In SAP, a Delivery Block is a control mechanism used to prevent or restrict the creation or processing of outbound deliveries for a sales document. Delivery blocks are typically applied to sales orders, quotations, or scheduling agreements to manage or temporarily hold the delivery process until certain conditions are met. In this detailed guide, we’ll show you how to create custom delivery block in SAP ECC and S/4HANA, explaining the complete step-by-step process.
How To Create Custom Delivery Blocks in SAP?
In SAP, you can create custom delivery blocks based on your specific conditions. The delivery block can then be applied to a particular sales order to restrict its delivery, as well as at an account level to block all of a customer’s deliveries. If any staff tries to process the order in SAP, the delivery block will not allow the creation of the delivery document. Once applied, the delivery block will restrict the fulfillment of orders until the block is removed by authorized personnel.
The process of creating and applying custom delivery blocks in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA involves the following steps:
- Creating the delivery block
- Enter transaction code SPRO to open project customization menu
- Under Logistics Execution, navigate to Deliveries to find the option for delivery block creation.
- Define the reasons and conditions for your custom delivery block.
- Assign the delivery block to a delivery type.
- Test the delivery block by applying it on a sales order, and then trying to generate its delivery document.
Now let’s go through the entire process in detail.
Step 1: Creation of Delivery Block
- In SD Master Data Screen enter transaction code SPRO.
- Click on SAP Reference IMG
- Navigate along the highlighted path to create a new delivery block reason
- Click on the first option and then click on choose.
- Click on New Entries.
- Create a new block reason. Save and go back. In the below example, Z1 is the block code and created for shipping instructions at delivery and picking level.
Step 2: Assign Delivery Block to a Delivery Type
- Now click on the second option and then click on Choose
- Click on New Entries.
- Assign the delivery block reason-Z1 which is defined as the previous step to the delivery type LF. Save and go back.
Step 3: Create a Sales Order of Type OR and Functionality of New Delivery Block
- Enter tcode VA01 to create a sales order.
- Enter the required fields order type, sales organization, distribution channel and division.
- Click on Enter.
- Create a sales order with new blocking reason Z1 (Check Texts). Click on Save.
- If there is a shipping instruction we are going to apply this block.
- Now try to create a delivery for this sales order. Execute transaction code VL01N to create the delivery.
- Enter the shipping point and the number of the sales order you just created.
- Click on Enter.
- The following message will be displayed due to the delivery block.
- It will not allow the customer to create delivery until we remove the delivery block. In order to remove the delivery block enter transaction code VA02.
- Remove the delivery block. Click on Save
Conclusion
By following the above steps, you can create a custom delivery block in SAP. It is an essential function that helps to prevent incorrect or unauthorized deliveries. But to take things further, you can even automate the process of managing delivery blocks as well as many other core functions and business processes within SAP. How?
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