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Background documentationMaster Data and Settings for Shipments

 

The following sections provide an overview of master data and settings for shipments.

To use these functions, you must activate the business function Supply Network Collaboration 1 (SCM_SNC_GEN_1).

Master Data in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) and SAP ERP

If you integrate SAP SNC with SAP ERP, you need the following master data in SAP ERP:

  • Material

  • Vendor

  • Carrier (Vendor with an account group)

  • Plants

  • Purchase orders or scheduling agreement releases

You can use Core Interface (CIF) to transfer the required master data from SAP ERP to SAP SNC.

In SAP SNC, you need the following master data:

  • Business partners, such as supplier, customer, and carrier

  • Locations, such as ship-to location, customer location, and ship-from location

  • Products

  • Transportation lanes

For more information about creating business partners, locations, and transportation lanes for carriers, see Creating Master Data for Carriers.

Number Ranges

You can define number ranges and set up a number assignment for shipments in the system. You define number ranges for shipments on the Web user interface of SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Number Ranges End of the navigation path.

Selection Mode for Visible Shipment Data

Selection modes control which master data is visible to business partners on the Shipment Collaboration screens. The standard selection modes for shipments are the following:

  • ODM_SHP for the Shipment Overview screen

  • ODM_SHPASN for all other shipment screens

For more information about visible master data and selection modes, see Visible Master and Transaction Data.

Shipment Configuration

You can maintain settings for shipments in Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Start of the navigation path Delivery Next navigation step Shipment End of the navigation path. In addition, Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for shipments are available. For more information, see Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Start of the navigation path Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Supply Network Collaboration Next navigation step Delivery Next navigation step Shipment End of the navigation path.

Settings for Printing

If you want to use your own print forms for shipment documents, you must set up a print form for the shipment document type. To do so, in Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration, choose Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Print Next navigation step Determine Print Forms for Shipment Documents End of the navigation path.

Settings for XML Message Exchange with SAP ERP

For the XML message exchange with SAP ERP, you must maintain the following settings in Customizing:

  • Assignment of default process types

    As a default setting, the FreightOrderExecutionRequest XML message is assigned to the Supplier Collaboration (ICH) process type in the Customizing activity Assign Outbound XML Messages to Default Process Types . For more information, see Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Processing Inbound and Outbound Messages Next navigation step Process Types for Outbound Messages End of the navigation path.

    Note Note

    If the FreightOrderExecutionRequest XML message is assigned to a process type, the system automatically assigns the FreightOrderExecutionCancelRequest XML message to the same process type.

    End of the note.

  • Change of outbound processing

    To change data during outbound processing of the FreightOrderExecutionRequest and FreightOrderExecutionCancelRequest XML messages, you can implement the BAdI BAdI for FreightOrderExecutionRequest_Out (/SCA/BIF_O_FOEXECRQ). For more information, see Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Start of the navigation path Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for SAP SNC Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Processing Inbound and Outbound Messages Next navigation step BAdIs for Message Interfaces (Outbound XML Messages) Next navigation step BAdI for FreightOrderExecutionRequest_Out End of the navigation path.

  • Conversion of master data IDs

    If you work with a system landscape in which SAP SNC is integrated with multiple ERP systems, you must check if you need to implement BAdIs that convert master data IDs from external systems to SAP-SNC-internal master data IDs. For more information, see Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration under Start of the navigation path Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for SAP SNC Next navigation step Basic Settings Next navigation step Processing Inbound and Outbound Messages Next navigation step BAdIs for Mapping Master Data in XML Messages End of the navigation path.

Roles

You can use the ASN Maintenance (Supplier) role to assign authorizations to supplier business users who must work with shipments. For more information, see ASN Maintenance (Supplier).