SAP TM glossary: L
30 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.
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Lane, distance, and duration determination
LDDD DE Transportbeziehungs-, Entfernungs- und Dauerermittlung (TEDE) Master data and cross-processA system function that finds the most specific transportation lane for a transport, taking into account the means-of-transport hierarchy and the transportation zone hierarchy at source and destination.
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Late changes to capacity documents
DE Späte Änderungen an Kapazitätsbelegen Execution and trackingAn Advanced Shipping and Receiving feature that allows a capacity document such as a road freight order to be corrected after execution at a stop has started or finished.
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LCL freight bookings
LCL DE LCL-Frachtbuchung Freight orderA sea freight booking used when the LCL (less than container load) quantities for a destination are too small for a full container booking, so the cargo is handed to another carrier who consolidates it into a container.
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LE-TRA vs. TM in SAP S/4HANA
Master data and cross-processIn SAP S/4HANA, the classic LE-TRA shipment process and TM can both exist, but SAP states that the transportation of one sales order is managed in either LE-TRA or TM, not both.
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Leading charge type
Charges and settlementAttribute of a charge type marking it as the charge that must have a value before the system considers a calculation sheet for charge calculation.
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Less than truckload
LTL Freight orderShipments that share a truck with other freight.
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Life cycle status of freight settlement documents
DE Lebenszyklusstatus von Frachtabrechnungsbelegen Charges and settlementThe life cycle status tells you where a freight settlement document stands in the business process, while the separate confirmation status reports the outcome of its most recent posting step to Materials Management (MM).
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Lifecycle status
Master data and cross-processThe main status that shows where a TM business document stands in its life cycle.
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Load consolidation
DE Ladungskonsolidierung Freight orderAn automatic planning function that optimises how freight units, package units and consignment orders are distributed to trucks, containers, trailers and railcars or their equipment types.
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Load consolidation run
DE Ladungskonsolidierungslauf Freight orderBackground function that starts automatic load consolidation instead of triggering it in the transportation cockpit.
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Load plan printing
DE Drucken des Ladeplans Execution and trackingFunction to print the load plan hierarchy, with or without 3D images of the load plan.
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Load plan status changes
DE Änderungen des Ladeplanstatus Freight orderSAP Help description of how the load plan status of a freight order and its items changes after each step of the process for transportation planning with mixed packages and deconsolidation.
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Load planning
DE Laderaumplanung Freight orderPlanning of the loading space of box trucks, trailers, semi-trailers and containers, either in the transportation cockpit or directly in a road freight order, trailer unit or container unit.
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Load planning rules independent of the resource type
DE Regeln für die Laderaumplanung unabhängig von der Ressourcenart Freight orderNumbered rules that the optimizer for load planning and load consolidation considers for a given combination of equipment group (such as truck or trailer) and equipment type.
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Load planning run
DE Laderaumplanungslauf Freight orderA background function that starts automatic load planning instead of calling the optimizer for load planning and load consolidation from the transportation cockpit.
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Loading
Execution and trackingLoading is the execution step of putting goods onto a vehicle, reported with events such as loading begin and loading end.
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Loading appointment
Execution and trackingA loading appointment is the agreed time at which a carrier arrives at a warehouse to pick up goods.
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Loading point
Execution and trackingA place within a warehouse where goods are loaded onto a truck.
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Location
DE Lokation Master data and cross-processA logical or physical place, such as a plant, shipping point, port, terminal or warehouse, that serves as source, destination or transshipment point of a transport.
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Location changes
DE Lokationsänderungen Freight orderThe ability to change the location of a transportation stage after it has been scheduled, either in the freight unit or in the related execution document.
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Location integration (SAP_COM_0425)
SAP_COM_0425 DE Lokationsintegration (SAP_COM_0425) Master data and cross-processA communication scenario in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition that lets an external system manage TM locations.
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Location type
Master data and cross-processA mandatory attribute of a location that classifies what kind of place it is.
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Logistics execution
LE Order and demandLogistics Execution (LE) is the SAP S/4HANA component that provides inbound and outbound deliveries.
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Logistics integration
DE Logistikintegration Master data and cross-processThe integration of TM with logistics components in the same system or in an external system, and also of a decentralised EWM and TM system with an external system.
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Logistics integration profile
Order and demandA group of settings that control how documents are integrated into TM. SAP Help documents profiles for SD, MM and LE documents, for decentralised EWM outbound delivery orders and for nJIT calls, defined in Customizing.
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Logistics integration profile for decentralized EWM
DE Logistikintegrationsprofil für dezentrales EWM Order and demandA group of settings that controls how outbound delivery orders from a decentralised EWM are integrated into TM. It covers common settings such as the freight unit building rule or the condition for determining it, stage building based on Incoterm locations 1 and 2, and the compliance check for Advanced Shipping and Receiving documents.
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Logistics integration profile for nJIT
nJIT DE Logistikintegrationsprofil für nJIT Order and demandA group of settings that controls how JIT calls from Next Generation Just-In-Time are integrated into TM. It contains common settings such as the freight unit building rule and stage building based on Incoterm locations 1 and 2.
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Logistics integration profile for SD, MM, and LE
DE Logistikintegrationsprofil für SD, MM und LE Order and demandA group of settings that controls how SD, MM and LE documents are integrated into TM in the internal integration.
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Logistics service provider scenario
LSP Master data and cross-processUse of SAP TM by a logistics service provider (LSP) that transports goods on behalf of ordering parties.
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SAP Logistics Management
Master data and cross-processA separate SAP product with its own product assistance that runs outbound warehouse and transport processes through processing variants, for example full truckload, less-than-truckload with or without consolidation, and parcel shipping with courier, express and parcel providers.
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