Shipment
Shipment
Definition
Documentcontaining all the goods that are consolidated by a ship-from party and arethen transported together from an issuing location (a plant, for example) to adestination location (a customer, for example). The shipment forms the basisfor planning, executing, and monitoring the transportation ofgoods.
Use
You cancreate shipments both manually and automatically.
Ashipment can have different characteristics that are determined by theshipment type as well as its relationship to other shipments. You define theshipment type in Customizing for Transportation Management (TM). It containsall the important control parameters for the shipment document. The followingtable shows the possible instances of shipments, the required settings, andthe usages:
Instance | Settings | Use |
Transportation request | ●InCustomizing for TM under Define Shipment Type, you have notset the UI Changeable indicator forthe shipment types PlannedTransportation Request and FinalTransportation Request. ●InCustomizing for TM under Maintain Settings for Determining ShipmentTypes, you have defined the shipment types Planned Transportation Request and Final Transportation Request as predecessorshipment types. | You can assign transportation requests to bills of lading or to freightdocuments. |
Bill of lading | ●InCustomizing for TM under Define Shipment Type, you have set the UI Changeable indicator for theshipment type Bill ofLading. ●InCustomizing for TM under Maintain Settings for Determining ShipmentTypes, you have defined the shipment type Bill of Lading as a successor shipmenttype. | ●You canassign transportation requests with common properties to a bill of lading, forexample: ○Transportationservice provider ○Ship-fromparty and ship-to party ○Deliverydate ●You canmanually set statuses in the bill of lading, for example, Transportation Completed. In this case, therelevant paper document (international bill of lading (CMR) or bill of ladingaccording to VICS standard) is printed automatically. For more informationabout printing, see |
Post ProcessingFrameworkThefollowing classification is relevant to the processes in the Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)component:
●Plannedshipment: Can stillchange with regard to type and size, for example, due to a subsequent deliverysplit in the Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)component.
●Finalshipment: Is fixedwith regard to type and size, in other words, it is confirmed. Most of theseshipments are already packed or loaded.
Structure
The headercontains data such as:
●Incoterms
●Partners
●Dates/times
●Transportationdetails such as transportation mode, route, stops, and transitdirection
The shipmentitems contain data such as locations, dates/times, packages, products, weightand volume, units of measure, and references to the original document, forexample, the delivery.
Integration
Theautomatic creation of shipments occurs via an integration interface with goodsaccepted and shipping. You can also communicate shipments using IDocs. TheIDoc structure of the shipment can be mapped to the EDIFACT standardIFTMIN (International Forwarding and/or Transport Message Instruction).
