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Object documentationTransportation Unit

 

The smallest loadable unit of a vehicle that is used to transport goods. The transportation unit (TU) can be, but does not need to be, part of a vehicle. For more information about vehicles, see Vehicle.

The following figure shows different TUs:

  • Vehicle 1: Semitrailer truck with one TU

  • Vehicle 2: Truck with cargo area and trailer, in other words, two TUs

  • Vehicle 3: Train with four wagons, in other words, four TUs

In addition to the means of transport, you need a packaging material to create a TU. By linking this packaging material to a means of transport, you define construction rules for your vehicles or TUs. In this way, you define, for example, how many TUs a vehicle is supposed to have and the order in which they are to be arranged. You also specify whether a TU is to be optional or obligatory:

  • Obligatory TUs are a fixed part of a vehicle (fixed assignment). You cannot assign them to another vehicle, for example, truck cargo area.

  • You can assign optional TUs to other vehicles, for example, trailer for a truck.

 

You define TUs in the master data for your transportation planning and execution in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM).

You can print waybills for TUs.

If you use yard management, you use TUs for inventory management in the yard.

Integration

  • Before you assign deliveries to a TU, you create a shipping and receiving activity for the TU.

  • In your outbound processes with TUs, you can use the Shipping Cockpit to perform all TU-related steps within your warehouse.

  • In processes with transportation planning in SAP ERP, you can create a TU from an SAP ERP shipment. You can use the SAP ERP shipment number as external TU number.

  • In processes with transportation planning in SAP EWM and communication to SAP ERP, you can create an SAP ERP shipment from a TU. You can use the external TU number as SAP ERP shipment number.

  • In processes with transportation planning in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM), you can create a TU from an SAP TM freight order. You can use the SAP TM freight order as the external TU number.

  • Before goods issue posting, you can create the current invoice via an invoice request to SAP CRM Billing or to SAP ERP (see Invoice Creation Before Goods Issue).