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Procedure documentationCreating Master Data for Carriers

 

You need to create and change the following master data for carriers:

  • Business partner

  • Carrier location

  • Assignment of the carrier location to a transportation lane

You can create this type of data manually in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC). If you have an SAP ERP system running, you have maintained carrier master data and Customizing in SAP ERP. If you integrate SAP SNC with SAP ERP for shipment collaboration, you can transfer the carrier data from SAP ERP to SAP SNC using Core Interface (CIF) instead of creating it manually.

The following procedures describe how you can create master data for carriers in SAP SNC manually or (as an alternative) how you create the master data in SAP ERP and transfer the data to SAP SNC using CIF.

Procedure

Creating Business Partners, Locations, and Transportation Lanes for Carriers Manually in SAP SNC

  1. To create a business partner for the carrier, use the Business Partner transaction (transaction code BP) and create a business partner of type Forwarding Agent.

  2. To create a carrier location, create a location of type 1020 (Transportation Service Provider).

  3. Assign the carrier business partner to the location.

  4. Create a transportation lane.

  5. Assign the carrier location as transportation service provider to the transportation lane.

Transferring Carrier Partner Data from SAP ERP to SAP SNC

  1. To represent your carrier in the system, create a vendor with an account group, for example with account group 0005 (Forwarding Agent), in SAP ERP. To create a vendor, on the SAP Easy Access screen of the SAP ERP system, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Logistics Execution Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Partner Next navigation step Vendor Next navigation step Create End of the navigation path.

  2. Assign the account group to location type TSP in Customizing for Integration with Other mySAP.com Components under Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Application-Specific Settings and Enhancements Next navigation step Settings and Enhancements for Shipments Next navigation step Assign Vendor Account Group to APO Location Type End of the navigation path.

  3. To transfer the carrier master data to SAP SNC, use CIF. To do this, on the SAP Easy Access screen of your SAP ERP system, choose Start of the navigation path Tools Next navigation step ABAP Workbench Next navigation step Development Next navigation step SAP Business Workflow Next navigation step Reporting Next navigation step Workflow Information System (WIS) Next navigation step Planning Next navigation step Flexible planning Next navigation step Planning Next navigation step Standard SOP Next navigation step Environment Next navigation step Supply Chain Planning Next navigation step Core Interface Advanced Planner and Optimizer Next navigation step Integration Model Next navigation step CFM1 - Create End of the navigation path and CFM2 - Activate.

    Based on the account group assignment to locations in SAP ERP, SAP SNC creates a business partner and a location of type 1020 (Transportation Service Provider) for the carrier.