Delivery Scheduling functionality in SAP SD

The aim of the scheduling is to determine the goods issue date, loading date, material availability date, the transportation planning date and when necessary a new delivery date.

Customizing:



Sales documents:

The delivery and transportation scheduling can be activated in transaction OVLY.

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Define Scheduling By Sales Document Type

It is controlled by the document type.

Deliveries:

For deliveries you have to consider the setting in transaction 0VLK. Field 'Rescheduling' controls whether a new scheduling is carried out.

Stock transport documents:

In stock transport documents you also have the possibility to use the SD scheduling functionality. If you do not activate it then an MM scheduling is carried out.

Customizing path: Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Purchase Order -> Set up Stock Transport Order -> Assign Delivery Type and Checking Rule

or when using the functionality of Stock transport orders between storage location:

Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Purchase Order -> Set up Stock Transport Order -> Set Up Stock Transfer Between Storage Locations -> Assign Delivery Type and Checking Rule According to Storage Location

Replenishment deliveries:

Regarding replenishment deliveries please have a look at SAP Note 215664.

  

Calendar

During SD scheduling the system can take into account three different calendars:

Calendar at the shipping point: The calendar for the shipping point you can maintain under the following customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

This calendar is used for the calculation of the transportation planning date, material availability date, loading date and goods issue date.

Calendar at the route: This calendar is used for the calculation of the transportation. You can maintain this under:

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

If no calendar is maintained at the route then the calendar at the shipping point is used.

In the customer master you can define Unloading Points. The unloading point determines when your customer is able to receive the goods. You have the possibility to assign a factory calendar and working hours to your receiving point.

The requested delivery date is checked against the factory calendar at the unloading point. If no calendar is maintained then the requested delivery date can lie on non-working days due to your calendar assigned to the shipping point. Please check SAP Knowledge Base Article 1579665.

The check happens in function module SD_DELIVERY_DATE_CHECK.

The calendars must be maintained at least three years into the future!

   

Working times:

SD scheduling can be carried out exact to days or exact to seconds. This depends on whether you are working with working times. In the customizing you have to define working times for your shipping point.

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Working Hours

These working times you have to assign to the shipping point under:

Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

Determined dates:

Goods issue date

In case of backwards scheduling: goods issue date = delivery date – transit time

In case of forwards scheduling: goods issue date = loading date + loading time

   

The transit time is the time that is required to deliver the goods from your site to your customer. The transit time is defined in the route.

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

   

The loading time is the time that is required for loading the shipment. It can be maintained as default for the shipping point, for the combination of shipping point and route or for the combination shipping point, route and loading group.

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

  

Loading date

In case of backwards scheduling: loading date = goods issue date – loading time

In case of forwards scheduling: loading date = transportation planning date + transportation planning time

 

The loading time is the time that is required for loading the shipment. It can be maintained as default for the shipping point, for the combination of shipping point and route or for the combination shipping point, route and loading group.

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

   

Material Availability date

In case of backwards scheduling: material availability date = loading date – pick pack time

In case of forwards scheduling: material availability date = loading date – pick pack time or current date

   

The pick/pack time is the time that is required for allocating goods to a delivery as well as the time that is required for picking and packing.

The pick/pack time can be maintained as default for the shipping point. Furthermore for the combination of shipping point and route or the combination of the shipping point route and weight group.

Customizing path: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling -> Maintain Duration

Transportation Planning date

In case of backwards scheduling: transportation planning date = loading date – transportation planning time

In case of forwards scheduling: current date or transportation planning date = loading date – transportation planning time

Delivery date

If the requested delivery cannot be kept a forwards scheduling will calculate a new delivery date:

Delivery date = goods issue date + transit time

Referred from "SAP Note  : 2221849 - Customizing and process flow of ERP SD scheduling"