Dr. Bernd Lauterbach is chief solution architect for transportation management at Westernacher Consulting in Heidelberg. Until 2019, Bernd worked for SAP SE for 25 years. He gained 13 years of experience, both as a development manager for SAP TM and as a development architect for SAP Event Management, the Auto-ID infrastructure, and SAP ERP Logistics Execution (LE-TRA). Subsequently, Bernd was responsible worldwide as chief solution architect for the logistics industry at SAP IBU Travel & Transportation - Cargo & Logistics. An additional focus of Bernd's work is supporting many projects for Westernacher customers (logistics service providers [LSPs] and shippers), where he brings together LSP or shipper needs and SAP solution competence in terms of customer requirements, business processes, target architectures, and software capabilities.

Bernd studied and received a PhD in electrical engineering from University of Bremen, Germany. Before working with SAP, he spent several years in the areas of satellite electronics, parallel programming for image processing, assembler programming, geographic information systems (GIS), and auto-routing systems.

4th edition, updated and expanded

· ... Preface ... 17

· ... How This Book Is Organized ... 19

· ... Target Audience ... 23

· ... Acknowledgments ... 23

· ... Introduction ... 25

· ... Transportation as Part of Industry Processes ... 27

· ... Transportation Processes, Movements, and Roles ... 34

· ... Transportation Management System Functional Areas ... 43

· ... Transportation in the Digital Age ... 45

· 1 ... Transportation Management Foundation ... 47

· 1.1 ... Standard Software for Transportation ... 48

· 1.2 ... SAP S/4HANA as a Future-Proof Platform ... 52

· 1.3 ... RISE with SAP and Its Components ... 67

· 1.4 ... TM as Part of SAP S/4HANA ... 71

· 1.5 ... Summary ... 99

· 2 ... Solution Architecture and Technological Concepts ... 101

· 2.1 ... Technological Foundation of TM ... 102

· 2.2 ... User Interface Technologies ... 116

· 2.3 ... Frameworks and Tools Used throughout TM ... 123

· 2.4 ... Integration Technology with TM ... 141

· 2.5 ... Summary ... 152

· 3 ... Master Data ... 153

· 3.1 ... General Master Data ... 154

· 3.2 ... Transportation Network ... 187

· 3.3 ... Equipment Types and Resources ... 235

· 3.4 ... Summary ... 256

· 4 ... Transportation Requirements and Order Management ... 257

· 4.1 ... Triggering the Transportation Management Process ... 259

· 4.2 ... Forwarding Orders and Forwarding Quotations ... 281

· 4.3 ... Summary ... 322

· 5 ... Transportation Planning ... 325

· 5.1 ... Documents and Decisions ... 326

· 5.2 ... Freight Units ... 331

· 5.3 ... Unified Package Building ... 346

· 5.4 ... Transportation Units ... 378

· 5.5 ... Normalized Quantities ... 395

· 5.6 ... Planning Strategies, Profiles, and Settings ... 403

· 5.7 ... Manual Planning ... 412

· 5.8 ... Automated Planning ... 499

· 5.9 ... Integration to an External Transportation Management System ... 539

· 5.10 ... Summary ... 542

· 6 ... Freight Order Management and Subcontracting ... 545

· 6.1 ... Freight Orders ... 547

· 6.2 ... Freight Bookings ... 570

· 6.3 ... Consignment Orders ... 586

· 6.4 ... Capacity Management ... 595

· 6.5 ... Carrier Selection ... 611

· 6.6 ... Freight Tendering ... 628

· 6.7 ... Summary ... 639

· 7 ... Transportation Execution and Monitoring ... 641

· 7.1 ... Transportation Execution ... 642

· 7.2 ... SAP Event Management ... 668

· 7.3 ... SAP Business Network Global Track and Trace ... 697

· 7.4 ... Summary ... 706

· 8 ... Transportation Compliance ... 709

· 8.1 ... SAP Global Trade Services ... 711

· 8.2 ... External Compliance Service Providers ... 724

· 8.3 ... Dangerous Goods ... 727

· 8.4 ... Summary ... 737

· 9 ... Transportation Charge Management ... 739

· 9.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data and Customizing ... 741

· 9.2 ... Contract Determination ... 761

· 9.3 ... Charge Calculation Logic ... 769

· 9.4 ... Strategic Freight Procurement ... 783

· 9.5 ... Summary ... 793

· 10 ... Charge Settlement ... 795

· 10.1 ... Charge Settlement and Billing ... 796

· 10.2 ... Cost Distribution ... 812

· 10.3 ... Summary ... 815

· 11 ... Charge Calculation and Settlement for Logistics Service Providers ... 817

· 11.1 ... Charge Calculation Master Data ... 817

· 11.2 ... Charge Calculation Logic ... 827

· 11.3 ... Billing and Settlement ... 836

· 11.4 ... Increased Flexibility in Billing and Invoice Verification ... 868

· 11.5 ... Strategic Customer Contract Management ... 874

· 11.6 ... Summary ... 881

· 12 ... Integration with Other Components ... 883

· 12.1 ... Analytics ... 884

· 12.2 ... Integration with Extended Warehouse Management ... 902

· 12.3 ... Advanced Shipping and Receiving ... 933

· 12.4 ... SAP Transportation Resource Planning ... 948

· 12.5 ... SAP Yard Logistics ... 955

· 12.6 ... SAP Business Network for Logistics ... 964

· 12.7 ... SAP Direct Distribution ... 984

· 12.8 ... Summary ... 988

· 13 ... Migrating to and Running TM in SAP S/4HANA ... 991

· 13.1 ... Moving SAP TM from SAP Business Suite to SAP S/4HANA ... 992

· 13.2 ... Large and Performance-Critical TM Installations ... 999

· 13.3 ... System Monitoring ... 1008

· 13.4 ... Manage Data Volume ... 1019

· 13.5 ... Summary ... 1024

· 14 ... Implementation Best Practices ... 1025

· 14.1 ... Use of Central Control Elements in TM Setup ... 1026

· 14.2 ... Optimize the Sequence of TM Configuration ... 1031

· 14.3 ... Scenario Builder ... 1034

· 14.4 ... Consider TM's Strengths and Limitations ... 1036

· 14.5 ... Risks and Change Processes with TM Projects ... 1038

· 14.6 ... Customer Onboarding in TM Installations for LSPs ... 1043

· 14.7 ... Enhancements for TM ... 1044

· 14.8 ... Summary ... 1045

· 15 ... Summary and Outlook ... 1047

· A ... Abbreviations ... 1055

· B ... The Authors ... 1065

· ... Index ... 1067