Delivery Split for Inbound Deliveries

Use

A delivery split can be necessary in various business processes, for example, if a planned inbound delivery arrives in two trucks instead of one. You can either totally delete a delivery item in the inbound delivery or you can split it by using Adjust Delivery Quantity and choosing a process code.

Prerequisites

You have defined process codes that adjust both the delivery quantity and the transferred delivery quantity, that is, you have chosen the value 2 Adjustment of Delivery Quantity and Del. Quant. Transferred for the quantity adjustment.For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) under Extended Warehouse Management Cross-Process Settings Delivery Processing Process Codes Define Process Codes .
You defined process code profiles.If Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) is to use a default process code (for example, /002 ) for quantity changes, you have chosen a default process code in the Customizing settings.For more information, see the IMG under Extended Warehouse Management Cross-Process Settings Delivery Processing Process Codes Maintain Process Code Profiles .
You have defined the item types for the inbound deliveries in which you assigned the corresponding process code profiles.For more information, see the IMG under Extended Warehouse Management Goods Receipt Process Inbound Delivery Manual Settings Define Item Types for Inbound Delivery Process.
Either you or the system can split delivery items or partial quantities into a new delivery. The prerequisite for this is that you have not performed a warehouse activity for this delivery item or partial quantity. For example, you have not posted the goods receipt (GR) yet.

Features

You can totally delete a delivery item or reduce the delivery quantity of a delivery item. EWM determines a process code according to your Customizing settings for delivery quantity changes. For example, while you are unloading a truck, you discover that delivery item 20 is missing. However, you know that this delivery item will arrive on another truck the next day. Therefore, you only want to post delivery item 20 the next day, which means that you require a delivery split.

Note Note

You can book GR for partial quantities, meaning that you have only not yet carried out warehouse activities for the remaining quantity for which you are performing a delivery split.

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If you choose the delivery item and manually change the delivery quantity in the user interface of the inbound delivery then, if necessary, EWM determines a default process code (for example, I002 Diff ). Adjust Supplier, Document and Quantity .To access the user interface, on the SAP Easy Access Screen choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Delivery Processing Inbound Delivery Maintain Inbound Delivery. End of the navigation path .If necessary, the default process code has the effect that EWM automatically adjusts the delivery quantities.If you want to work without a default process code, choose Adjust Delivery Quantity for the selected delivery item and specify a process code.When you select the corresponding process code, EWM adjusts the delivery quantity and the transferred delivery quantity.EWM performs a delivery split automatically and creates anew inbound delivery that contains delivery items for the partial quantities that are still missing or for the totally deleted delivery item.

Note Note

If you perform changes in an inbound delivery using a process code that automatically adjusts to the delivery quantity, you cannot undo these changes.

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When EWM adjusts the delivery quantities, it takes the following quantities of the inbound delivery into account:

the quantities of the open warehouse tasks
the packed quantity
the GR posted quantity
the unloaded quantity

This allows EWM to prevent document inconsistencies. If, for example, a delivery item still has open warehouse tasks, you cannot set the quantity of this delivery item to zero.

You can process the newly created inbound delivery as in the normal GR process . You can then post the GR, for example.

You can check the automatic adjustment of the delivery quantity for a delivery item in the user interface of the inbound delivery in the Quantity field on the Document Flow tab page.

Example

Example for a Manual Delivery Split

A delivery item with ten pieces is assigned to a warehouse task with seven pieces.
EWM adjusts the delivery quantity and the transferred delivery quantity in accordance with your Customizing settings.To do so, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management Delivery Processing Inbound Delivery Maintain Inbound Delivery Notification and then the Delivery Quantity pushbutton.You specify the process code I002 Diff. Adjust Supplier, Document and Quantity .EWM adjusts the delivery quantity and performs a delivery split.
1. Since you have not performed any warehouse activities for the remaining quantity of the delivery item, EWM automatically adjusts the delivery quantity to seven pieces.
2. You save the delivery quantity change.
3. During the save, EWM creates a new inbound delivery for the remaining quantity of three that contains three pieces for every ten delivery items.
  
  In the original inbound delivery, you can check the changed quantity for the original delivery item at item level in the Quantity field on the Document Flow tab page. EWM displays the quantity of seven pieces. Additionally, on the Process Codes tab page, you can see (at item level) that EWM uses the process code I002 for the difference quantity of three pieces.