ERP Logistics Integration 
You use integration of SAP ERP orders and deliveries to facilitate transportation planning and execution in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) based on orders and deliveries that are created in an SAP ERP system. The orders and deliveries are represented by transportation requirements in SAP TM. The integration allows you to continuously react to changes to orders and deliveries that occur in the SAP ERP system. In particular, integration with SAP ERP enables you to:
Collectively plan transportation for all orders, across order types.
Perform transportation planning in SAP TM based on SAP ERP orders, prior to delivery creation, thus enabling you to get an earlier forecast of future transportation and resource demands.
Perform tendering, subcontracting, and execution in SAP TM based on SAP ERP orders prior to delivery creation.
Propose and create deliveries based on dates and quantities according to transportation planning results, taking into account transportation constraints such as resource availability and transportation durations.
Integration
The SAP TM component ERP Logistics Integration is integrated with the following SAP TM components:
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Type of Integration |
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Transportation requirements can form the basis for transportation planning and execution. |
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As a prerequisite for creating transportation requirements, the necessary master data must have been created. |
Features
Order Integration
Orders that are created in SAP ERP can be transferred to SAP TM, where they are stored as order-based transportation requirements. The following types of order in SAP ERP are supported by integration with SAP TM:
Sales order
Customer returns
Purchase order
Stock transport order
Returns purchase order
Returns stock transport order
Delivery Proposals
SAP TM can generate a proposal for a delivery to be created in SAP ERP based on the order-based transportation requirement. For more information, see Creation of ERP Deliveries from SAP TM.
Delivery Integration
Outbound deliveries and inbound deliveries that are created in SAP ERP can be transferred to SAP TM, where they are stored as delivery-based transportation requirements. Deliveries can be transferred to SAP TM regardless of whether the delivery creation was triggered by SAP TM or not. Deliveries can also be transferred to SAP TM even if an order that relates to the delivery has not been sent to SAP TM.
Order Scheduling
While creating sales orders in SAP ERP, transportation scheduling can be done synchronously in SAP TM. For more information, see Scheduling of SAP ERP Sales Orders in SAP TM.
ERP Shipment Integration
Outbound integration of ERP shipments enables you to carry out transportation execution in SAP ERP for freight orders or freight bookings created in SAP TM. Inbound integration of ERP shipments enables you to carry out tendering in SAP TM for shipments created in SAP ERP. For more information, see Integration of SAP TM and SAP ERP Shipment Processing.
Dangerous Goods
If a product contained in an order or delivery is classified as dangerous goods, SAP TM considers this information to ensure a safe and compliant transportation of the product. For more information, see Considering Dangerous Goods in Transportation Management.
ERP-TM Communication
Order and delivery data can be transferred between SAP TM and SAP ERP using enterprise services. This communication can be realized either via SAP NetWeaver Process Integration or using point-to-point communication (Web Services Reliable Messaging).