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Navigate the changing landscape of transportation management! With this comprehensive guide, learn how to configure and use TM functionality in both SAP TM 9.6 and SAP S/4HANA 1809. Start with the TM fundamentals: solution options, architecture, and master data. Then walk step by step through key TM processes such as transportation planning, subcontracting, and charge management. Using well-tread industry best practices, optimize TM for your business!

Highlights include:
Order and capacity management
Transportation planning
Master data
Carrier selection
Subcontracting
Execution and monitoring
Charge management
Settlement and calculation
Integration
Best practices

Transportation Management with SAP: Embedded and Standalone TM

... Preface ... 17

... How This Book is Organized ... 19

... Who This Book is For ... 23

... Acknowledgements ... 24

... Introduction ... 27

... Transportation Processes in the Industries ... 29

... Transportation Processes, Movements, and Roles ... 36

... Transportation Management System Functional Areas ... 47

... Transportation in the Digital Age ... 49

1 ... SAP Transportation Management Foundation ... 51

1.1 ... Standard Software for Transportation ... 52

1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA as a Future-Proof Platform ... 57

1.3 ... SAP TM as Part of SAP S/4HANA ... 68

1.4 ... Summary ... 97

2 ... Solution Architecture and Technological Concepts ... 99

2.1 ... Technological Foundation of SAP TM ... 100

2.2 ... User Interface Technologies ... 115

2.3 ... Frameworks and Tools Used throughout SAP TM ... 127

2.4 ... Integration Technology with SAP TM ... 144

2.5 ... Summary ... 158

3 ... Master Data ... 159

3.1 ... General Master Data ... 160

3.2 ... Transportation Network ... 195

3.3 ... Resources ... 246

3.4 ... Summary ... 264

4 ... Transportation Requirements and Order Management ... 267

4.1 ... Triggering the Transportation Management Process ... 269

4.2 ... Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations ... 292

4.3 ... Summary ... 340

5 ... Transportation Capacity Management ... 343

5.1 ... Capacity Management ... 344

5.2 ... Allocations ... 353

5.3 ... Business Shares ... 360

5.4 ... Freight Bookings ... 363

5.5 ... Summary ... 378

6 ... Transportation Planning ... 379

6.1 ... Documents and Decisions ... 380

6.2 ... Freight Units ... 385

6.3 ... Package Building ... 400

6.4 ... Transportation Units ... 421

6.5 ... Planning Strategies, Profiles, and Settings ... 437

6.6 ... Manual Planning ... 447

6.7 ... Automated Planning ... 534

6.8 ... Summary ... 572

7 ... Carrier Selection and Subcontracting ... 575

7.1 ... Carrier Selection ... 576

7.2 ... Freight Order Management ... 594

7.3 ... Freight Tendering ... 614

7.4 ... Summary ... 625

8 ... Transportation Execution and Monitoring ... 627

8.1 ... Transportation Execution ... 628

8.2 ... SAP Event Management ... 660

8.3 ... SAP Global Track and Trace ... 692

8.4 ... Summary ... 699

9 ... Transportation Compliance ... 701

9.1 ... SAP Global Trade Services ... 703

9.2 ... SAP S/4HANA for Product Compliance ... 716

9.3 ... External Compliance Service Providers ... 728

9.4 ... Summary ... 730

10 ... Transportation Charge Management ... 731

10.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data and Customizing ... 733

10.2 ... Contract Determination ... 755

10.3 ... Charge Calculation Logic ... 764

10.4 ... Strategic Vendor Contract Management ... 780

10.5 ... Summary ... 795

11 ... Charge Settlement ... 797

11.1 ... Charge Settlement and Billing ... 798

11.2 ... Cost Distribution ... 814

11.3 ... Summary ... 817

12 ... Charge Calculation and Settlement for Logistics Service Providers ... 819

12.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data ... 820

12.2 ... Charge Calculation Logic ... 831

12.3 ... Billing and Settlement ... 842

12.4 ... Settlement with SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management ... 880

12.5 ... Strategic Customer Contract Management ... 885

12.6 ... Summary ... 895

13 ... Integration with Other Components ... 897

13.1 ... Analytics ... 899

13.2 ... Integration with SAP EWM ... 921

13.3 ... SAP Transportation Resource Planning ... 961

13.4 ... SAP Yard Logistics ... 972

13.5 ... SAP Logistics Business Network ... 981

13.6 ... Blockchain in Logistics ... 986

13.7 ... SAP Customer Relationship Management ... 989

13.8 ... Summary ... 994

14 ... Implementation Best Practices ... 995

14.1 ... Large Transportation Management System Installations ... 996

14.2 ... Customer Onboarding in SAP TM Installations ... 998

14.3 ... Use of Central Control Elements in SAP TM Setup ... 999

14.4 ... Optimize the Sequence of SAP TM Configuration ... 1005

14.5 ... SAP TM Scenario Builder ... 1008

14.6 ... Moving SAP TM from the SAP Business Suite to an SAP S/4HANA System ... 1011

14.7 ... Consider SAP TM's Strengths and Limitations ... 1013

14.8 ... Enhance SAP TM via SAP Innovative Business Solutions ... 1015

14.9 ... Summary ... 1015

15 ... Summary and Outlook ... 1017

A ... Abbreviations ... 1023

B ... The Authors ... 1033

... Index ... 1035