See logistics.

A summary of information about the shipper, the carrier, the consignee, the goods, and the agreed-upon terms in the transportation of goods.

A relationship between two locations, two transportation zones or a combination of locations and zones that expresses the direct reachability of the locations, or of all locations within the zones for [..]

An object that consists of a source stop, a destination stop, and a number of intermediate stops.

A business document that represents a transportation demand and that can also function as a capacity.

A unit into which goods are loaded and from which goods are unloaded. This unit can provide transportation capacity for goods, but requires a vehicle resource to be moved.

An object that groups a number of locations.

A sequence of transshipment locations that are used in the specified order to transport goods.

A percentage of the transportation activities from the business share that is assigned to a specific carrier and that is taken into account by the optimizer as a soft constraint.

A party that conducts business with a regulated agent or airline operator but that does not meet all security requirements for air cargo defined by the relevant authority (for example, the government [..]

The sequence of stages in a forwarding order or forwarding quotation that is actually planned.

A location that is served by a schedule as part of a specific departure.

A local representative of a carrier that delegates transportation activities to subsidiaries.

An air-freight-specific attribute that specifies how house air waybills can be assigned to master air waybills.

A transportation allocation type that is used to assign a certain volume of business to a carrier as defined in an air freight agreement.

A long-term contract between business partners that details their commitment to conduct business with each other in an agreed manner.

Actual allocations in the past or in the future, for example, for a shipment order or freight order.

A process by which messages containing information about updates to business documents are sent between process components in the system.

A programming technique that communicates between two or more object entities.

An air-freight-specific process, in which a customer agrees with a logistics service provider that consolidation of goods in a master air waybill is not allowed, for example, because of legal restrict [..]

A document issued by a logistics service provider that fulfils the following business criteria:

A truck with no loading capacity that can be coupled to a semi-trailer.

A calculation method the system uses to calculate charges.

Simultaneous tendering to preselected carriers.

A time period.

A subsidiary of a global carrier at a specific airport.

A superordinate term for the categories of the business objects in transportation management. These categories include, for example, the following:

An optimization option that is used during automatic carrier selection.

A location one stage before or after a container freight station (CFS) where pre-consolidation or post-consolidation takes place.

A process by which information can be exchanged between business partners across company boundaries using electronic transactions.

A central location containing a set of customizable settings the system uses when calculating transportation charges, such as the following:

A hierarchical table used to calculate transportation charges.

An individual or organization from which a logistics service provider (LSP) receives goods that are to be transported by air.

A list of transportation stops that you can use to define the actual route taken by an airline.

A sequence of transportation stops that does not use transportation hubs such as container freight stations.

A transportation allocation type that defines carrier capacity on trade lane level.

An intangible product that a business partner who is responsible for transporting goods offers to shippers or logistics service providers.

An intangible commodity supplied by a business partner who is responsible for transporting goods.

The subtraction of a certain amount (typically expressed as a percentage of the total amount) as cash discount when making payment within a specified period.

A document that is sent by a transportation management system to an enterprise resource planning system requesting a correction in an invoice received from a carrier for air freight services.

A line item of a charge item.

The number located at the end of a series of numbers that is used to detect errors in the input of the numbers.

A calculation method the system uses to calculate charges by working through all scales level-by-level, even if the value lies outside the scale.

A service that is offered by different airlines but executed by only one of these airlines.

The business partner with whom a forwarding agreement is made for the last part of a transport, according to agreed Incoterms.

The business partner that is billed for the last part of a transport, according to agreed Incoterms.

The business partner that pays for the last part of a transport, according to agreed Incoterms.

The transportation of two or more freight units that are temporally or physically shipped together as part of one or more deliveries.

A way to perform planning operations in the transportation cockpit without using a mouse to navigate between fields

Shipment request data that has been confirmed by the user.

A hitching point where a trailer can be coupled to a box truck and a semi-trailer to a tractor.

A logistics service provider who combines cargo in larger packages such as unit load devices.

A persistent connection between the Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF) and the Post Processing Framework (PPF).

A combination of business documents (for example freight orders).

The contractual commitment that is made towards the carrier for a freight booking.

The division of the total cost of a freight order to lower-level objects such as a forwarding order or an ERP item.

A logical or physical place in which products or resources are managed on a quantity basis.

Post Processing Framework determination

The stage in which goods are moved prior to the main carriage.

The business partner with whom a forwarding agreement is made for the first part of a transport, according to agreed Incoterms.

The business partner that is billed for the first part of a transport, according to agreed Incoterms.

The business partner that pays for the first part of a transport, according to agreed Incoterms.

A location that is served by a schedule on a regular basis.

A carrier that is responsible for transporting freight from the perspective of the ordering party.

A preliminary invoice document for supplier freight invoicing.

