Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Delivery Documents
point of departure (usually the shipping point) and a destination (ship-to party,
distribution point, ports, and so on). Routes also enable you to carry out transportation
scheduling tasks (when does the truck have to leave the shipping point at
the latest to get to the customer on time).
The following criteria are used for the purpose of route determination:
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the country and the transportation zone of the shipping point
the country and the transportation zone of the ship-to party
the shipping condition
the transport group
the weight group (if the route determination is to be carried out again at the
delivery note level)
To identify the route, you can use six alphanumeric characters. The route has various
indicators and information assigned to it, which are required repeatedly in the
downstream processes.
Moreover, you can divide a route into sections. A section always has a start destination
and a final destination. These individual destinations within a route are
referred to as the transportation connection points in the SAP system. A transportation
connection point can be a railway station, a port, a load transfer point, a
customer, a vendor, another shipping point, or another plant.
Transportation
Zone of
Shipping
Point
Shipping
Condition
Transport
Group
Transportation
Zone of
Ship-To
Party
Route
Default Value from Customer Master
of Ship-To Party
Default Value from Material Master
Customizing
Default Value based on Sales Document Type or
from Customer Master of Sold-To Party
Figure 5.60 Automatic Route Determination in the Order Item
The route determination takes place at the item level of the sales order or of the
stock transport order (see Figure 5.60). When you create the delivery, the route is
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