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Function documentationCreation and Editing of Freight Orders

 

You can use this function to create, edit, and display freight orders.

Prerequisites

You have defined freight order types in Customizing. You define the most important settings for the freight order in the freight order type. For more information, see Customizing for Transportation Management under Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Freight Order Next navigation step Define Freight Order Types End of the navigation path.

Features

Creation of Freight Orders

You have the following options:

  • Manual Creation

    For more information, see Manually Creating Freight Orders.

  • Creation from Transportation Planning

    In interactive planning (manual planning and VSR optimization) and in planning in the background, freight orders are created as a result of transportation planning.

    For more information, see Planning and Planning Run.

    Alternatively, you can choose New in the transportation cockpit to create a freight order directly. You can also create, for example, a freight order for a trailer in this way. For more information about creating freight orders for trailers, see Use of Trailers.

  • Direct Creation from a Business Document in Forwarding Order Management (FWM Business Documents)

    For more information, see Direct Creation of Freight Orders and Direct Creation of Freight Documents and Selection of Schedules.

  • Creation from the Freight Unit

    You can create freight orders directly from the freight unit. When you do this, you can select whether you want to create a freight order for each transportation stage or whether you want to group consecutive transportation stages in one freight order.

  • Creation by Copying

    You can create a freight order by copying an existing one (reference document). The system copies the header data and the logistical data. However, it does not copy references to freight units and execution information.

    You can also create more than one copy of an existing freight order at the same time. In addition to the number of copies, you can specify whether the numbers of the created documents are to be displayed in the dialog box.

  • Creation Based on a Schedule

    You can use the report /SCMTMS/MP_SCHED_CREATE_TOR to create a freight order based on a schedule. For more information, see the system documentation.

Editing and Displaying Freight Orders

You can edit and display freight orders on the following user interfaces:

  • Freight Order Table

    To do so, in SAP NetWeaver Business Client, choose:

    • Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Road Next navigation step Overview Road Freight Orders End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Rail Next navigation step Overview Rail Freight Orders End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Planning Next navigation step Worklist Next navigation step Overview Planning End of the navigation path

  • User Interfaces for Editing and Displaying

    To do so, in SAP NetWeaver Business Client, choose:

    • Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Road Next navigation step Edit Road Freight Orders End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Road Next navigation step Display Road Freight Orders End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Rail Next navigation step Edit Rail Freight Orders End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Freight Order Management Next navigation step Rail Next navigation step Display Rail Freight Orders End of the navigation path

  • Transportation Cockpit

    To do so, in SAP NetWeaver Business Client, choose Start of the navigation path Planning Next navigation step Planning Next navigation step Transportation Cockpit End of the navigation path.

    Freight orders are only displayed in the transportation cockpit if they match the criteria of the selection profile for freight orders and freight bookings (see Use of Profile and Layout Sets).