If the standard goods receipt/issue slips in Inventory Management are not sufficient or if you want to plan picking, packing, and transportation in detail, you can post goods movements via the
Shipping
(LE-SHP)
application component
. The system takes into account all the points that are involved in shipping.
To create a delivery via Shipping, the following data has to be maintained in the SAP System (refer to Creating Outbound Deliveries ):
The plant data,
sales organization, distribution channel, shipping point
, and
division
The sales and distribution data in the material master
The
customer
field in the central vendor master record, as the vendor for shipping is also the customer
You can manage the following goods movements via Shipping:
Goods issue for delivery
Stock transfers using stock transport orders
Returns from the customer
Return deliveries to vendors
Returns for stock transport orders
Note
You enter these goods movements from the Shipping menu (transaction code
VL01N
for
Create O
utbound Delivery with Reference to Order
or transaction code
VL01NO
for
Create O
utbound Delivery Without Reference to Order
). Goods movements via Shipping are represented in the system by the movement types 6XX. You can find an overview of all the movement types in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Inventory Management in the step
Copy/Change Movement Types
.
In Materials Management, you can also enter the following deliveries in the background:
Return deliveries to a vendor via
MIGO)
(also refer toReturn Deliverysapurl_link_0003_0003_0006)
Provide components for a subcontract order via
(also refer toProviding Components for Existing Purchase Orderssapurl_link_0003_0004_0006)When you create deliveries via Shipping, you can plan the following activities using the functions of shipment scheduling (see also Transportation and Shipment Scheduling ):
Material availability date
Transportation planning date
Loading date
Goods issue date
The system takes into account the factory calendar of the issuing plant when it calculates the material availability date.
Note
If you post a goods movement as a delivery, the system creates a delivery, but does not create a material document (refer to Goods Issue ).