A preliminary invoice document for customer freight invoicing.

The person who is responsible for a tendering process.

Execution of the tendering process steps as defined in the tendering process configuration.

A defined sequence of tendering process steps.

A discrete unit of a tendering process that defines the tendering type, the transportation service providers (TSPs) involved, and the conditions.

The technical realization of a business task as contained in an action definition in the Post Processing Framework (PPF).

A list of bookings that is derived from a master flight schedule and that contains all flights with booked capacity within a specific period (for example, four weeks).

Time stream that describes the availability of a location.

The calculation of the profitability of a shipment request.

The stage in which goods are moved after the main carriage.

The period between the time of departure and the cut-off time, or between the time of arrival and the availability time.

A list of transportation stops that you can use to define the actual route taken by the carrier and to book capacity.

An offer from a transportation service provider (supplier) to an ordering party (customer) for the transportation of goods with requested terms and conditions.

The quantity that is used to retrieve the rate from the rate table for the transportation charge calculation. It can differ from the original order quantity due to rounding rules, adjustments, and so [..]

A carrier that provides ocean transportation and issues its own bills of lading, but that does not own or operate the vessels by which ocean transportation is provided.

The replanning of freight units or freight documents.

A party that conducts business with an airline operator and has implemented an air cargo security program that has been accepted by the relevant authority (for example, the government agency that is r [..]

Time that remains for a transportation service provider (TSP) to respond to a request for quote.

A reciprocal freight agreement or forwarding agreement between two business partners that use the same transportation services.

An attribute of a means of transport that indicates that multiple identical copies of the assigned resource can be used in transportation planning even though the resource has only been created once.

Transport in which one or more orders are unloaded from one vehicle and loaded onto another vehicle that can be of a different type and mode, on the way from the source location to the target location [..]

An airline that offers a codeshare flight but does not execute the flight itself.

An attribute that specifies the stages for which a logistics service provider (LSP) is responsible.

Shipment request data that has been provided by the customer (for example, via EDI or telephone) or that has been transferred from SAP ERP.

A request from an ordering party (customer) to a transportation service provider (supplier) to submit a quote for the transportation of goods with requested terms and conditions.

An attribute that can be assigned to a resource to group resources that have the same characteristics or types.

An abstract representation of transport classifications, which is used by both transportation allocations and business shares. A trade lane does not connect any transportation network nodes (zone, loc [..]

A division of the world that is used to facilitate the calculation of transportation charges and determine the safest, most economical, and fastest route.

An object that specifies if cargo is being imported or exported from the perspective of the contracting party.

The process of exchanging trailers between two or more trucks, usually at an interim point between two source destinations.

A setting in a forwarding agreement that enables the system to use a tailer unit as the basis for creating a single forwarding settlement document for one or more forwarding orders.

A container or pallet that holds goods from several air freight bookings for the same flight.

The time required to travel from one transportation stop in a sequence to the next.

A list of transportation stops that you can use to define the actual route taken by a carrier.

A land connection between transportation hubs, such as container freight stations, at which freight can be consolidated or deconsolidated.

A continuous move that consists of two business documents (for example freight orders).

The sequence of the locations of a freight unit or a freight order.

A calculation logic that adds up the expenses for transporting goods from the source location to the destination location via one or more transshipment locations based on the costs per stage.

A setting in the forwarding agreement that enables the system to use a transportation chain with one or more pickups and deliveries as the basis for creating a single forwarding settlement document fo [..]

A sequence of transportation stops that you can use to define a schedule for the customer.

A repository that serves to reduce the number of messages that the system writes into the application log or displays on the user interface (UI).

The technical category that corresponds to a specific processing type in the Post Processing Framework (PPF).

Refers to a relationship between a means of transport and a sequence of stops that is valid for a specified time period. Vehicle resources associated with the means of transport may move goods at recu [..]

The longest amount of time in which a carrier can reply to a freight request for quotation.

A print document used by customs that details the quantity and nature of goods assigned to an air freight booking.

The floor that separates the lower deck from the upper deck in a double-deck trailer.

A user-specific grouping of business documents (that is, forwarding orders, freight units, and freight orders) that is taken into account during transportation planning.

The date on which a transportation undertaking is provided.

An order that provides details of tasks that are to be carried out for individual items in a business document (for example, cleaning and fumigating containers) or for the entire business document (fo [..]

An intangible commodity supplied by a logistics service provider.

A business document from a logistics service provider that contains the service products that are offered to shippers.

The party responsible for carrying out additional tasks related to a particular business document or items in a business document.

A location in the standard airport sequence of a connection flight in a flight schedule where no loading and unloading activities take place.

A classification of an intangible product that is sold or purchased by a logistics service provider.

