SAP Transportation Management Overview

Driver Management Settings

• Driver management settings are maintained in freight order customization.
• Home location is one setting.

Driver Business Partner Attributes

• Validity period and fixed assignment to a vehicle resource are attributes used to define driver business partner.
• Non-working times and absences are also attributes, along with planning profiles.

SAP Transportation Management Predecessor Documents

• Sales order and shipment are possible predecessor documents in SAP Transportation Management implementation.
• Freight unit and order-based transportation requirements are also possible predecessors

Import Business Documents Responsibility

• The import organization is responsible for triggering import business documents in SAP Transportation Management.

Transportation Proposal Configuration

• To configure transportation proposals so that carrier selection is not executed as part of the process but saved in the stages of the freight unit, planning strategy and save route and freight documents need to be defined in the optimizer settings.

Freight Unit Creation

• When two sales orders exist for the same customer with the same delivery date and no incompatibilities, freight units will consolidate as much as possible.

Fuel Surcharge Calculation

• Fuel surcharge calculation in SAP TM is defined using a calculation reference for the fuel surcharge charge item and a rate table for fuel surcharge with the pricing date as a scale.
• An index table and a rate table determination rule for fuel surcharge are alternative methods.

Hazardous Product Transportation

• Hazardous product POISON should not be transported on TRUCK means of transport.
• Automatic and manual violations should be maintained to prevent the transport.

Lorry Scheduling and Duration Calculation

• GIS quality is flagged for the lorry transport to calculate distance and time durations accurately in SAP Transportation Management implementation.
• Scheduling constraints, transportation lanes and scheduling settings are used to calculate lorry durations impacting freight order scheduling.

Transportation Cockpit Features

• Cost determination, multiple screens, distance calculation, command line, and Gantt chart features are accessible through SAP Transportation Cockpit.

Profitability Calculation Documents

• Forwarding order, forwarding quotation, freight unit, and freight order documents are used to calculate profitability.

Carrier Selection Process Definition

• SAP Fiori apps can be used to define whether business shares are considered in SAP carrier selection processes (edit settings, transportation lanes, business shares, and freight agreements).

Forwarding Order Type Parameters

• Planning profile, dangerous goods profile, export forwarding order type, shipping type, and bill of lading type are parameters of forwarding order type.

Trailer Haulage Configuration

• Transportation unit type and freight booking type customization are needed to configure a scenario where a single trailer is hauled by more than one truck in SAP Transportation Management.

Transportation Zone and Means of Transport Allocation

• Transportation zone and means of transport allocation and orientation-based allocations for freight order with transport B from transportation zone 4 to 5 (along 4 to 2 and 4 to 5) determine the freight order allocation.

Load Planning Function

• Freight order, freight booking, vehicle resource, and transportation cockpit are used to start the load planning function.

Stage Sequence Determination in Forwarding Order

• Shipping type, stage type, stage profile, and movement type are used to determine the stage sequence of a forwarding order.

Schedule Departure Creation

• Uploading via report, maintaining the default route, generating a freight booking from a rule or copying from a freight booking are methods used to create a schedule departure.

Optimizer Settings Strategies

• In SAP TM optimizer settings, VS(R) ISTEP, VSR CHECK, VS(S) DEF are strategies to use in the settings.

Assignment of Drivers in SAP Transportation Cockpit

• Freight order header and vehicle resource are the places to assign drivers in SAP Transportation Cockpit.

Trade Lane Attributes

• Transportation group and transportation mode are attributes of trade lanes or lane characteristics.

Incompatibility Types

• Freight unit and transportation request header (in automatic and manual planning incompatibility area) and carrier and transportation order, or vehicle resource and location can be used to define incompatibility types.

Event Base Charges Maintenance

• Calculation resolution base and rate table definition of event-based charge types are maintained for calculation.

Freight Estimate using Package Builder

• Freight volume estimation for capacity strategy planning can use business partner criteria in package builder configuration.

Packaging Unit Properties

• Packaging units can't be assigned or belong to transportation units; they can have a packaging hierarchy, and one is needed for each stage.

Location Deletion Failure

• The failure of deleting temporary locations can originate from messages in the incoming queue, being stored in the distance/duration buffer table, or from the location being part of active order/integration model.

Freight Procurement Process Carrier Distinction

• Based on defining target rates, the optimizer can distinguish new carriers from current carriers in the strategic freight procurement process, using targeted share strategies or rate tables as differentiation criteria.

Freight Settlement Document to SAP SD Mapping

• Freight types to Billing Document Types and sales organization to sales organization are necessary for mapping freight documents from SAP Transportation Management to SAP Sales and Distribution.

Dimensional Weight Assignment

• Calculation profile, Charges profile, Charge type, and calculation base are assigned to dimensional Weight profile.

Carrier Reliability in Freight Order Selection

• Evaluating carrier performance using Business Context Viewer and defining penalties for business share violation or selecting Cost+Priority are used to establish reliability in carrier selection for freight order placement in SAP TM.

Driver Assignment in Transport Planning

• Transportation lane, vehicle resource, freight order, and freight bookings are where driver assignment can occur.

Interface for Master Data Transfer

• Data replication framework, Customer vendor integration, and web service interfaces are used to transfer, transport, and exchange logistics master data in the case of side-by-side or integrated deployment configuration.

Freight Order Documents in SAP MM

• Purchase orders, stock transport orders (outbound/inbound deliveries), and sales orders are the documents that are created when the freight cost distribution is not enabled, in SAP Materials Management, when a freight settlement document transfers to the MM system.

Transportation Charge Management Conditions

• Rate table, freight agreement, carrier, and validity date determine conditions in transportation charge management.

Side-by-Side Sales Order and Freight Unit Integration

• When sales orders are integrated with transportation management, each sales order item will create one freight unit, and planned results based on this will be used for delivery creation.
• In the packing process, up to 3 items can be shipped in one case, resulting in fewer freight units at the end of the operation.

Condition Origin

• Direct business object access and BRFplus decision table are possible origins of conditions.

Custom Calculation Base Definition

• Defining a resolution base or implementing a helper class are options for establishing/defining custom calculation base in SAP TM.

Basic Shipping Functionality

• Basic Shipping functionality in SAP S/4HANA's Transportation Management offers options for transportation planning based on sales orders, inbound/outbound deliveries, or package building.
• Event/process management is a separate function.

Organizational Unit in SAP TM

• Organizational units in SAP TM are independent of SAP S/4HANA organizational units, but the hierarchical relationship is not fixed.
• Organizational units are not mandatory.

Road Waybill, Labels, and XML Communication Definition

• If you want to print road waybills, loading lists, labels, and send XML and e-mail messages to carriers, one or more PPF action profiles can be created.

Transportation Cockpit Path Finder

• Explanation tool and Transportation network cockpit are used in the Transportation Cockpit, for determining/using the Path Finder.

Dispute Management in Business Network

• Carriers can initiate activities for dispute management using SAP Logistics Business Network.

Forwarding Agreement Quotation Creation

• CRM opportunity and Freight agreement request for quotation (RFQ) trigger the creation of forwarding agreement quotation.

This quiz covers essential concepts related to SAP Transportation Management, including driver management settings, business partner attributes, predecessor documents, and transportation proposal configuration. Test your understanding of these key elements and their implications in SAP TM processes.