In the typical purchasing process, when a buyer sends a purchase order to a supplier, the supplier responds with an order confirmation and a shipping notice. This indicates that the supplier has accepted the order and specifies the date on which the items will be shipped or delivered. When the agreed-upon shipping date arrives, the supplier ships the items to the buyer.
However, if the supplier is unable to ship the items as previously committed, they can issue a shipping notice indicating zero quantity. This means that no items will be shipped against the purchase order.
By default, buyers cannot receive shipping notices with zero quantities in the SAP system. Nevertheless, buyers can adjust the system configuration to allow for the receipt of such shipping notices.
In this exercise, you will practice maintaining the SAP system configuration to enable the receipt of shipping notices with zero quantities.