Master Data and Settings

Purpose

In this process you create the master data required for transportation management and make the Customizing settings.

Prerequisites

You have integrated SAP R/3 and SAP APO .

Process Flow

Master Data and Settings inSAP R/3

  1. You make the TP/VS-specific Customizing settings .

  2. You define the master data for the transportation management process and transfer it to SAP APO using SAP APO Core Interface (CIF). For more information, see Integration of Master Data .

Master Data and Settings inSAPAPO

  1. You make the TP/VS-specific Customizing settings .

  2. You define the TP/VS-specific master data . You need this data in addition to the master data transferred from SAP R/3 .

  3. If you want to monitor alerts, define a VS alert profile .

  4. If you want to use geocoding, connect a geocoding program to SAP APO . For more information, see Geocoding .