SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM)

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4 (C) SAP AG 4 Table of Contents SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) .. 15 Introductory Information .. 18 Business Functions .. 19 SAP TM-Specific Enhancements in SCM Basis .. 20 SAP TM - Localization Brazil .. 23 Master Data .. 24 Business Partner .. 25 Definition of Business 28 Additional Texts .. 30 Business Partner Blocking .. 31 Business Partner Determination .. 33 Definition of Carrier Service Codes .. 36 Carrier Profile .. 37 Definition of Carrier Profiles .. 38 Organizational Management .. 40 Creation of Organizational Models .. 41 Organizational Unit .. 42 Assigning Employees to Organizational Units .. 43 Changing of Organizational Models .. 44 Workflow in SAP Transportation Management .. 45 Approval Check .. 46 Transportation Network .. 50 Transportation Network Cockpit .. 51 Path Finder .. 53 Location .. 55 One-Time Location .. 57 Transshipment Location.

5 59 Define Transshipment Location Assignments .. 60 Examples for the Transshipment Location .. 61 Definition of Locations .. 65 Operating Times .. 67 Deleting Locations .. 68 Application Logs for Locations .. 70 Use of Change Documents for Locations .. 71 Definition of Alternative Location Identifiers .. 72 Transportation Zone .. 73 Definition of Transportation Zones .. 74 Transportation Zone Hierarchy .. 76 Defining a Transportation Zone Hierarchy .. 77 Calculation of Geographical Data for a Transportation Zone .. 78 Determination of Locations Within a Transportation Zone .. 79 Transportation Lane .. 81 Definition of Transportation Lanes .. 82 Use of Change Documents for Transportation Lanes .. 84 Distance and Duration Determination (DDD) .. 85 Lane, Distance, and Duration Determination (LDDD) .. 86 Schedule .. 87 Creating Schedules .. 91 Manual Creation of Schedules.

6 92 Uploading of 94 Transportation Costs .. 95 Example: Schedules for Sea Traffic .. 96 Use of Departure Rules .. 98 Example of the Use of Departure Rules .. 100 (C) SAP AG 5 Trade 101 Default Route .. 103 Use of Default Routes in VSR Optimization .. 104 Transportation Mode .. 105 Transportation -Mode-Specific Codes .. 106 Product .. 108 Definition of Products .. 109 Deleting Products .. 110 Use of Change Documents for Products .. 111 Classification of Goods .. 112 Example: Classification of Goods .. 114 Equipment Groups and Equipment Types .. 116 Definition of Equipment Groups and Equipment Types .. 117 Definition of Resources .. 118 Classification of Resources .. 120 Resource Types .. 122 Calendar Resource .. 123 Vehicle Resource .. 124 Definition of Means of Transport .. 126 Definition of Means-of-Transport Combinations .. 128 Definition of Compartments .. 129 Examples of Compartments.

7 130 Definition of Dimensions and Units of Measurement .. 134 Handling Resource .. 136 Driver .. 137 Transportation Unit Resource .. 138 Creating, Copying, and Deleting Resources .. 140 Creating Handling, Vehicle, Calendar, and Transp. Unit Resources .. 141 Creating Drivers .. 143 Copying Resources .. 144 Copying Resources from Templates .. 145 Deleting Resources .. 147 Definition of Capacity .. 148 Definition of Capacity Variants .. 149 Specification of Definitions .. 150 Creating Definitions .. 152 Creating Capacity Variants .. 154 Definition of Capacity Profiles .. 155 Determination of the Valid Available Capacity .. 157 Definition of Availability .. 159 Definition of Downtimes .. 160 Definition of Qualifications .. 161 Definition of Attached Equipment .. 162 Definition of Physical Properties .. 163 Definition of Grouping Attributes .. 164 Definition of Alternative Names.

8 165 Charge Management and Service Product Catalogs .. 166 Setup of MD for Charge Management and SP Catalogs .. 168 Charge Management Settings for Air Freight .. 170 Service Product Catalogs .. 174 Condition .. 176 Rules and Conditions for Charge Management and SP Catalogs .. 178 BRFplus for Charge Management and SP Catalogs .. 180 Calculation Sheet .. 182 Calculation Sheet Maintenance .. 186 Update Calculation Sheet Amounts .. 191 (C) SAP AG 6 Charge Types .. 193 Rate Table .. 196 Rate Definition and Maintenance .. 199 Creation and Maintenance of Rate Tables Using Microsoft Excel .. 206 Rate Categories .. 208 Background Download of Rate Tables .. 210 Update Rates .. 211 TACT 214 TACT Rate Upload .. 216 Scale .. 217 Scale Maintenance .. 219 Master Data Cockpit .. 221 Charge Calculation .. 223 Standard Charge Calculation .. 227 Calculation Logic .. 229 Charges Overview.

9 233 Calculation Methods .. 236 Calculation Profiles .. 240 External Agreements .. 242 Agreement and Calculation Sheet Determination .. 244 Calculation Sheet Determination Based on BP Hierarchy .. 247 Rate Determination .. 249 Through Rates .. 251 Rate Determination with Partial Information .. 253 Rate Determination with Scales of Different Dimensions .. 255 Rate Determination Based on Holiday Calendar .. 256 Rate Determination for Direct Shipment of Parcels .. 257 Rate Determination Based on Zone Hierarchy and Postal Codes .. 259 Collective Rate Determination .. 261 Charge Estimation .. 262 Cost Pull .. 264 Rate Split .. 267 Air Freight Charge Calculation .. 269 Air Waybill Direct Cost Pull .. 276 Event-Based Charge Calculation .. 280 Fuel Surcharge Calculation .. 283 Fuel Surcharge Calculation: Model 1 .. 284 Fuel Surcharge Calculation: Model 2 .. 287 Waybill Stock Definition.

10 291 Forwarding Order Management .. 293 Forwarding Order .. 294 Status of a Forwarding Order .. 297 Settings for the Forwarding Order .. 301 Creation of a Forwarding Order .. 304 Attributes for Process Control .. 309 Uncontrolled Transportation .. 312 Incoterms in Forwarding Orders .. 313 Credit Limit Check .. 316 Prepayment of Forwarding Orders .. 319 Transportation Service Levels .. 321 Editing of a Forwarding 322 Profitability Analysis .. 326 Confirmation and Completion of a Forwarding Order .. 330 Creation of a Forwarding Order for Rail Transportation .. 332 Direct Creation of Freight Documents and Selection of Schedules .. 335 Forwarding Quotation .. 338 (C) SAP AG 7 Creation and Editing of a Forwarding Quotation .. 340 Subsequent Assignment of Forwarding Quotations .. 343 Creation of Forwarding Order Items or Forwarding Quotation Items .. 346 Creation of Quantity, Weight and Volume Data of an Item.