Transportation Management with SAP TM 9.0: A Hands-On Guide to Configuring, Implementing, and Optimizing SAP TM

The implementation of a TMS solution is a highly complex and mission critical project. If executed correctly a good TMS can deliver a number of benefits to the organization in terms of optimization, greater efficiency, reduced errors and improved revenue through accurate invoicing. However a number of projects fail to realize these benefits for a host of reasons such as an incorrect product selection, over customization of the system and lack of detailed processes. The evaluation and selection of the right transportation management system is a very critical step in the successful implementation of a TMS product as well as ensuring that the organization is able to realize the benefits expected from the system.

Transportation Management with SAP TM 9 is a guide for CIO/CXOs evaluating options for various transportation management solutions available in the market and helps inappropriate decision making before committing investment. A proven evaluation framework and guidance provided in the book can help decision makers with product selection and help to create a business case for management approval and design a future roadmap for the organization. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of what SAP transportation management is and is useful for teams involved in TM Implementation and roll outs to ensure preparedness. The book explains end-to-end freight life cycle processes, functional system landscape, implementation challenges and post go-live precautions required to optimize investments in SAP TM.

Transportation Management with SAP TM 9 also acts as a step by step implementation guide with details of configuration required to set up a TM9 system. This book also covers the upgrade of SAP TM8 to SAP TM9 which will be useful for existing clients who are on TM 8. Nonavailability of SAP TM skilled resources is a major challenge faced by organizations and the book provides a detailed competency building plan along with skill set requirements to create a competent and trained workforce to manage-transformation.The current book available in the market on SAP TM is based on Version 6 release which does not cover air freight processes. Our book covers end-to-end air freight configuration scenarios for logistic companies.

What you’ll learn

• Step-by-step configuration and implementation guidance for SAP TM v9
• An understanding of the transportation management solutions landscape
• Guidance on TMS product selection
• Industry best practices for SAP TM implementation
• Processes supported by SAP TM

About the Authors

Jayant Daithankar has 24 years of industry and SAP experience. He has held numerous consultancy engagements with global clients. He has strong domain experience in the financial area and multiple professional credentials, including certified SAP consultant for SAP Finance and Controlling, SAP delivery head for the SAP transportation unit, and driver for the SAP Transportation Management logistics practice and other business units. Jayant has also worked at the senior level in the delivery of business-process re-engineering in large enterprise resource planning projects, systems analysis, and application design of SAP processes for customer-specific requirements. He has been closely associated with the SAP Transportation Management product from version 6.0 through its latest release. Jayant currently serves as the Center of Excellence leader in global IT organization.

Tejkumar Pandit has worked for more than 20 years in areas such as supply chain management, customer relations management, transportation, retail, warehousing, and associated software technology. He has several years of varied, hands-on logistics-industry experience in critical roles, such as head of cargo & operations manager. Furthermore, over the past 11 years he has played critical roles in building technology solutions for areas such as transportation management, distribution management, and track and trace. As the practice lead for Logistics and Transportation, he plays a key role, interacting with customer's C-Suite officers in order to understand their organizations' needs and challenges. Tejkumar is currently a consultant, designing operational processes and associated technology landscapes that help firms meet their growth objectives.