SAP TM glossary: M
26 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.
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Main carriage
Freight orderThe central leg of a multi-stage transport, between pre-carriage and on-carriage.
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Manual creation of import freight bookings
DE Manuelle Erstellung von Importfrachtbuchungen Freight orderCreating an import freight booking by hand when no export freight booking exists in the system, for example when the data arrived by fax.
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Manual creation of schedules
DE Manuelles Anlegen von Fahrplänen Master data and cross-processThe process of creating carrier and gateway schedules by hand in the Create Schedule app.
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Manual customs handling for logistics services providers (LSPs)
DE Manuelle Zollabwicklung für Logistikdienstleister (LDL) Order and demandA process in which a logistics service provider enters customs data and sets customs statuses manually for customs-relevant items in a forwarding order.
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Manual planning with local transportation unit items
DE Manuelle Planung mit lokalen Transporteinheitspositionen Freight orderA manual planning option in the transportation cockpit that creates transportation units as items of the freight document instead of as separate business documents.
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Manual Transportation Planning - Basic TM (7IV)
7IV Freight orderSAP Best Practices scope item for manual planning in the Transportation Cockpit within Basic TM: freight units are generated from preceding documents and assigned to capacities such as equipment types to create freight orders or bookings; for road freight orders, scheduling runs automatically after planning.
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Map
Master data and cross-processThe geographical map in SAP TM displays business documents and resources, such as freight orders or trucks, on a map.
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Mass changes
DE Massenänderungen Freight orderChanging several freight documents at once from the personal object worklist (freight orders, freight bookings, trailer, railcar and container units) or from lists and hierarchies in the transportation cockpit.
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Mass geocoding
DE Massengeokodierung Master data and cross-processA report that calculates latitude and longitude for many locations in one run.
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Master bill
Freight orderShort for master bill of lading.
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Master data cockpit
DE Stammdaten-Cockpit Charges and settlementAn overview in charge management that lists agreements and related charge master data per organisational unit, business partner and charge type.
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Master data in load planning
DE Stammdaten in der Laderaumplanung Master data and cross-processThe vehicle resource data used by load planning, such as axle group distances, cargo body distance, connector distance and the interior height, length and width of the loading space for box trucks and trailers.
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Master data replication
DE Stammdatenreplikation Master data and cross-processThe function for replicating master data from a source system, such as SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA, to the TM component of an SAP S/4HANA target system.
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Master flight schedule
Freight orderA schedule with which a logistics service provider defines a connection between the gateways at two airports.
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Means of transport
MTr Master data and cross-processA grouping of vehicle resources of the same kind, for example container ships or cargo ships.
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Means of transport and equipment type determination
DE Transportmittel- und Equipmentartermittlung Master data and cross-processA function that determines the means of transport and equipment types using business rules defined in a condition.
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Message settings
DE Nachrichteneinstellungen Master data and cross-processSettings that filter which messages are shown on the user interface or stored in the application log for a user or role.
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Message store
DE Nachrichtenablage Master data and cross-processStorage for TM messages that no longer fit into the application log once the maximum set in the message settings is reached, plus the report used to work with it.
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Message-Based communication with a warehouse management system
DE Nachrichtenaustausch mit einem Lagerverwaltungssystem Execution and trackingA message-based process in which TM sends loading and unloading instructions for freight orders or freight bookings to an external warehouse management system and receives its confirmations.
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Mixed Execution-Based settlement
DE Gemischte ausführungsbasierte Abrechnung Charges and settlementA forwarding settlement scenario in which a carrier settles different stages of the same customer business on different execution bases.
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Mixed loading check for dangerous goods
DE Zusammenladeprüfung für Gefahrgut Order and demandA check that validates whether several dangerous goods items may be transported together under the segregation rules of international regulations, for freight units, freight orders and freight bookings.
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Mixed unit load device
mixed ULD DE Gemischte Luftfrachtcontainer Freight orderA unit load device that is loaded with goods from several air freight bookings for the same flight.
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Mixed zone
Master data and cross-processType of transportation zone that combines the other zone types, for example locations, postal code ranges and regions in a single zone.
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Multi-pick multi-drop
Freight orderA scenario in which one road freight order covers several pick-up and delivery points.
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Multi-Pickup, Multi-Drop
DE Mehrfachabholung, Mehrfachanlieferung Freight orderA scenario in the TM integration with EWM based on EWM transportation units in which several warehouses are planned on one road freight order.
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Multimodal transportation
Master data and cross-processTransportation that uses more than one transportation mode along a route.
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