Transportation Management with SAP LES

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Other Shipment Functions
Figure 13.32 Leg Determination from the Route in the Shipment Document
These examples illustrate that, in connection with the stages in the shipment document,
a wide range of combination options is available for the route definition and
determination. First, you must only arrange all specific requirements of the transport
system in an abstract structure of transportation zones, routes, stages, load transfer
points, as well as preliminary, main, direct, subsequent legs, and so on. If shipment
cost settlement follows, it is more difficult to find the optimum solution.
13.3 Shipment Cost Settlement
Using shipment cost settlement, you can calculate the costs that occurred for shipment.
Usually, you have agreed upon shipment rates with your forwarding agents.
The shipment rates can take different forms — the pricing scales may depend on
distance, weight, or tariff zones agreed to with the forwarding agent. Two-dimensional
pricing scales may also be agreed upon, for example, different weight scales
for each tariff zone.
Now, you must set your SAP system to consider these rules for calculating the
individual shipment rates. Additionally, you can forward the shipment rates determined
to your Accounting or Controlling department. You may also have an agreed
upon credit memo procedure with your forwarding agent. This procedure can also
be mapped with the SAP system.
The basis for the entire shipment cost calculation is data from the shipment document,
but the calculated shipment rates are stored in a document that is created
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