Transportation Management with SAP LES

Delivery Types and Item Categories 5.2
At the item level, you specify whether the storage location determination should be
performed during the creation of a delivery document. You manage your stocks
in the storage location, which acts as the basis for picking. You must specify the
strategy for correct storage location determination using the delivery type.
If you want, you can switch off the availability check for the individual item categories.
In that case, no availability check will be carried out during the creation
of the delivery document. Also, you can specify at the item level whether a batch
determination should be performed for materials that require batch management.
It depends on your specific business processes whether that makes sense at this
point. However, you can also maintain the batches in the delivery item using picking,
that is, not until the time of confirming the picking or transport order.
For each item category, you can specify whether this item may be packed, must be
packed, or if packing is forbidden. The situation is similar with picking. Whether
the material must be picked or not must be specified using the item category.
You can find a whole number of settings when it comes to minimum quantities,
overdelivery tolerances, and zero quantities. You can configure these settings based
on the delivery item category.
Technical Information About the Delivery Item Category
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Field Length: 4 places
Path in Customizing: Logistics Execution • Shipping • Deliveries • Define Item
Categories for Deliveries
Specific Transaction: OVLP
Table: TVLP
As is the case with the delivery types, you can configure your items in Customizing.
You can copy the new delivery item categories that you want to create from
existing settings. The SAP system recommendation to begin item categories with
the letter “Z” applies here as well. Figure 5.10 shows the individual settings in
Customizing. These settings are explained in more detail throughout the course
of this book.
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