SAP TM glossary: I
28 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.
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IATA dangerous goods shipper's declaration
Freight orderThe document required for air transport of dangerous goods under IATA regulations, printed in TM from an air freight booking using an SAP-delivered default template.
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IDoc
Master data and cross-processA document-based message format used in SAP integration.
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IMO dangerous goods declaration
DE IMO-Gefahrguterklärung Freight orderA standard print form for ocean transport of dangerous goods under the IMDG Code of the International Maritime Organization, printed with an SAP-delivered default template.
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Inbound communication
DE Eingehende Kommunikation Carrier and tenderingIn external planning, the shipper system receives the carrier's planning result through an inbound web service and creates or updates a freight order or freight booking, linking the related freight units and consignment orders.
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Inbound delivery and finished goods receipt
DE Anlieferung und Wareneingang von Fertigerzeugnissen Execution and trackingThe SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition process step in which finished goods from a subcontractor are transported to and received by the procuring company.
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Inbound delivery with warehouse Management-Based storage locations
DE Anlieferung mit lagerverwaltungsbasierten Lagerorten Execution and trackingThe SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition subcontracting process for receiving finished goods into Warehouse Management-based storage locations.
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Incompatibilities
DE Inkompatibilitäten Master data and cross-processRules that define which planning objects must not be combined during transport planning, for example freight units with different Incoterms, refrigerated goods in unsuitable vehicles, or a driver without the required licence.
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Incoterms
Order and demandInternational commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce that define terms of sale and the passing of risk.
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Incoterms and incoterm locations
DE Incoterms und Incoterm-Orte Master data and cross-processIncoterms are the International Chamber of Commerce's codified rules for common trade terms, defining the terms of sale and the passing of risk.
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Incoterms in forwarding orders
DE Incoterms in Speditionsaufträgen Charges and settlementFunction that uses the Incoterm in a forwarding order to determine which party pays for which stages, for example the shipper for pre-carriage and the ship-to party for main and on-carriage.
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Incremental planning
DE Inkrementelle Planung Freight orderAn automatic planning option that adds new freight units to freight orders and freight bookings that already exist, instead of always building documents from scratch.
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Initial solution
DE Anfangslösung Freight orderThe starting solution that VSR optimization generates, evaluates and then improves.
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Intelligent resolution of document errors
DE Intelligente Behebung von Belegfehlern Execution and trackingA function for freight orders and consignment orders that records the history of master data errors caused by faulty inbound messages.
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Interaction between organizational units
DE Interaktion zwischen Organisationseinheiten Order and demandA function that models how organisational units cooperate, typically a sales organisation proposing how to transport goods and a planning and execution organisation checking that proposal.
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Interactive planning
DE Manuelle Planung Freight orderPlanning done by the planner rather than an automatic run, documented by SAP as manual planning.
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Internal agreement
Charges and settlementAn internal agreement is an agreement between internal organisational units, maintained alongside freight and forwarding agreements as a basis for charge calculation.
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Internal Co-Load
DE Interne Beiladung Order and demandAn air freight process in which booked cargo capacity is made available to another organisational unit of the same company, which may be a legally independent unit.
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Internal settlement
DE Interne Abrechnung Charges and settlementInternal settlement documents settle costs between internal organisations.
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Internal settlement for resources
DE Interne Abrechnung von Ressourcen Charges and settlementThis function creates internal settlement documents to recover the costs of internal resources, such as trucks and trailers, used to execute orders.
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Internal settlement management
DE Verwaltung interner Abrechnungen Charges and settlementInternal settlement management lets one internal organisation send an internal settlement document to another to recover costs incurred in providing transportation services for a forwarding order.
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Internal TM component integration
DE Integration interne TM-Komponente Order and demandThe integration of TM with logistics components in the same SAP S/4HANA system, so that transportation planning and execution are based on SD and MM orders, LE deliveries and JIT calls from Next Generation Just-In-Time.
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International address versions
DE Internationale Adressversionen Freight orderA version of a location or business partner address held in another character set, for example Kanji or Latin letters.
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Invoice integration
Charges and settlementInvoice integration is the set of service groups that connect TM with the ERP side for transportation billing and settlement.
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Invoice verification
Charges and settlementInvoice verification checks supplier invoices before payment.
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Invoicing freight documents
DE Fakturierung von Frachtbelegen Charges and settlementThis function posts an invoice for a combination of freight document and carrier or logistics service provider at the level of the charge element, showing the related amounts and quantities.
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Invoicing status of freight documents using lean services
DE Fakturierungsstatus von Frachtbelegen mit Lean Services Charges and settlementThe invoicing status in a freight document shows the status of accrual posting and invoice verification for a transportation charge at charge element level.
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Item hierarchy
Order and demandThe structure that defines how items in TM business documents can be nested, for example packaging materials containing products.
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Item type
Order and demandA Customizing setting that predefines parameters for document items, such as item category, equipment group and type and default units of measure.
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