Transportation Management with SAP LES

Partner Determination 12.5
These settings are available via Customizing, but you can also use Transaction VOPA
from previous releases. However, the screens differ from the figures shown here.
In many cases, the forwarding agent has already been determined when the shipment
document is created; for example, if the customer defined a specific forwarding
agent or if outline agreements were concluded with your forwarding agents for
certain routes. Therefore, you can store the forwarding agent directly as a partner
function in the master data. This partner is copied to the delivery document via the
sales order. To transfer the partner from the delivery document to the shipment
document, the correct copy routine must be activated.
Via Customizing, you determine which copy routine must be activated for the
shipment type. Figure 12.39 shows the screen for the copy routine maintenance.
I entered “10” here. This routine enables you to copy the forwarding agent and
deadlines from the delivery document.
Figure 12.39 Copy Routine for Partners in Shipment Documents
In the delivery document, you can find the partner by selecting the Partner tab at
header level (see Figure 12.40).
Figure 12.40 Forwarding Agent as Partner Function in Delivery Documents
Now, create the shipment document for this delivery and set the status to Planning
at the header level (Deadlines tab) to transfer the forwarding agent to the
respective field (see Figure 12.41).
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