The definitive book on TM is back! See how transportation management fits into your SAP S/4HANA landscape and find out whats new for basic and advanced shipping. Walk through master data to get your transportation network up and running. Then follow step-by-step instructions to set up and use embedded TM functionality in SAP S/4HANA for transportation planning, freight order management, transportation execution, charge management, and more. Round out your implementation with detailed integration scenarios, migration tips, and best practices.In this book, youll learn about:a. Configuration Set up master data for TM in SAP S/4HANA. Configure general master data such as business partners and materials, manage equipment types and resources, and get your transportation network up and running. b. Core Processes Follow step-by-step instructions to transport your goods. Perform manual and automated planning, manage orders and capacities, execute and monitor your transports, calculate and settle charges, and more. c. IntegrationCreate a seamless transportation landscape. Connect to key solutions such as SAP Business Network for Logistics and SAP Global Trade Services. Explore the latest integration scenarios, including extended warehouse management (EWM) and advanced shipping and receiving. Highlights include:1) Basic and advanced TM2) Master data3) Transportation planning 4) Freight order management 5) Subcontracting 6) Execution and monitoring 7) Transportation compliance8) Charge management 9) Calculation and settlement10) Logistics service providers (LSPs)11) Integration12) Best practices

Dr. Bernd Lauterbach is chief solution architect for transportation management at Westernacher Consulting in Heidelberg. Until 2019, Bernd worked for SAP SE for 25 years. He gained 13 years of experience, both as a development manager for SAP TM and as a development architect for SAP Event Management, the Auto-ID infrastructure, and SAP ERP Logistics Execution (LE-TRA). Subsequently, Bernd was responsible worldwide as chief solution architect for the logistics industry at SAP IBU Travel & Transportation - Cargo & Logistics. An additional focus of Bernd's work is supporting many projects for Westernacher customers (logistics service providers [LSPs] and shippers), where he brings together LSP or shipper needs and SAP solution competence in terms of customer requirements, business processes, target architectures, and software capabilities. Bernd studied and received a PhD in electrical engineering from University of Bremen, Germany. Before working with SAP, he spent several years in the areas of satellite electronics, parallel programming for image processing, assembler programming, geographic information systems (GIS), and auto-routing systems.

· · ... How This Book Is Organized ... 19 · ... Target Audience ... 23 · ... Acknowledgments ... 23 · · ... Transportation as Part of Industry Processes ... 27 · ... Transportation Processes, Movements, and Roles ... 34 · ... Transportation Management System Functional Areas ... 43 · ... Transportation in the Digital Age ... 45 · · 1.1 ... Standard Software for Transportation ... 48 · 1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA as a Future-Proof Platform ... 52 · 1.3 ... RISE with SAP and Its Components ... 67 · 1.4 ... TM as Part of SAP S/4HANA ... 71 · 1.5 ... Summary ... 99 · · 2.1 ... Technological Foundation of TM ... 102 · 2.2 ... User Interface Technologies ... 116 · 2.3 ... Frameworks and Tools Used throughout TM ... 123 · 2.4 ... Integration Technology with TM ... 141 · 2.5 ... Summary ... 152 · · 3.1 ... General Master Data ... 154 · 3.2 ... Transportation Network ... 187 · 3.3 ... Equipment Types and Resources ... 235 · 3.4 ... Summary ... 256 · · 4.1 ... Triggering the Transportation Management Process ... 259 · 4.2 ... Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations ... 281 · 4.3 ... Summary ... 322 · · 5.1 ... Documents and Decisions ... 326 · 5.2 ... Freight Units ... 331 · 5.3 ... Unified Package Building ... 346 · 5.4 ... Transportation Units ... 378 · 5.5 ... Normalized Quantities ... 395 · 5.6 ... Planning Strategies, Profiles, and Settings ... 403 · 5.7 ... Manual Planning ... 412 · 5.8 ... Automated Planning ... 499 · 5.9 ... Integration to an External Transportation Management System ... 539 · 5.10 ... Summary ... 542 · · 6.1 ... Freight Orders ... 547 · 6.2 ... Freight Bookings ... 570 · 6.3 ... Consignment Orders ... 586 · 6.4 ... Capacity Management ... 595 · 6.5 ... Carrier Selection ... 611 · 6.6 ... Freight Tendering ... 628 · 6.7 ... Summary ... 639 · · 7.1 ... Transportation Execution ... 642 · 7.2 ... SAP Event Management ... 668 · 7.3 ... SAP Business Network Global Track and Trace ... 697 · 7.4 ... Summary ... 706 · · 8.1 ... SAP Global Trade Services ... 711 · 8.2 ... External Compliance Service Providers ... 724 · 8.3 ... Dangerous Goods ... 727 · 8.4 ... Summary ... 737 · · 9.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data and Customizing ... 741 · 9.2 ... Contract Determination ... 761 · 9.3 ... Charge Calculation Logic ... 769 · 9.4 ... Strategic Freight Procurement ... 783 · 9.5 ... Summary ... 793 · · 10.1 ... Charge Settlement and Billing ... 796 · 10.2 ... Cost Distribution ... 812 · 10.3 ... Summary ... 815 · · 11.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data ... 817 · 11.2 ... Charge Calculation Logic ... 827 · 11.3 ... Billing and Settlement ... 836 · 11.4 ... Increased Flexibility in Billing and Invoice Verification ... 868 · 11.5 ... Strategic Customer Contract Management ... 874 · 11.6 ... Summary ... 881 · · 12.1 ... Analytics ... 884 · 12.2 ... Integration with Extended Warehouse Management ... 902 · 12.3 ... Advanced Shipping and Receiving ... 933 · 12.4 ... SAP Transportation Resource Planning ... 948 · 12.5 ... SAP Yard Logistics ... 955 · 12.6 ... SAP Business Network for Logistics ... 964 · 12.7 ... SAP Direct Distribution ... 984 · 12.8 ... Summary ... 988 · · 13.1 ... Moving SAP TM from SAP Business Suite to SAP S/4HANA ... 992 · 13.2 ... Large and Performance-Critical TM Installations ... 999 · 13.3 ... System Monitoring ... 1008 · 13.4 ... Manage Data Volume ... 1019 · 13.5 ... Summary ... 1024 · · 14.1 ... Use of Central Control Elements in TM Setup ... 1026 · 14.2 ... Optimize the Sequence of TM Configuration ... 1031 · 14.3 ... Scenario Builder ... 1034 · 14.4 ... Consider TM’s Strengths and Limitations ... 1036 · 14.5 ... Risks and Change Processes with TM Projects ... 1038 · 14.6 ... Customer Onboarding in TM Installations for LSPs ... 1043 · 14.7 ... Enhancements for TM ... 1044 · 14.8 ... Summary ... 1045 · · · ·