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 Create Transportation Lanes

Use

A transportation lane represents a direct path between two locations that you can use to transport goods in both directions. Each lane is defined by its source and destination location, depending on the direction of traffic. Products that are transported along the route are assigned to the transportation lane. Furthermore, available means of transport are assigned to each transportation lane.

Prerequisites

You have created locations. If you work with SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO), you must have assigned thise locations to the supply chain model.

Procedure

  1. From the SCM Basis menu, choose Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Transportation Lanes End of the navigation path .

  2. Enter the model name.

  3. Enter the source and destination location.

  4. Choose Create .

  5. Click the Header Data button. The detail view appears on the right. The source and destination locations are displayed in the General Data area.

  6. Enter a description and transportation planner (optional).

  7. Enter the procurement options and the means of transport for the transportation lane.