Trailer Unit
Trailer units make up the logistic processing of transports with trailers.
You need a trailer unit if a trailer is moved by more than one tractor.
You configure the most important settings for the trailer units in the transportation unit type. For more information, see 
Freight Order Management
Transportation Unit
Define Transportation Unit Types
.
You cannot perform subcontracting for trailer units.
Structure
Trailer units contain the following information:
General data such as locations and dates
You can enter one-time locations at stage level. The system stores these new locations and adjusts stages in the document. It also adjusts the locations in the assigned execution documents.
NoteHowever, you should continue to make changes to existing locations in the master data.
End of the note.Transportation stages
On the
Stages
tab, you see the following information:Assignment of the trailer to one or more tractors
Route the trailer will take
Transportation stage types
You can also apply a standard route here (see Standard Route) and perform a simple scheduling.
You can also define appointments. For more information, see Appointment.
Freight
On the
Freight
tab page, the following information is displayed:Quantities and weights (see Quantities and Capacities)
Goods information (see Goods Information)
Dangerous goods information (see Considering Dangerous Goods)
Seal information (see Use of Seals)
Information about foreign trade (see Integration with SAP Global Trade Services)
For more information, see Cargo Management.
Overview
The
Overview
tab is an integrated view of theStages
andFreight
tabs. It contains the following information:Assignment of the trailer to one or more tractors
Route the trailer will take
The maximum utilization as well as planned departure and arrival times
You can also define appointments. For more information, see Appointment.
Execution information, for example, actual departure times
Furthermore, you can directly report events.
Document dependencies as well as predecessor and successor documents (document flow)
Status information and blocking information (see Statuses of Business Documents and Blocking Information)
Change documents (see Change Tracking)