SAP TM

  • Transportation Management

  • SAP Transportation Management

    Knowing the exact location of all goods is relevant for every section of the logistics chain, especially when they are outside your warehouse and in transit. It does not matter whether the transport is carried out with your own fleet or via an external third-party provider: With SAP TM (Transportation Management), you get a powerful solution that maps all phases of transport.
    The direct integration of transport management into your SAP landscape also allows you to plan and execute goods flows and transports directly in the system, resulting in noticeable cost savings.
    Thanks to its modular structure, SAP TM is particularly flexible and can be used individually. Together with you, we evaluate your requirements before implementation and set up the optimal solution for you.

  • We offer you powerful solutions that map all phases of transport in your supply chain!

  • High-Performance Transport Processing

    All shipments can be mapped throughout the entire transport: road freight (general cargo, partial and full loads), air freight, sea transport (FCL and LCL), and courier shipping by external service providers, as well as the planning and control of your own fleet. Continuous control over your logistics processes during shipping also enables make-or-buy decisions in the background.

  • Truck on the highway
  • Fiori

  • Seamless Integration into Your SAP Landscape

    Thanks to the full integration of SAP TM into your SAP landscape, orders available in SAP ERP can be included in planning. This interlinking with other SAP modules and adjacent business areas also enables complex automation in transport processing. Restrictions due to legal requirements of individual countries are already preconfigured in SAP TM.

  • Performance-Oriented Configuration with SWAN

    We are happy to advise you on planning and work together to develop the right solution for your transport processes with SAP TM.

  • Retrofit
SAP TM Advanced Functions

    Freight Management

    SAP TM offers functions for strategic freight procurement and capacity monitoring, helping you identify freight needs, manage the purchase process of freight capacity, and efficiently create freight agreements. The application enables flexible procurement through freight contract negotiations, supports the selection of profitable strategies through simulations, and provides real-time reports for compliance with agreements and identification of cost-saving opportunities.

    Order Management

    Precise recording and efficient processing of orders are central in logistics. With SAP TM, you can receive transport-related requirements from various order management systems, whether based on orders or deliveries. You can confirm, plan, and execute orders, coordinate delivery with the warehouse, and communicate order status with business partners.

    Transport Planning

    To ensure timely and economical delivery of freight, careful transport planning is required. SAP TM supports the optimization of your transport plans, more efficient use of resources, and reduction of freight costs. Both national and international shipments can be consolidated via various transport routes. The application also enables demand-based planning at central or decentralized levels to achieve your delivery goals.

    Transport Execution

    For efficient transport logistics, it is crucial that companies can adapt their plans and react to events in real time. SAP TM offers an integrated solution to synchronize freight documents, facilitate collaboration with logistics partners, comply with trade regulations, and identify risks early.

    Freight Cost Settlement

    SAP TM provides advanced functions for managing and settling freight costs with carriers for various types of transport. It enables precise cost calculations, allocations, and settlements, as well as integration with SAP S/4HANA for comprehensive evaluations and analyses.

    Analytics & Reporting

    Real-time analytics in SAP TM enable early identification of risks and avoidance of disruptions.

Replacement of LE-TRA by SAP (Basic) TM

The old solution for planning, execution, and settlement of transports (LE-TRA) is also available in SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud under the name “Basic Shipping.” However, the usage right expires at the end of 2030 (or 2033 for customers with a cloud subscription). Switching to the new solution SAP Transportation Management (TM) gives you the opportunity to optimize and future-proof your transport logistics.
Manual planning and monitoring of freight orders or simple calculation and settlement of freight costs is possible without additional license costs (Basic TM). For further optimizer and AI functionalities, such as automatic scheduling, carrier selection, package pre-planning, loading space, transport means and route planning, or delivery note recognition, additional license costs apply (Advanced TM).

    Discover & Explore

  • Definition of requirements
  • Specification of work packages for implementation

    Realize

  • Implementation of work packages (customizing & development)
  • Definition of test scripts
  • Integration test
  • Employee training

    Deploy

  • Acceptance test
  • Preparation of the productive system
  • Go-live

    Run

  • Support after go-live
SAP TM Essential vs. SAP TM Plus

Package Offers for TM Implementation

The old solution for planning, execution, and settlement of transports (LE-TRA) is also available in SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud under the name “Basic Shipping.” However, the usage right expires at the end of 2030 (or 2033 for customers with a cloud subscription). Switching to the new solution SAP Transportation Management (TM) gives you the opportunity to optimize and future-proof your transport logistics. Manual planning and monitoring of freight orders or simple calculation and settlement of freight costs is possible without additional license costs (Basic TM). For further optimizer and AI functionalities, such as automatic scheduling, carrier selection, package pre-planning, loading space, transport means and route planning, or delivery note recognition, additional license costs apply (Advanced TM).
To make the transition as easy as possible for you, we have put together two package offers:

SAP TM Essential

Implementation of SAP (Basic) TM at a fixed price based on SAP Best Practices without license-required functionalities or customer-specific enhancements

SAP TM Plus

Implementation of SAP (Basic) TM based on effort, using SAP Best Practices without license-required functionalities, including customer-specific process deviations, form or web service adjustments, and additional integrations

  • Scope of Offer:

  • SAP TM Essential

    Duration: 4 weeks

  • SAP TM Plus

    Duration: 16 weeks

  • Customizing settings for processing the following processes (SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition 2023 FPS02):

    • Manual transport planning – Basic TM (7IV)
    • Transport execution – Basic TM (7IW)
    • Freight settlement – Basic TM (7IX)
    • Advanced goods receipt process – Basic TM/EWM (7GP)
    • Advanced shipping process – Basic TM/EWM (7GQ)
  • Included
  • Included
  • One-time creation of master data for processing the above processes in the customer’s test system
  • Included
  • Included
  • Activation of print output on the output device stored in the user master or email dispatch to the email address stored in the business partner for the following standard forms:

    • CMR freight letter
    • Loading instruction
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  • Included
  • Activation of the web service for electronic dispatch of freight orders to carriers and goods recipients
  • Included
  • Included
  • Training of key users for the above processes (3 person-days)
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  • Included
  • Support for key users during integration and acceptance tests for the above processes (3 person-days)
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  • Included
  • Go-live support / hypercare (4 person-days)
  • Included
  • Included
  • Analysis of existing customer-specific enhancements including concept for their transfer
  • Not included
  • Included
  • Implementation of customer-specific processes or deviations from the above SAP Best Practices
  • Not included
  • Included
  • Customer-specific adaptation of SAP standard forms as well as implementation of additional forms
  • Not included
  • Included
  • Customer-specific extension of SAP standard web services and support with mapping
  • Not included
  • Optional
  • Support for (machine) creation of customer-specific master data
  • Not included
  • Optional
  • Activation of electronic receipt of externally planned freight orders and status updates for freight orders
  • Not included
  • Optional
  • Integration of SAP Global Trade Services (GTS)
  • Not included
  • Optional
  • Integration into SAP Business Network for Logistics (BN4L)
  • Not included
  • Optional
  • Additional days for training and support
  • Optional
  • Optional

 

Conditions:

  • Minimum release SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Release 2023 Feature Pack Stack 02
  • No implementation of advanced functionalities according to SAP Note 3065464
  • Importing transports and creation of additional master data by the customer
  • Activation of SAP Fiori Launchpad and required apps by the customer
  • Provision of Adobe Document Services by the customer