202
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITYControl what may travel together

TM 202 · QUALIFY

How does business demand become plannable freight?

TM does not place a sales order or delivery directly onto a truck. It represents transport-relevant demand and applies freight-unit-building rules to create planning units.

READ FROM RESULT BACK TO RULE

Control what may travel together

TM combines a business requirement, a planning decision, and operating proof. A visible document status alone rarely explains whether the plan is feasible or recoverable.

ONE TRANSPORT STORY

Follow the decision through its evidence

Each hand-off has a different owner and a different proof. Preserve the hand-off rather than repairing a later status in isolation.

  1. 01
    SOURCEDelivery

    Requested quantities, dates, locations, and handling attributes create transport demand.

  2. 02
    BUILDFreight-unit rule

    Conditions decide whether demand stays together or splits.

  3. 03
    PLANFreight unit

    Compatible transport demand becomes independently plannable.

SPLIT AND CONSOLIDATION

One business promise can become several transport decisions

Split only where a handling, date, route, equipment, or compatibility rule makes it necessary. Consolidate only where the resulting units remain feasible together.

ONE DELIVERY8 ambient pallets
2 temperature-controlled pallets
FREIGHT-UNIT BUILDINGSeparate the incompatible handling requirement
Ambient FUMay consolidate with compatible demandCold-chain FURequires compatible equipment and capacity

DIAGNOSTIC EVIDENCE

Ask the question at the correct layer

Transport problems become recoverable when the team checks the decision, source data, document, and event evidence in that order.

NOT CREATED

Check transport relevance, source trigger, locations, quantities, dates, and application messages.

WRONG SPLIT

Trace the building rule, condition result, handling attributes, dimensions, and compatibility.

STALE AFTER CHANGE

Compare source, requirement, freight unit, assigned document, and processing log.

PROJECT MOMENT

One delivery becomes two freight units

Temperature-controlled pallets need different equipment from ambient pallets. The source delivery stays intact while TM creates two planning units with their own compatible capacity decisions.

  • Source demand remains one delivery
  • Handling need drives the split
  • Each unit is independently plannable
  • Later changes update the correct unit
CONTINUE TM 202Build the network that makes demand feasible

Learn which master data defines reachability, capacity, time, and responsibility.

Open network and master data
Official SAP referencesSAP Help — Creation and Editing of Freight Units SAP Help — Carrier Selection SAP Help — Freight Settlement Document SAP Help — Advanced Shipping and Receiving