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8 months ago ::
Oct 24, 2011 - 10:34AM
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Making sense of your Transportation Management options:
Live Q&A on SAP TM 8.0 with Chris Moose November 2, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT With all the options from SAP for managing transportation logistics, how does Transportation Management 8.0 compare to classic alternatives such as APO and TP/VS? Ask IBM’s Chris Moose your questions about SAP Transportation Management 8.0, APO, and TP/VS and how SAP's new TM release will impact your current transportation processes. Note: To participate in this exclusive live Q&A and post your questions, you must be a member of Insider Learning Network - join today for free. If you have not yet registered for this Q&A, register today to receive a download link to “How to Evaluate and Choose the Right Transportation Management Solution for Your Organization.” This presentation by itelligence Canada’s Jean-Yves Popovic, given at SAPinsider's SCM 2011 conference, includes a detailed review of traditional TMS options and the changes in SAP TM 8.0. Moderated by Laura Casasanto, editor of SCM Expert, and sponsored by
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7 months ago ::
Oct 31, 2011 - 4:46PM
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In TM8.0, the Inbound Freight Collect scenario:
For truckload shipments where the shipment is sent out for RFQ approval to the carrier, would there be a service PO cut for the transportation service? If so, how would we allocate the freight cost to the goods PO from the vendor? Would there be a cross reference on the freight service PO to the Goods PO? Or would the carrier utilize the Goods PO for reference number when submitting the Invoice for payment? Would there be a freight service PO for Inbound Collect LTL shipments as well? (since no RFQ process for LTL)?
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:29PM
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Welcome to today's SCM Forum on transportation management and logistics. I invite you to post your questions for IBM’s Chris Moose. Post your questions for advice on how to plan and evaluate your transportation logistics needs, when and why to move to SAP’s standalong transportation management solution, and understand what differentiates SAP TM from APO and TP/VS. Thank you, Chris, for joining us today and taking questions over this next hour.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:31PM
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Thank you Laura for having me
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:32PM
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Hi, all. TM 8 has a new feature (at least I think it's new) called Transshipment where you can specify locations (DC's etc.) as "places" where goods are unloaded / reloaded (say truck to rail or truck to ocean vessel). Any insight as to how this feature works in TM 8 and the advantages this feature offers? Thanks
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:32PM
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In TM8.0, the Inbound Freight Collect scenario:
For truckload shipments where the shipment is sent out for RFQ approval to the carrier, would there be a service PO cut for the transportation service? If so, how would we allocate the freight cost to the goods PO from the vendor? Would there be a cross reference on the freight service PO to the Goods PO? Or would the carrier utilize the Goods PO for reference number when submitting the Invoice for payment?
Would there be a freight service PO for Inbound Collect LTL shipments as well? (since no RFQ process for LTL)?
Yes, a service PO would be created for the transportation service but the allocation would have to be looked at more carefully as you can't typically allocate freight cost to the PO/inventory unless you have a 1 to 1 relationship between PO and a shipment. The same would hold true for inbound collect.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:35PM
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Hi, all. TM 8 has a new feature (at least I think it's new) called Transshipment where you can specify locations (DC's etc.) as "places" where goods are unloaded / reloaded (say truck to rail or truck to ocean vessel). Any insight as to how this feature works in TM 8 and the advantages this feature offers? Thanks
Yes, you are right. The new functionality is used in efforts to speed up the optimizer by limiting the optimization alternatives when looking at transshipment locations.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:36PM
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I have a quick question for you Chris - Can you describe some common tasks that should be considered when looking to move from an SAP TP/VS solution to SAP TM?
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:37PM
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so its more of a performance improvement change than a functionality change?
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7 months ago ::
Nov 02, 2011 - 12:39PM
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so its more of a performance improvement change than a functionality change?
yes, you are correct, the functionality is the similar, but is intended to improve performance.
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