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Define Reasons
for Blocking in Shipping
In this step, you define possible delivery
blocks and assign them to the appropriate delivery types.
You set delivery blocks to separate certain
transactions (e.g. political instability, insufficient stock, etc.) from the
standard process flow for special reasons and to avoid that further processing
takes place automatically. As a result, the transaction "rests" until the
person responsible reviews the situation, makes a decision and possibly
removes the delivery block manually.
Delivery block
in the sales document
In the sales document, you can set delivery
blocks on two different levels:
- Delivery block at header level
In sales documents,
you can either enter delivery blocks manually at header level (business data
in the sales document header) or they can be proposed automatically by the
system. In the latter case, the delivery block must be entered in the
respective sales document type (see chapter
"Define sales document types" ). In addition, the delivery block
in the sales document header is only effective if the delivery block has been
assigned to the respective delivery type.
- Delivery block at schedule line
level
You can block
individual schedule lines for delivery manually in the sales document. The
delivery block at schedule line level is always effective, regardless of
whether the delivery block is assigned to the corresponding delivery type.
Schedule lines can also be blocked automatically by the SAP System if you have
defined an automatic delivery block for the schedule line category. For this,
you must specify the delivery block for a schedule line category (see chapter
"Define and assign schedule line categories" ). The
blocking ID is only valid for the schedule line and is not copied into the
item. You must remove the blocking ID manually in order to release the
schedule line for delivery.
Delivery block
in the delivery
You can also block deliveries for picking and
goods issue. This delivery block is always effective, regardless of whether
the delivery block is assigned to the corresponding delivery type.
A delivery block can be combined with certain
functions depending on the blocking reason:
A delivery block can
be controlled such that the system automatically blocks sales documents for
customers who have a delivery block in the customer master record. For
example, you can block sales orders which have a delivery block due to
problems concerning payment.
In sales order
processing, you can block the order quantity from being confirmed using a
delivery block. In this case, the system does not confirm quantities during
order processing. Therefore the system does not transfer requirements so that
the quantities can be used for other orders.
You can use this
block to block the creation of deliveries with the delivery due list function.
This block does not block the direct creation of an individual
delivery.
Actions
1. Check the
reasons for which a customer, sales document or schedule line may have to be
blocked for delivery in your company.
2. Define the
delivery types to which a block should apply.
3. Agree on the
person subgroup that sets the delivery block and the time at which they do so,
if the block is not set automatically by the SAP System.
4. Specify an
alphanumeric key for the blocking reasons in shipping with up to 2 characters
and a description.
5. Control the
delivery blocks by linking them with certain functions, if
appropriate.