SAP ERP Prerequisites for a Group Logistics Company Process
Business Function
For SAP ERP only, you have enabled business function LOG_TM_INV_INT_II
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Integration
Internal settlement integration
You have mapped the relevant SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) settings under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Mapping of Organizational Units
Assign Organizational Units for Sales and Distribution
.Freight settlement document integration
You have specified the SAP ERP prerequisite settings for freight settlement. For more information, see Freight Settlement.
You must specify the relevant settings in Customizing for SAP ERP under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Mapping for Cost Distribution
, if your group logistics company meets the following business criteria:Has its own cargo in a freight order
Distributes costs at ERP item level in the freight order
Creates a freight settlement document for that freight order
For more information about the standard process of distributing costs for shippers, see Cost Distribution for Shippers.
Internal settlement integration and freight settlement document integration
Category code
You have specified the relevant settings under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Definition for Transportation Charge Types
Define Category Codes
.Subcategory code
You have specified the relevant settings under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Definition for Transportation Charge Types
Define Subcategory Codes
.Charge Type
You have specified the relevant category code and subcategory code in a charge type under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Definition for Transportation Charge Types
Define Charge Types
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Mapping Settings
Map charge type to condition type
You have specified the category code, subcategory code, and charge type you created in the steps above in a condition type under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Assignment of Transportation Charge Types
Assign Condition Types
.Map transportation charge to cost distribution
You have specified the relevant settings under
Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Mapping for Cost Distribution
Assign SAP TM Charge Types to SAP ERP Condition Types
.You must map these settings if you enable your internal settlement documents for cost distribution in SAP TM. You only need to map these settings for the group logistics scenario.
Agency Billing Document Settings
You have specified the relevant settings in Customizing for SAP ERP under Integration with Other SAP Components
Transportation Management
Invoice Integration
Billing
Mapping for Cost Distribution
Posting via Agency Business
Basic Settings for Creation of Agency Documents
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Other Settings
For more information about how to enable sales and distribution to post automatically to a vendor account in financial accounting in SAP ERP for a group logistics process, see SAP Note 2157070
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More Information
Subject | See |
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Overview of the business process for a group logistics company | |
Detailed process flow for a group logistics company, including cost distribution | |
Comparison between the standard settlement process for shippers with the process for a group logistics company | Comparison: Standard Shipper Process and Group Log. Co. Process |
Organizational settings you must specify for a group logistics process | Org. Prerequisites in SAP TM and SAP ERP for Group Log. Process |
Prerequisite settings you must specify in SAP TM |