Intelligent Error Handling Update for S/4HANA 2022
We talk about the enhancement delivered for Error Handling in S/4HANA 2022. We now have the option to learn from errors solved in the past.
Jan 26, 2023•48 min•Ep. 49
TMP - The TM Podcast
It´s all about SAP Transportation Management
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Introducing the TM Podcast Blackbelt Edition
In this episode of the classic TM Podcast we are talking about exactly the new podcast: TM Podcast - Black Belt Edition. What is this Podcast all about, how is it different from the good old TMP and who is the perfect audience for it, those are the things we talk about in this episode. The TMP Blackbelt Edition can be found together with the other SAP podcasts at the SAP podcast directory at open.sap.com/podcasts or directly at https://podcast.opensap.info/tmp-black-belt-edition/
Feb 08, 2021•16 min•Ep. 48
Error Handling in Order Management
To address the problem that a tiny typo in a message can send the complete message into Forward Error Handling, even if a business user could solve it, we introduced the Error Handling concept in Order Management. This episodes describes the ideas and concepts of the error handling.
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 47
Working in TM - from home
Since we talked about working in TM development a couple of episodes back a lot has changed. Currently all of TM development (and half of the world) is practicing social distancing and working from home. We wanted to share our experiences in terms of technology, meetings structures, keeping the coffee corner awake and other aspects on working under those special circumstances.
Apr 03, 2020•49 min•Ep. 46
Scenario Builder
In this episode we introduce the Scenario Builder and talk about the key features of this powerful tool. Whether it is about large scenario tests, demos or proof of concepts we discuss how the tool can support the creation and replication of test scenarios in the TM System. After a brief overview we are focusing more on details, like the supported data objects and the actual process of how to get test data into the TM Systems. Additionally, the reuse of scenarios for multiple testers and across ...
Jan 29, 2020•49 min•Ep. 45
Planning Overview and Planning Freight Units in the Transportation Cockpit
Planning a Freight Unit in TM and what is planning in general is an interesting topic when working with the TM. In this episode a brief overview of planning is given, and topics related to Freight Unit planning are discussed. The important decisions, which have to be made in the context of Freight Unit planning are one part of the talk. Some basic parts of the Transportation Cockpit and Profile and Layout sets are covered as well. In this episode we focus on using the Transportation Cockpit for ...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 44
TM Sizing
We talk about sizing, the process to find out the hardware requirements for your TM system. Starting with a high level overview we come to relevant input factors, the process to get the actual numbers, good and bad practices in filling in the forms and many related topics like optimizer sizing, expert sizing etc. And we talk about and nearly sing the number of THE note for TM sizing: 1801063.
Dec 19, 2019•54 min•Ep. 43
Scheduling
This episode with a jubilee number covers a very interesting and also a bit complex topic, the scheduling functionality in TM which determines the transportation times. How is the (un-)loading duration and time and departure/arrival times determined? How can I influence calculations? How to consider operating times (even specific times for different materials), holidays or resource downtimes? We also look into the machine room and talk about the architecture and different components involved in ...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 42
Palletization and Load Consumption Quantities
How to model the (estimated) pallet consumption in scenarios where multiple palletization materials are involved is not a simple question. With TM in S/4 HANA 1909 and TM 9.6 Transportation Management took a big step forward in this area. We are talking about the problem, the way this is addressed in TM and how it impacts the planning process.
Sep 29, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 41
What´s new in Transportation Management in S/4 1909
The Transportation Management product owners are talking about the new features coming with S/4 1909 in the Transportation Management area. The video version can be found on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJNYFqb5D4M
Sep 27, 2019•7 min•Ep. 40
Package Building Test Report
As promised we dive deeper into Package Building: We talk about the Package Building test report, which does much more than the name implies...
Sep 25, 2019•45 min•Ep. 39
Working in TM Development
We talk about the structure of our team, the working mode and all the specifics of our team. When interested in joining the team, check frequently our job postings at jobs.sap.com
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 38
Package Building 2019 - Overview
TM Podcast is back with TM content. Since we build a lot of new features into the Package Builder, we try to give an overview about the new functions, features and settings. We talk about the engine itself, but also about new concepts like the package unit, consolidation package building, package unit extraction and much more. Marcus Monday Knowledge Snipping series with a huge coverage of package building deep dives can be found here: https://blogs.sap.com/2013/05/21/monday-knowledge-snippet-se...
