The most mysterious part of SAP’s Transportation Management solution is the Optimizer, and it’s not even close. With almost every other functionality in SAP TM, we can always fall back on good old ABAP debugging to clear things up. However, we are not afforded such luxury while troubleshooting or trying to understand…
In this blog post, we are going to focus on SAP Transportation Management capabilities in the context of ocean planning. SAP S4/HANA TM has firmly cemented itself as a best-of-breed option for companies looking to implement TMS, hitting Gartner’s magic quadrant in 2022 yet again. However, many customers are still looking to understand the…
Author’s Note: This post was originally published in August 2021 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness to cover the current SAP Business Network for Logistics release. Author’s Note: Refer to our other FAQs for more information on SAP Transportation Management and S/4HANA Embedded TM. SAP Business Network for…
With the recent release of SAP S/4HANA 2020 we’ve had a chance to compile a list of key innovations being released in the Transportation Management area, including Combination Resource, Embedded Scheduling and new Consignment Order documents. Combination Resource Historically, whenever we needed to model tractors and trailers within SAP TM…
Author’s Note: The questions covered in this guide focus on SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management using embedded deployment with SAP ERP. Refer to our SAP Transportation Management FAQ if you are interested in classic TM. Author’s Note: This post was originally published in January 2018 and has been updated for accuracy…
We decided to compile and share a list of question about SAP Transportation Management (TM) that we hear most frequently from companies that are interested in learning more about SAP TM. A lot of these questions are fairly basic and high-level, so this FAQ will be most helpful to people…
SAP has offered a cloud deployment option for S/4HANA for quite some time now. However, there are actually multiple flavors of cloud deployment that are often confusing and difficult to keep track of, especially given SAP’s affinity for changing the naming of their products and offerings on a regular basis.…
Having a carrier portal is a rather common requirement for companies that are looking to implement a Transportation Management System (TMS). Fortunately, SAP has a number of solutions that can help provide your carriers with a web portal that they can access via the Internet and utilize to display and…
No matter how much one tries to minimize customization in an SAP system some volume of custom business logic is usually unavoidable. Historically this meant introducing custom ABAP syntax in various user-exists, enhancements, BAdI\'s and custom programs. Given the complex and interdependent nature of an SAP system, it becomes imperative…
One of the requests we often get at BestXperts from companies interested in learning more about SAP Transportation Management is whether they can provide us with some sample order data and have us run it through SAP TM optimization. This is especially relevant for companies that operate their own fleet…