SAP TM glossary: R
50 terms in plain words, with the official German SAP term. Key terms link to their own page.
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Rail freight
Freight orderTransportation by train, modelled in SAP TM with rail freight orders.
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Rail freight order
DE Bahnfrachtauftrag Freight orderThe freight document for transports by train, modelling one or more locomotives (vehicle resources) and railcars (passive vehicle resources).
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Rail transportation
DE Bahntransport Freight orderA sample process describing a typical rail transport for shippers in TM. It builds on default routes, transportation zones, equipment-based freight agreements with carriers, and a freight order type for rail.
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Railcar unit
DE Waggoneinheit Order and demandA transportation unit for rail that describes how cargo is assigned to one or more railcars.
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Rate categories
DE Tariftypen Master data and cross-processA rate category is set on a rate table or local rate table to support the calculation of air freight charges.
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Rate definition and maintenance
DE Festlegung und Pflege von Tarifpreisen Master data and cross-processThe set-up activity in which you define rate tables, including local ones, and maintain their rate values.
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Rate determination
DE Tarifpreisermittlung Charges and settlementRate determination is how TM finds the most suitable rate from a rate table (including local rate tables) during charge calculation, using attributes of the business document and the agreement.
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Rate determination based on holiday calendar
DE Tarifpreisermittlung basierend auf Feiertagskalender Charges and settlementA rate determination technique that lets a logistics service provider or carrier charge extra for services performed on non-working days, such as weekends and public holidays, in a particular country or region.
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Rate determination based on planned distance
DE Tarifpreisermittlung basierend auf geplanter Entfernung Charges and settlementWith this technique you charge customers or pay carriers according to the planned distance of each stage or of the whole freight order or freight booking.
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Rate determination based on transportation duration
DE Tarifpreisermittlung anhand der Transportdauer Charges and settlementThis technique charges customers or pays carriers according to how long transporting the order takes.
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Rate determination based on transportation stops
DE Tarifpreisermittlung anhand von Transport-Stopps Charges and settlementThis technique bases charges for customers or carriers on the stops of a transportation order, optionally counting intermediate stops and sub-stops.
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Rate determination based on units of measures (UoMs)
UoM DE Tarifpreisermittlung basierend auf Mengeneinheiten (ME) Charges and settlementThis technique calculates transportation charges from the units of measure of product quantities.
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Rate determination based on zone hierarchy and postal codes
DE Tarifpreisermittlung anhand von Zonenhierarchie und Postleitzahlen Charges and settlementThis technique lets the system still find a rate when none is maintained for the exact zone or postal code.
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Rate determination for direct shipment of parcels
DE Tarifpreisermittlung für Direktsendung von Paketen Charges and settlementWhen a logistics service provider or carrier forwards parcels directly to the customer without consolidation, this technique lets it charge extra for overnight or first-priority service.
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Rate determination of forwarding agreement quotation items
FWAQ DE Tarifpreisermittlung für Speditionsvereinbarungsangebots-Positionen Charges and settlementA function that determines the rates you offer to shippers or logistics service providers for forwarding agreement quotation (FWAQ) items from existing service products.
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Rate determination with partial information
DE Tarifpreisermittlung mit unvollständigen Daten Charges and settlementThis technique finds a rate even when relevant information is missing from the forwarding order, freight order or rate table.
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Rate determination with scales of different dimensions
DE Tarifpreisermittlung mit Staffeln unterschiedlicher Dimensionen Charges and settlementWhen a rate table contains scales with different dimensions, this technique still determines the correct rate from the forwarding order or freight order.
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Rate import
Master data and cross-processRate import means loading rates into TM in bulk rather than entering them manually.
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Rate split
DE Tarifpreissplit Charges and settlementAfter charges are calculated, rate split lets you divide weight-based charge lines under the air waybill charge item of a freight booking for air waybill printing.
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Rate table and local rate table
DE Tarifpreistabelle und lokale Tarifpreistabelle Master data and cross-processA rate table or local rate table groups the prices for transportation services, listed by validity period, and can have up to 14 dimensions.
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Rate table type
Master data and cross-processA rate table type is defined in Customizing for Transportation Management (Master Data > Rate Tables > Define Rate Table Types).
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Rate tables
DE Tarifpreistabellen Charges and settlementA rate table groups prices for transportation services with its own scales and validity periods; a local rate table is one created inside an agreement.
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Rate type
Charges and settlementIn air freight charge calculation, the rate type of a calculation sheet line item decides whether charges are based on contract rates from standard rate tables or on TACT rates.
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Rate upload and download using microsoft excel
DE Upload und Download von Tarifpreisen mit Microsoft Excel Master data and cross-processA function for adding and editing large volumes of rates in local rate tables with Microsoft Excel.
