Handling of Times with Transportation Planning in ERP

During transportation planning in SAP ERP (component, LE-TRA) with integration to SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), the SAP ERP shipment is distributed to both SAP EWM and a transportation unit (TU), and a shipping and receiving activity is automatically created. As of SAP EWM for release 9.1, you can obtain more accurate planned times through the improved handling for the setting of planned arrival and departure times for TU activities. This is especially significant if assigned deliveries have a supply chain management route with a route schedule, where times from the route schedule will be used to determine the planned dates in case no completion or check-in time is set in the SAP ERP shipment.

The following table displays sample data with a brief explanation of the underlying logic of how new times are determined in SAP EWM.

Delivery: Earliest Out-of Yard	Delivery: Route Schedule	ERP (LE-TRA): Shipment Completion	ERP (LE-TRA): Check-In	TU Profile: In yard	Result TU Activity Start TU Activity End Delivery: Out-of-Yard	Result TU Planned Times Fixed	Logic
2012/06/08 18:00	DALIY18:00	-	-	2h	2012/06/08 16:00 2012/06/08 18:00 2012/06/08 18:00	X	TU activity end by delivery, route schedule; TU activity start by TU profile
2012/06/08 18:00	DALIY18:00	-	-	-	2012/06/08 17:00 2012/06/08 18:00 2012/06/08 18:00	-	TU activity end by delivery, earliest out-of-yard; TU activity start by one hour default
2012/06/08 18:00	-	-	-	2h	2012/06/08 16:00 2012/06/08 18:00 2012/06/08 18:00	-	TU activity end by delivery, earliest out-of-yard; TU activity start by TU profile
2012/06/08 18:00	n/a	-	2012/06/08 15:00	2h	2012/06/08 15:00 2012/06/08 17:00 2012/06/08 17:00	X	TU activity start by ERP check-in time; TU activity end by TU profile
2012/06/08 18:00	n/a	-	2012/06/08 15:00	-	2012/06/08 15:00 2012/06/08 18:00 2012/06/08 18:00	-	TU activity start by ERP check-in time; TU activity end by delivery, earliest out of yard
2012/06/08 13:00	n/a	-	2012/06/08 15:00	-	2012/06/08 15:00 2012/06/08 16:00 2012/06/08 13:00	-	TU activity start by ERP check-in time; TU activity end by one hour offset
2012/06/08 18:00	n/a	2012/06/08 19:00	-	2h	2012/06/08 17:00 2012/06/08 19:00 2012/06/08 19:00	X	TU activity end by ERP shipment completion; TU activity start determined by TU profile
2012/06/08 18:00	n/a	2012/06/08 19:00	2012/06/08 15:00	n/a	2012/06/08 15:00 2012/06/08 19:00 2012/06/08 19:00	X	TU activity start and end by ERP check-in and shipment completion, respectively
2012/06/08 18:00	n/a	2012/06/08 20:00	-	-	2012/06/08 19:00 2012/06/08 20:00 2012/06/08 18:00	-	TU activity end by ERP shipment completion; TU activity start determined by one hour default

You can influence the determination of the times by implementing the Business Add-In (BAdI) Settings for Planned Times of TU in Background Processes (/SCWM/EX_SR_TU_TIMES). If you choose to remain with the existing behavior as in the lower releases, a BAdI implementation is required because the default sets the times according to the new logic.

In addition to the new determination of TU activity planned times during integration with LE-TRA, the TU status for planned times fixed is set if:

Routes with route departure schedules are assigned to the TU and in case you have set up a TU profile
Shipment completion time is set in the SAP ERP shipment and you have set up a TU profile
Shipment completion and check-in time is set in the SAP ERP shipment

For more information about TU profiles, see TU Profile.

Note Note

Similar logic applies to integration with transportation planning in SAP Transportation Management.

End of the note.

More Information

Integration of ERP Shipments in Shipping and Receiving

See Define TU Profile (/SCWM/TUPROF_DET). On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path SCM Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Extended Warehouse Management Settings Shipping and Receiving Determine TU Profile End of the navigation path .

In Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management, choose Start of the navigation path SCM Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Extended Warehouse Management Cross-Process Settings Shipping and Receiving General Settings Define TU Profile End of the navigation path .

Related Business Add-Ins:

In Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management, choose Start of the navigation path SCM Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Extended Warehouse Management Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Extended Warehouse Management Cross-Process Settings Shipping and Receiving BAdI: Settings for Planned Times of TU in Background Processes End of the navigation path .