Subsequent Delivery Split

Scope of Functions

Deliveries change repeatedly during the course of delivery processing. They can be expanded or reorganized to make up the basis for warehouse activities or transportation planning. Deliveries reflect the actual process from planning up through the final realization stages and all the changes in between. These changes might make it necessary to divide up a delivery during one of the later stages. Until now, the delivery quantity had to be reduced first, and then the leftover item quantities had to be placed in a new delivery in a separate step. The subsequent delivery split function lets you carry out this activity in one step without the goods returning to available status in the meantime.

You can use a list to select delivery items (shipping units or partial quantities of delivery items) that are to be taken from existing outbound deliveries and put into one or more new outbound deliveries.

The subsequent delivery split allows you to carry out the following activities, including but not limited to:

• Create new outbound deliveries in the background for objects split off from other deliveries.

• Update all dependent documents affected (sales orders or shipments, for example).

• Divide up the pick quantity among the outbound delivery items, depending on the settings that were made in the Implementation Guide (IMG).

• Determine new prices, if necessary.

The subsequent delivery split function also gives you the option of setting a loading status for shipping elements, which can be used to identify or split all loaded shipping elements. You can set the loading status either manually or by using a scan transaction.

Please note that the subsequent delivery split has the following restrictions:

• Quantities are not unpacked from shipping elements.

• No new shipments are created.

• Only outbound deliveries for which goods issue was not yet posted are split.

Effects on Existing Data

The subsequent delivery split function can be carried out on either old or new datasets.

Effects on Data Transfer

No data transfer is necessary.

Effects on System Administration

A log with the group type D is created for the subsequent delivery split.

Effects on Customizing

You can create new split scenarios in the Implementation Guide (IMG) in the Subsequent delivery split activity. The control parameters are summarized in the split scenarios.

Please note that you can set the Characteristics for system messages separately for the subsequent delivery split (work phase D).