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Rate-Level validity periods
DE Gültigkeitszeiträume auf Tarifpreisebene Master data and cross-processRate-level validity periods let you change individual rates for a short time without updating all rates of the parent validity period in a rate table or local rate table, for example to offer a lower rate for a few weeks.
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Reassignment
DE Umplanung Freight orderA transportation cockpit function for rescheduling freight documents by drag and drop or by selecting rows and choosing the Reassignment pushbutton.
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Reassignment activities
DE Umplanungsaktivitäten Freight orderThe drag-and-drop operations available for reassignment in the transportation cockpit hierarchies, listed by source, target and resulting system activity.
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Reference products for package building
DE Referenzprodukte für die Erzeugung von Packstücken Master data and cross-processProducts used as templates for package building attributes.
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Region zone
Master data and cross-processType of transportation zone defined by country/region and region.
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Remote control and communication framework
RCCF Master data and cross-processFramework for calling, controlling and logging engines at external destinations and communicating with them; TM uses it to control its optimisers.
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Report for basic TM usage vs. advanced TM usage
Master data and cross-processA report, valid as of SAP S/4HANA 2023, that lists how a system uses TM objects and functions and shows whether they belong to Basic TM or Advanced TM. It is run with transaction /SCMTMS/AUDIT and is also used by SAP's central auditing department in regular customer audits.
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Request of rate changes by carriers
DE Tarifpreisänderungsanfragen von Spediteuren Carrier and tenderingThis function lets carriers request changes to rates already agreed in a released freight agreement with a current or future validity, without a new agreement.
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Resolution of discrepancies
DE Lösen von Abweichungen Execution and trackingResolving discrepancies, or undoing a resolution, on the discrepancy tab of a forwarding order or freight order.
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Resource
DE Fahrzeugressource Master data and cross-processMaster data that represents capacity used in transportation.
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Resource types
DE Ressourcentyp Master data and cross-processThe kinds of resources available in TM master data: calendar resource, vehicle resource, handling resource, driver and transportation unit resource.
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Responses from carriers using spreadsheets
DE Antworten von Spediteuren mithilfe von Tabellenkalkulationen Carrier and tenderingA way for carriers to answer freight agreement RFQs by downloading them into a spreadsheet, editing their rates and returning them.
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Reversal of departure
DE Stornierung der Abfahrt Execution and trackingSupport in the TM–EWM integration for undoing the 'Departed from Checkpoint' status in EWM and sending a second departure message to TM, for inbound and outbound processes.
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Reverse auction
DE Einkaufsauktion Carrier and tenderingA feature in advanced RFQs that lets carriers revise their bids and see the current best rates for lanes.
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RID dangerous goods note
DE RID Beförderungspapier für Gefahrgüter Freight orderA standard print form for rail transport of dangerous goods under the RID, printed from a freight order with an SAP-delivered default template.
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Road freight
Freight orderTransportation by road, modelled in SAP TM with road freight orders.
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Rough-Cut planning
DE Grobplanung Freight orderA VSR optimization option for scheduling pre-carriage and on-carriage without defining specific transportation lanes.
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Route
Master data and cross-processThe path a shipment takes from source to destination, made up of stages.
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Route-Based settlement
DE Routenbasierte Abrechnung Charges and settlementAn execution-based way of settling forwarding orders when the work is a transportation journey with one or more pickups and deliveries.
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Routing and determination methods
DE Routing- und Ermittlungsmethoden Order and demandMethods used in transportation requirement routing and scheduling (TRS) to determine the routing of a request from source to destination.
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Routing and scheduling of transportation requirements
DE Routing und Terminierung von Transportbedarfen Order and demandA function that performs routing and scheduling for a request from a source to a destination location and a reference date.
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Rule profile for the package building optimizer
DE Regelprofil für den Optimierer für die Packstückerzeugung Order and demandA profile in which you select from SAP's predefined rules for optimizer-based mixed package building and give each a value and a level.
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Rules and conditions for charge management and SP catalogs
DE Regeln und Bedingungen für Kostenmanagement und SP-Kataloge Master data and cross-processA single entry point for defining rules and conditions used by the Charge Management and Service Product Catalogs component, including agreement determination.
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Rules for the load planning of upper decks
DE Regeln für die Laderaumplanung von Oberdecks Freight orderNumbered load optimization rules that apply to the upper deck of double-deck trucks and trailers.
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Rules for the propagation and aggregation of events
DE Regeln für die Propagierung und Aggregation von Ereignissen Execution and trackingThese rules describe how execution events are passed between related documents.
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Rules in automatic load planning
DE Regeln in der automatischen Laderaumplanung Freight orderRules that the system considers during a load optimization run.
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