·
... Preface ... 17






· ... How This Book Is Organized ... 19






· ... Target Audience ... 23






· ... Acknowledgments ... 23






·
... Introduction ... 25






· ... 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 ... Transportation Management Foundation ... 47






· 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 ... Solution Architecture and Technological Concepts ... 101






· 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 ... Master Data ... 153






· 3.1 ... General Master Data ... 154






· 3.2 ... Transportation Network ... 187






· 3.3 ... Equipment Types and Resources ... 235






· 3.4 ... Summary ... 256






·
4 ... Transportation Requirements and Order Management ... 257






· 4.1 ... Triggering the Transportation Management Process ... 259






· 4.2 ... Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations ... 281






· 4.3 ... Summary ... 322






·
5 ... Transportation Planning ... 325






· 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 ... Freight Order Management and Subcontracting ... 545






· 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 ... Transportation Execution and Monitoring ... 641






· 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 ... Transportation Compliance ... 709






· 8.1 ... SAP Global Trade Services ... 711






· 8.2 ... External Compliance Service Providers ... 724






· 8.3 ... Dangerous Goods ... 727






· 8.4 ... Summary ... 737






·
9 ... Transportation Charge Management ... 739






· 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 ... Charge Settlement ... 795






· 10.1 ... Charge Settlement and Billing ... 796






· 10.2 ... Cost Distribution ... 812






· 10.3 ... Summary ... 815






·
11 ... Charge Calculation and Settlement for Logistics Service Providers ... 817






· 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 ... Integration with Other Components ... 883






· 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 ... Migrating to and Running TM in SAP S/4HANA ... 991






· 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 ... Implementation Best Practices ... 1025






· 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






·
15 ... Summary and Outlook ... 1047






·
A ... Abbreviations ... 1055






·
B ... The Authors ... 1065






·
... Index ... 1067