SAP Transport Management
With us, you'll experience a stress-free and quality SAP TM implementation
Looking for a trusted partner to implement SAP TM, or to take your existing SAP TM operations to the next level? At EWM Technologies, we combine deep industry expertise with a structured approach to deliver results that matter.
With EWM Technologies as your partner, you gain a scalable, future-ready transportation management solution - delivered efficiently, economically, and tailored to your business.
What We Provide
Our methodology follows the proven Discover, Activate, Deploy, and Run framework. To accelerate your journey, we also offer exclusive SAP TM Add-ons that extend system capabilities, reduce costs, and maximise value - empowering you to realise benefits faster.
1. Discover
Assess whether SAP TM meets your transportation and logistics needs, and define a clear project scope.
To do this, we'll:
- Assess current transportation processes: How are shipments planned, tracked, and costed today?
- Identify pain points (manual planning, limited visibility, high costs).
Understand SAP TM capabilities:
- Transportation planning and execution
- Freight order management
- Carrier collaboration
- Freight costing and settlement
- Decide deployment option: Basic Shipping (embedded in S/4HANA)or Advanced TM (sidecar or decentralised).
- Build a business case and estimate ROI.
By the end, you'll have:
- A Business case and project proposal
- A High-level roadmap and scope
- Architecture decisions (e.g., embedded vs. decentralised TM)
2. Activate
Design and build a working SAP TM solution tailored to business requirements using standard content and best practices.
To do this, we'll:
- Use SAP Best Practices for TM as a starting point.
- Design transportation networks: lanes, zones, carrier master data.
Configure:
- Freight Units (FU) and Freight Orders (FO)
- Planning strategies (manual, optimizer-based)
- Carrier selection and tendering
- Charge management and settlement
Integrate with:
- SAP EWM/SAP S/4HANA SD/MM (for order data)
- Third-party logistics systems (e.g., for GPS, tracking)
- Conduct fit-gap analysis and design custom developments if needed.
- Prepare training materials and conduct key user training.
- Execute testing: unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
By the end, you'll have:
- A Configured and tested SAP TM system
- Functional and technical specs
- Trained key users
3. Deploy
Transition the transportation processes into the live SAP TM environment.
To this, we'll:
- Finalise master and transaction data migration (e.g., open transport requests, carrier master).
- Execute cutover plan (e.g., stop planning in legacy, start in TM).
- Perform user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Finalise authorisation roles and security.
- Monitor data replication and interfaces with S/4HANA or other systems.
- Prepare for hyper-care (post-go-live support).
By the end, you'll have:
- A Go-live checklist
- Transport processes operational in SAP TM
- Initial performance and issue monitoring set up
4. Run
Stabilise and improve operations, ensuring SAP TM delivers the expected value.
To do this, we'll:
- Monitor key metrics (e.g., freight cost savings, carrier performance).
- Support operations (e.g., planners, freight settlement teams).
- Resolve post-go-live issues.
Optimize processes:
- Automate tendering
- Enable real-time tracking
- Improve cost simulation and analytics
- Plan for enhancements (e.g., mobile access, third-party carrier integration via APIs).
By the end, you'll have:
- Stabilised, optimised TM operations
- Ongoing support and an improvement roadmap
- Lessons learned and KPIs tracking