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You can use this function to create freight orders without reference to existing forwarding orders. You then create forwarding orders at a later stage on the basis of these freight orders. This is recommended in the following scenarios:

  • Customer Self-Delivery

    A customer truck enters the yard. It is not until the truck is unloaded, that you can identify what goods it contains. In this scenario, you do not create the freight order and enter the items until after the truck has arrived.

  • Collective Goods Traffic

    Your own truck travels a specific route daily and collects goods. It is not until the truck is unloaded, that you can identify what goods it contains. In this scenario, you can create the freight order with the main information before the truck arrives. However, you cannot create the items until the truck arrives.

Prerequisites

  • You need to have defined a shipper and a consignee for the freight order item.

  • You have assigned item types to your forwarding order type. For more information, see Customizing for Transportation Management under   Forwarding Order Management   Forwarding Order   Assign Item Types to Forwarding Order Types  .

Features

You create a freight order and select the required items. You then create a forwarding order from the freight order for the selected items. Here the following applies:

  • The shipping type specified in the forwarding order type must correspond to the selected items. If you have specified the shipping type LCL, you cannot select any container items in the freight order.

  • The movement type must match the scenario. In the case of customer self-delivery, for example, the first stage type that you specify in the stage type sequence for the movement type has to be Customer Self-Delivery. In collective goods traffic, the stage type has to be Pre-Carriage.

The system creates the forwarding order as well as the freight units and the transportations stages. Moreover, the system connects the first transportation stage of the freight unit with the freight order.

Activities

To create a freight order, choose the following menu path in SAP NetWeaver Business Client:

  •   Freight Order Management   Road   Create Road Freight Order  

  •   Freight Order Management   Rail   Create Rail Freight Order  

To create a forwarding order from the freight order, in the freight order, choose the Create Forwarding Order on the Cargo Management tab page.