Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Shipment
example, domestic shipments, sea freights) they are controlled via the shipment
type. The tasks controlled by the shipment type can be found in Figure 12.3.
Assignment of Numbers
Text Types to
Determine Texts
Saving
Shipment Characteristics
(Mode of Transport,
Forwarding Agent, etc.)
Creating Output
(EDI, Papers)
Shipment Type
Determining
Shipment Stages
Scheduling Planned
Dates and Actual Dates
Loading and
Packing
Figure 12.3 Overview of the Functions for Each Shipment Type
User Exit
A user exit is provided to change field attributes in the shipment document. For example,
fields that are not required can be hidden or set to “Not ready for input” or to
“Input required.” This involves SAP enhancement V56BMOD, function module EXIT_
SAPLV56B_001, and include ZXV56U34.
12.1.3 Shipment Types
Prior to presenting the individual tasks of each shipment type, I will explain the
shipment scenarios supported by SAP. The simplest case is the individual shipment.
For individual shipment there is only one point of departure and one point of
destination. Generally, the shipping point is the point of departure and the shipto
party is the point of destination. The shipment may consist of several delivery
documents, but has only one ship-to party. For a delivery document only one
shipment document can be generated, which is carried out via a specific mode of
transport and one forwarding agent.
The shipment type predefined by the SAP system is “0001” (see Figure 12.4). For
the shipment completion type, “1” (loaded outbound shipment) was entered.
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