Planned Shipment Release
Use
When you have finished planning, you release the planned shipment. The system fixes the planned shipment and the orders that are to be delivered with this shipment. The planned shipment receives the status "published (released)" and a green traffic light.
So long as you have not yet transferred the planned shipment to
SAP R/3
you can reset the release.
Integration
The following table shows the effect of the release on other functions:
Function |
Effect |
Change to planned shipment |
When you have released a planned shipment, you can no longer change it manually in
|
The optimization does not take into account a released planned shipment during the optimization run. |
|
Transportation Tendering (Cooperative Transportation Planning) |
When you have assigned a transportation service provider to the planned shipment and have set up the transportation tendering (cooperative transportation planning) for this transportation service provider, the system automatically tenders the planned shipment to an external transportation service provider as soon as you release the planned shipment. |
The planned shipment must be released before it can be transferred to
|
Activities
You have the following options to release a planned shipment:
Release in interactive planning:
Select the planned shipment in the selection bar in the planning view and choose
Release Shipment
.Release in the background:
In the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS)
Planning
Planning in the Background
Release Shipments in the Background
.