Delivery Process The delivery process is a continuation from the sales process.

It is generally u sed in outbound processing to move goods from the plant to the shipping vendor t o the customer. However, the returns process of inbound deliveries is also inclu ded as a standard SAP delivery process, where instead of "posting goods issue" f or outbound deliveries, we "post goods receipt" for an inbound flow of products back into our plant. A delivery document can be created with reference to a sale s document such as an order or a scheduling agreement (which was discussed in Ch apter 4). Or it may be created, for example, with reference to an inbound return sales document. In mySAP ERP, the shipping functions have been removed from the Sales and Distribution section of the SAP Customizing Implementation Guide. Ins tead, they have been placed in the Logistics Execution section. However, it is c ritical that the people responsible for the SD module understand this topic. Delivery Document Configuration A delivery document type is similar to the sales order document type. Whereas in the sales process the sales document structure and control were defined largely by the sales document type, in the delivery process the delivery document type controls how the delivery is to function. The structure of the delivery document is very similar to a sales document type in that a delivery document has a head er and item structure. The output of an SAP delivery is a goods movement. Defining Delivery Types The SAP delivery document is usually the step subsequent to a sales document typ e and preceding a billing document. However, a delivery is not restricted to bei ng created from a sales document type. Use the following menu path. Menu Path SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Logistics Execution Shipping Deliveries Define Delivery Types [0VLK] The delivery document type, shown in Figure 6-1, has fewer control settings than the sales document type. The associated settings of the delivery document type are as follows: Document Category This is a critical field that identifies to the system what docu ment type is being used. It is used in internal table controls, for example, to determine system responses and messages. Number Systems Here you assign the particular number range that your delivery will follow, as well as the item increment in the delivery document type. You may cr eate the number ranges relevant for delivery documents by selecting SAP Customiz ing Implementation Guide Logistics Execution Shipping Deliveries Define Number Ranges for Deliveries [VN01] After creating the interval, you may assign your delivery document number range to the document type. (See Chapter 3 for mor e information on number ranges.) Order Reference With this setting enabled, you can create this delivery without re ference to a sales document type. You must specify a "pseudo" sales documents ty pe in the Default Order Type field. This will cause the system to use the contro l data set for this referenced pseudo document type.

When it is necessary to have a specific goods movement assigned to a delivery th at has no sales document type used as a reference, your pseudo sales document ty pe must have an item category followed by an assigned schedule line category. It is this schedule line category that must have the assigned goods movement. Here's an example of a pseudo sales document: The warehouse asks for a specific delivery, which must not be created from a sales order but is to use a special g oods movement type. This goods movement type for example, 901 is used to show the retur of stock to a supplier. 1. You would configure this by copying a standard delivery type such as LF, and naming it ZLF. 2. Then you would copy a sales document type such as TA and name it ZTA. 3. Next you would copy an item category TAN and name it ZTAN. 4. Finally you would copy a schedule line category such as CP and name it ZCP. A ssigned to this schedule line category would be the movement type 901. 5. You would then assign the sales document type ZTA to the delivery type ZLF as the default order type.

6. Do not forget your individual settings in the relevant document types and ite m categories, as well as the copy controls settings. The specific control of the item categories in the delivery will be covered a little later