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Which object allows you to track the entire journey of goods through multiple transportation stages?

  • Freight order
  • Consignment order
  • Freight unit (correct)
  • Freight booking

What blocks are created when a discrepancy outside the configured tolerance is reported for a freight order? (Select all that apply)

  • Execution block for the freight unit (correct)
  • Invoicing block for the freight unit
  • Execution block for the freight order (correct)
  • Invoicing block for the freight order (correct)
  • Planning block for the freight order

Which business documents can be utilized as a basis for track and trace functionality in transportation management? (Select all that apply)

  • Service order
  • Forwarding order
  • Resource (correct)
  • Freight order (correct)

To implement advanced shipping and receiving, which locations must you define? (Select all that apply)

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Where can you initiate the process of carrier selection? (Select all that apply)

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What must you define in Customizing for a freight order type to ensure a forwarding house is entered as the ordering party based on the ID of the consignee?

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In which SAP Fiori apps can you specify whether business shares are to be included in the carrier selection process? (Select all that apply)

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Which option represents a functionality that is NOT utilized in Freight Order Management?

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What option helps streamline the subcontracting process when you have fixed-price contracts with guaranteed carrier availability?

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Which of the following must be defined to utilize destination-based distance costs with the VSR optimizer?

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In which areas can incompatibilities be effectively used? (Select all that apply)

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What is a necessary configuration to maintain system reactions according to a policy regarding hazardous products?

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How many freight units will be created when integrating a sales order that contains multiple items into transportation management?

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To appropriately calculate logistics costs in transportation management, which setting is crucial when using distance-based costs?

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Which option is NOT a valid method for defining incompatibility reactions in a transport scenario?

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When implementing transportation integration, what must be managed to ensure all freight units correspond to their respective sales order items?

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What is the total number of freight units planned for 3 trucks if each truck holds 10 freight units?

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Which types of orders can represent logical groupings used for communication between shippers and consignees?

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To optimize the load planned for a truck, which functions can you start from?

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Which sections in the transportation cockpit allow driver assignment?

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In configuring a scenario for a single trailer to be hauled by multiple trucks, which must be customized?

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What types of transactions are necessary to run the path finder in transportation planning?

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Which documents allow for forward and backward scheduling in the transportation cockpit?

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Which elements are involved in the planning of transports with driver assignment?

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Which method is NOT used for defining fuel surcharge calculation in transportation management?

<p>Using historical averages based on previous shipments. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements is an inappropriate use of conditions in transportation charge management?

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What outcome is expected when an assessorial charge is added to a freight order after posting the freight settlement document?

<p>A credit memo and two updated FSDs appear in transportation management. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which document is least likely to provide insight into the accuracy of amounts posted in transportation management?

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Which statement correctly describes the relationship between fuel price and fuel surcharge?

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When assessing the validity date of a rate table in charge management, which factor is most critical?

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In charge calculation and freight settlement, which two elements are essential for assessing transportation cost distribution?

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Which factor is NOT typically considered when calculating freight rates?

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What is the minimum number of freight units that are created when the freight unit building rule strategy is set to 'consolidate as much as possible'?

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How can geographical coordinates for a location be determined without geographical services in SAP S/4HANA?

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Which of the following are functions of a consignment order?

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Which of the following can be used as an origin of condition in a logistics environment?

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Which driver management settings are maintained in freight order customization?

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To which document types can change controller strategies be assigned?

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Which elements can you use to determine a stage sequence in a forwarding order?

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What type of analysis can be performed to improve logistical outcomes in transportation management?

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What item category in a forwarding order item hierarchy is considered during subsequent execution documents?

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Which two documents are primarily involved in a shipper-to-logistics service provider (LSP) B2B scenario using SAP Transportation Management?

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Which API types are recommended by SAP for achieving clean core integrations?

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In managing clean core data quality, which two aspects should be focused on to enhance performance?

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Which component is not a recommended guiding principle for achieving clean core operations?

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What should be prioritized during a cloud brownfield project regarding business process remodeling?

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In a logistics scenario, what action should be taken to ensure correct freight order execution?

<p>Consideration of service-related items (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which solution does SAP Signavio offer for process governance in remodeling efforts?

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Flashcards

Freight Unit Tracking

The object used to track the entire journey of goods with multiple transportation stages.

Freight Order Discrepancy Blocks

Blocks that are triggered when a freight order's discrepancy report is outside the configured tolerance.

