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SAP Transportation Management

SAP Transportation Management

Consolidate orders and maximize the return on your transportation spend – with our transportation management system (TMS). Accurately forecast demand and shipment volumes to fine-tune transportation planning. Enhance freight, fleet, and logistics management. And gain real-time visibility into global and domestic shipping across all transportation modes and industries.

Why SAP Transportation Management?

Because it dramatically reduces transportation complexity – and integrates business and logistics throughout your network. With SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) you can:

  • Use the latest technologies to streamline and integrate your transportation management processes 
  • Provide executable transportation plans that are cost efficient and compliant with customer requirements
  • Consolidate and optimize all shipments – inbound, outbound, domestic, and international
  • Strategically purchase or sell freight capacity with centralized order management
  • Improve transportation logistics to boost on-time deliveries and customer service levels
  • Handle large volumes of transportation and logistics data for state-of-the-art analysis and planning

SAP named a market leader in TMS systems

Learn how SAP Transportation Management can simplify the lives of business users and IT staff:

Functional Capabilities
  • Transportation Capacity and Demand Planning - Analyze carrier performance and historical data for trade lanes to plan for future transportation needs. Collaborate with carriers to negotiate freight contracts and book ocean and air carrier capacity for domestic or international shipments.
  • Transportation Requirements Management - Effectively manage transportation requirements from order entry to final settlement. Integrate order processing with order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes.
  • Freight Planning and Optimization - Create freight plans for individual units and shipments – and optimize and consolidate them for domestic, international, single, or multimodal transportation scenarios. Schedule the most freight for the least cost while honoring service constraints.
  • Interactive Freight Tendering - Set up multistep, automated, or interactive freight tendering processes, including peer-to-peer and broadcast tendering. The software supports direct tendering of orders and request for proposal-driven tender processes.
  • Freight and Forwarding Settlement - Manage both simple and complex freight agreements and related master data, as well as calculation rules for carriers and customers. Calculate freight costs, revenue, and profits precisely and automatically.
  • Collaboration Portal - The SAP Transportation Management portal for carriers supports collaborative business processes with shippers, including:
    • Freight order management
    • Freight settlement
    • Freight agreement management
    • Dispute management
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Technical Capabilities
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SAP Transportation Management 9.4 is based on SAP NetWeaver 7.5. It’s an ABAP-type application that most IT professionals will already be familiar with – reducing the need for training. Simple to integrate, extend, and deploy, the application makes it easy for IT to deliver a consistent and reliable user experience.
 
  • Out-of-the-Box Integration - Integrate with SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC), SAP Enterprise Warehouse Management, SAP Event Management, SAP Global Trade Services, SAP Environment, Health & Safety (SAP EH&S), and SAP CRM.
  • Data Model - SAP TM has a unique segment-based data model that reduces table size and complexity – for quicker system responses and easier data management.
  • SAP NetWeaver Business Client - Take advantage of a dynamic new user interface that gives business users the context they need to best serve customers.
  • SAP Fiori - Provide employees with a simple, personalized user experience (UX) across multiple devices – using SAP Fiori applications.
  • SAP Visual Business - Display SAP TM data on geographical maps and take advantage of interactive functionality within the SAP TM user interface. Note: You must install a front-end client before you can use SAP Visual Business – and SAP Global Trade Services is required for customs management.
  • Adobe Document Services (ADS) - Facilitate the printing of documents such as bills of lading.

Learn more

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How to configure Adobe Document Services for print applications

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SAP Visual Business installation and configuration guide 

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System requirements for SAP Transportation Management

System and software requirements vary according to specific customer scenarios – please refer to the SAP Transportation Management Sizing Guide for details. Also, please see the SAP Transportation Management Product Availability Matrix for the latest information on updates and releases. 

Databases

Your database selection depends on the Netweaver release that you choose. Please refer to the PAM for more details relevant for each release. 

DB2 FOR Z/OS, DB2 LUW 64-BIT,DB2/400,MAXDB 64-BIT, MS SQL SERVER X86_64,ORACLE 64-BIT, SAP ASE for Business Suite,SAP HANA database.
Operating Systems iPad OS, Linux Client, Mac OS, Windows Client 32-bit, Windows Client 64-bit, Windows for X86, Windows for X86_64
Web Browsers Apple, Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Product Availability Matrix*

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Sizing Guide*

Licensing and purchasing options for SAP Transportation Management

You can purchase SAP Transportation Management as an on-premise application that is licensed on the basis of freight value. Or you can choose a hosted cloud model with a subscription license – using SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud. This gives you the ability to license based on the freight requirements and the number of users that your business needs today, and add on incrementally as you grow. Contact your local SAP account executive for additional licensing and purchasing options.

