Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Introduction
Developers often cannot test programs extensively because they do not have the
same knowledge as users. This book can also be helpful in those instances because
it explains in detail how to perform individual functions.
Decision makers that read this book are provided with an overview of the possibilities
for using the LES (Logistics Execution System). They can form an opinion
in advance as to whether to use it or whether the process structure should be
changed.
Consultants can use this book for reference purposes. They can benefit from the
technical information or find out more details about the activities involved in the
individual process steps.
Structure of the Book
This book is divided into seventeen chapters:
Chapter 2, Organizational Structures in Logistics, introduces the logistic organizational
structures and how they relate to each other. It also explains the structures
upstream of, or parallel to, shipping, including sales and warehouse organization.
Your enterprise’s structure has to be reflected in the software used so that shipping
and transportation processes can be mapped accordingly.
Chapter 3, Master Data, describes the master data that is required for processes in
the shipping and transportation system and where you can find the relevant tabs
and fields. I will mention the material, customer, supplier, batch, and dangerous
goods master data.
Chapter 4, Documents, describes the basic principles for creating documents. Preliminary
documents are required to process deliveries in the SAP system and control the
processes in your enterprise. These preliminary documents are usually sales orders,
or, in the case of replenishment deliveries to branch offices, the so-called stock transport
orders. These documents ensure that the shipping and transportation process
is handled properly. I will describe the structure of these documents and will point
out the tabs and fields that contain information relevant to you.
Chapter 5, Delivery Documents, deals with the papers that document a materials
delivery to a ship-to party. They form the basis on which you control shipping
and transportation processes. You are the first in line in the entire shipping process.
I will discuss the structure of delivery documents and their differentiating
characteristics (delivery types and item categories). You will get to know the dif-
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