Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Other Functions in Delivery Documents
system informs you that the scheduling settings make that impossible and it then
suggests a new delivery date.
In the example, today’s date is Wednesday, September 1, 2007. The customer
wants the goods on Friday, September 3. You enter the sales order with the
requested delivery date of September 3, 2007 (see Figure 6.7, the first row on the
Schedule lines tab).
Figure 6.7 Sample Scheduling of a Sales Order
In backward scheduling, that would mean the following. The required delivery
date was Friday, September 3, and the transit time lasts one day, so that Monday,
September 2, would be the goods issue date. The loading time lasts two days, so
that the loading date would be Thursday, August 29. The time required for picking
and packing also lasts two days, so the staging date would be Tuesday, October
27, which occurs before the entry date. The system therefore uses forward scheduling.
Stock is available, so that scheduling begins with the entry date of August
28. The two days needed for picking and packing mean a loading date of August
30. Two days of loading time mean a goods issue date of September 3. One day
of transit time means a new delivery date of September 4. Check the second row
in the schedule lines and press the
button to display all of the milestones
(see Figure 6.8).
Figure 6.8 Display of All of the Milestones After Rescheduling the Order
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