2 2
3 3
SAP TM TCM is extremely flexible (however, flexibility requires also some complexity)
Example: enable to consider “weather” or any other customer specific attribute as an influencing factor for the
Transportation charge calculation (TCC) is the component within TM which is responsible for determin ing the expected cost for a given transportation scenario. The cost calculation request can come from the following business objects:
Order entry including Quotation
Transportation Planning
Shipment processing
Invoicing
Based on the request the T CC determines and returns the calculated charges in th e form of DO
TransportationCharges. During the calculation process, as a first step the TCC determines the Freight Agreement to get information about the contract between th e transport service provider (TSP) and a customer or supplier. Based on the determined freight agreement the calculation sheets (pr ocedure) are determined using the logistics input parameters (like weight, distance, mode of transport etc.). The charge calculation then evaluates the calculation
sheets to determine the final cost by a pplying agreed rules of calculation (e.g. break-weight, bulkiness. exclusions etc.),
7
As to the Tran sportation Charge Processing Request, there is additional information in the append ix.
The node structure of the BO Freight Invoice Request includes a lot of information of the assigned shipment
request/ order (shipment item, stages, resources, activities), according to the EDIFACT IFTFCC message. In addition to IFTCC, an invoice request can contain several freight requests/ orders.
The message which is sent to ERP for billing and invoice verification is modeled based on the BO Freight Invoice Request, as its information could be th e basis for e.g. the accounting and account assignmen t in ERP.
The former terms Billing (debit) and Settlement (credit) where renamed due to the SAP wide harmonization (PIC-Process).
“Customer Freight Invoice Request” r epresents Billing (debit) (Forwarding Settlement Document) “Supplier Freight Invoice Request” r epresents Settlement (credit) (Freight Settlement Document)
Freight Agreement determination:
Usage code (customer / service provider)
Contractor (Sales Org or Purchasing Org) – ensures proper organizational unit is able to use the rate
Contracting Party – defines for which business partner (customer / service provider) the agreement is valid
Additional preconditions may be defined
Flexible definition of additional preconditions
Forward navigation for all objects
OrgView for Charge calculation: this would be a new business object proposed in TM8.0 which captures th e oragnizational aspects r elevant for the charge calculation.
9
Examples of rates and calculation methods:
Weight / Volume rates
Break weight calculation
Volumetric rate calculation (Bulkiness factors)
Distance rates
Freight all kind / Commodity rates
Various origin / destination point classifications such a s point-to-point, point-to-zip, point-to-state, zip-to-zip and state-to-state
Rates based on Equipment (container type / s ize) or packaging class Minimum, Maximum rates
Handling charges
Terminal handling, cross docking costs, loading / unloading , empty han dling, document handling, AMS
filing, Canal Due, security surchar ge, etc.
Surcharges
Bunker adjustment, Currency adjustment, Congestion, Demurrage, Night time deliveries, Notification charge, Hazardous surchar ge, Waiting time, Feeder Costs, low tide surcha rge, port congestion, etc.
Toll calculation
Taxes Discounts
Rates can have up to nine scales.
Rates can be exported to XML file and changed. They can then be uploading back in to TM. Mass u load of rates should be ossible in future TM releases.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE USE OF TEMPLATES ARE OPTIONAL AND THE MASTER DATA CREATION / UPDATION WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT TEMPLATES AS WELL !!
Different options are possible. Calculate for truck tran sport 1 Truck Fee (FCL
scenario) does not consider if truck is full or not. For this si tuation the beste
resolution base is Root. Calculation base could be distance.
LTL charge for each pallet on the truck. Charge the number of quare meters, number
In the calculation engine, first the Freight Agreement (FA) is determined that is valid. Information can be added, like Notes, Attachments and Services. Also several details are available, but per FA a validity period is man datory! In a FA a Calculation Sheet (TCCS) is assigned, the content of the TCCS is visible in the l ower part of the screen. Note: not visible in this screenshot.
17
The Transportation Charge Calculation Sheet can consist of more than one line. It can be either a Charge
Element and or another TCCS. In this example there are two Charge Elements.
You can define that the rate will not be calculated automatically. It will be available for manual input. You even can created your own rat e determination rule.
19
This Rate consists of 2 scales.
In the rate table th e following parameters are available:
Validity period (you can add a validity line and maintain the rates without release it) Life Cycle Status
Currency
Rounding Profile
Several parameters defines the behavior a scale:
Scale Base Scale Type UoM Scale Values
The process example is regarding a ‘standard ’ German tarif used in transportation. From location to location
costs (haus-haus-entgelte). Dimensions are distance and weight in the example.
23
In TCM it is also possible to ad d additional costs. In the example ‘Sammelgut’ there a re costs described for
The first step is to define the scales. In this slide the scale for distance is shown, the scale base, type an d UoM
are mandatory fields. In the calculation type you can choose between Absolute and Relative. You also create a scale for Weight.
25
In the Rate table the scales Weight and Distance are combined. The result is the costs in the table in the same
structure as in the ‘Sammelgut’ table.
You can download and upload the rates via the excel integration, but of course you are free to add it manually yourself
27
Additional costs can be added to a TCCS. In this case the Advice Fee is an addit ional cost that doesn’t have a
The Freight Agreement is connected to a TCCS and as you can see the costs (Freight charge an d the Advice