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The integration of SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and SAP ERP shipment processing enables you to do the following:

  • Carry out transportation planning and booking activities in SAP TM for deliveries created in SAP ERP. The SAP TM system creates delivery-based transportation requirements (DTRs) for the deliveries received from SAP ERP and uses the DTRs for planning and booking purposes.

    For more information about delivery integration, see ERP Logistics Integration.

  • Carry out transportation execution in SAP ERP for freight orders or freight bookings created in SAP TM. SAP ERP creates shipments based on freight orders or freight bookings received from SAP TM.

    Note that the freight orders or freight bookings must be derived from delivery-based transportation requirements.

  • Carry out tendering in SAP TM for shipments created in SAP ERP. SAP TM creates freight orders based on shipments received from SAP ERP. After you have carried out tendering for a shipment-based freight order, SAP TM returns the tendering result to SAP ERP. SAP ERP then updates the original shipment.

Integration

You can integrate SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) with SAP ERP by using intermediate documents (IDocs) in SAP ERP and enterprise services in SAP TM. IDoc-based integration guarantees downward compatibility with SAP R/3 software. SAP NetWeaver® Process Integration (PI) interfaces are used to map the IDocs in SAP ERP to the enterprise services in SAP TM.

Features

The following integration scenarios are part of SAP TM and SAP ERP shipment processing integration:

  • Outbound integration of ERP shipments, which provides the following processes:

    • Transportation planning in SAP TM using deliveries created in SAP ERP and transferred to SAP TM, with the option of transferring freight orders to SAP ERP for transportation execution.

      For more information, see Shipment Integration Based on Freight Orders.

    • Transportation booking in SAP TM using deliveries created in SAP ERP and transferred to SAP TM, with the option of transferring freight bookings to SAP ERP for transportation execution.

      For more information, see Shipment Integration Based on Freight Bookings

  • Inbound integration of ERP shipments, which provides the process for carrying out tendering in SAP TM using shipments created in SAP ERP and transferred to SAP TM.

    For more information, see Shipment-Based Tendering.

More Information

For more information about the integration scenarios and mappings for outbound and inbound integration of ERP shipments, see Enterprise Services and PI Content for SAP TM.