Pros/Cons of multiple shipping points

Are there specific pros or cons to having multiple shipping points for the same physical shipping location? I know that loading points can be used to differentiate different types of loading but are there any examples or pros/cons for why you would or wouldn't want multiple shipping points for the same physical location?
I know SAP doesn't prevent you from creating as many as are wanted, but I'm interested more in the business process or user impact.

Maderas,
Multiple shipping points can have many purposes, but one purpose that I am aware of and that is currently applied at my company is for determining types of shipments. For example, in plant "X" let's say that there are 3 shipping points:
X1 - large orders, require 3 days of pick/pack time
X2 - medium orders, require 2 days of pick/pack time
X3 - small orders, typically rush orders, require same day pick/pack time
You can set up your delivery batch jobs to print these different types of orders. For example, you can have X1 batch job to run 1x a day very early in the morning so that pick/packers have large orders to work on and you can have batch jobs for X3 orders to run 6x per hour near the end of the day to accommodate your rush customers.
I hope this information is helpful.

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Hi experts,
i got a problem in shipping point determination.
here shipping condition / loading group / plant are same but have 2 different shipping point..
not able to give both shipping point here .if i give one shipping point in this determination ..only the same will come in sales order.
i want an option in sales order from which i can choose one shipping point from multiple option can v do that?
waiting for the reply
-Jay

Hi,
The shipping point i s determined with the combination of plant, loading group and Shipping condition. Since in your scenario all are same there can be only one shipping point assigned automatically (manual entries can be maintained)
Any how you can also try the option of asiggning shipping point with the combination od plant/loading group/storage condition and Storage location.
SPRO --> logistics execution --> shipping --> basic shipping funct --> shipping point and goods receiving point det --> set up storage location dependent shippping point determination
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1. Assign the Shipping point determination rule as Storage location specific for the required delivery types.
2. Assign the shipping point to the combination of plant / loading group / storage condition / Storage location
Hope this helps you.
Thanks,
arun.S
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Hello.
How to decide if we create another shipping point or not.
We have two warehouses, located far from each other.
The design is to have just one plant, and create two storage locations.
Should I make two shipping points for each warehouse and assign to just one plant?
Share you ideas...
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Dear Deriada Gemma
Shipping point requirement is based on physical locations from which shipment is done, in case you are using Logistic execution then based on shipping point shippings will be done.
If you have two wh and want to create seperate deliveries for both wh use two seperate shipping points
you can automatically determine based on plant, loading group and shipping condtion.
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list list, printing ...etc
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In this step, you define the shipping points in your company or edit
    shipping points that already exist. In order to adapt the functional
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    should process the following check list:
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        shipping.
o   A shipping point can be allocated to several plants.
o   A shipping point can be divided into several loading points.
o   A delivery is always initiated from exactly one shipping point.
        Thus, all items of a delivery belong to one shipping point. Groups
        of deliveries also belong to exactly one shipping point.
o   You can influence delivery scheduling via allocation to departure
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o   The shipping point can be proposed automatically during order
        processing depending on the plant, loading group and shipping
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o   A shipping point has an address.
o   The shipping point is used as a selection criterion for lists of
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o   The shipping point is used as a selection criterion for processing
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o   You can determine the printer destination for messages differently
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Dear all,
Assuming there is a plant (XYZ), where only one shipping point (ABC) is assigned in the shipping point-plant assignment (i.e. XYZ-ABC).
In the shipping point determination, where formula is: Shipping condition + Loading Group + Plant = Proposed Shipping Point
There is 5 different loading groups (i.e. 1,2,3,4,5).
Shipping condition = Standard (01)
If I want to use the same shipping point (ABC) assigned to the plant XYZ for all loading group combination, is it possible?
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1. 01 + 1 + XYZ = ABC
2. 01 + 2 + XYZ = ABC
3. 01 + 3 + XYZ = ABC
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THanks..
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Dear PKW,
As you have mentioned that Shipping point determination :
Shipping Conditions(Customer Master data)
Loading Group(Materail Master data)
Delivering Plant(CMIR or Customer Master data).
Whenever you defined the different combinations of above in Shipping point determination, the system proposed shipping point you have maintained.
So you can get the Shipping point you defined.
If you have any concerns revert back the same
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Hi Aryan,
A shipping point has one departure zone in its location data.
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All i need is 2 W/days for picking and 2 W/days for loading from the shipping point. Do i need to delete duration also? i have deleted the workign times. Also , i do not need anything from Routes as well. I maintain duration , do i need to maintain them in days for all the possible routes ?? Since my pick/loading times are based on shipping points only , do i have to maintain this data for routes and wt grps ?
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Hi,
We are about to implement SAP for one of our factories, and we are in business modeling stage.
Question: is there any general rule when mapping the needed number of shipping points in a plant, except for "geographical" (if the shipping points are located far away from each other in the warehouse)? Also, is there any way to use LE to minimize the number of shipping points needed? They all have the same factory calendar so there is no need to create multiple shipping points because of that.
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Lars

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As you know Shipping point is also used in determination of Picking location.
In a plant there might be more than one storage location and some of them might be warehouse managed. In case if you are shipping the material from SLOC which is not warehouse managed and also from the SLOC which is warehouse managed; in that case better to have 2 shipping points.
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You have mentioned one ship to party and two delivery points. I think there is small mistake in your sentence.
Is it One sold to party and two delivery points (Ship to Locations)? If yes, Follow below.
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Is it possible to assign mutiple picking location against a shipping point in one plant.
Currently we can assign only one storage location as picking location against a shipping point in the below bath
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Line: -
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