Designed for both consultants and logistics providers, this updated bestseller provides the information you need gain a holistic view of all your logistics processes. Learn to plan and document transportation, select carriers, create forwarding orders, and discover industry-tested best practices and find out how you can optimize standard SAP TM functionality, to ensure that your business is on the road to success. Up-to-date for SAP TM 9.2 and 9.3! Highlights include: Transportation execution; Floorplan Manager BOPF integration; Master data; Capacity management; SAP Business Suite integration; Change management; Analytics Subcontracting; Freight procurement; SAP Fiori

Transportation Management with SAP TM | Bernd Lauterbach (Author) | SAP Press

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: SAP Transportation Management Foundations
SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver, SAP TM as Part of the SAP Business Suite, Functional Overview of SAP TM

Chapter 2: Solution Architecture and Technological Concepts
Technological Foundation of SAP TM, User Interface Technologies, Frameworks and Tools Used throughout SAP TM, Integration Technology with SAP TM

Chapter 3: Master Data
General Master Data, Transportation Network, Resources

Chapter 4: Transportation Requirements and Order Management
Integration of SAP ERP Documents, Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations

Chapter 5: Transportation Capacity Management
Capacity Management Process, Allocations, Business Shares, Freight Bookings

Chapter 6: Transportation Planning
Freight Units, Transportation Units, Manual Planning, Automated Planning

Chapter 7: Carrier Selection and Subcontracting
Carrier Selection, Freight Order Management, Freight Tendering

Chapter 8: Transportation Execution and Monitoring
Transportation Execution, SAP Event Management

Chapter 9: Transportation Compliance
SAP Global Trade Services, SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management, External Compliance Service Providers

Chapter 10: Transportation Charge Management
Charge Calculation Master Data, Contract Determination, Charge Calculation Logic in Selling, Buying, and Internal Invoicing Processes

Chapter 11: Strategic Customer and Vendor Contract Management
Strategic Freight Selling, Strategic Freight Procurement

Chapter 12: Charge Settlement
Charge Settlement and Billing, Cost Distribution and Internal Settlement, Settlement with SAP hybris Billing

Chapter 13: Integration with Other Components
Analytics, Integration with SAP EWM, Integration with SAP EWM for Transit Warehouse, Collaborative Transportation Management, Integration with SAP Customer Relationship Management ... 913

Chapter 14: Implementation Best Practices
Large Transportation Management System Installations, Use Preconfigured Sample Scenarios, Use Rapid Deployment Solutions, Customer Onboarding in SAP TM Installations, Use Central Control Elements in SAP TM Setup, Optimize the Sequence of SAP TM Configuration, Consider SAP TM's Strengths and Limitations, Enhance SAP TM via Custom Development

Chapter 15: Summary and Outlook
Appendices