Track and Trace Basis Documents

Business documents used as a foundation for tracking goods during transportation.

Advanced Shipping & Receiving Locations

Specific locations needed to activate advanced shipping & receiving features.

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Carrier Selection Initiation Points

Places within the system to select a carrier for shipping.

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Forwarding House Ordering Party

Customizing configuration to specify a forwarding house as the ordering party based on consignee ID in freight order.

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Business Share Consideration in Carrier Selection

Configuration settings to determine whether business share agreements affect carrier selection.

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Fuel Surcharge Calculation

Calculating fuel costs for transport, usually a percentage of a base rate, often linked to current fuel prices.

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Transportation Charge Management Conditions

Criteria used to specify the circumstances affecting the calculation of transport charges.

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Freight Settlement Documents (FSD)

Documents recording the final amount payable for transport services.

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Cost Distribution and Freight Settlement

Process for assigning costs to various orders and finalizing payments for logistics activities.

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Assessorial Charge Post-Settlement

Freight charges added after the initial settlement document has been finalized and recorded in material management.

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Freight Agreement

The agreement between the shipper and carrier specifying transport terms.

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Rate Table Validity Date

Specific date range when the established rate for the transport service is applicable.

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Minimum Freight Units in Transportation

After planning and packaging, the minimum number of freight units remaining in transportation management is 10.

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Driver Assignment Location (Transportation)

Drivers can be assigned to freight orders and vehicle resources within the transportation planning system.

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Path Finder Transaction Types

The path finder function can be run using transportation network cockpit and editing a freight order.

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Logical Grouping of Orders

A freight order logically groups transportation activities and information between shippers and consignees. Consignment orders fulfill this role

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Multi-Truck Trailer Configuration

To enable hauling a single trailer with multiple trucks, customize the transportation unit type and freight order type settings.

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Freight Order Load Planning

Load planning is initiated from Freight order and vehicle resource tabs within the system.

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Transportation Cockpit Driver Assignment

Drivers can be assigned in the transportation cockpit to vehicle resources and freight order headers.

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Freight Unit Building Rule Strategy

Specifies how freight units are automatically created, prioritizing consolidation.

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Minimum Freight Units

The smallest number of freight units created when automatically building.

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Geographical Coordinates (No Geo. Services)

Determining location coordinates without geographical services; often by manual entry or region/country-level defaults.

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Consignment Order Functions

Functions within a consignment order, encompassing subcontracting and charge calculation.

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Origin of Condition

Methods for determining the conditions influencing order fulfillment.

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Driver Management Settings

Freight order customization settings focusing on driver home locations.

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Instruction Set Assignment

Assigning instruction sets to stage types and forwarding order types.

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Change Controller Strategies

Matching change controller strategies to freight orders and service orders.

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Forwarding Order Stage Sequence

Determining stage sequences in forwarding orders through the use of stage profiles and stage types.

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Freight unit

A unit used to track entire freight journey.

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Freight booking

Booking of freight.

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Carrier

A company providing transportation services.

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Transportation order

Detailed plan for transportation.

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Subcontracting

Engaging outside carriers to handle freight.

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Carrier selection

Choosing the best carrier.

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Automatic Tendering

System automatically prompts for carrier quotes.

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Broadcast Tendering

Broadcasting tendering for quotes.

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Peer-to-Peer Tendering

Direct carrier communication method.

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Fixed-price contracts

Agreements with guaranteed carrier availability.

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Distance costs

Costs based on the distance travelled.

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VSR optimizer

System tool for optimizing freight planning.

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Incompatibilities

Restrictions on freight transport.

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Hazardous products

Products requiring special handling.

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Delivery proposal

Proposed delivery schedule.

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Charge calculation

Calculation of transportation charges.

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Freight unit building

Creation of transport units.

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Incompatibility definition

Rules defining restrictions on transporting goods

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Sales orders

Orders placed by customers.

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Outbound deliveries

Shipping products to customers.

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Movement type

Specifies how transportation is carried out in a forwarding order.

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Shipping type

Another element to specify transport method in a forwarding order.

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Forwarding quotation

Document from LSP (Logistics Service Provider) for transportation service.

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Service order (LSP)

LSP document for planned and executed transportation.

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Freight order

Shipper's document for transportation.

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Freight unit

Shipper's document detailing the goods being shipped.

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Passive vehicle

Item category in a forwarding order directly related to the transport vehicle.

