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 ERP-TMS: Basic Order Integration

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

LOG_TM_ORD_INT_TRQ

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Central Applications

Application Component

Logistics General (LO)

Purchasing (MM-PUR)

Sales (SD-SLS)

Basic Functions (SD-BF)

Shipping (LE-SHP)

Required Business Function

Not relevant

You can use this business function to integrate order processing in SAP ERP with transportation planning in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM). It enables you to optimize order processing and transportation planning by exchanging information about orders and deliveries between SAP ERP and SAP TM. This close integration is essential, especially for companies working with global networks of suppliers and carriers.

You can use this business function to carry out the following activities:

  • Perform transportation planning for sales orders, returns orders, purchase orders, and stock transport orders at an early stage of the order management process by transferring the relevant orders to SAP TM.

  • Create inbound and outbound deliveries in SAP ERP based on consolidated information about freight orders or freight units provided by SAP TM, and transfer deliveries to SAP TM for execution.

You transfer information between SAP ERP and SAP TM using enterprise services.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software Component

    SAP_APPL 604

    ESA ECC-SE 604

    PI/ESR Content

    http://sap.com/xi/APPL/SE/Global

    Delivery Integration

    http://sap.com/xi/APPL/Global2

    Sales Document Integration, Purchase Order Integration, Delivery Integration (bulk delivery service operations only)

  • You have activated the transfer of the required document types to SAP TM in Customizing for Integration with Other SAP Components under Start of the navigation path Transportation Management Next navigation step Order Integration End of the navigation path.

    Note that you also have to set up a workflow for purchase orders and define condition records for sales order and deliveries. For more information, see the documentation of the Customizing activities Activate Transfer of Purchase Orders, Activate Transfer of Sales Documents, and Activate Transfer of Delivery Documents.

  • You have connected your SAP ERP system to one or more SAP TM systems and set up message communication using the relevant enterprise services.

Features

Sales Document Integration

To transfer individual sales orders to SAP TM for transportation planning, you use the following service operations in the Sales Order Processing process component:

  • SLO_TransportationRequestSUITERequest_Out

  • SLO_TransportationRequestSUITECancellationRequest_Out

To transfer individual returns orders to SAP TM for transportation planning, you use the following service operations in the Customer Return Processing process component:

  • CRP_TransportationRequestSUITERequest_Out

  • CRP_TransportationRequestSUITECancellationRequest_Out

Delivery Integration

To create outbound deliveries in your SAP ERP system based on information received from SAP TM, you use the following service operations in the Outbound Delivery Processing component:

  • OutboundDeliveryBulkCreateRequest_In

  • OutboundDeliveryBulkConfirmation_Out

To create inbound deliveries in your SAP ERP system based on information received from SAP TM, you use the following service operations in the Inbound Delivery Processing process component:

  • InboundDeliveryCreateRequest_In (changed)

  • InboundDeliveryConfirmation_Out_V1 (new)

To transfer individual outbound deliveries created in your SAP ERP system to SAP TM, you use the following service operations in the Outbound Delivery Processing process component:

  • IDP_TransportationRequestSUITERequest_Out

  • IDP_TransportationRequestSUITECancellationRequest_Out

To transfer individual inbound deliveries created in your SAP ERP system to SAP TM, you use the following service operations in the Inbound Delivery Processing process component:

  • ODP_TransportationRequestSUITERequest_Out

  • ODP_TransportationRequestSUITECancellationRequest_Out

Purchase Order Integration

To transfer individual purchase orders to SAP TM for transportation planning, you use the following service operations in the Purchase Order Processing process component:

  • POP_TransportationRequestSUITERequest_Out

  • POP_TransportationRequestSUITECancellationRequest_Out

Note that these service operations are also used to transfer stock transport orders to SAP TM.

Business Add-Ins for Order Integration

You can use the following Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) to modify the transfer of documents to SAP TM:

  • BAdI: Sales Document Integration with TM

  • BAdI: Purchase Order Integration with TM

  • BAdI: Delivery Integration with TM

You can use the BAdIs to change the control key that determines which documents are to be transferred to SAP TM. You can also modify the routing of data to SAP TM, which is relevant if you have more than one SAP TM system connected to your SAP ERP system.

More Information

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com/erpInformation published on SAP site Next navigation step SAP ERP Enhancement Packages Next navigation step ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 4 Next navigation step SAP ERP Central Component Next navigation step Logistics Next navigation step Logistics - General (LO) Next navigation step Integration with SAP Transportation Management (LO-TM) End of the navigation path.

For information about the enterprise services for this business function, see SAP Note 1569375Information published on SAP site.

You can also integrate invoicing processes with SAP TM. For more information, see TMS-ERP: Invoice Integration.