Transportation Management with SAP TM - Hardcover

J. Gottlieb; Jens Kappauf; Bernd Lauterbach; D. Metzger; Stefan Sauer; C. Suerie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592299040 ISBN 13: 9781592299041

Publisher: SAP Press, 2014

Synopsis

Moving products from point A to point B is only one piece of the transportation management puzzle. Make your transportation processes transparent, accessible, and adaptable with this guide to SAP Transportation Management functionality and configuration. Master the individual SAP TM components and their practical application so you can flexibly respond to changing regulations, traceability requirements, and tight deadlines. Get in the driver's seat with this one-stop resource on SAP TM.

* Plan and optimize: Improve service, maximize use, and reduce costs
* Manage: Process orders, schedule bookings, and tender shipments
* Integrate: Utilize the full potential of SAP ERP, EWM, Event Management, and GTS

End-to-End Management
See how the SAP TM ecosystem supports your transportation processes from order management to charge calculation to tracking and analysis.

Master Data
Examine the foundation for SAP TM processes: customer data, vendor data, and organizational data, as well as network- and resource-specific master data.

Order Management
Learn how transportation orders are created in SAP TM and bi-directionally integrated with SAP ERP.

Case Studies
Apply tips from outbound shipment, ocean forwarding, and air freight shipment case studies to your transportation processes.

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* Technical and solution architecture
* Master data
* Order management
* Capacity management
* Planning and optimization
* Execution and monitoring
* Compliance
* Carrier selection and subcontracting
* Charge calculation and settlement
* Warehouse integration
* Reporting
* Integration with SAP ERP, EWM, GTS, and Event Management

About this title

About the Author:

Bernd Lauterbach, Dominik Metzger, Stefan Sauer, Jens Kappauf, Jens Gottlieb, and Christopher Sürie offer unique logistics expertise, practical SAP Transportation Management experience, industry insight, and technical know-how. Dr. Bernd Lauterbach is the senior business solution architect for SAP AG Logistics. Dominik Metzger is a senior enterprise consultant with SAP AG Transportation Management. Stefan Sauer is an SAP business process consultant for transportation. Jens Kappauf is the solution manager for SAP's solutions for third-party and contract logistics. Dr. Jens Gottlieb is the product manager for SAP TM. Christopher Sürie is the principal consultant for SAP AG Transportation Management

About this edition

• Publisher: SAP Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1592299040
• ISBN 13: 9781592299041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1079