SAP TM AND THIRD-PARTY SOLUTIONS INTEGRATION FOR A TRANSPORT COMPANY
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SAP TM AND THIRD-PARTY Solutions Integration For A Transport Company
Customer:
A European transport company.
Challenge:
The customer approached us for a complex three-way integration of the SAP TM system with third-party solutions.
Solution:
Our team successfully integrated SAP TM with PTV, a geographical service provider, on one side. This comprehensive integration enabled seamless communication and data exchange between the SAP TM system and the external solutions, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the customer’s transport operations.
Products and Services
- SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM)
- SAP Implementation
Project Goals:
The project was aligned with the following business objectives:
1. Improving Fleet Safety:
– Enhancing safety measures to mitigate risks and ensure the well-being of drivers and assets.
2. Reducing Operating Costs:
– Implementing effective fleet management strategies to minimize expenses associated with vehicle maintenance, fuel consumption, and operational inefficiencies.
3. Boosting Service Excellence:
– Enhancing customer satisfaction by providing accurate vehicle tracking, precise arrival times, and efficient re-routing capabilities in case of delays. This ensures timely and reliable service delivery, contributing to an enhanced customer experience.
Project Scope:
Geocoding:
Geocoding serves as a fundamental component for mapping and vehicle routing optimization within the SAP TM system. By converting addresses into longitude and latitude coordinates, precise geographic locations are obtained, essential for accurate distance calculation and route planning.
Georouting:
This feature facilitates precise route planning by allowing the definition of waypoints, enabling detailed route creation tailored to specific transportation requirements.
Toll Cost Calculation:
The integration includes toll cost calculation functionality, enabling the optimization of transportation costs by accurately estimating toll expenses along planned routes.
Time and Distance Estimation:
The system provides capabilities for estimating time and distance, allowing for route optimization across various fleet sizes and ensuring efficient transportation operations.
Map Layers:
PTV’s services extend to the visualization of geographic data on digital maps, providing users with comprehensive map layers for enhanced route planning and visualization.
Results:
During the integration processes, our team implemented the following development enhancements:
1. Geo Map Component Enhancements:
– We enhanced the geo map component to ensure accurate display of objects on the map, leveraging PTV’s mapping capabilities integrated into the SAP TM system.
2. Transportation Cockpit Refinements:
– Refinements were made to the standard Transportation Cockpit application, optimizing its functionality and usability for efficient transportation planning.
Through the integration of third-party services into the customer’s SAP TM system and our dedicated support throughout the project, the logistics company now benefits from enhanced functionality, including:
– Geocoding
– Georouting
– Toll Cost Calculation
– Time and Distance Estimation
– Map Layers
– Tracking of Actual Location and Drivers’ Activities
This comprehensive solution guarantees optimized truck routes, access to precise traffic and truck data, safe journey planning and execution, and provides additional prerequisites for significant cost savings in the logistics operations.
