Delivery phases enable the one delivery to a site or distribution center to be split up into a number of individual deliveries scheduled at certain times on certain days.

In follow-on document generation, a separate document can be generated, depending on the Customizing settings, for every schedule line in a delivery phase.

Delivery phases can be maintained on a number of levels:

• On the item overview screen (for all items)
• On the item details screen (for one item at article level)
• On the site details screen (for one site at site level)
• On the distribution center details screen (for one distribution center at distribution center level)

Delivery phases created at item level are used as default values for the site. If the delivery phase is changed at item level, this does not affect other items already entered. The delivery phase default is always copied to those items for which delivery phases have not already been maintained.