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In-Depth with SAP S/4HANA – Transportation Management Q&A
On October 19th, 2022, as part of the In-Depth with SAP S/4HANA live webinar series, Pascal Renet, Matthias Koch and I; hosted a session on the topic of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition Transportation Management.
The webinar was extremely well attended, and we would like to firstly thank all the attendees for their participation, their feedback and for the great questions that were posted throughout the event.
Whilst we were able to respond to all the questions by the end of the session, we felt that it would be beneficial, to go beyond a simple yes or no answer and actually demonstrate some answers in the system – hence how this blog came to be.
So below, please find system demonstration responses to some of your great questions (we have taken the liberty of re-wording some of the questions for editorial purposes).
Question 1
Considering the following:
- In transportation, the freight rate (e.g.: $/Kg, flat rate…) can vary based on the characteristics of the cargo (i.e., 50-200 Kg = 50$, 200-400 Kg = 78$) – and thus different freight ranges attract a different rate.
- The costing of a shipment is not always assessed based on the weight of the entire shipment, but can be assessed based on the weight of individual Handling Units, or products…
Can the system perform a freight charge calculation by handling unit and ranges of weight, and perform the cost distribution accordingly?
Question 2
In the webinar it was mentioned that incoterms were integrated with Transportation Management. What exactly is the influence of the Incoterms entered in the sales order? If the incoterm EXW (Ex-Works) is used, does that mean that no freight unit or freight order is created?
The answer can be seen in a system demo from my colleague Pascal Renet:
Question 3
Sometimes carriers will send one invoice corresponding to one transportation order, but most often they will send one periodic (weekly, monthly…) collective invoice, for multiple transportation orders that were done over a period. Can we process such collective freight invoice?
The answer can be seen in a system demo from my colleague Pascal Renet:
Question 4
During the webinar, it seemed that the maximum capacity utilization indicator (transportation cockpit and freight order) was based on the gross weight of the shipment. In the case that the goods transported are very light, but volume is possibly the issue, can the indicator be changed so that the maximum capacity utilization indicator shows volume, instead of weight?
The answer can be seen in a system demo from my colleague Pascal Renet:
Question 5
What are configurations/settings possibilities available to influence the resource types that will be available for planning in the transportation cockpit?
The answer can be seen in a system demo from my colleague Pascal Renet:
We hope you will find these video answers to your questions helpful, and do not hesitate to add questions that you might have thought off post event, in the comments section below!
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Great way to scale out knowledge in the the form of demo and blog @Markus Florian Oertelt
Going to share this to our Partner ecosystem as well.
Thanks,
Saumi
Thanks a lot for your feedback Saumitra! Let us know if our valued SAP Partners have further questions. All the best, Markus
Thanks Markus! great way to answer the questions!!!
Thank you Marcos! All the best to you! Best regards, Markus
Nicely and very professionally done! thanks for this additional blog!
Thanks again Marcos!
Follow-up question for the Question 1: Is there an option for charge calculation and cost distribution rule to be based on the number of packages (i.e. not by weight or volume)? E.g. we have two half-height pallets that we stack to a single full-height pallet space for transportation and charges are based on the pallet spaces.
Dear Erno, thanks for reaching out. I assume you ask for a distribution based on the square meter's the pallet space occupies.
These are the current charge profile configuration possibilities:
Thanks Markus, yes the question is about the floor space (m2) the pallet occupies but also the height: Two pallets of height with 1,2 m that are stacked (total 2,4 m) should receive together the same cost as one pallet of 2,4 m, meaning that each half-height pallet only receives cost of one full height pallet. However, if the pallets are not stacked, then they would each receive the same cost as the full height pallet.
Is it so that the height restriction should be taken into consideration during package building so that there are packages in freight order item list that correspond to the pallet spaces (e.g. combining two pallets to a pallet space)? Then for each pallet space the charges could be distributed by m2. But then within that pallet space (between the two stacked pallets) the correct distribution would be according to Gross Volume.
However, the current standard distribution profiles don't seem to include option for distribution by m2. Is there an option in the on-premise solution for creating custom distribution profiles?
Hi Erno,
valid business case in my opinion. We are currently working on enabling loading meter for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. Today, I cannot say when this will be available, but hopefully soon.
For your on-premise question; I will refer to my colleague Pascal Renet for an answer.
All the best, Markus