Shipping
Quick answer
Shipping integrates SD with warehouse management (picking), inventory/finance (goods issue), and transportation management (freight).
Key takeaways
- Shipping manages the physical dispatch: creating and processing deliveries, picking and packing the goods, posting goods issue, and…
- Shipping point: where deliveries are processed.
- Picking & packing (integrating WM/EWM, handling units).
- Watch out: Shipping-point configuration errors, wrong delivery processing.
What shipping covers
Shipping manages the physical dispatch: creating and processing deliveries, picking and packing the goods, posting goods issue, and handing over to transportation. Shipping points (organizational units) determine where and how deliveries are processed, and route determination helps plan how goods reach the customer.
Key elements
- Shipping point: where deliveries are processed.
- Picking & packing (integrating WM/EWM, handling units).
- Goods issue completing dispatch.
- Route & transportation handover (to TM where used).
Integration
Shipping integrates SD with warehouse management (picking), inventory/finance (goods issue), and transportation management (freight). It turns the delivery document into physical movement of goods, and its efficiency directly affects customer service and delivery performance.
Common pitfalls
- Shipping-point configuration errors, wrong delivery processing.
- Picking bottlenecks delaying dispatch.
- Goods issue not posted, incomplete shipping.
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Check your understanding
Which statement is true of Shipping?
- A. Authorization errors stop users performing actions they need.
- B. A purchase order (PO) is the formal document ordering goods/services from a vendor.
- C. Shipping points (organizational units) determine where and how deliveries are processed, and route…
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C. Shipping points (organizational units) determine where and how deliveries are processed, and route…
Covered in the “What shipping covers” section of this lesson.
Which of these also applies to Shipping?
- A. It turns the delivery document into physical movement of goods, and its efficiency directly affects customer…
- B. No default groups, users face an empty or messy home.
- C. Account determination (OBYC) errors breaking goods movements.
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A. It turns the delivery document into physical movement of goods, and its efficiency directly affects customer…
Covered in the “Integration” section of this lesson.
Which part of the Learn SAP curriculum covers Shipping?
- A. SAP HANA
- B. SAP SD
- C. SAP interview questions
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B. SAP SD
This lesson sits in the SAP SD section of the Learn SAP course.