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If the export organization uses an external application, SAP TM creates the import freight bookings based on data received from the external application. It then creates the required import forwarding orders and freight units based on the import freight bookings.

Prerequisites

  • You have connected your SAP TM system to the external application and implemented the required enterprise services.

  • You have made the standard settings for forwarding orders (see Forwarding Order) and freight bookings (see Freight Booking).

  • You have made the standard settings for the relevant customs processes. For more information, see Global Trade. For information about the required settings for the transit process in the context of export/import processing, see SAP Note 1757454.

  • If required, you have defined conditions to enable the system to determine the required business document types for the import business documents. For the freight booking type, you use condition type /SCMTMS/FRB_TYPE_IMP. For the forwarding order type, you use condition type /SCMTMS/FWO_TYPE.

    If you do not define conditions, the system uses standard logic to determine the required business document types.

Process

  1. SAP TM creates an import freight booking based on data received from an external application.

    SAP TM receives the data and creates the import booking using the Maintain Transportation Order Based On Transportation Order Booking Waybill Notification (TransportationOrderBookingWaybillNotification_In) inbound enterprise service.

  2. SAP TM creates the required import forwarding orders based on the import freight booking.

    The system sets the life cycle status of the import freight booking and import forwarding orders to Draft. In business documents with this status, you can change the purchasing organization and sales organization, but all other changes are blocked until the status is changed. The relevant block reason is displayed on the Statuses tab page in the business document.

    The import business documents contain only the relevant execution information and are therefore not an exact copy of the export business documents. The import business documents differ from the export business documents as follows:

    • The traffic direction is Import.

    • The document type is defined according to the relevant condition or standard logic.

    • The import business document contains only the shipper, consignee, and carrier. It does not contain any additional business partners from the export business document.

    • The purchasing organization is displayed as the export organization on the Business Partner tab page in the import freight booking. The import organization is displayed as the purchasing organization in the import freight booking.

    • The sales organization is displayed as the export organization on the Business Partner tab page in the import forwarding order. The import organization is displayed as the sales organization in the import forwarding order.

    The relevant scenario determines whether there is a 1:1 relationship between the export forwarding order and the import forwarding order. For example, in the buyer’s consolidation scenario, the export forwarding orders are consolidated into one import forwarding order.

  3. The system creates the import freight units.

    The system creates the import freight units based on the import forwarding orders and assigns the freight units to the relevant import freight bookings.

  4. The import organization processes the import forwarding orders and import freight bookings.

    To process the business documents, you must remove the Draft status as follows:

    • By choosing   Set Status   Set to In Process   in the import freight booking. The system sets the life cycle status of the freight booking to In Process.

    • By choosing the Set to In Process pushbutton in the import forwarding order. The system sets the life cycle status of the forwarding order according to the status of the related business documents (for example, import freight booking).

    The import organization performs the required customs processes for the imported goods. For more information about customs processing in SAP TM, see Global Trade.

Result

If the export organization sends an updated export freight booking, the import business documents are updated accordingly. Note, however, that an import freight booking can be updated only if it has the life cycle status Draft.

You can use the Business Add-In (BAdI) BAdI: Update Mode for Import Business Documents (/SCMTMS/BADI_EXIM_UPDATE_MODE) to adapt the update of import freight bookings to your own requirements. For example, you can define that the system does not update any import freight bookings even if their life cycle status is Draft; or you can define that the system updates certain parts of the import freight bookings regardless of their life cycle status. For more information, see Customizing for Transportation Management under   Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Transportation Management   Basic Functions   Export/Import Processing   BAdI: Update Mode for Import Business Documents  .