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to share with this community, as it can be a good reference if you have to start
from scratch or even redesign your process. This document is more focused on
freight payments and Shipment Cost Document, but it has a nice overview of all
configuration required until a Shipment Cost Document can be created. This
includes of course, the shipment configuration in a higher level.
Because the SCN Blogs has a limit of 20 images and also to facilitate the
lecture, I divided this blog post in 3 parts:
I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing and I hope you find this
helpful. If you like it, I appreciate you rating this blog post.
Index / Content
1. SAP Language
2. Transportation Shipment
3. Master Data
4. Maintain Transportation Planning Point
5. Define Routes
6. Define Modes of Transport
7. Define Shipping Type
8. Defining Transportation Connection Point
9. Defining Transportation Zones
10. Define Transportation Groups
11. Setting up Weight Groups
12. Define Routes and Assigning Routes
13. Definition of routes
14. Maintain Stages for all Routes
15. Determining Routes
16. Route Determination in Sales Order
17. Configuration of Shipments
18. Maintain Transportation Relevance
19. Set Up Transportation Planning Points
20. Define Shipment Type
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Part II
Part III
SAP Language
Here are some common terms that you will see while dealing with LE-
TRA in SAP:
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Handling Unit The handling unit is the packaging in the shipment that will
contain the materials/products that are been transported. For example, in a
shipment you may have all your products packed in a Container, then the
container is your handling unit. However, depending on the size of the shipment
you may have multiple containers and those containers are loaded in a big
vessel, then besides the containers, you will also have a vessel as a packing
unit, or a handling unit. The handling unit in a shipment can also be called
Equipment. The Handling Unit plays an important role in the shipment cost
calculation, they are represented as sub-items in the SCD items.
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Shipment cost type and item categories Shipment cost types and item
categories carry settings to control the shipment cost document, like number
range, status requirements for the shipment documents, shipment costing
settings, shipment transfer/settlement settings.
Rates Rates are loaded in the system via Condition Technique (using
condition types predefined) and they are carried over to the SCD when the
document is created. The rates can be created in more than one condition to
the same document, for example if you want breakdown the agreed freight cost
with the service agent between what is freight service, what is toll, what is fuel
surcharge and etc.
Transportation Shipment
Master Data
A. Business Partner Master Data > They are the Service-Agents (Freight-
Forwarder), Ship-to, Sold-to, Bill-to, Brokers and Customs Agents,
Carriers, Customers, Vendors and etc.
B. Material master data > You cant have a shipment without products
(material). The material master data will define the products that will be
transported and also they represents the handling unit (packaging
material). All products and materials transported using the transportation
system (shipments) must have a material master data.
C. Organizational master data > To the whole process flow from Sales
Order to Delivery, Shipping, Shipment Cost Document, Invoice
Payment and etc., system will need to have the following
Organization Level created and properly assigned: Business areas,
Sales Organization, Sales Area, Distribution Channels, Transportation
Planning Points, Plants, Routes, Shipping Points, Purchase
Organization, Purchase Group, Controlling Area and etc.
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In the same SPRO path, you assign the transportation planning point to a
company code, as per screenshot above. This assignment is required to
when the Shipment triggers a Shipment Cost Document, then the freight
costs calculated are posted to the proper company code (see more below
Shipment Cost Document and Settlement details).
Define Routes
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You can also maintain the route stages for several stages.
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Transaction 0VTA
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Transportation > Basic
Transportation Functions > Routes > Define Routes >
Define Shipping types
Table/View V_T173_COM
Transaction 0VTD
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It is where you will specify all the regions that you plan to cover with your
routes. The routes will be from a departure zone to a destination zone.
You can also have a mixed zone which is a combination of the types above.
Transaction OVR1
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Route Determination > Define
Transportation Zones
Table/View V_TZONE
The zones you set up here will be used in the master data. The location
of each customer and vendor will be identified using the Transportation
Zone field on the Address tab in the customer (or vendor) master record.
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You can also specify the zones for each of your shipping points here:
Transaction OVL7
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Route Determination > Maintain
Country and Transportation Zone for Shipping Point
Table/View V_TVST_RF
Select the shipping point, and specify the country and transportation
zone.
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Transaction OVSY
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Route Determination > Define
Transportation Groups
Table/View V_TTGR
If the weight of the delivery plays a role in route determination, you can set
up weight strategy here.
Transaction OVS8
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Route Determination > Define Weight
Groups
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Table/View VC_TVLG
Then you need to maintain details for Weight Group where you will
specify the maximum weight that is allowed in each weight group
and then when the delivery is created, SAP will take the weight in
consideration and determine the right route based on the rules
you created. If you decided not to use this feature, the route
determination will take place in the sales order and be copied into
the deliveries.
Here is where you will define routes, route stages and maintain the
transportation connection point, all them required for shipment stages
strategies.
Definition of routes
First you need to define the routes, doing the following steps:
List the routes that are relevant to your process/company.
Create the routes
If necessary/required, inform additional data to the route, which can
be:
Shipping type > You can assign a shipping type to the route, to
the preliminary leg, and to the subsequent leg.
Transportation service agent
Transit time
Transit planning lead time
Factory calendar, work time
Driving time (transit time minus breaks, distance)
You can assign a mode of transport to the routes for
processing export activities.
Transaction 0VTC
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Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Define Routes > Define Routes And
Stages
Table/View V_TVRO_COM
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Transaction 0VTE
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Define Routes > Maintain Stages for
all Routes
Table/View
In the example below, I selected 3 route stages (selecting the checkbox)
and I click in the change icon (the pencil). SAP pops-up the attribute
proposal for selected route stages and whatever you maintain in there, it is
going to be maintained to all the selected stages, lights will change from red
to yellow. Then you need to Save and the lights will change from yellow to
Green to confirm the modification.
Determining Routes
To the route be automatically determined, the following parameters are
taken in consideration:
Country and departure zone (Shipping Point address)
Country and destination zone (ship-to party address)
Shipping condition (It is informed in the Sales Order and carried over
to the subsequent documents)
Transportation group (from the material master)
In the deliveries routes determination, you can also add weight groups to
the list of controlling factors, if you are using weight as a criteria for routes
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Transaction 0VRF
Path SPRO > Logistics Execution > Shipping > Basic Shipping
Functions > Routes > Route Determination > Maintain
Route Determination
Table/View VC_TROLZ
If you are using weight as a criteria to determine the route (as explained
more above) here is where you will enter the weight group that you created,
so to this combination of 4 elements explained above + the weight of the
delivery, the route will be determined automatically.
The route can also be manually entered or overwritten when you create or
change a Sales Order document and also it can be re-determined in the
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Delivery document based on weight (weight group) if you are using the
weight as a criteria (explained more above).
Scheduling and Delivery dates takes into account the following times:
Transit Time / Loading Time / Pick/Pack Time / Transportation
Lead/Planning Time.
Configuration of Shipments
See below what is required to configure the Shipment.
Transaction 0VTR
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Route (V_TVRO)
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Transaction OVTK
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This is the end of the Part I. Transportation Shipment. Check here the
Part II. Transportation Shipment Cost Document and here the Part III.
Transportation Shipment Cost Document (Cont.)
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