When products are shipped via CEP service providers, information from the express service provider is usually already required at the time of delivery creation, e.g. routing information, service or product codes. The data can be stored either at delivery level or at shipping unit level.
If a CEP service provider is specified in the outbound delivery, the information is automatically uploaded from the data stored for the express delivery company. There is a separate “Package tracking” tab in the outbound delivery document at header level for this purpose. The shipper informs the ship-to party of the tracking number and, if necessary, further information on the express delivery company.
Optionally, the shipper can create a shipment document that contains all shipments for an express delivery company. Based on this shipment, a manifest, i.e. a putaway list, can be generated and sent to the service provider. This is done electronically via the transport IDoc.
Both the shipper and the recipient can track the tracking status at any time using the tracking number.