Transportation Management with SAP TM (Hardcover, 2, Enlarged)

... Preface ... 15 ... Introduction ... 21 ... Transportation and Logistics ... 23 ... Protagonists and Roles ... 25 ... Shippers ... 27 ... Logistics Service Providers ... 27 ... Modes of Transport ... 30 ... Maritime Logistics ... 31 ... Air Freight Logistics ... 32 ... Land Logistics ... 33 ... Multimodal Transportation ... 35 ... Transportation Processes ... 36 ... Direct Shipments ... 36 ... Partial Loads ... 37 1 ... SAP Transportation Management Foundations ... 41 1.1 ... SAP Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver ... 41 1.2 ... SAP TM as Part of the SAP Business Suite ... 57 1.3 ... Functional Overview of SAP TM ... 69 2 ... Solution Architecture and Technological Concepts ... 85 2.1 ... Technological Foundation of SAP TM ... 87 2.2 ... User Interface Technologies ... 100 2.3 ... Frameworks and Tools Used throughout SAP TM ... 111 2.4 ... Integration Technology with SAP TM ... 129 3 ... Master Data ... 143 3.1 ... General Master Data ... 145 3.2 ... Transportation Network ... 182 3.3 ... Resources ... 233 4 ... Transportation Requirements and Order Management ... 261 4.1 ... Integration of SAP ERP Documents ... 263 4.2 ... Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations ... 289 5 ... Transportation Capacity Management ... 341 5.1 ... Capacity Management Process ... 342 5.2 ... Allocations ... 351 5.3 ... Business Shares ... 359 5.4 ... Freight Bookings ... 362 6 ... Transportation Planning ... 379 6.1 ... Freight Units ... 380 6.2 ... Transportation Units ... 399 6.3 ... Manual Planning ... 408 6.4 ... Automated Planning ... 470 7 ... Carrier Selection and Subcontracting ... 503 7.1 ... Carrier Selection ... 504 7.2 ... Freight Order Management ... 522 7.3 ... Freight Tendering ... 542 8 ... Transportation Execution and Monitoring ... 553 8.1 ... Transportation Execution ... 554 8.2 ... SAP Event Management ... 585 9 ... Transportation Compliance ... 621 9.1 ... SAP Global Trade Services ... 625 9.2 ... SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management ... 646 9.3 ... External Compliance Service Providers ... 662 10 ... Transportation Charge Management ... 667 10.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data ... 669 10.2 ... Contract Determination ... 700 10.3 ... Charge Calculation Logic in Selling, Buying, and Internal Invoicing Processes ... 708 11 ... Strategic Customer and Vendor Contract Management ... 741 11.1 ... Strategic Freight Selling ... 743 11.2 ... Strategic Freight Procurement ... 752 12 ... Charge Settlement ... 771 12.1 ... Charge Settlement and Billing ... 773 12.2 ... Cost Distribution and Internal Settlement ... 816 12.3 ... Settlement with SAP hybris Billing ... 835 13 ... Integration with Other Components ... 841 13.1 ... Analytics ... 843 13.2 ... Integration with SAP EWM ... 861 13.3 ... Integration with SAP EWM for Transit Warehouse ... 885 13.4 ... Collaborative Transportation Management ... 902 13.5 ... Integration with SAP Customer Relationship Management ... 913 14 ... Implementation Best Practices ... 919 14.1 ... Large Transportation Management System Installations ... 920 14.2 ... Use Preconfigured Sample Scenarios ... 922 14.3 ... Use Rapid Deployment Solutions ... 923 14.4 ... Customer Onboarding in SAP TM Installations ... 925 14.5 ... Use Central Control Elements in SAP TM Setup ... 927 14.6 ... Optimize the Sequence of SAP TM Configuration ... 933 14.7 ... Consider SAP TM's Strengths and Limitations ... 935 14.8 ... Enhance SAP TM via Custom Development ... 937 15 ... Summary and Outlook ... 939 ... Appendices ... 945 A ... Additional References ... 947 B ... Abbreviations ... 949 C ... The Authors ... 955 ... Index ... 959