SAP S/4HANA TM (Transportation Management)

A warm welcome to the SAP S/4HANA TM (Transportation Management) course by Uplatz.

S/4HANA introduced an additional deployment option for SAP Transportation Management where TM functionality runs on the same S/4HANA instance as the ERP functionality. In other words, it is no longer necessary to have a separate set of systems/servers/databases for SAP Transportation, as is the case with the classic side-by-side deployment option of SAP TM that we have seen to date.

Uplatz offers this SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management Training with comprehensive coverage of the S/4HANA embedded TM module. This SAP S/4HANA TM course will help you to understand each stage of SAP Transportation Management implementation and will enable you to use the system in your role as a SAP TM consultant or business user. In this course you will also gain an overview of the key business transactions and system capabilities to enable you to design the processes you will use within your own organization.

This SAP S/4HANA training will provide you skills to support processes within TM such as Order Management, Transportation Planning, Subcontracting, Execution, Charge Calculation and Settlement.

Advantages of SAP S/4HANA Embedded TM

• Smaller database and hardware footprint

• Reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) due to smaller replication and monitoring effort

• Enhanced user experience leveraging S/4HANA "look and feel" and Fiori UI

• Remove the need to duplicate ERP customer, vendor and material master data into business partners and products in TM, thereby removing the need for the Core Interface (CIF). ERP and TM share a single set of harmonized master data objects.

• Real-time embedded analytics

• Integration with new S/4HANA Enterprise Management for managing transportation-related equipment

• Remove the need to duplicate ERP orders and deliveries into Order-based Transportation Requirement (OTR) and Delivery-based Transportation Requirement (DTR) documents in TM. OTR and DTR documents are no longer necessary. Orders and deliveries are able to convert directly into Freight Units, Freight Orders, etc.

Functionality of SAP S/4HANA Embedded TM

• Main transportation network master data (zones, lanes, etc.)

• Manual carrier selection and tendering

• Freight agreements

• Delivery based planning

• Dangerous goods management (with some limitations)

• Output management

• Transportation execution (without Event Management)

• Basic charge calculation and freight settlement

• Analytics in BW

Course Objectives

• Outline transportation management business processes in S/4HANA

• Identify and examine the SAP TM building blocks necessary for processing shipments of goods.

• Engage in Transportation network maintenance

• Create transportation relevance for orders and deliveries and manage forwarding orders

• Manage a transportation plan and shipment execution

• Calculate and settle freight charges and distribute costs

SAP S/4HANA TM - Course Syllabus

1. Overview of Transportation Management

• Transportation Management from a management perspective

• Understanding Transportation Management

• Shipper, Freight Forwarder and LSP

• LTL/FTL/LCL/FCL Scenario’s in Logistics Industry

• Transportation Management System VS SAP TMS

2. SAP Transportation Management Architecture

• An overview of the technical architecture of SAP TM and how integration is done

• Standalone SAP TM

• Integrated SAP TM (SAP TM- SAP ERP)

• Transportation Management E2E Cycle

3. SAP Transportation Management Master Data

• Transportation specific Master Data

• Master Data of SAP ERP and SAP TM

• CIF integration used for master data transmission between SAP ERP and SAP TM

• Organization Master Data

• General Master Data

• Transportation Network Master Data

• Resources Master Data

• Charges Master Data

• Dangerous Goods Management

4. SAP Transportation Management Requirement/Order Management

• Shipper scenarios and forwarder/carrier scenarios to explain the capabilities of the customer order objects

• Order Based Transportation Request

• Delivery Based Transportation Request

• Forwarding order Scenario

5. Transportation Capacity Management

• Management of freight capacities and schedules is an important aspect of being able to move cargo

• Carrier Schedules

• Port Schedules

• Departure/Destination Rules

6. SAP Transportation Planning (Freight unit and Freight Order Management in Standalone SAP TM)

Transportation planning deals with the activities involved in the assignment of cargo items to vehicles or reserved capacities on trucks, trains, planes, or vessels

6.1 Freight Units Management

   a) Definition

   b) Properties of Freight Unit

   c) Freight unit building rule

6.2 Freight Order Management

   a) Freight Order creation

   b) Freight order Stages

   c) Freight order Control

6.3 Manual Planning

   a) Planning Strategies

   b) Planning Profiles

   c) Transportation Cockpit

6.4 Automatic Planning

   a) Optimization

7. Carrier Process

• Relevant carrier Determination and Tendering process significance

• Carrier Determination

• Means and Modes of Transport

8. Transportation Planning with Integrated SAP TM ( SAP TM- SAP ERP)

• SAP Sales order Management Overview

• SAP Purchase Order Management Overview

• Logistics Planning from Make to Stock and Make to Order Perspective

9. Transportation Execution/Control/Monitor (Standalone TM and Integrated TM Perspective)

• Execution and monitoring deal with handling freight and providing visibility of shipments

• Transportation Execution

• Transportation Control

• Transportation Monitoring

SAP S/4HANA TM Certification

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Transportation Management 9.5

Key Topics covered in SAP S/4HANA TM certification exam are:

• SAP Transportation Management Overview and Fundamentals

• Charge Calculation & Freight Settlement

• Planning Basics & Manual Planning

• Freight Order Management and Execution

• Advanced Planning & VSR Optimizer

• Subcontracting

• Forwarding Order Management

• SAP ERP Integration for Order Management

• Strategic Freight Management

• LSP based planning & execution

• Advanced Charge Management

• Embedded Transportation Management