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Your SAP TM is live. You paid for it. But your planners still work in Excel, freight costs keep going up, and the same problems come back every month. Here…
Moving Off SAP TM 9.x: What Changes, What Breaks, and What to Decide First
A planning guide for teams migrating SAP TM 9.5 / 9.6 to SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management. The Starting Position Ask a room of transport planners what they think about the…
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Why SAP TM Route Optimization Fails in Real Operations & How to Fix It
Why does SAP TM route optimization fail in real operations? In our experience, the optimizer is rarely the first thing that needs fixing. The problem usually sits around it. Master…
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Why Does SAP TM Optimization Time Out? Causes and Fixes
Your SAP Transportation Management system can have the right routes, the right vehicles, the right freight units, and the right planning rules and still fail to produce a transportation plan…
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SD Delivery Split Criteria in S/4HANA and Their Impact on Transportation
Quick answer SAP can create separate deliveries when relevant delivery-combination or split criteria differ. The most common ones are shipping point, ship-to party, delivery date, route and shipping conditions. Those…
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Why Freight Units Are Not Consolidating in the SAP TM Planning Run
Quick answer If your Freight Units look correct but still won't combine, check in this order: Were they even selected into the same planning run? If not, nothing else matters.…
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Why SAP TM Creates Too Many Freight Orders (And How to Find the Real Cause)
If SAP TM is creating too many Freight Orders and your planners are regrouping deliveries by hand, check the layers in this order: The planning run first. Time windows, incompatibilities,…
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What Is a No-Click Scenario in SAP TM? (And Why It Matters in 2026)
Every Shipment Is Waiting for Someone to Click "Confirm" Picture a transportation planner's morning. Two hundred freight orders on the screen. Carriers to assign, capacity to check, routes to confirm,…
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Manual Transportation Planning in SAP: Challenges and How to Fix Them
Quick Answer Manual transportation planning means planners build loads, select carriers, and schedule shipments using spreadsheets, emails, and phone calls instead of system-driven optimization. It leads to poor truck utilization,…
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How SAP TM Automation Reduces Logistics Costs by 10–25%
Introduction You've probably seen the claim before: SAP TM automation can cut transportation costs by 10–25%. It shows up in vendor decks, consulting proposals, and articles like this one. Fair…