Multiple Plants sharing 1 shippinh point

Hi Gurus,
I have a requirement that multple plants of different company codes needs to Share 1 shipping point( same address)
Actually these 3 plant have 3 PL ware house, so these will have only 1 shipping point.
What would be the implicaitons if they share 1 shipping point because of different company codes.
OR
Do we need to change the description of the shipping point and put the same address and configure 3 different shipping points with the same address?
Thanks
Vivek

Unless you are using transportation with shipping cost functionality, having plants of different company codes using the same shipping point shouldnt be a problem. Make sure the shipping point determination configuration is correct and that you assign the multiple plants to the same shipping point in enterprise structure configuration.
Regards,
Aroop

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