1) SAP TM Overview and Architecture

_ SAP TM 8.0 and 9.0 Overview

_ SAP TM Architecture
_ Comparison between TM 9.0 and Older Version
_ Login to the System
_ Basic Settings for SAP Transportation Management
_ General Customizing Settings
_ Defining Common Settings for Dangerous Goods Processing
_ Configuring SAP Transportation Management for Order Integration
2) Master Data Management
_ Business Partner
_ Organizational Management
_ Transportation Network
_ Product
_ Equipment
_ Definition of Resources
3) Configuration Guide for LCL Ocean Freight
_ Application Administration in SAP TM
_ Defining Carrier Selection Settings
_ Defining Optimizer Settings
_ Defining Capacity Settings
_ Defining Planning Profiles
_ Defining Selection Profiles
_ Defining Layouts for the Transportation Cockpit
4) SAP TM Customizing
_ Defining Freight Unit Types
_ Creating Freight Unit Building Rules
_ Defining Package Type Codes
_ Defining Item Types for Forwarding Order Management
_ Defining Default Agreement Party Roles for Stages
_ Defining Freight Order Types
_ Defining Freight Booking Types for Export
_ Defining Freight Booking Types for Import
_ Defining Freight Settlement Document Types
_ Defining Forwarding Settlement Document Types
5) Order Management
_ Defining Forwarding Order Types
_ Assigning Item Types to Forwarding Order Types
_ Defining Default Freight Document Types for Stages
6) Creation of Organizational Models
_ Creating Companies
_ Defining Business Partners for Forwarding Houses
_ Creating Forwarding Houses
_ Assigning Positions and Users to Forwarding Houses
7) Transportation Network Setup in SAP TM
_ Defining Locations
_ Defining Means of Transport.
_ Defining Transportation Zones Defining Transportation Lanes
8) Resources
_ Defining Vehicle Resources
_ Defining Ocean Resources
_ Defining Inland Trucking Schedule Types
_ Defining Ocean Carrier Schedules
_ Defining Sailing Schedules
_ Defining Truck Schedules
_ Defining Default Routes
9) Transportation Charge Management
_ Basic Settings
_ Forwarding Order
_ Defining Scales
_ Rate Tables
_ Defining Calculation Sheets
_ Defining Freight Agreement Types
_ Defining Forwarding Agreement Types
10) Cross-Functional Processes
11) Forwarding Order Settlement/Freight Order Settlement
12) Forwarding Order Management
_ Creation of a Forwarding Order
_ Editing of a Forwarding Order
_ Confirmation and Completion of a Forwarding Order
_ Creation and Editing of a Forwarding Quotation
_ Creation of Forwarding Order Items or Forwarding Quotation Items
_ Specifying Requested Transportation Routes
_ Change Tracking in Forwarding Order Management
_ Processing of Changes and Deletion of Forwarding Orders and
Forward Quotation
13) Freight Execution and Monitoring
14) Freight Planning and Tendering
_ Profiles and Settings
_ Creation and Editing of Freight Units
_ Interactive Planning
_ Planning Optimizing
_ Carrier Selection
_ Tendering
15) Integration with Other Applications
_ Integration of SAP TM 9.0 with ECC 6.0
_ Enterprise Services and PI Content for SAP TM
_ Integration of SAP TM 9.0 with SAP EM ( Event Management )
Conceptual
_ Integration of SAP TM 9.0 with SAP GTS
_ Integration with SAP Business Objects Global Trade Services
_ Master Data , Order Integration , Delivery Integration , Invoice
Integration in FSD , Customer Billing Integration for FWSD
_ Integration of SAP TM 9.0 with SAP EHS (Environment, Health and
Safety) - This is required for Dangerous goods Management. Some
checks are done in EHS
_ BRF Plus ( Business Rule Framework Plus ) concept and Usage of
BRF+ for TM
_ Transportation Cockpit
_ Export Documentation - Commercial Invoice, House Bill Of Lading,
Master BOL, House Air Way Bill, Master Air Way Bill, Export/Import
Declaration, Bill Of Exchange
_ All Scenarios for Multimodal Shipment has to be covered both for
Domestic and International Shipment.
16) Execution and Miscellaneous
_ Output Management
_ Analysis with BW,BCV, Excelcius
_ Visibility in EM and GTS
_ Hazardous Goods