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Package

Item category in a forwarding order which details shipping packages.

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Service

Item category in a forwarding order not considered in subsequent execution documents.

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Product

Item category in a forwarding order related to the goods being shipped.

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Clean core data quality

Data quality ensuring accuracy, stability, timeliness, and efficiency.

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SOAP API

A recommended API type for clean core integrations.

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OData API

A recommended API type for clean core integrations.

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Clean core operations

Guiding principles for maintaining a high standard of data and operations maintenance.

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SAP Signavio Process Governance

SAP solution for business process remodeling in accordance with clean core principles.

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SAP Signavio Process Manager

SAP solution for business process remodeling in accordance with clean core principles.

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Study Notes

Freight Order Management

  • Question 1: The freight order is the object to track the entire journey of goods with multiple transportation stages.
  • Question 2: Discrepancies outside configured tolerances result in execution blocks for the freight order and freight unit, and invoicing blocks for the freight unit.
  • Question 3: Freight orders and resources are used for track and trace functionality in transportation management.
  • Question 4: Locations with types 1011 (vendor) and 1003 (shipping point) are needed for advanced shipping and receiving.
  • Question 5: Carrier selection can be initiated from the report/SCMTMS/PLN_OPT and the freight booking user interface, and via SAP Business Network for Logistics and container unit user interface.
  • Question 6: Configuring a forwarding house as the ordering party is done by defining the shipper/consignee determination and using partner determination profiles in customizing for freight order types.
  • Question 7: Freight agreements and carrier selection settings are used to determine whether business shares are considered in carrier selection.
  • Question 8: Allocations within means of transport B from zone 4 to zone 5 are those using Orientation: Along; From: 4; To: 5 alongside Orientation: Within; From: 1; To: 1, and Orientation: Along; From: 2; To: 3.
  • Question 9: At least one PPF (Post-Processing Framework) action profile is necessary to print a road waybill, generate loading lists, labels, emails, and XML messages to carriers for freight orders.
  • Question 10: Define transportation allocation to balance load across multiple carriers, avoiding dependency on a single carrier.
  • Question 11: Freight orders can trigger integration to SAP Extended Warehouse Management.
  • Question 12: Carriers may respond after the response time limit or the program to evaluate freight quotations wasn't executed.
  • Question 13: Carriers can upload files, add detention charges, and change document currency. Also can change a line's calculation base in SAP Business Network for Logistics.
  • Question 14: Strategic freight procurement processes include generating business shares, evaluating responses and optimizing, preparing RFQs, and generating freight agreements.
  • Question 15: A freight order with two deliveries can produce a maximum of an unlimited number of freight settlement documents.
  • Question 16: Materials management creates carrier invoices and service entry sheets when cost distribution isn't enabled.
  • Question 17: Rate table scale range must be specified to increase rates by 3% for a specific country in the mass update function.
  • Question 18: Mapping TM charge type to MM service master and TM charge category to MM G/L account are objects that can be mapped from Transportation Management (TM) to Materials Management (MM).
  • Question 19: One individual freight agreement RFQ will be created for carrier A when 7 RFQ items are created.
  • Question 20: Calculation sheet and calculation profile are the settings needed to change the percentage indicator in a rate table.
  • Question 21: Distribution profiles are directly assigned to organizational units.
  • Question 22: Both the ordering party and the executing carrier determine the correct freight agreement for charge calculation in a freight order if no agreement determination condition is used.
  • Question 23: Dimensional weight profiles are assigned to charges profiles.
  • Question 24: Two charge lines with standard instruction type are necessary for freight order charge calculation.
  • Question 25: A freight booking is used to assign an event profile that calculates event based charges in a railway transport scenario.
  • Question 26: Use index tables for fuel surcharge items or rate tables with calculation date as a scale for fuel surcharge calculation.

Transportation Planning

  • Question 31: Determine the freight order type during conversion by referencing the freight order type in the freight unit, using the default freight order type, or referencing the freight order type maintained in the planning profile.

  • Question 32: Package Builder criteria for package type assignments are handling unit type and shipping location.

  • Question 33: Costs from charge management and priorities from carrier selection settings can be used as criteria when selecting carriers.

  • Question 34: Incompatibility types for automatic and manual planning include vehicle resource location and transportation request header incompatibility.

  • Question 35: In situations with fixed-priced contracts and guaranteed availability, use tendering with the Broadcast Tendering - First Acceptable Offer type for streamlining the subcontracting process.

