SAP Transportation Management SAP TM

Main article: Transportation Management System (TMS)

SAP Transportation Management is the complete solution which helps to carry out digital transformation of business of the client, providing the maximum automation and transparency of transactions. Among the Russian clients of SAP using SAP Transportation Management there are Severstal, M.Video, Eldorado, the Rostselmash, Freight One and others. According to M.Video company, the solution based on SAP Transportation Management allowed to increase percent of a covering of requirement of shops from 93% to 98% at replenishment of shops and to raise the level of timeliness of delivery during a season of high sales from 95% to 98%.

2021: As a part of the solution on management of transportation of SAP CIS and Loginet

On January 19, 2021 SAP CIS announced that together with the Russian company "Loginet", the representative in the market of transport online platforms in Russia and the CIS, will develop integrated solution on management of transportation based on SAP Transportation Management (TM) and a cloud platform of Loginet. A system will allow users of SAP TM to get access to more unrolled network of the checked suppliers of transport services and also to optimize the costs for logistics and to minimize risks of failure of transportation. Thus consignors will be able to select transportation, optimal at cost, from bigger number of the logistic companies.

This partnership will become one more step in creation of an ecosystem of SAP TM based on the innovative solutions for a digital supply chain. The solution will increase efficiency of interaction of participants of the transport market and will give to the Russian companies the additional chance for optimization of logistic processes.

Users of a system will be able to manage process of transportation in a complex: from formation of the request before payment. The feature of the solution is that all additional functionality is available via the standard SAP TM interface. The IT product will be developed according to the international practicians on automation of transport logistics, taking into account specifics of the Russian market and according to statutory requirements of the Russian Federation.

Development of a joint partner solution based on SAP TM — an event, strategically significant for SAP, in terms of work with the Russian clients. This product will integrate in itself the best world practices of process control of transportation and the functionality meeting the requirements of the local market. It will allow our customers to work even more effectively at the market of transport services and to increase transparency of procurement procedures — Dmitry Krasyukov, SAP Chief Digital Officer commented.

The solution is relevant for the companies of many industries as process optimization of transportation — one of key logistic tasks of business. The joint solution "SAP TM-Loginet" will allow to increase efficiency of logistics due to reduction of carrier cost and process optimization of management of transportation, the automated document handling and their transfer between participants of commercial transactions — Oleg Zhendubayev, the CEO of Loginet noted.

2017: SAP Transportation Management was connected to Yandex. Routings

In September, 2017 SAP announced that service for planning and management of transport delivery of SAP Transportation Management supports work with the Yandex platform now . Routing. The Russian clients of SAP will be able to use possibilities of the geoinformation technologies of Yandex which already proved in large services with multimillion audience such as Yandex. Navigator and Yandex. Taxi.

One of functions of SAP Transportation Management service is a building of business processes on transportation taking into account runtime, weight and the loading capacity of transport, quantity of points of delivery, distance, the average authorized speed, the delivery schedule and many other parameters.

Integration of SAP Transportation Management with Yandex. Routing will help to improve quality of transportation of loads and to cope with logistic problems. At the heart of geoservices and technologies of Yandex the relevant and accurate map which is updated daily using professional cartographers of the company and tens of thousands of people helping to fill it lies. The platform provides detailed information on traffic jams and traffic: tens of millions of users transfer data on the movements every minute. Developers of Yandex. Routings also added to service of machine learning technology for work with Big Data and improvements of forecast accuracy of traffic jams and transit time and distributed computing – for fast processing of advanced queries on creation of logistics.

Main article: Yandex. Routing

2011: SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) 8.0

SAP presented the new eighth version of the solution Transportation Management at the market of Russia and the CIS. TAdviser specified what license policy concerning a new system.

SAP announced in July, 2011 availability of version 8.0 of the SAP solution Transportation Management (SAP TM) in Russia and the CIS countries. In new release abilities to manage are considerably expanded by logistics and terms of transportations. Among the first clients in the different countries of the world which already implement this software, such companies as Abudawood, Artoni, Cargill, C.H.Guenther and Owens Corning.

As specified TAdviser in the press service of SAP CIS, the exact prices of a product do not reveal. "A licensing metrics - the number of units of a freight (containers, cars, and trucks, orders) processed by a system in a year", - representatives of the company specified.

SAP CIS also noted that exact value assessment of this solution – different for the different companies. "However, in general, SAP TM helps the company – 1. It is considerable to improve delivery indicators 'Precisely in time' 2. Reduce transportation planning cycles (time for planning and costs for planning from the total costs of transportation) 3. Lower the total costs of transportation as percent from income of the company", declared in SAP.

Automation of submission of requests for transportations and their implementation, processes of tracking and settlement and also the help in ensuring compliance to rules of international trade and to rules of transportations of dangerous materials belong to other advantages of this solution. In addition to an economic benefit, the software of SAP promotes better functioning of the companies, personnel and processes during transportation transactions of which 15 percent of world emissions of CO2 are the share.

"Having the SAP product Transportation Management, we can use more effectively the vehicle fleet in which there are 100 vehicles, we can manage numerous carriers, reducing cost value of orders and cost of stock holding, we can optimize transparency and delivery of all orders — Hazem Mohammed Al Banna (Hazem Mohammed El Banna), one of company executives of Abudawood which is quickly growing supplier company of services in implementation and distribution of goods told. — Version 8.0 unrolled at us was put in operation after trouble-free project completion on implementation less than in four months. As we work at the new markets, we need the solution providing efficiency and maneuverability in delivery of goods to customers; at the same time it should be simple and considering different requirements at management of complex problems of local markets".

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