Track and Trace Delivered by SAP Transportation Management and Event Management Integration

Powerful Track and Trace Delivered by SAP Transportation Management and Event Management Integration Kevin M. Schaffer Saika B. Shaikh

What’s Inside: 

Introduction Scenario

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Common Track and Trace Challenges

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Solution Overview

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Case Study

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Takeaways

The Scenario

Scenario

SHIPPER LOCATION Planned Arrival Loading Begin Loading Complete Planned Departure

DESTINATION LOCATION A Planned Arrival Unloading Begin Unloading Complete Planned Departure

The Scenario: A Shipment with 1 Pickup, and 2 Deliveries. SAP TM has planned an optimal route.

DESTINATION LOCATION B Planned Arrival Unloading Begin Unloading Complete Shipment Completion

Scenario

SHIPPER LOCATION

DESTINATION LOCATION A

DESTINATION LOCATION B

What happens when an unplanned event occurs not according to plan?

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Do decision makers have the necessary information to make changes quickly? Can Customer Service Representatives provide customers with real-time shipment status?

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Can new ETA’s be calculated based off of updated information?

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Is historical event data logged for future analysis?

Presentation Subject Common TrackInsert & Trace Insert Speaker Names Challenges

Common Challenges

Lack of Visibility to Transportation Events in a Single View

Common Challenges

Integrating Numerous Transportation Data Sources

Common Challenges

Access to Real-Time Data Needed to Quickly React to Events and Change Plans

Common Challenges

Ability to Log Historic Shipment Events for Trend Analysis

Common Challenges

Communication of Planned Activities Across the Entire Supply Chain

Solution Overview

Solution Overview

Transportation Management SAP Transportation Management (TM) Supports the physical transportation of goods from one location to another. The Transportation Process is broken down into 4 categories: 

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Order management- The initial event trigger in TM. Involves receipt of orders that require product movement from one location to another

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Transportation Execution- Includes the selection of carriers, initiation of goods issue, creation of a transport order, and trigger the decrement of inventory.

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Monitoring & Visibility to key Business Processes EM Provides monitoring capabilities to any business process.

Transportation Planning- Plan the movement or

transport of the products required 

SAP Event Management (SAP EM) allows for the monitoring of end-to-end business processes by matching planned events and measurements with the actual events and measurements to uncover exceptions.

Financial Settlement- Freight contracts are reviewed to determine the correct pricing, Invoices are generated, and accounting processes are performed

Matches Planned to Actual Data - Allowing organizations to identify exceptions. Real Time Notification of Events - Provides timely data to organizations to react quickly. Integration with other systems - Easily integrates with SAP and legacy solutions

Event Management

Solution Overview

ECC

Transportation Management

EM Scheduled Load Begin Load End

Departure

Arrival

Unload Begin Unload End

Solution Overview

Solution Overview

Solution Overview An integrated EM – TM solution provides the following functionality: VISIBILITY AND MONITORING

Ability to raise exceptions in certain scenarios: 

Location Deviations - Plan calls for arriving at location A, but arrived at location B

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Measurements – If container temperature rises above required temperature

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Partner Performance – If 3rd party partner performance is deviating from plan

COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN 

Events posted in the Event Management solution are available to other systems for complete communication across the supply chain

Solution Overview

REAL-TIME NOTIFICATON OF EVENTS

Ability to receive Planned and Actual events: 

Regular events - Occurs within the planned period (Ex: Arrived at location)

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Early / Late events - Occurs outside the planned period (Ex: Late departure)

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Unexpected events - Events that were never planned for (Ex: Delay Event)

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Unreported events - Event that was expected but did not receive (Arrival event not reported)

Real-Time notification allows operations personnel to react quickly, and allow representatives to keep customers informed with up-to-date information

Solution Overview

REPORTING

Ability to retain data in an easy-to-view format: 

Operational Reporting- View where issues are currently

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Analytical Reporting – Determine trends over time

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BI Integration – Ability to integrate EM with the BI Solution

INTEGRATION OF NUMEROUS DATA SOURCES 

Numerous Transportation Data Sources can be integrated for full visibility

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Easy Visibility to transportation events via the TM NWBC or EM Web Interface

Solution Overview Status Checking Operational Reporting Notifications

BAPI IDOC XI

EM BAPI

Analytical Reporting

Application Interface

ECC

BW

TM

Customer Service

BAPI IDOC XI

Transportation Planner

Event Capture

Transportation Operator Operations Management Executive Leadership

Case Study

Case Study: “Helping the Chicken Cross the Road” 

Case Study

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   T    N    E    M    N    O    R    I    V    N    E

   E    G    N    E    L    L    A    H    C

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$33 Billion manufacturer of fresh, frozen and refrigerated food products.

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115,000 Employees globally, Over 400 facilities and offices

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Exports products to more than 100 countries globally

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15,000 shipments planned and executed weekly

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SAP Transportation Management 8.1 for Transportation Planning Activities PeopleNet on-board GPS, MileMaker , Rand McNally Legacy Transportation Execution, Order Management and Inventory Solutions Future integration to SAP ECC Manual, paper-based transportation planning processes

Incorporate existing shipment events into a single source for real-time visibility of planned and unplanned events from a variety of data sources. Arrive at Origin

Unload End

Departure

Shipment Complete

Check Call

Service Failure

Case Study

The Solution: Leverage TM and EM Integration

Case Study

Warehousing Activities

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   S    T    I    F    E    N    E    B

On-Board Communication

Manual Event Updates

Legacy Execution Transportation System Management

Event Management

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Reporting of expected and unexpected shipment events.

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Integration with legacy transportation execution and order-entry systems.

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Historical logging of transportation events to be used for business analysis.

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Quickly and Easily integrate legacy data sources

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Real-Time Shipment Visibility allowing managers to react quickly

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View shipment event information in a single view

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Platform Allows for future growth and integration

Takeaways

Takeaways

Takeaways

The Integration of Event Management with Transportation Management Allows for Powerful Track and Trace  by providing organizations with the following functionality: 

Visibility and Monitoring

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Communication across the Supply Chain

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Real-Time Notification of Events

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Reporting Capabilities

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Integration to Transportation Data and Systems

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