  • Question 36: Define costs for distance in the constraints and cost settings to use destination-based distance costs in VSR optimizer planning.

  • Question 37: Areas for using incompatibilities include delivery proposals, tendering, and freight unit building. Carrier selection is an area.

  • Question 38: Methods to maintain system reaction for hazardous product transport across incompatible and authorized means of transport include automatic and manual violation settings.

  • Question 39: A minimum of 3 freight units would exist in transportation management at the end of a side-by-side scenario with sales order integration, sales order items, and packing criteria.

  • Question 40: Drivers can be assigned in freight orders and vehicle resources.

  • Question 41: Transactions for path finder include transportation network cockpit and freight order edition.

  • Question 42: Consignment orders represent a logical grouping used for communication between shippers and consignees.

  • Question 43: Customizing the transportation unit type and freight order type is needed for a scenario involving more than one truck hauling a single trailer.

  • Question 44: Load planning functions can be initiated from freight orders and vehicle resources.

  • Question 45: Driver assignments for company-operated trucking fleets can be done in freight order headers and vehicle resources in the transportation cockpit.

  • Question 46: Forward/backward scheduling functions can be applied to freight orders in transportation cockpit.

  • Question 47: Transportation cockpit page layouts can be limited by creating new views, page layouts, or queries, and by applying filters.

  • Question 48: One stage with the source location to the Incoterm location, plus a second non-planning-relevant stage from the Incoterm location to the destination location, results when the Incoterm location stage building is set to "Source location to Incoterm location-type 1".

  • Question 49: Transportation cockpit tools include multiple screens, cost determination, and Gantt charts. Distance calculations are also available.

  • Question 50: Profitability can be calculated in forwarding orders.

  • Question 51: Sales order, purchase order, and inbound/outbound deliveries are documents that can support cost distribution in material valuation.

  • Question 52: Unassigning a blocked freight unit removes the block from the freight unit but not the freight order.

  • Question 53: Possible predecessor documents to freight orders include sales orders and freight units

  • Question 54: The freight unit building incompatibility area is the relevant validity area for defining incompatibility.

  • Question 55: Data replication framework (DRF) and core interface (CIF) are used to transfer business partners, products, and location master data for SAP S/4HANA/Transportation Management.

  • Question 56: Availability in basic shipping includes Transportation execution without event management, transportation planning based on inbound deliveries and outbound deliveries.

  • Question 57: Freight unit types control settings for direct shipment options, tendering, and freight unit building rules.

  • Question 58: Building freight units automatically and consolidating as much as possible are freight unit building rule strategies.

  • Question 59: Geographic coordinates in SAP S/4HANA without geographical service can be determined using region/country level or manual entry.

  • Question 60: Consignment orders function includes subcontracting and charge calculation.

  • Question 61: Direct business object access and BRFplus decision tables are usable as conditions origins.

  • Question 62: Default driver and home location are freight order customization settings.

  • Question 63: Instruction sets can be assigned to stage types and freight order types.

  • Question 64: Freight orders and forwarding orders accept change controller strategies.

  • Question 65: Forwarding order stage sequencing uses stage and shipping type.

  • Question 66: Specify transportation via movement type and instruction sets inside a forwarding order.

  • Question 67: LSP forwarding quotas and shipper freight orders enable shipper-to-LSP B2B scenarios.

  • Question 68: Passive vehicle items are not considered in subsequent execution documents.

  • Question 69: Critical aspects for clean data quality in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Greenfield projects are stability and efficiency.

  • Question 70: SAP recommends SOAP and RFC APIs for clean core integrations.

  • Question 71: Use SAP Signavio Process Governance and SAP Signavio Process Manager for clean core principles in remodeling business processes.

Master Data

  • Question 73: Schedule departures can be created by uploading via a report or generating from a rule.
  • Question 74: Capacity and transportation lane details can be directly defined in schedules.
  • Question 75: The carrier profile is where different carriers for different stages are defined for freight units.
  • Question 76: Transportation lanes that transport from zone 5 to zone 3 are 1->3, 4->3, and 2->6.
  • Question 77: Attributes for business partners with driver roles include non-working times/absences and validity periods.
  • Question 78: Configuration settings include freight order type and business functions to assign business partners.
  • Question 79: Characteristics of transportation zones are transfer properties to their locations and zone use to group locations.
  • Question 80: Transportation unit resource and handling resources represent capacity in master data.

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