Jul 26, 2019•57 min•Ep. 37
@SAPTMPodcast goes Twitter
The TM Podcast has a twitter account, @SAPTMPodcast. The account will be used to distribute little pieces of information around TM, the podcast itself and related stuff. And this is a technical test with our new podcasting infrastructure.
Mar 28, 2018•5 min•Ep. 36
Strategic Freight Management in TM 9.4
The latest in Strategic Freight Management in TM 9.4
Oct 24, 2016•3 min•Ep. 35
Strategic Freight Procurement in TM 9.3
The latest and greatest in TM Freight Procurement in TM 9.3
Oct 24, 2016•8 min•Ep. 34
The Process Controller
This time we talk about a generic tool: The Process Controller. After a short introduction what the process controller actually is, with some examples etc. we talk about the necessary customizing. Some technical details about what technically happens are also there. Finally we talk about the ways of using the process controller to enhance the standard functionality.
May 03, 2016•42 min•Ep. 7
TM Quicksearch
This (optionally video...) episode is a bit special, it´s the introduction of the TM Quicksearch. The TM Quicksearch is an easy way to find all kind of transactional documents like Forwarding Orders, Freight Bookings, Freight Orders, SFIRS and the like directly from the (installed) NWBC search bar.
Dec 23, 2015•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 33
BOPF Part 2
BOPF, continued... We talk about association, alternative keys and node-classes. And we use the BOPF-knowledge to show some coding examples on how to program in BOPF-context, including some dos and don'ts.
Oct 27, 2015•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 32
BOPF Part 1
It´s all about BOPF(or BOBF:->) and how we use it in TM.
Sep 23, 2015•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 31
Package Builder
This episode is about the new 9.3 functionality, the package builder which can consider packaging rules to find out how many packages/pallets will be most likely used when transporting the materials as defined in the orders. PS: The packaging information is not considered in the delivery creation...
Jul 30, 2015•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 30
TM 9.3 Refactoring: UI
As good agile developers we did some refactoring in TM 9.3. This episode is about the UI part of the refactoring. We talk on why, where and how we refactored. TECH Warning: This one is really technical, if you liked the FBI episode, you will love it, if you don´t know what FBI (in TM context) is, you may skip this episode.
May 22, 2015•54 min•Ep. 29
NWBC
This Episode of TMP is about the NetWeaver Business client, the cool grandchild of the good old SAP GUI. We look into the settings, installation and the very cool search providers. You will love it (the NWBC, maybe also the episode)
Mar 06, 2015•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 28
Strategic Freight Procurement
This Episode is about Strategic Freight Procurement with SAP TM.
Oct 17, 2014•10 min•Ep. 27
Visual Business
Visual Business is SAPs tool to display business data in an natural way. It allows to show objects on a map and/or in 3D and interact with them. This is used in transportation management and so we took the chance to talk about Visual Business as such and how it is used in the TM world.
Jul 09, 2014•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 26
SAP TM Collaboration Portal
The SAP TM Collaboration Portal is an web based component allowing collaboration between TM and the carriers. It covers freight procurement, tendering, execution and finally invoicing/dispute management. So a lot to talk about.
Jul 04, 2014•49 min•Ep. 25
The Trigger Concept
The trigger concept is used to handle locking situations, allow asynchronous updates and separation of concerns. This concept and the report to process this triggers are explained in this episode. The consulting notes mentioned are: 1. For trigger concept mentioned in the podcast is 1747234 2. TM Super Authorization: 1909959 The Application Operations Guide can be found here (for 9.0): https://websmp109.sap-ag.de/~form/handler?_APP=00200682500000002672&_EVENT=DISPLAY&_SCENARIO=&_HIER...
Jun 03, 2014•52 min•Ep. 24
Nature of Goods in Air Freight
This time it is a very specific topic: "Nature of Goods" (NOG) in Air freight. More precisely it is about "Nature and quantity of goods" and about Nature of goods for manifest.
May 22, 2014•32 min•Ep. 23
Execution
This episode is about "Strategy to Action" :-> We talk about the way transportation execution is handled within TM.
May 01, 2014•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 22
Load Planning
The focus topic of this episode is Load Planning / Vehicle Space optimization with TM 9.1. As this is a brand new area for us there is a lot to talk about, and so we did :->
Dec 22, 20130•Ep. 21
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