Waste management - SD process

Question

Dear all.
Reading SAP documentations about the "Waste Management" EHS module, and also checking documents from companies which have already implemented it, I don't see many explanations about how it's done the "Delivery" and "Transport" of the waste.
I see that SAP describes the logistic part until the Clear (Post goods issue), then it stops and starts again only in the Payment of the waste.
However, I've never seen how they propose a scenario using "Outbound Delivery" and "Transportation" (SD processes) for wastes.
It seems that they ignore these parts...
The company I work for wants to implement this module, however, would be essential to have a complete flow for the waste process, I mean:
Entry the waste into the stock
Purchase order
Delivery outbound (using the purchase order) (*)
Clear (Post goods issue) from stock.
Shipment  (*)
Freight/Shipment cost  (*)
When the waste is totally processed and we receive the billilng:
Payment of the bill
(*) Our necessity is to be able to tracking the whole waste process, including the Delivery, Transport and Freight parts.
Does anyone know how/what other companies, that implemented the "Waste Management", did to tracking this part?
Which process did they use?
Or did they decide not to use SAP for that?
Thank you,
Diana

Answer 1

Dear Diana
what do you look for if you refer to "However, I've never seen how they propose a scenario using "Outbound Delivery" and "Transportation" (SD processes) for wastes."?
On high level some regulatory regulation can be linked to the topic of Waste.
1.) you could ask your self if or if not you need to prepare a safety data sheet for a "waste" material?
2.) in most cases you need to have EHS Dangerous Goods data available and you print documents with EHS DG data and you use DG checks in SD process
3.) you might ask; is waste something which need to be considered in context of EHS SVT?
4) you might ask: is waste something there you woulkd like to use EHS-HSM module?
5.) you might ask: is a waste material to be considered in EHS-IH process?
But coming back to the "waste" part in SAP SD process; here three of the mentioned scenarios are of interest; especially one is to my knowlegde a "regulatory must": the EHS DG process
May  be SAP is assuming that you know about this "regulation" fact and therefore is assuming that you just use EHS DG process as part of the SAP SD process.
Regarding your "demand" list:
Entry the waste into the stock => if you use an own material type (best practise)  this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
Purchase order  => if you use an own material type  (best practise) this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
Delivery outbound (using the purchase order) (*)  => if you use an own material type  (best practise) this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
Clear (Post goods issue) from stock. =>i f you use an own material type  (best practise) this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
Shipment  (*)  => if you use an own material type  (best practise) this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
Freight/Shipment cost  (*) =>if you use an own material type  (best practise) this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
Payment of the bill => if you use an own material type  (best practise) this is part of SAP ERP standard process and not EHS related
So most of the "Waste" process is outside of EHS but inside the SAP ERP standard processes as part of MM and SD module (and may be TM).
To answer therefore your question:
Which process did they use?
Answer: in most cases standard ERP scenarios as mentioned above are used; only because of legal requirements you need in our day additional on top solutions (e.g. Elektronisches Abfallnachweisverfahren – Wikipedia (sorry I found only the german link;) as there is the need to do electronic communication with authorities
Be aware of the fact there is an additional "add on" solution delivered by SAP: SAP WASTE & RECYCLING
Hope this helps as a starting point
C.B.
PS: may be check: Disposal Processing (EHS-WA-PRO) - Waste Management (EHS-WA) - SAP Library
and subnsequnet chapters