Route determine by the system based on the below
parameter:
Firstly, Country of
departure (taken from the shipping point)
Secondly consideration will
Country of destination ( of the ship-to-party)
Third point is shipping
condition (from customer master)
Forth, Transportation Group
(from material master) and if any Weight group (optional)
In a nutshell ,
Route by which
the delivery item is to be delivered to the customer
Routes can be
pre defined in the system. These are dependent on:
•
Where
the delivery comes from i.e. the country of the Vendor or manufacturer
•
Where
the delivery is going to i.e. the plant or the customer address
•
Under
what conditions the delivery is to take place i.e. Shipping conditions – via
Road or Rail
Let’s understand
Calculation rule for the Route determination
The route is
calculated based on the following fields:
Determining
the Origin:
The country, the
Vendor, or the Manufacturer in conjunction with the following three fields from
the vendor Informationrecords:
Transportation
zone from which the goods are delivered
Transportation
group
Shipping
conditions like Sea or Air
In
a procurement point view Determining
the Destination:
This works in
differently for the Direct Deliver and Non Direct PO’s:
In case of Direct Deliver PO’s, transportation zone of the customer and Country of the customer is
derived from the customer master within SAP and inn case of Non Direct Deliver PO’s the
transportation Zone and the country comes from the plant for which you wish to
procure materials.
Based on the
Origin, Destination and the shipping conditions defined in the Vendor Info Recs
the system determines the route from the predefined set of routes in the
configuration. Accordingly the delivery/ Ex factory dates are updated on the
PO.
