Creating Express Delivery Companies in the System 

Use

Express delivery companies allow:

You must create express delivery companies in the system so that you can establish communication with express delivery companies, print special labels for express shipping purposes, and track parcels you send to your customers.

Prerequisites

The SAP Business Connector or a Remote Frequency Call (RFC) server solution must be active so that service-agent data can be automatically read in.

Procedure

To create an express delivery company, proceed as follows:

  1. Choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Master Data ® Partners ® Service agent ® Maintain Express Delivery Company.

The Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit appears. Use this cockpit to carry out all functions related to parcel tracking and express delivery companies.
  1. Choose Express delivery company ® Create express delivery company and enter an ID for the express delivery company.
  2. To upload data from an external system, select Express delivery company ® Non-SAP system.
  3. On the Data provider tab, choose Load list of exp. dlv. companies.
  4. From the list that appears, select the express delivery company that you want to create in the system.

The system copies the name and key (ID) for the express delivery company in the external system and also copies the Internet address (target URL) for the SAP Business Connector.
  1. Choose Express delivery company ® Load all master data.

The system gets all existing master data from this express delivery company and copies it into your SAP System.

This process may take a few minutes.
  1. Activate the express delivery company on the Exp. dlv. cmpny control tab and save the entries.

Assigning service agents

  1. From the Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit, choose Goto ® Assign svc. agnt to express delivery co.
  2. Make a new entry for the service agent for each export ID (for domestic and foreign countries).
  3. Save your entries.

The service agent is assigned to an express delivery company.

Assigning shipping points

  1. From the Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit, choose Goto ® Express delivery company and meta data.
  2. On the right-hand side of the screen, select the express delivery company of your choice and then choose Shipping point: active on the left-hand side of the screen.
  3. Make a new entry on the Shipping point: active screen for each shipping point that is to be valid for this express delivery company.

If you want to make an express delivery company active for all shipping points, choose Activate all shipping points on the Exp. dlv. cmpny control tab page.

Editing meta data

  1. Choose Express delivery company's info (i) on the Meta-data tab in the Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit.

The system displays the express delivery company's Web site, which describes which meta data you still need to edit.
  1. Follow the instructions on this Web site and edit all the meta data that is not active by choosing Edit meta data.

Example

Establishing number ranges

If a tracking number is not active in the meta data and the information provided indicates that you are to create a number-range object, proceed as follows:

  1. From the Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit, choose Goto ® Express delivery company and meta data.

A list of all meta data appears.
  1. Choose the line that contains the tracking number data field and then choose Details.
  1. Enter a number range object (such as TRACK for a non-rolling interval or TRACKN for a rolling interval) and a number range interval in the Number range section of the Details screen.

You will find all meta data that needs number ranges on the Number range tab in the Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit. This tab also contains a function you can use to request number ranges from the express delivery company.

Determining service code

A service code is a code specific to the express delivery company that must be printed on the label so that the express delivery company can deliver the parcel by the requested time. An example of a service code would be "tomorrow before 8:00" or "day after tomorrow before 10:00". You can derive the service code from the following criteria:

To specify which of the above criteria the service code is to be derived from, proceed as follows:

  1. From the Express Delivery Company (XSI) Cockpit, choose Goto ® Express delivery company and meta data.

A list of all meta data appears.
  1. Choose the line with the Service code data field and then choose Details.
  2. Enter one of the following function modules in the Function module field in the Determine data section of the Details screen: