One clarification is needed for me gurus

Question

hi,
sap gurus,
one clarification is needed which is basic.
here my client is sending the material from 2 manufacturing plants
departure point : XXXX
departure point : YYYY  and destination location is : AAAA
if material goes from XXXX then frieght charged is one rate.
if material goies from YYYY then frieght charged is one rate.
can any body suggest me
how many routes we have to configre
how we can maintain only one route which appears automatically in sales order and delivery level.
regards,
balajit

Answer 1

Balaji,
Route Determination
· Route may consist of different stages and different transportation connection
points or legs.
· The material can be transported from source to destination by using different
modes of transports with different shipment types.
· Route can be determined for a line item in the sales order.
· Route can be re-determined at delivery document header level by taking u201CWeight
Groupu201D into consideration.
· Each line item in the sales document will have its own route, each line item route
will be copied to delivery document header.
Configuration Settings:
1. Define Modes of Transport:
Ex.: Road, Train etc.
Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes / Define
Routes / Define Modes of Transports.
Here we create our own modes of transport and assign the shipping types
2. Define Shipping Types:
Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes / Define
Routes / Define Shipping Types
Here we assign modes of transport to the shipping types
3. Define Transportation Connection Points:
Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /
Define Routes / Define Transportation Connection Points
· Transportation Connection Point can be a Airport, Border crossing or a
railway station.
· Transportation connection point is a source or a destination.
4. Define Routes and Stages:
Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /
Define Routes / Define Routes and Stages
Choose an existing route, copy and create our own route SUZ001
Enter the data as shown
If you want to create a service agent, use T. Code: V-11
Specify Company Code and Account Group = 0005 u2013 Forwarding Agent, enter
the relevant data as required.
Also enter rest of the information as required seen in the screen shot.
: It is a pre-requisite for transportation for this route.
Save it. Highlight our Route and click on u201CRoute Stagesu201D. Following screen will
appear. Go to u201CNew Entriesu201D and enter the data as shown.
Leg Indicator:
There are 5 types of legs:
· Preliminary Leg
· Main Leg
· Direct Leg
· Return Leg
· Subsequent Leg
: It is a pre-requisite for calculating shipment cost for this particular
stage by using SDFC00 pricing procedure.
Until now what we did was a pre-requisite for the route determination. Now let us do the
route determination.
Route Determination:
5. Define Transportation Zone:
Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /
Route Determination / Define Transportation Zones
Transportation Zone represents Ship-to Party region or Vendor region. System
uses transportation zone as one of the factor to determine the route for a line item
in the sales order.
We go to the u201Cnew entriesu201D and define transportation zone for country.
Then we go to the Customer Master Data in XD01 / XD02 and assign
Transportation Zone in the Address tab of the General Data Section.
6. Maintain Country and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point:
Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /
Route Determination / Maintain Country and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point
7. Define Transportation Group: We can define Transportation Group if it is not
available according to our requirements
8. Define Weight Group: We can define Weight group if is not available according
to our requirements
9. Maintain Route Determination:
Menu Path: Menu Path: IMG / Sales and Distribution / Basic Functions / Routes /
Route Determination / Maintain Route Determination
Route Determination is done for the line item by taking 4 factors in to considerations
1. Country of Departure Zone
2. Country of Destination Zone
3. Shipping Conditions (From Sales Document Header)
4. Transportation group (From Material Master)
Go to u201Cnew entriesu2019 and enter the data as shown
Select the route and the double click on the u201CRoute Determination Without Weight
Groupu201D. Go to u201Cnew entriesu201D and enter the following data
Here SC u2013 Shipping Conditions (01 - Standard)
TGroup u2013 Transportation group (0004 u2013 on Train)
Proposed Route u2013 SUZ001 (Our Route)
Save it and create order in VA01, Go to Shipping Tab in the item level data and Check
for the entry of the route determination
ALSO Visit link -http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/dd/5607da545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/content.htm
Regds
MM