Finally, it is time to explore an end-to-end transportation process in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition in this lesson. With the use of simulations you will be able to experience the look-and-feel of the solution and explore the supported business processes.
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Please be advised, that the label Exercise used across all embedded simulations is used, because the simulations are provided to you in Practice mode, meaning to provide you a kind of hands-on exercise learning experience already while working with the E-Learning content only.
An outbound sales process will be used as a basis for the end-to-end transportation process demonstration. In an outbound sales process freight units are created based on sales orders. The creation of a sales order is done by a user with role internal sales representative. Sales order creation is part of the scope item Sell from Stock (BD9). If the sales order is considered transportation relevant, which was configured in the configuration activity to define transportation relevance for sales documents, freight units are created automatically.
Watch the simulation Create Transportation Requirements from Sales Orders to learn more about the system-related activities.
The transportation planning process for outbound road freight is done in the transportation cockpit with scope item 6W2 (Manual Transportation Planning). You enter the transportation cockpit with the freight units that you need to plan and a selection of available equipment or vehicle types that represent the transportation capacity in this process. Assignment of freight units to transportation capacities or freight orders is possible using drag-and-drop functionality or using corresponding buttons in the transportation cockpit. The result of the transportation planning process are road or rail freight orders.
Watch the simulation Perform Manual Transportation Planning (Outbound) to learn more about the system-related activities for outbound road planning.
After the freight order has been created, it needs to be subcontracted to a road or rail carrier. The subcontracting step comprises of the carrier selection and communication with the carrier.
Watch the simulation Perform Carrier Selection to learn more about the system-related activities.
The planning process ends with the creation of the delivery.
Watch the simulation Create Outbound Delivery to learn more about the system-related activities.
The transportation execution (6W3) process is basically defined by registering statuses or events of the physical transportation process. For each location (source location, transshipment location, destination location) visited in the transportation chain, various statuses or events can be reported:
- Arrival at location
- Check-in
- Loading / Unloading
- Check-out
- Departure from location
Not all of these statuses need to be reported. By default, if a status is omitted, it is automatically registered, if any subsequent status gets reported. Depending on whether you run an outbound or inbound process, you may be able to control only those status that happen at your own location (e.g. your sending plant or warehouse in an outbound process or your receiving plant or warehouse in an inbound process).
Watch the simulation Execute Freight Order to learn more about the system-related activities.
In the freight settlement (6W4) process the freight order is confirmed for accrual postings and subsequently settled with the carrier either via in invoice verification or self-billing process.
Watch the simulation Settle Freight Order to learn more about the system-related activities.