Configuring Shipment and Transportation Scheduling in SAP APO (SAP Library

Configuring Shipment and Transportation Scheduling in SAP APO

Use

As of SAP APO 3.0, SAP APO offers a central service for performing shipment and transportation scheduling for the sales and supplying systems. The following section describes the settings for shipment and transportation scheduling.

Prerequisites

You have transferred master data and transaction data from the connected sales and supplying systems to SAP APO.

For more information on the prerequisites for shipment and transportation scheduling, see Shipment and Transportation Scheduling.

Procedure

Create condition tables for scheduling. You make this setting in Customizing for Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) under Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP Check) ® Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ® Define Condition Table for Scheduling. Create a field catalog with the permitted fields and define the condition tables according to your requirements.

Note

Condition tables are not delivered with the standard system.

Example: Condition tables

Condition table	Fields
500 (transportation MRP time details)	Del. Transp. Zone (LZONE) Rec. country (LLAND) Country (ALAND) Del. transportation zone (AZONE) transportation group (TRAGR) Means of transport (TTYPE)
501 (transportation MRP time average)	Country (ALAND) Del. transportation zone (AZONE) Del. Transp. Zone (LZONE) Rec. country (LLAND)
502 (transportation MRP time rough)	Rec. country (LLAND) Country (ALAND)
510 (pick/pack time details)	Volume group (GRVOL) Weight group (GRGEW) Material group (MATKL) Plant (WERKS)
511 (pick/pack time average)	Volume group (GRVOL) Weight group (GRGEW) Material group (MATKL)
512 (pick/pack time rough)	Volume group (GRVOL) Weight group (GRGEW)
520 (loading time details)	Material group (MATKL) Volume group (GRVOL) Loading group (LADGR) Means of transport (TTYPE) Weight group (GRGEW)
521 (loading time average)	Material group (MATKL) Loading group (LADGR) Means of transport (TTYPE)
522 (loading time rough)	Loading group (LADGR)

Maintain the accesses to the condition tables. In Customizing for Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) choose Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP Check) ® Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ® Maintain Access for Scheduling. The following access sequences are delivered (without accesses).

LEAD (MRP preliminary run)

LOAD (loading time)

PICK (pick/pack time)

TRAN (transportation duration)

UNLD (unloading/reloading duration)

Example: Accesses (access sequence LOAD (loading time))

Sequential number	Condition table	Exclusive
1	520 (loading time details)	X
2	521 (loading time average)	X
3	522 (loading time rough)	X

Note

Scheduling uses the procedure SCHEDL that is delivered by SAP and cannot be changed.

Maintain a weight group for scheduling. In Customizing for Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) choose Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP Check) ® Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ® Interfaces ® Maintain Weight Groups for Scheduling.

Example: Weight unit in KG

Gross: 9,999,999,999.999 for weight group 0001.

Maintain a volume group for scheduling. In Customizing for Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) choose Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP Check) ® Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ® Interfaces ® Maintain Volume Groups for Scheduling.

Example: Volume unit in L

Volume: 9, 999, 999, 999.999 for volume group 0001

Maintain the condition records for scheduling. From the SAP Easy Access screen choose Master Data ® Master Data for Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ® Create Scheduling Step.

Example: Condition type LOAD (loading time). Key combination: Loading time rough

Loading group	Duration
0001	3:00

Example: Condition type PICK (pick/pack time). Key combination: Pick/pack time rough

Volume group	Weight group	Duration
0001	0001	5:00

Example: Condition type LEAD (MRP). Key combination: Transportation MRP time rough

Receiving country	Country	Duration
FR	DE	10:00
DE	FR	10:00
DE	DE	10:00
FR	FR	10:00

Example: Condition type TRAN (transportation). Key combination: Transportation MRP time rough

Receiving country	Country	Duration
FR	DE	25:00
DE	FR	25:00
DE	DE	25:00
FR	FR	25:00

Note

In SAP APO, times and dates are generally calculated using a UTC timestamp. In R/3 the system converts to the time zone of the customer/plant. At this point in time, the calendar (work days of the customer/plant) is not taken into account during calculation.

Note

The delivery time is dependent on the issuing plant/customer time zone. Calculation in detail:

MBDAT (material staging date) ® setup time (PICK)
TDDAT (transportation MRP date) ® Transportation MRP preliminary run time (LEAD)
LDDAT (loading date) ® Loading time (LOAD)
WADAT (goods issue date) ® Transit time (TRAN)
LFDAT (delivery date) ® PICK (weight and volume group in SAP APO/weight and volume entry in SAP R/3 in the material master: see Mapping), LOAD (loading group from the SAP R/3 material master), and TRAN.

Create the mapping fields for scheduling. In Customizing for Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) choose Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP Check) ® Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ® Interfaces ® Perform Field Mapping for Scheduling.

Example: Field mapping for scheduling

Target field	Priority	Source field	Function module
LOCFR	1	WERKS	/SAPAPO/DM_MAP_WERKS_TO_LOCFR (standard mapping module for plant number to the location)
MATNR	1	EXT_MATNR	/SAPAPO/DM_MAP_EXTMAT_TO_MATNR (standard mapping module for R/3 material number to the APO product number)

Activate scheduling in the sales system. In Customizing for Sales and Distribution, choose Basic Functions ® Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling ® Define Scheduling by Sales Document Type.

Example: Define scheduling by sales document type

SD document type	Description	Delivery scheduling	Transportation scheduling
OR	Standard order	X	X