Defining Shipping Notification Receipts 
Defining Shipping Notification Receipts
Use
In this example, the shipping notification is used only for information purposes. It is not used in automatic creation of the customer billing document, and is therefore not required (see
Configuring the Trigger for Billing). In order that the shipping notification can be processed in the sales system using ALE, you must use a confirmation control key in the sales system for the purchasing info record (see also Maintaining the Material Master).Procedure
In the sales system on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Master Data ® Info Record ® Change.
Example: Purchasing information record
|
Field |
Value |
|
Vendor |
QIR_201 |
|
Material |
QIR001 |
|
Purchasing Organization |
0011 |
|
Plant |
0011 |
|
ConfContrK |
0001 |
Enter the confirmation control. In Customizing for Materials Management choose Purchasing ® Confirmations ® Set Up Confirmation Control.
Check the objects in the following sequence:
Example: External confirmation categories (standard)
|
Conf. Cat. |
Description |
Title Quantity (Descrptn for Column for List Output with Cumulated Quantities |
|
AB |
Order acknowledgement |
Confirmed quantity |
|
LA |
Shipping notification |
Notified quantity |
Example: Internal confirmation categories (standard)
|
Conf.Cat.Internal |
Conf. Cat. |
Description |
Vendor |
|
1 |
AB |
Order acknowledgement |
- |
|
2 |
LA |
Shipping notification |
EL (shipping notification) |
Example: Confirmation control key 0001 (standard)
|
ConfContrK |
Description |
Create shipping notification |
Proof of delivery (POD) |
|
0001 |
Confirmations |
- |
Not POD relevant |
Example: Confirmation control for confirmation control key 0001 (standard)
|
Conf. control |
Sequence |
Conf. cat. |
MRP-relevant |
GR-relevant |
GR assignment |
|
0001 |
1 |
AB |
|||
|
0001 |
2 |
LA |
Because the confirmations in this scenario are only used for information purposes and do not reduce any stocks, the indicators MRP-relevant, GR-relevant, and GR assignment must not be set. If you already use confirmation control key 0001 for other transactions, you should create a new key for third-party business as a copy of 0001. Reset the confirmation control indicators.
See also:
EDI Inbound Processing of a Shipping Notification (MM-PUR-GF-CON)
Receiving Shipping Notifications via EDI (MM-PUR-GF-CON)