Transportation Management with SAP TM

Foreword. 17 Introduction. 21 1. SAP Transportation Management Foundations. 43 1.1. SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver. 43 1.2. SAP TM as Part of the SAP Business Suite. 58 1.3. Functional Overview of SAP TM. 73 2. Solution Architecture and Technological Concepts. 89 2.1. Technological Foundation of SAP TM. 91 2.2. User Interface Technologies. 106 2.3. Frameworks and Tools Used throughout SAP TM. 116 2.4. Integration Technology with SAP TM. 136 2.5. Conclusion. 151 3. Master Data. 153 3.1. General Master Data. 155 3.2. Transportation Network. 193 3.3. Resources. 246 4. Transportation Requirements and Order Management. 271 4.1. Integration of SAP ERP Documents. 273 4.2. Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations. 300 5. Transportation Capacity Management. 353 5.1. Capacity Management Process. 354 5.2. Allocations. 364 5.3. Business Shares. 372 5.4. Freight Bookings. 375 6. Transportation Planning. 393 6.1. Freight Units. 395 6.2. Transportation Units. 410 6.3. Manual Planning. 417 6.4. Automated Planning. 463 7. Carrier Selection and Subcontracting. 495 7.1. Carrier Selection. 496 7.2. Freight Order Management. 515 7.3. Freight Tendering. 532 8. Transportation Execution and Monitoring. 541 8.1. Transportation Execution. 542 8.2. SAP Event Management. 575 9. Transportation Compliance. 613 9.1. SAP Global Trade Services. 616 9.2. SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management. 639 10. Transportation Charge Management. 657 10.1. Charge Calculation Master Data. 659 10.2. Contract Determination. 691 10.3. Charge Calculation Logic in Selling, Buying, and Internal Invoicing Processes. 699 10.4. Strategic Customer and Vendor Contract Management. 723 11. Charge Settlement. 745 11.1. Charge Settlement and Billing. 747 11.2. Cost Distribution and Internal Settlement. 790 11.3. Settlement with SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management. 809 12. Integration with Other Components. 817 12.1. Analytics. 819 12.2. SAP EWM Integration. 839 12.3. Collaborative Transportation Management. 865 13. Transportation Processes for Shippers. 877 13.1. Overview of Scenarios. 877 13.2. Shipper Scenario Configuration. 890 13.3. Retail Scenario. 913 13.4. Conclusion. 918 14. Transportation Process for Less than Container Load in Ocean Freight. 921 14.1. Ocean Freight Process Overview. 922 14.2. Ocean Freight Process Configuration. 927 14.3. Running the Ocean Freight Process. 942 15. Transportation Process for Air Freight-Forwarding. 965 15.1. Air Freight Process Overview. 965 15.2. Air Freight Process Configuration. 970 15.3. Running the Air Freight Process. 989 16. Implementation Best Practices. 1005 16.1. Best Practices for Implementing SAP TM. 1006 16.2. Liner Shipping with SAP TM. 1026 17. Summary and Outlook. 1047 Appendices. 1051 A. Additional References. 1053 B. Abbreviations. 1055 C. The Authors. 1061 Index. 1065