Transportation management overview
SAP TM positioning in SAP landscape
Business benefits and use cases
End-to-end transportation process
Key TM master and transaction objects
Organizational units and business partners
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Locations, lanes, and transportation zones
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Transportation resources and equipment
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Charge management basics
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Master data best practices
Transportation requirements creation
Freight unit building
Freight order creation and lifecycle
Manual vs automatic planning
Status management
Planning profiles and strategies
Load planning and consolidation
Route determination
Cost optimization concepts
Planning cockpit overview
Execution monitoring
Carrier selection and tendering
Freight settlement and invoicing
Integration with SAP ERP / S/4HANA
Output and communication
TM reports and analytics
Transportation KPIs
Exception handling
Real-world business scenarios
Best practices and interview preparation
Freight order creation process
Manual and automatic freight order
Freight unit assignment
Carrier selection
Route determination
Monitoring freight execution
Transportation planning process
Shipment tracking
Execution monitoring
Event management
Delivery integration
Handling transportation exceptions
Charge management
Freight settlement document
Integration with SAP FI
Invoice verification
Cost allocation
Freight cost analysis
Carrier performance evaluation
Real-time reporting
Embedded analytics in S/4HANA
Dashboard creation