SAP TM glossary: P
42 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.
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Package
Order and demandA unit such as a pallet, pallet cage or carton into which products are bundled.
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Package building
DE Erzeugung von Packstücken Order and demandA function that bundles products into packages based on constraints while keeping the number of packages low, and can determine the position and orientation of each item.
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Packaging specification
DE Packspezifikation Order and demandOne of the unified package building engines: it builds packages from the master data defined in a packaging specification.
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Packing instruction
DE Packvorschrift Order and demandOne of the unified package building engines: it builds packages from the master data defined in a packing instruction.
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Page layouts
DE Seitenlayouts Master data and cross-processA page layout determines which buttons, functions, levels and hierarchies are shown in the Transportation Cockpit, Carrier Selection and Delivery Creation UIs.
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Parallel planning
DE Parallele Planung Freight orderThe ability of several planners to work at the same time in manual planning and VSR optimization.
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Parcel shipment
DE Paketversandprozess Freight orderA process in which a carrier is commissioned to carry parcels from a shipping point to several consignees, with parcel shipments created in TM from ERP deliveries.
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Parcel shipping
Execution and trackingShipping packages or pallets with courier, express and parcel (CEP) service providers who collect on a regular basis and route the goods through their own network.
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Partner function codes in an OTR or DTR
OTR, DTR DE Partnerrollencodes in einem ATB oder LTB Charges and settlementIn a group logistics process, TM assigns the partner function code Supplying Company or Receiving Company in the Business Partner tab of an order-based or delivery-based transportation requirement (OTR or DTR) to identify the default agreement party for a stage.
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Passive vehicle resource
Master data and cross-processA vehicle resource that cannot move on its own, such as a trailer, which is pulled by an active vehicle resource like a tractor.
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Path finder
DE Streckenermittlung Master data and cross-processA function that searches the transportation network for legs between two locations, using locations, transshipment locations, lanes, schedules and zones.
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Peer-to-Peer tendering
DE Sequenzielle Ausschreibung Carrier and tenderingA tendering type that sends freight RFQs to the proposed carriers one after another.
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Personal object worklist
POWL Master data and cross-processList-based worklist UI in which users search, view and process TM objects.
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Personal prefixes
DE Persönliche Präfixe Master data and cross-processOptional scenario builder feature in which users include their initials or ID in the names of the system objects and Customizing data created from a scenario template.
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Pick-up and delivery dates
DE Zeitfenster Order and demandThe dates and times for picking up and delivering goods, taken from the business document, for example the sales order.
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Pick-up and delivery freight orders
DE Frachtaufträge für die Abholung und Anlieferung Freight orderFreight orders used around a sea or air booking: in sea transport they move containers between the container freight station and the port of loading or from the port of unloading; in air transport they move ULDs or loose goods between gateway and airline addresses.
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Pick-up and delivery window
Order and demandThe time window within which goods are to be picked up or delivered.
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Planned delivery time
Order and demandMaterial master attribute (MRP 2 view) giving, for a plant and material, the delivery time in days.
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Planning and execution organization
Master data and cross-processAn organisational unit responsible for planning and executing transportation stages.
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Planning horizon
DE Planungshorizont Freight orderThe planning horizon is the period in which the system may schedule transportation activities such as loading, unloading and transport.
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Planning period
Master data and cross-processTime period used as a reference in TM planning data, for example for a means of transport on a transportation lane or as the scope of a transportation allocation (such as yearly or weekly).
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Planning profile
DE Planungsprofil Freight orderA user-specific grouping of parameters that the system takes into account in transportation planning.
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Planning quantity
Order and demandThe quantities with units of measure, for example gross weight and gross volume, that the freight unit building rule defines for planning.
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Planning results
Order and demandThe outcome of transportation planning on freight units, comprising pick-up and delivery dates, resource assignments and routes.
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Planning strategy
Freight orderA defined sequence of planning methods that the system executes in a planning run.
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Post processing framework
PPF Master data and cross-processThe framework through which TM runs follow-up actions such as printing and workflow triggers.
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Postal code zone
Master data and cross-processType of transportation zone defined by postal code ranges valid for a particular country or region.
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Pre-carriage
Freight orderThe first leg of a multi-stage transport, bringing goods from the shipper towards the main carriage.
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Precondition
Charges and settlementA precondition decides whether the system processes a charge item or agreement before charge calculation.
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Preferred equipment groups and types
DE Bevorzugte Equipmentgruppen und -arten Freight orderMaster data that tells the system which equipment group and type to use when freight unit stages are assigned to capacity documents or capacity documents are created from them.
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Process controller
DE Prozess-Controller Master data and cross-processFramework for defining your own strategies and methods and thus how the system executes specific processes, including leaving out delivered functionality or adding new functions.
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Processing variant (SAP logistics management)
Order and demandIn SAP Logistics Management, a predefined process pattern that the system determines from the attributes of a transportation request by business rules, for example /SAP/FTL, /SAP/LTL, /SAP/Direct_LTL or /SAP/Parcel.
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Product
DE Produkt Master data and cross-processGlobal master data for a tangible or intangible good traded by the company.
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Profile and layout set
Freight orderA combination of profiles and a page layout used to start the transportation cockpit, for example a planning profile and several selection profiles.
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Profiles and settings
DE Profile und Einstellungen Master data and cross-processThe set of profiles and settings used to group planning-relevant parameters in SAP TM. In S/4HANA there are two profiles, the selection profile and the planning profile, to which reusable settings with their own IDs are assigned, for example capacity selection, scheduling, optimizer, incompatibility, carrier selection and load planning settings.
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Profitability analysis
DE Rentabilitätsanalyse Charges and settlementA read-only view in the forwarding order that compares all costs and revenues connected with executing that order.
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Proof of delivery
Execution and trackingThe event confirming that goods were delivered to the ship-to party.
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Proof of pick-up
Execution and trackingThe event confirming that goods were picked up.
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Publication of air freight bookings
DE Veröffentlichung von Luftfrachtbuchungen Freight orderControls which organisational units and business partners can see an air freight booking, making it visible or restricting its visibility.
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Purchase order integration
Order and demandIntegration of purchase orders into TM so that inbound transport can be planned.
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Purchasing group
Master data and cross-processAn MM organisational unit that TM settings refer to in two places in the evidence.
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Purchasing organization
Master data and cross-processAn organisational unit in TM organisational management with a purchasing function, responsible for buying transport services from carriers.
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