Maintaining Planned and Actual Deadlines in the Shipment Document 

To maintain planned deadlines in the shipment document:

  1. On the overview screen in the shipment document, choose the screen sections Status and Deadlines.
  2. The most important shipment deadlines are listed in the screen section Status and Deadlines. Enter the planned or actual deadlines for the different activities in the Planning and Execute fields.

    3. You can enter actual deadlines for the required activities automatically or manually.

    · Automatically

    To enter deadlines automatically, set the status and the system fills in the current date. You can find further information in Maintaining Status in the Shipment Document.

    · Manual

    You enter the date; the system automatically sets the status.

  3. If you want to maintain deadlines that do not appear in the Dates or Status sections on the overview screen, choose More Deadlines.

    4. You will reach a screen where you can maintain any other planned or actual deadlines. If planned and actual deadlines are different, you can record why and where the deviation occurred by choosing Goto ® Details and maintaining the fields Point and DeviationReason.

    The transportation of a shipment is delayed because of a defective freight car at the train station in Chicago. Enter the name of the station in Chicago in the Point field and record that a defective freight car delayed proceedings in the DeviationReason field.

  4. Save your data.