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SAP TM glossary: N

11 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.

  • Nature of goods

    DE Warenbeschaffenheit Order and demand

    A short description of the cargo, entered only in documents relevant for air transport, such as air forwarding orders and air bookings, but used along the whole chain.

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  • Network path determination

    NPD DE Ermittlung von Pfaden im Netzwerk Order and demand

    A routing method within transportation requirement routing and scheduling (TRS) that finds the shortest path through the transportation network, including through transshipment locations.

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  • nJIT: Creating deliveries

    nJIT DE nJIT: Anlegen von Lieferungen Order and demand

    Describes the delivery creation supported by the next generation Just-In-Time (nJIT) integration.

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  • nJIT: Forwarded inbound process

    nJIT DE nJIT: weitergeleiteter Eingangsprozess Order and demand

    Sample nJIT process for a forwarded JIS call, an inbound call used when the primary supplier procures materials from a secondary supplier.

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  • nJIT: Inbound process

    nJIT DE nJIT: Eingangsprozess Order and demand

    The nJIT inbound process, also called supply to production (S2P), covers the procurement of manufacturing materials.

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  • nJIT: Outbound process

    nJIT DE nJIT: Ausgangsprozess Order and demand

    The nJIT outbound process, also called supply to customer (S2C), covers delivering manufacturing materials to a customer.

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  • nJIT: Web services

    nJIT DE nJIT: Web-Services Master data and cross-process

    Describes the advanced shipping notification (ASN) messages used in nJIT scenarios, which can be sent or received as supplier or customer.

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  • NLQ determination based on documents

    NLQ DE Ermittlung der NLM basierend auf Belegen Master data and cross-process

    A function that derives the normalised load consumption quantity (NLQ) per product and unit of measure from historical consolidation data in selected road freight orders.

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  • NLQ determination based on randomized data

    NLQ DE Ermittlung der NLM anhand randomisierter Daten Order and demand

    A report that determines the normalised load consumption quantity (NLQ) per product and unit of measure statistically, i.e. the footprint a single product takes up in a top-level package.

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  • Number range

    Master data and cross-process

    Interval within which the system assigns identifiers to TM objects.

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  • NWBC

    NWBC Master data and cross-process

    SAP NetWeaver Business Client, a user interface client for accessing TM functions.

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