Cost Distribution in Service Orders for Shippers and LSPs
A service order is linked to a freight document or a freight document item. The system distributes the service order cost to the eventual consumer of the service. The system uses the underlying freight document or freight document item to establish the consumer of the service. This can be a forwarding order that is contained in the freight document.
The system uses the distribution level and the distribution rule that you specify to determine the distribution items.
Prerequisites
You have specified the following settings in Customizing for Transportation Management
:
Distribution item and distribution rule in the relevant distribution profile under
Basic Functions
Cost Distribution
Define Cost Distribution Profiles
Distribution profile under
Basic Functions
Charge Calculation
Basic Settings
Define Charges Profile
Charges profile in the relevant purchasing organization under
Master Data
Organizational Management
Organizational Model
Change Organizational Model
(transaction PPOME
)
You include the purchasing organization in a freight document. You link a service order to the freight document.
You have enabled the relevant service order type for cost distribution in Customizing for Transportation Management
under Freight Order Management
Service Order
Define Service Order Types
. For more information, see Creation and Editing of Service Orders.
Features
Changing a Logistics Item
If you make a change to a logistics item in a freight document or freight document line item, and you have linked a service order or service order item to the logistics item, the system automatically changes the distributed costs in the service order.
You can change a logistics item as follows:
Change the quantity of a logistics item where the logistics item is specified in the distribution rule
For example, you as an LSP create a service order for an item in a freight document so that a third party can deliver a service. You specify a distribution rule of
Gross Weight
for the cost distribution.You then change the gross weight of the item in the freight document. When you save the change, the system automatically distributes the costs again in the service order.
Add, delete, or reposition a logistics item
For example, you as an LSP remove a product from a package in a freight document. You have created a service order for the freight document. When you save the change to the freight document, the system automatically adjusts the cost distribution in the service order.
Changing a Freight Document
You have a freight document with an associated service order. You change the freight document, but the change does not directly impact the associated service order. However, because of the change, the system distributes the costs again in the freight document. In this case, the system also automatically distributes costs again in the service order.
More Information
Topic | Link |
|---|---|
Example 1 for a shipper | Shipper Example: One Service Order for an Entire Freight Booking |
Example 2 for a shipper | Shipper Example: One SO for a Service Item in a Freight Booking |
Example 1 for an LSP | LSP Example: One Service Order for an Entire Freight Booking |
Example 2 for an LSP |