SAP Transportation Management 9.0

System Demonstration – Load Optimization within a

Shipper Domestic Outbound Scenario

Nikolai Lorenz

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

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Author ORTEC Logiplan GmbH (OSC)

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System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

Table of Contents

1 Preface ....................................................................................................................... 1

2 Overview .................................................................................................................... 2

3 Background ............................................................................................................... 3

3.1 Operational .......................................................................................................... 3

3.2 Technical .............................................................................................................. 3

4 Process ...................................................................................................................... 4

4.1 Manual Planning of the first Freight Unit .......................................................... 4

4.2 Plan the 2nd Freight Unit ..................................................................................... 6

4.3 Display the results of Load Optimization and the Load Graphic .................... 8

5 Highlights of the OPLB Load Building Features ................................................. 11

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

1 Preface

A SAP based solution for Transportation Management is enhanced with functionality for

optimization, in terms of determination of most cost efficient route/scheduling and carrier

selection. This document depicts a Load Space Optimization within a vehicle resource.

This functionality for Load Space Optimization is provided by ORTEC´s OPLB (Ortec Pal-

let and Load Builder). OPLB can be integrated in SAP TM.

ORTEC PLB can plan the loading of cartons and boxes, pallets and trucks, containers and

other load space types taking into account the organizational and physical planning con-

straints from your transportation partners, products and different transportation equipment

used. ORTEC PLB supports multiple stage packaging from carton via pallet up to contain-

er and delivers clear instructions regarding the work preparation for order picking and load-

ing in seconds and gives you reliable planning of required resources. With this, your ca-

pacities can be planned effectively, the order picking and loading times can be minimized

and the number of freight cost relevant packaging and transport units will be reduced. The

user can check directly in SAP the packaging proposals in 3 dimensional graphics.

ORTEC Pallet & Load Building (PLB) for SAP Transportation Management provides en-

hanced functionality for the planning and optimization of loads embedded into SAP TM.

Highlights of Planning Features in SAP TM:

Automated Packaging Optimization for SAP TM Freight Unit

Display of Load KPI´s (Weight/Volume/Footprint Utilization, Axle Weights, Centre of

Gravity) per Load Space in the SAP TM Freight Unit screen

Display of the 3-dimensional Load Graphic including a detailed item list per Load

Space in the SAP TM Freight Unit screen

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

2 Overview

The following shipper scenario has one shipping point and two destination points. The

shipper is creating two Sales Orders in ERP and is going to execute them with one vehicle

resource. First unload the products at the first destination and then unload the rest of the

load at the second destination.

The SAP Standard functionality calculates the weight utilization of the resource and does

one dimensional optimization. The OPLB instead takes into account other parameters

(See Chapter 5), in order to optimize the load space utilization in a more efficient way.

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

3 Background

3.1 Operational

This demonstration is designed on a transportation network dedicated for a Domestic Out-

bound Shipper Scenario.

Highlights:

Plan the first Freight Unit

Create a Multi-drop and planning of the 2nd Freight Unit

Display the Load Graphic

3.2 Technical

Scenario is based on SAP Transportation Management 9.0

Involved Architecture:

SAP Transportation Management 9.0

SAP ERP ECC 6.0

Ortec Pallet and Load Builder

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

4 Process

The Shipper creates two Sales Orders in ERP which are represented by OTR´s in SAP

TM. Then the dispatcher is starting the Transportation Cockpit, in order to plan manually

the Freight Units. As a result of planning activity, the dispatcher receives a Freight Order,

where he can display the Load Graphic with the optimal result.

4.1 Manual Planning of the first Freight Unit

After the creation of two Sales Orders, which are represented trough the Order based

Transportation Requirements in SAP TM, start the Transportation Cockpit. Select the ap-

propriate Selection Profile and the Planning Profile.

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

Select the first Freight Unit and the respective Resource.

Click on Plan Selected Items.

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

As a result you receive a Freight Order. Save it.

4.2 Plan the 2nd Freight Unit

Open the Freight Order and go to Tab Stages. Insert a second Stage, in order to create a

Multi Drop.

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

Press Save the FO.

Select the second Freight Unit and the Freight Order. Press “Plan Selected Items”.

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

As a result the Second Freight Unit is inserted in the Freight Order.

4.3 Display the results of Load Optimization and the Load Graphic

Open the Freight Order. Here you can see the utilization of the ressource (SAP Standard).

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

Due to the Integration of OPLB. The Freight Order has an additional Tab (Load

Optimization). As the Load Optimizer is taking into account more parameters as the SAP

Optimizer, you can see the utilization of other scales (weight, volume, footprint, axle load).

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

In order to display the load graphic, click on the button.

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

5 Highlights of the OPLB Load Building Features

Cubic Products with various restrictions (Orientation, Stackability)

1-step, 2-step, 3-step Packaging

Items in Carton

Items / Carton on Pallet

Items / Carton / Pallet on Truck

Case and Layer Picking Pallets

Cylindric Products with specific Patterns

Product Stackability

Product Compatiblity

Loading Priorities

Load Grouping

Load Sequence

Configurable Optimization Target Models (Length, Volume, Cost)

Axle Weight Calculations

Center of Gravity Calculations

System demonstration – Load Optimization within a Shipper

Domestic Outbound Scenario

Various Load Space Types (Container, Truck, Semitrailer, Step Van Trailer, Double

Decker Beam, Double Decker Floor, Baytruck)