SAP TM glossary: E
44 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.
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E-mail processing for tendering
DE E-Mail-Verarbeitung für Ausschreibung Carrier and tenderingA function to run freight RFQ tendering entirely by e-mail.
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Early picking
DE Frühe Kommissionierung Execution and trackingA process in the TM–EWM integration in which picking in EWM starts before a freight order, and therefore an EWM transportation unit, exists.
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Early updates from EWM
DE Frühe Aktualisierungen aus EWM Execution and trackingAn option in the TM–EWM integration based on EWM transportation units to update the item hierarchy in TM at Finish Loading instead of only at Departure from Checkpoint.
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Effects of Date/Time deviations during execution
DE Auswirkungen von terminlichen Abweichungen bei der Ausführung Execution and trackingChecking how reported delays in freight order execution affect the rest of the plan.
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Embedded TM
Master data and cross-processTM running as a component in the same SAP S/4HANA system as sales, purchasing, deliveries and warehousing.
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Empty provisioning and empty return
DE Bereitstellung und Rückgabe von Leerbehältern Order and demandForwarding order functions for an LSP that must provide empty containers or railcars to the ordering party, or take them back, with or without a related goods transport.
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Empty provisioning and return in Export/Import processing
DE Leerbehälterbereitstellung/-rückgabe (Export-/Importabwicklung) Order and demandPlanning and executing empty provisioning and return within export/import processing.
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Enhancement concept
Master data and cross-processGeneric term for ways of extending TM. SAP Help mentions it only for the Transportation Cockpit, where fields formerly added through the enhancement concept are now included in the maximum user interface structures used for field configuration.
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Enterprise services
Master data and cross-processService interfaces through which TM exchanges business data with other systems.
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Equipment group
Master data and cross-processA category that groups equipment types, for example containers.
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Equipment groups and equipment types
DE Equipmentgruppen und Equipmentarten Master data and cross-processEquipment types group resources with the same attributes, and equipment groups combine equipment types into categories such as containers.
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Equipment type
Master data and cross-processA type that groups resources with the same attributes, such as a container or vehicle type, within an equipment group.
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ERP integration
Master data and cross-processThe group of side-by-side integration scenarios that connect ERP and TM through service groups for purchase orders, sales orders, stock transfer orders and deliveries.
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Estimated time of arrival
ETA Execution and trackingThe estimated time of arrival (ETA) is the expected arrival date and time at a stop.
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Evaluated receipt settlement
ERS Charges and settlementEvaluated receipt settlement (ERS), also called self-billing, is a freight settlement process in which the service provider does not submit an invoice; you pay automatically based on the charges in your freight order, freight booking or service order.
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Evaluation of freight quotations
DE Bewertung von Frachtangeboten Carrier and tenderingThe process in which the system preselects freight quotations according to defined criteria, ending when a carrier is awarded the road freight order or ocean freight booking.
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Evaluations and awarding
DE Auswertungen und Vergabe Carrier and tenderingA single user interface for evaluating carrier bids and awarding capacities to carriers or logistics service providers in advanced RFQs.
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Event
Execution and trackingAn event is a reported occurrence during transportation execution, such as arrival, loading, departure or a delay.
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Event code
Execution and trackingAn event code identifies a specific kind of execution event.
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Event handler
Execution and trackingAn event handler is the object in SAP Event Management through which a tracked TM object, such as a resource, an instruction, a freight unit or a freight order, is monitored.
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Event profiles
DE Ereignisprofile Execution and trackingAn event profile lists the events that can be reported for a business document and the order in which they must be reported.
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Event-Based charge calculation
DE Ereignisbasierte Kostenberechnung Charges and settlementEvent-based charge calculation uses events tracked during execution, such as delays, arrivals and departures, exchanged with SAP Event Management, to charge customers appropriately.
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EWM get transportation document URI integration
Execution and trackingA side-by-side integration scenario that lets EWM retrieve direct links to transportation documents in TM. It is configured as a service group connection from EWM to TM in an integration scenario configuration.
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EWM integration
DE Extended Warehouse Management Integration Execution and trackingEWM integration is the group of integration scenarios that connect Transportation Management with Extended Warehouse Management so that transport planning and warehouse execution stay coordinated.
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EWM loading appointment integration
Execution and trackingA side-by-side integration scenario between TM and EWM for loading appointments.
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EWM warehouse billing integration – forwarding agreement
Charges and settlementThis integration scenario lets TM send forwarding agreement data to EWM for billing warehouse services related to forwarding activities, such as deconsolidation, customs clearance support or temporary storage during mode changes.
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EWM warehouse billing integration – freight agreement
Charges and settlementThis integration scenario lets TM send freight agreement data to EWM so that warehouse charges related to transportation activities, such as cross-docking, consolidation or value-added services, are calculated and billed separately from transportation charges.
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Exceptions
Execution and trackingIn SAP TM, exceptions are problems or deviations that arise during processing and need follow-up.
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Execution
Execution and trackingExecution is the phase in which planned transports are carried out and their progress is reported.
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Execution status
Execution and trackingThe status of a freight document that shows how far transportation execution has progressed, with values such as Ready for Execution and In Execution.
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Execution tracking
DE Ausführungsüberwachung Execution and trackingExecution tracking is a basic TM function that decides whether users may manually report the execution of transportation processes managed by TM, for example that a freight order has arrived at its destination.
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Expected event
Execution and trackingAn expected event is an event planned to occur in a tracked process, such as a milestone a freight order or instruction is expected to reach.
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Explanation of statuses of business documents
DE Erklärung der Status von Geschäftsbelegen Freight orderSAP Help's reference for how statuses of freight order management documents are set and what they cause.
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Explanation tool
DE Erklärungsfunktion Master data and cross-processA tool showing which data went into a VSR optimisation or load optimisation run and what came out, so you can see how the optimiser reduced costs or used loading space.
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Explanation tool for scheduling
DE Erklärungsfunktion für die Terminierung Master data and cross-processAn app for analysing scheduling results in a Gantt chart, to understand how the system scheduled objects.
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External agreements
DE Externe Vereinbarungen Charges and settlementExternal agreements allow TM to use agreements stored in an external system when calculating transportation charges.
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External communication in overland transportation
DE Externe Kommunikation im Landverkehr Carrier and tenderingA process for sending freight orders directly to a carrier without tendering.
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External communication in sea traffic and air traffic
DE Externe Kommunikation im See- und Luftverkehr Carrier and tenderingA process for booking freight space with a shipping company or airline through a freight booking.
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External planning
DE Externe Planung Carrier and tenderingA scenario in which the shipper sends transport requirements as freight units or consignment orders to the carrier, who plans and returns the result as freight orders or freight bookings.
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External strategies
DE Externe Strategien Master data and cross-processProcess controller strategies used to change the standard behaviour of certain areas, such as incompatibilities and transportation charge management.
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External TM system integration
DE Integration externes TM-System Order and demandThe integration of orders and deliveries from an external source system, such as SAP ERP or another SAP S/4HANA system, into TM, where they are represented as transportation requirements.
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SAP Event Management
SAP EM Execution and trackingSAP Event Management is a separate SAP application for tracking and monitoring events of business objects in business processes, which can be integrated with TM. Through visibility processes it tracks TM objects such as transportation units and resources, so that dispatchers, shippers, ship-to parties and carriers can monitor expected and actual events.
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SAP Event Management integration
Execution and trackingThe integration of TM with SAP Event Management, listed in SAP Help among the applications TM can be integrated with.
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SAP Extended Warehouse Management
EWM Execution and trackingSAP's warehouse application that TM integrates with.
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