Streamline container shipping processes with ocean freight software from SAP. You can provide consistent information through customer quotations, documentation, settlement, and execution by integrating commercial and operational processes. Meanwhile, being able to focus on exceptions reduces workload and supports segregation of duties.
Improve efficiency by integrating container shipping processes
Key Benefits
Use consistent data across shipping processes
Help ensure data consistency across all commercial and operational processes by using a single, centralized platform for ocean freight management.
Enable flexibility and innovation
Configure software easily with minimal disruption to the business, so you can respond quickly to accommodate changing requirements and new ways of working.
Run your operations more cost-effectively
Save money by running a single platform for ocean freight management that simplifies and automates processes across your container shipping operations.
Key Capabilities
Support for lead-to-agreement activities
- Respond to customer inquiries efficiently by automatically formatting quotations, and provide informed responses based on tariffs and existing agreements
- Calculate surcharges and duration-based charges such as detention, demurrage, storage, or container monitoring
- Track customer agreements with comprehensive management features
Advanced order-to-cash features
- Coordinate bookings, including ocean and surface transports
- Conduct prohibition and restriction checks with automatic approval requests integrated into workflows
- Manage payments and handle export and import documentation requirements
Network and operations management
- Set up and define voyages and manage allocation based on capacity utilization
- Use door-to-door routing functionality based on business rules that rank proposed routes
- Manage port call cargo operations and enable re-planning when required
Technical Information
This product is deployed on premise, and system and software requirements vary by specific customer scenarios.
Installation and setup
Follow the setup instructions so you can start running your SAP software quickly and confidently.
Configuration
Optimize configuration of SAP Transportation Management add-ons for container shipping liners for SAP S/4HANA with our comprehensive configuration guide and pre-configuration sets.
Integration
Find out how you can seamlessly integrate SAP Transportation Management add-ons for container shipping liners for SAP S/4HANA with your existing IT landscape.
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