SAP TM glossary

Key terms

Each key term has its own page: the full definition, where it sits in the process and, for TM Hub members, the apps, transactions and practitioner detail.

• Master data and cross-process Advanced TM The full scope of SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain for Transportation Management.
• Master data and cross-process Basic TM SAP's name for the defined, limited set of TM functions within SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain for Transportation Management that supports a simple transportation process, equivalent to the classic LE-TRA transportation process.
• Charges and settlement Calculation sheet A calculation sheet is a hierarchical table used to calculate transportation charges.
• Charges and settlement Charge calculation Kostenberechnung Charge calculation determines the charges for transporting goods between locations based on rates maintained in rate tables, including local ones.
• Order and demand Forwarding order Speditionsauftrag An order from an ordering party to a carrier or logistics service provider to transport goods from a shipper to a consignee under agreed conditions.
• Charges and settlement Freight agreements Frachtvereinbarungen Freight agreements, together with calculation sheets, rate tables and scales, are used to manage long-term contracts with carriers.
• Freight order Freight booking Frachtbuchung An order whose execution is planned by a carrier such as a shipowner, used to reserve freight space on a ship or aircraft.
• Freight order Freight order Frachtauftrag An order whose execution is planned by a carrier or by the shipper, used mainly for road and rail transport.
• Charges and settlement Freight settlement document Frachtabrechnungsbeleg A freight settlement document (FSD) posts freight cost accruals and is the basis for invoice verification in Materials Management (MM) for freight orders, freight bookings and service orders.
• Order and demand Freight unit Frachteinheit A set of goods that is transported together across the entire transportation chain and the smallest unit that can be transported in SAP TM. Freight units are built from the items of forwarding orders and order- or delivery-based transportation requirements (in the Public Cloud, for example from sales orders) using freight unit building rules, and they can carry transportation constraints for planning.
• Order and demand Freight unit building rule Frachteinheitsbildungsregel A rule that the system applies when it creates and edits freight units.
• Freight order Transportation cockpit Transport-Cockpit The central app for manual planning in SAP TM. Planners assign transportation demands (freight unit stages) to capacities (equipment types in the Public Cloud edition) and thereby create freight orders or freight bookings.

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How the entries are grouped

• Order and demand 131 entries
• Freight order 158 entries
• Carrier and tendering 59 entries
• Execution and tracking 84 entries
• Charges and settlement 168 entries
• Master data and cross-process 213 entries