VL01N — Create an outbound delivery

VL01N creates the outbound delivery that turns a commercial agreement into a physical shipment. The delivery is a separate document with its own type, item categories and organisational assignment, and it carries the quantities that warehouse staff will pick, pack and issue. Creating it also updates the sales order it references, so the order shows what has been delivered and what is still open. Because goods issue is posted from the delivery rather than the order, this is the point where stock and, in most designs, the cost of goods sold begin to move.

The delivery step comes after the sales order is complete and unblocked, and before billing. Individual deliveries are created here when a shipment needs attention: a specific order that must go out today, a partial shipment agreed with the customer, or a test during a project cycle. High-volume operations create most deliveries collectively from a due list and use this transaction for exceptions, which is exactly why consultants need to understand what makes an item due in the first place. Support work often lands here when a user reports that an order cannot be delivered.

You enter the shipping point that will process the shipment, a selection date and the sales document to be delivered. The system proposes the items that are due for that shipping point and date, and you adjust delivery quantities where a partial shipment is intended. Picking quantities are then confirmed, packing is recorded if the process requires it, and goods issue is posted either from the delivery or from the warehouse process, depending on the design. Save creates the delivery document and updates the order status. A warehouse-managed or EWM-managed process replaces manual picking with warehouse tasks, so confirm which design is live before troubleshooting quantities.