Think Tanks con­nect you with peers nav­i­gat­ing the same chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties as you. ASUG will facil­i­tate an inter­ac­tive peer-to-peer exchange where solu­tions are shared for top­ics spe­cif­ic to your role and interest.

In this Think Tank, we’ll look at trans­porta­tion man­age­ment func­tion­al­i­ty in SAP S/4HANA, and review the deploy­ment options for new and exist­ing SAP cus­tomers. We’ll also talk about avail­able migra­tion tools and answer ques­tions. Atten­dees will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to share expe­ri­ences and talk with SAP experts. 

The con­ver­sa­tion on Mon­day, Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. CT will include: 

• A brief wel­come and kick-off from ASUG 

• Rapid case study led by ASUG mem­ber Bill King from SAP 

• The dis­cus­sion will focus on: 

• Func­tion­al­i­ty, migra­tion tools, and deploy­ment options 

• Oppor­tu­ni­ty to share suc­cess stories 

• Q&A with SAP 

Gain vis­i­bil­i­ty into the chal­lenges and suc­cess­es oth­er SAP cus­tomers are expe­ri­enc­ing, and acquire new ideas for real-world solutions. 

If you are expe­ri­enc­ing chal­lenges and would like to lead your own case study, fill out the sur­vey here. 

Think Tank Insights: 

• What is Trans­porta­tion Management ™ 
  • In 55+ coun­tries with 1000+ customers 
  • Unit­ed Sug­ars, Mahale, and more 
  • Holis­tic end-to-end solu­tion to man­age your transportation 
    • Solu­tion built for shippers 
    • Pri­ma­ry busi­ness is deliv­er­ing products 
    • Large and mid­mar­ket enterprises 
    • Domes­tic and inter­na­tion­al transportation 
    • Inbound and out­bound freight management 
    • Sim­ple and com­plex high-vol­ume operations 
• How do I col­lab­o­rate with my Trans­porta­tion or Logis­tics partners? 
  • SAP Logis­tics Busi­ness Net­work (LBN) 
    • Onboard once – col­lab­o­rate with many any­where at anytime 
    • Allow dif­fer­ent stake­hold­ers to con­sume logis­tics ser­vices and share insights 
    • Inte­grate with SAP dig­i­tal core by design 
    • Assists with con­tract­ing, dock appoint­ment sched­ul­ing, freight vis­i­bil­i­ty, and freight settlement 
• How do you fig­ure out how many new trucks you may need with TM? 
  • Com­bi­na­tion of what kind of capac­i­ty require­ments you need and sce­nario builder 
    • Helps you use his­tor­i­cal data to run dif­fer­ent sce­nar­ios with exist­ing net­work and fleet. 
    • Helps you fig­ure out how much excess cov­er you may need 
    • In the base­line you can also fig­ure out is there a bet­ter way to load your assets before adding a third party 
• How can you explore back­haul opportunities? 
  • LBN can help 
  • Can look at oth­er part­ners with LBN 
    • Part­ners doesn’t always mean car­ri­ers but oth­er car­ri­ers that need capacity 
  • LBN can inte­grate with TM 
  • If you don’t have TM there is inte­gra­tion to S/4 basic ship­ping but unsure about ECC 
• Did COVID change your process? Any pit­falls to avoid? 
  • Dif­fer­ent rules for dif­fer­ent regions 
  • Dis­cov­ered a need to be flexible 
  • From a TM per­spec­tive, the need for addi­tion­al car­ri­ers to be onboard­ed or a ser­vice like an Uber Freight 
  • Keep your rela­tion­ship with car­ri­ers pos­i­tive and con­tin­ue to search for new carriers