Transportation Planning with SAP: Mastering Transportation Modes, Settings, and the TM Optimizer

The course in detail:

Build your transportation planning foundation with a look at manual and interactive planning techniques. Then jump into the parameters and constraints that are specific to your road/truck, ocean/air, rail, and parcel deliveries. Discover carrier determination best practices based on transportation lanes vs. conditions. Finally, unlock the key to automated planning—and learn how to adjust the infamous TM Optimizer’s cost, constraint, scheduling, incompatibility, and carrier selection settings to produce consistent and explainable planning outcomes. This is your master class on planning multi-modal transportation with SAP!

What you'll learn:

• Master manual, interactive, and automated transportation planning in SAP TM
• Use the Transportation Cockpit for resource scheduling, load building, planning adjustments, and visual map/Gantt chart interaction
• Execute automated planning with the TM Optimizer
• Configure and apply selection profiles, incompatibilities, and planning strategies
• Plan transportation across road, parcel, rail, ocean, and air modes
• Analyze TM Optimizer behavior, interpret logs/explanations, and adjust planning profiles and parameters
• Identify enhancement options for specific planning requirements

Who is this transportation planning course suitable for?

• SAP TM functional consultants
• Supply chain or transportation business analysts, process designers, and solution architects
• Transportation operations super users involved in planning and dispatching
• Project managers, implementation partners, and system integrators working on SAP TM projects

 

Prerequisite: Attendees should have basic understanding of supply chain and logistic processes (orders, shipments, carriers, mode of transport); familiarity with SAP concepts such as master data, document flow, and integration; and introductory knowledge of SAP TM freight units, freight orders, and resources. Prior participation in the five-day SAP TM course is recommended but not required. Technical ABAP or general coding skills are not required. If you need more information about the learning level, please feel free to ask us.

These transportation planning topics will be covered in this course:

 

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Note: Can’t join live? No problem! With your purchase, you’ll receive access to the session recordings and slide decks directly on the learning platform shortly after each session concludes. Learn at your own pace, revisit key concepts, and reinforce your understanding of the topic. Whether live or on demand, this course offers you the opportunity to learn directly from one of the top SAP experts. Don’t miss out!