1. Overview of Transportation Management

Introduction to Transportation Management

Management Perspectives on Transportation

Comparison: Transportation Management System vs. SAP TMS

Roles: Shipper, Freight Forwarder, and Logistics Service Provider (LSP)

Logistics Scenarios: LTL, FTL, LCL, FCL

2. SAP Transportation Management Architecture

Overview of SAP TM Technical Architecture

Standalone SAP TM

Integrated SAP TM (SAP TM – SAP ERP)

End-to-End Transportation Management Cycle

4. SAP Transportation Management Requirement/Order Management

Shipper, Forwarder, and Carrier Scenarios

Customer Order Objects:Order-Based Transportation Request,

Customer Order Objects: Delivery-Based Transportation Request

Forwarding Order Scenario

5. Transportation Capacity Management

Freight and Schedule Management

Carrier Schedules

Port Schedules

Departure/Destination Rules

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

Freight Units ManagementL: Definition/ Properties/ Building Rules

Freight Order Management: Freight Order Creation/ Freight Order Stages/ Freight Order Control

Manual Planning: Planning Strategies /Planning Profiles/ Transportation Cockpit

Automatic Planning: Optimization

7. Carrier Process

Carrier Process: Carrier Determination / Significance of Tendering Process / 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: Make to Stock and Make to Order Perspectives

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

Transportation Execution

Transportation Control

Transportation Monitoring