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Function documentationTransportation Service Levels

 

You use transportation service levels to describe the priority of transportation services. Examples are Express or Standard.

Features

A distinction must be made between the transportation service levels for the sales side and the purchasing side:

  • Sales side

    On the sales side, you specify transportation service levels for your customers. To do this, you define transportation service level codes in Customizing. For more information, see Customizing for Transportation Management under Start of the navigation path Forwarding Order Management Next navigation step Define Transportation Service Level Codes End of the navigation path. If you then create one of the following documents the system offers you the transportation service level codes defined in Customizing for selection:

    • Forwarding order

    • Forwarding agreement (item level)

    • Forwarding quotation

    • Forwarding agreement quotation

    If you are working with order- and delivery-based transportation requirements, you do not have to define any transportation service level codes. In this case, these are taken from the sales order (Shipping Condition field).

  • Purchasing side

    On the purchasing side, you define carrier service codes in the master data for your carriers. You do this on the SAP Easy Access screen under Start of the navigation path Transportation Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Maintain Business Partner End of the navigation path (Carrier role, Vendor Data tab page). If you then create a freight document and enter one of these carriers the system offers you the corresponding values in the Service Level field for selection. This also applies to freight agreements (item level).

Note Note

If you are a logistics service provider and can commit all the carriers who work for you to the same transportation service level, we recommend you make the following settings:

  • Define transportation service level codes in Customizing. For more information, see Customizing for SCM Basis under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Business Partner Next navigation step Define Transportation Service Level Codes End of the navigation path.

  • Enter one of these values as the standard service level when you define your 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. The system then uses this value when you create a freight order.

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