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See what our customers are saying…

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NIBCO

NIBCO – a leading producer of valves, fittings, and piping products – is shipping more for less. How? By using our transportation management software to accelerate shipment planning, improve carrier selection, and gain greater control over freight spend.

M. Video

How is Russia’s largest consumer electronics retailer delivering 20,000 products to stores and homes in 158 cities – seamlessly? By relying on our transportation software. Learn how M. Video is using the software to achieve a 98% on-time delivery rate.**

Pañalon

Pañalon is one of Europe’s largest transporters of bulk liquids, powders, and granulated products for the chemical and automotive industries. Read how they’re using SAP to automate fleet management and gain full visibility of 950+ containers, tanks, and trucks. 

 

Vestel

See how Vestel achieves a better visibility in their supply chain while using SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM).
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Implementation

Ensure a successful implementation and maximize your ROI with information resources that support the different phases of SAP Transportation Management – from planning and installation to operation.

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Plan your installation

Refer to Master Guide: SAP Transportation Management 9.4 for important information about installation and upgrade planning

Confirm that you have a license key

To request permanent license keys, you need authorization under myProfile*. To extend your authorization, please contact an SAP user administrator*.

Download the software

Visit the SAP Support Portal* to download the SAP Transportation Management software installation package.

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Complete the installation steps

Refer to Master Guide: SAP Transportation Management 9.4 for a step-by-step overview of the
installation process, including a list of required tools and associated documentation.

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Manage your SAP applications

Refer to the Application Operations Guide for SAP TM 9.4 SP00* to learn how to manage, maintain, and run your SAP applications at peak performance.

Ensure the security of SAP TM

Download the SAP Transportation Management 9.4 Security Guide* for important information on ensuring the security of your software.

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Enhance your knowledge of SAP TM

View the SAP Transportation Management training and certification catalog of instructor-led courses and e-courses – and train when and where it’s convenient for you.

Stay up-to-date with our learning maps

Consultants, get role-specific learning maps with SAP implementation and operation information. These online knowledge products cover our latest products and upgrades.

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Need help planning your SAP education? Learn how our education consulting services from SAP can help

 

Upgrades

Plan and carry out a successful upgrade to the latest release of SAP Transportation Management – so you can take advantage of the new features and capabilities right away.

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Identify the upgrade paths

Download the Product Availability Matrix to review upgrade paths for SAP Transportation Management.

Download the matrix now*

Plan your upgrade

The Upgrade Master Guide contains important information about SAP TM upgrade planning.

Read the guide

Plan landscape changes

The Landscape Planner lets you visualize your existing system landscape, simulate changes, and analyze the impact. 

Use the planner*

 

 

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Identify dependencies

Use the Upgrade Dependency Analyzer to determine if your upgrade will have an impact on your other systems.

Access the analyzer

 

Size the implementation

Use the Web-based Quick Sizer tool to help you select an economically balanced system based on your requirements.

Open the Quick Sizer tool*

 

 

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Complete the upgrade steps

Refer to the SAP TM 9.4 Upgrade Master Guide for an overview of the upgrade process, including a list of required tools and associated documentation.

View the guide*

Download SAP TM 9.4

Get technical release information*

Download installations and upgrades*

Download support packages and patches*

Ask the community

Visit the SAP Transportation Management community for the latest technology news and updates. Ask questions, post comments, and discuss issues.

Visit the community

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Support

Get the support you need to keep SAP Transportation Management running at peak performance. Our experts can help you maximize the value of your software, take advantage of new business models and capabilities, and more.

Troubleshoot and Maintain

Find solutions to known issues. Stay up to date with technical planning resources and software updates. See more

SAP Support Portal Resources

Search for SAP Notes & Knowledge Base Articles

Get SAP Transportation Management 9.4 technical release information

Download SAP Transportation Management support packages and patches

View your existing license keys or request additional keys

Open a Support Incident when you need technical assistance from SAP

Sign up for important notifications

Optimize your systems with self- or expert-guided SAP Enterprise Support Academy services


Product Documentation for SAP Transportation Management 9.4

What's New & Release Notes

Installation and Upgrade Information

Configuration and Deployment Information

Security Information

System Administration and Maintenance Information

Application Help

Integration & Analytics Information


Support Tools

SAP Solution Manager 7.2

SAProuter

Automated Notes Search Tool

Performance Assistant Note and KBA Search Tool

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Expert Community

Connect with SAP experts – and get the latest news and views on SAP Transportation Management implementations, upgrades, innovations, and best practices.

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