A record that is sent from SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) to SAP ERP to perform the following tasks in SAP ERP:

A print document detailing the goods assigned to a freight booking.

A company or a functional unit of a company that organizes the transportation of goods in the following business contexts:

The smallest external packaging unit, for example, a box, that is not accessible from the outside.

A web-based community that allow shippers, consignees, and logistics service providers access to multiple carriers through a single site.

An attribute that specifies how the transportation of cargo is planned and executed.

A function in freight order management that automatically creates freight orders instead of freight units during freight unit building.

Location that supplies a product.

A sequence of planned and executed transportation activities with similar resources assigned to them.

The table or 3D graphic that is the result of a load optimizer run.

An attribute that specifies if a stage is the pre-carriage, main carriage, or on-carriage.

The typical process the system uses to determine transportation charges.

A predefined and reusable charge management master data object that you can define directly in SAP NetWeaver Business Client.

A sequence of transportation stops that you can use to define a timetable for the customer.

A solution that is generated, evaluated, and then optimized in VSR (vehicle scheduling and routing) optimization.

The minimum chargeable weight of a unit load device.

The sequence of stages in a forwarding order that has been requested by the ordering party.

An object that is used for mapping the organizational structure of a company in an organizational model. Each organizational unit is defined in more detail by its unit function and unit role.

An object that is used to characterize an organizational unit in regards to its organizational structure. The following unit roles have been defined for SAP TM:

A unique technical name to identify an entry in the output management adapter for a given business object and node.

The creation, formatting, personalization, and distribution of business documents from a computer system.

A feature that integrates output management functionality with application business objects (BOs) that are implemented in a business object processing framework (BOPF).

A business document that has the following characteristics:

A function of a business partner that specifies the rights and obligations of the business partner in a business transaction.

A function used to determine paths, routes, and reachability within the transportation network between a source location and a destination location, while taking into account defined transshipment loc [..]

Sequential tendering to preselected carriers.

A centrally created order that contains data provided by an ordering party and that forms the basis of an export forwarding order (FWO).

A predefined and reusable charge management master data object that you can define when customizing your system.

The linking of a data object to an element in the ABAP dictionary or to a global data type (GDT) in the Enterprise Service Repository (ES Repository).

The sequence of transshipment locations for a given pair of locations that you can use to identify the route for a transport.

A calculation method the system uses to calculate charges for a weight greater than the actual weight of the goods to be transported, if it results in a lower transportation charge.

Period containing all demands that are to be taken into account in planning.

A calculation logic whereby the distances from the source location to the destination location, including all transshipment locations, are totaled and multiplied by a cost factor.

Location to which a product is delivered.

An air-freight-specific process in which the logistics service provider organizes only the main carriage stage of the route.

A trailer with two floors that are separated by a split deck.

Any items or physical resources used in the handling, transportation, and storage of goods.

A process of invoicing charges, where forwarding orders are not rated and invoiced individually, but are invoiced based on how the forwarding orders are actually executed in the transportation process [..]

The carrier that actually performs the transportation activity.

A function to explain the results of an optimization run.

A transportation allocation type that you use to define capacities on schedule departure level.

The method with which a carrier communicates with his or her customer (for example, mail, telephone, and so on).

A long-term contract that represents the contractual relationship with a customer to whom you are selling transportation services.

An individual business document a carrier receives from a shipper or logistics service provider (LSP) asking the carrier to bid for the provision of future transportation services in a trade lane for [..]

An organizational unit that combines the functions of a sales organization, a purchasing organization, and a planning and execution organization.

An order from an ordering party to a carrier or logistics service provider to transport goods from a shipper to a consignee in accordance with agreed terms and conditions.

An offer from a carrier or logistics service provider to an ordering party for the transportation of goods, which contains information about the price and other conditions related to the transportatio [..]

A document that is sent to SAP ERP to request the creation of an invoice to be sent to a customer.

The process of negotiating and resolving differences in logistics quantities and charges in a freight order between a logistics service provider or carrier and a shipper or requester of transportation [..]

A document that is sent to SAP ERP requesting the verification of an invoice received from a supplier or carrier.

A set of goods that are transported together across the entire transportation chain.

Grouping of parameters that are taken into account during freight unit building.

A long-term contract that represents the contractual relationship with a carrier from whom you are buying transportation services.

An individual business document a shipper or logistics service provider sends to a carrier asking the carrier to bid for the provision of future transportation services in a trade lane for a defined p [..]

A business document, containing the transportation requirements of a shipper or logistics service provider (LSP) for a specific future period, that the shipper or LSP uses to select a set of carriers [..]

An order whose execution is planned by a carrier, for example, a shipowner.

A business document in freight order management.

A collection of freight units that are shipped together on at least one stage as part of the same delivery.

