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  Making Settings for Route Determination

To use route determination, you must make the following settings:

Customizing

  • You have activated the route determination of transportation management in Customizing in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM).

    For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM under Start of the navigation path Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Transportation Management Next navigation step Route Determination Next navigation step General Settings for Route Determination End of the navigation path .

  • You have activated the route determination for the delivery or the warehouse that is being used.

    For more information, see the IMG for EWM under Start of the navigation path Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Outbound Delivery Next navigation step Route Determination Next navigation step Activate or Deactivate Route Determination. End of the navigation path

  • You also have the option of making additional settings for scheduling. For more information, see the IMG for EWM under Start of the navigation path Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Outbound Delivery Next navigation step Route Determination Next navigation step Define Scheduling Within Route Determination. End of the navigation path

Master Data

  • You have created a route and a leg from the supply chain unitof the sending warehouse (source location) to the supply chain unit of the recipient (ship-to location).Here, the destination location may also be a zone.To do this, on the SAP Easy Access screen, you have chosen Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Shipping and Receiving Next navigation step Route Determination. End of the navigation path

  • You have made sure that the goods recipient in the delivery has been assigned to a supply chain unit that is being used for route determination.

    As a business partner or address is entered in the delivery as a goods recipient, an assignment still has to be made with which the destination location used in a route is determined.

    This is done in the following way:

    • If a document address is entered in the delivery for the goods recipient, the system attempts to find a supply chain unit zone based on the address data. This zone is then used as the destination location for route determination.

    • If no document address is used, a corresponding supply chain unit is found in the following way:

      If you are working without an address or without a zone as a destination location in the route, you have created an individual supply chain unit for the ship-to party in the supply chain unit master data. In the Bus.Partner field on the General tab page, you assign this supply chain unit to the business partner (ship-to party) that has been entered in the delivery.

      Caution Caution

      If the goods recipient is a business partner or customer whose master data has been transferred from SAP ERP, the system usually enters the assignment of the business partner to the supply chain unit, and creates a supply chain unit (for example, for the customer). In this case, you are not allowed to enter a business partner in the supply chain unit, and not allowed to change this entry. You are not allowed to change a business partner that has already been entered in a supply chain unit, as it is also used by other processes.

      End of the caution.

      Avoid multiple assignments, that is, only assign one supply chain unit of one type to a business partner.

      Caution Caution

      If you assign more than one supply chain unit of one type to a business partner, EWM cannot clearly determine the supply chain unit from the business partner.

      End of the caution.

      For master data sent that was sent from SAP ERP, and for the case where you have created multiple assignments, EWM uses the following method when attempting to find the supply chain unit for the business partner:

      EWM checks whether an entry with the identification type R/3 Plant (CRM011) exists for the business partner in the business partner master data on the Identification tab page, and whether a supply chain unit exists for this entry.

    • If EWM finds one distinct entry, it uses this supply chain unit.

    • If EWM does not find an assignment, it checks whether an entry with the identification type R/3 Customer Number (CRM002) exists for the business partner on the Identification tab page, and whether a supply chain unit exists for this entry.

      If EWM does not find a distinct assignment, it cannot accurately find the routes and issues a message to this effect.

  • You also determine the following for the supply chain unit master data:

    • On the Bus.Char. (business character) tab page, you assign the business character to the supply chain unit as a planning location.

    • You have created a ship-to party or an address for a ship-to party. If you do not use addresses in the delivery, you assign the business partner of the ship-to party in the supply chain unit master data of the supply chain unit.

      If you want to create a ship-to party or an address for a ship-to party, in the SAP Easy Access screen choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Delivery Processing Next navigation step Outbound Delivery Next navigation step Maintain Outbound Delivery Order End of the navigation path or Maintain Outbound Delivery .Specify the ship-to party as the partner role on the Partner tab page or use the Ordering Address pushbutton to specify the ship-to party’s address.

    • You specify the geocoordinates and the country key for the supply chain unit of the source location and the ship-to location in the supply chain master data on the General tab page.