKPO-EBELP'.
CHECK sy-subrc = 0.
$_po_line = in_par-value.
SELECT *
FROM eket UP TO 1 ROWS WHERE ebeln EQ $_po_no AND ebelp EQ $_po_line.
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      EXCEPTIONS
        date_internal_is_invalid = 1
        OTHERS                   = 2.
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                INDEX sy-tabix.
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ENDFORM.                    "GET_DEL_DATE }

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Hi.
We use MRP to generate PRs. The PRs are generated and the delivery date is also being calculated based on PR processing time + planned del. time + GR process.time.
However my requirement is that the delivery date in the PR should be always Tuesday for the week we need the parts.
E.G. Say MRP run has created a PR with delivery date as 28.02.2008, then system should automatically shift that date to Tuesday's date 26.02.2008 for that week.
IF PR delivery date as per MRP is say 03.03.2008 (Monday), then system should automatically make it to Tuesday's date 04.03.2008.
so in short , each and every PR generated for any vendor , the delivery date should be always the tuesday's date in front of the week we need the parts.
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Questions:
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2) Minimum period: 1 day. Is it right?
3) Valid from and valid to date: I am specifying as per my requirement: (how much it should be?)
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Thanks in advance.
Rgeards,
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Please go to
Goto Spro
Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Environment Data -> Define Attributes of System Messages
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exact message number i do not know , but you an search

Hi i want to know how to set the delivery date as a standard for PO

hi in terms of delivery date how is it possible to set a later date so that I dont need to change it every time I save a purchase order.

Hi,
Your query is not clear. The delivery date is calculated by the system based on the planned delivery period you have entered in material master. Based on this planned delivery time & the PO creation date, system automatically proposes the delivery date, which you need not change.
Pl revert if this does not clear the query.
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Hi Gems,
I am new to SD.
I am creating SO with order type OR.
The system is proposing Delivery date (and some other date like goods issue date, loading date etc.) as 2 days ahead of the current date.(these dates can be changed manually)
U can find all these date in schedule line/Shipping.
I want to change the proposed date to current date.
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Now, how to change these dates?
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Hi Surajit
As you have maintained 2 days , so go to VA02-> item data->schedule lines tab->check the delivery date
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Maintained days : 2 days
Delivery date : 14.02.2009 ;
Check the following parameters wheather you have maintained or not :
In shipping point details check pick, pack , goods in transit time
In VOV8 check the Lead time in days
In MMR check the GR time , In house production time
Regards
Srinath

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Hi Dagny,
This is related to PO stuff. Probably the logic may be useful for you.
You can try out enhancements:
LMEKO001
LMEKO002
And you try out below code.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <beket> TYPE ANY TABLE.
DATA: l_date        TYPE d
     l_ebelp       TYPE ebelp,
     w_beket       TYPE beket,
     t_beket       TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF beket,
     w_data        TYPE ty_data.
* Get the item number in the correct format.
l_ebelp = komp-kposn+1(5).
* Get the tabe with Delivery Schedule data.
ASSIGN ('(SAPLMEPO)ETT[]') TO <beket>.
t_beket[] = <beket>[].
READ TABLE t_beket INTO w_beket WITH KEY ebelp = l_ebelp.
*l_data = w_beket-eindt.*
Here l_data has the delivey date field you can even modify this data and update what ever u want.
Thanks,
Raj
Edited by: Raja gurrala on Jul 23, 2009 3:24 PM

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