An order whose execution is planned by a carrier or the shipper.

A transportation hub, such as a container freight station, at which freight can be consolidated or deconsolidated.

A sequence of stops that uses transportation hubs such as container freight stations.

A function that displays a collection of associated business objects in SAP Transportation Management.

An installation or device that is used to handle the goods at one specific location. The handling resource offers handling capacity that allows the goods to be loaded onto or unloaded from vehicle res [..]

A summary of information about the shipper, the carrier, the consignee, the goods, and the agreed-upon terms in the transportation of goods. The document is issued by a logistics service provider to a [..]

An internal payment between organizations that belong to the same company code in the same enterprise.

A transportation lane that is defined for locations within a transportation zone and expresses direct reachability of all locations within this zone for a specific means of transport.

The primary stage in the movement of goods from the source location to the intended destination location.

An offer from a supplier, from the customer's perspective, for the transportation of goods from one or multiple ship-from parties to one or multiple ship-to parties with requested terms and condi [..]

The capacity as defined by quantity, buckets, means of transport, and transportation mode that is taken into account during carrier selection.

A process in charge management that uses the following existing master data:

The level in a freight order (FO) or forwarding order (FWO) at which the system calculates transportation charges or determines a calculation sheet or agreement.

The calculation, freight settlement (billing in SAP ERP), and forwarding settlement (settlement in SAP ERP) of transportation costs, revenues, and profits with the integration of ERP functions.

The creation and maintenance of transportation charge documents.

A price for a certain transportation service that is only valid for the defined validity period.

A grouping of prices for transportation services.

A dimension of a rate.

The classification of a charge line that plays an important role in how the system calculates the transportation charges for the charge line, for example, a base rate, surcharge, or discount.

A category that specifies the fuel consumption and emissions of carbon dioxide that arise during transportation.

A sequence of transportation stops for a scheduled ocean service, whereby the route taken by the ocean vessel is circular and, therefore, has no start or end location.

A load that is not packed in containers.

The process in which a provider of transportation services, such as a carrier, uses the collaboration portal to submit a carrier invoice to a requester of transportation services, such as a shipper.

An object that enables you to specify certain parameters for an item in a forwarding order, forwarding quotation, or transportation requirement (for example, default units of measure).

A user-specific grouping of parameters that are taken into account during transportation planning.

The process of invoicing business transactions if the organization that sells a product and the organization that delivers the product belong to different company codes within the same enterprise.

A location that is visited in the course of transportation where loading or unloading activities can take place.

A contract that represents the contractual relationship between two or more organizations of the same company code and between organizations of different company codes in the same company.

The party in which a company has a business interest that is billed for unforeseen transportation charges.

A physical location that is to be visited while executing a transportation service, including the activities to be performed at this location at certain points of time.

An object that consists of a start stop, a destination stop, and a number of intermediate stops.

A collection of party roles with defined relationships that the system uses to automatically assign business partners in a business document.

An object that is used to characterize an organizational unit in regards to its business function.

An invoice that is sent from one organization to another organization to recover costs incurred for transportation activities.

A collection of steps that make up a procedure on how to carry out a particular service for a customer in a forwarding order or freight unit.

The corporate headquarters of a carrier where a shipper can make requests for the transportation of goods.

A business document that captures differences in logistics item quantities or charge amounts in a freight order, between a logistics service provider or carrier and a shipper or requester of transport [..]

An entity that serves as a basis for breaking down costs to the appropriate proportion so that they can be allocated correctly.

A unique technical identifier.

An internal payment between organizations that belong to different company codes in the same enterprise.

A bolt by which a semi-trailer can be connected to a box truck.

A party that conducts business with a regulated agent or airline operator and that meets the security requirements for air cargo defined by the relevant authority (for example, the government agency t [..]

The amount of time defined by a start date and an end date allowed for a ship to remain in a port.

The classification of a charge line that indicates the charge line must contain a value for the system to consider the calculation sheet during charge calculation.

A block of waybill numbers allocated to a company buying a logistics service by a company selling a logistics service.

The allocation, distribution, validation, and control of waybill numbers in a company.

A departure in a ship that is generated from a schedule with transportation mode "sea".

A step in a procedure on how to carry out a particular service in a forwarding order or freight unit.

Settings used to control the visibility of tendering-relevant field information for the carrier.

A particular means of transport or a group of identical means of transport that can provide transportation services.

Shipment request data that has been edited or changed by the user.

Planning period in which transportation activities are to be executed.

Tool in SAP Transportation Management that checks whether transportation requests have changed. Moreover, the inbound controller checks which consequences these changes have on follow-on business obje [..]

A party that does not meet the security requirements for air cargo defined by the relevant authority (for example, the government agency that is responsible for air transportation).