Integrating Freight Settlement with SAP Transportation Management

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the services that can be used to integrate freight settlement with SAP TM.

Freight Settlement – Integration

SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration enables shippers to receive invoices from carriers in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and manage the dispute process.

Shippers can choose to manage disputes on SAP Business Network for Logistics or in SAP TM. That choice will dictate which services they must enable on SAP TM to support the freight settlement process.

Freight Settlement – Disputes Handled on Network

This section describes SAP Business Network for Freight Collaboration support for managing disputes on the network.

If a dispute is raised on the network and new amounts and/or charges are agreed on, the charges in SAP TM must be updated with the new amounts and/or charges, so they match what is on the network. Only after that is complete can the invoice be successfully submitted to SAP TM. If no dispute is raised on the network, then this step is not required and the invoice will be directly submitted to SAP TM.

Enable message interfaces

The following B2B message interfaces need to be configured to send messages to or receive messages from SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) for settlement with disputes managed on the network.

TransporationOrderRequest_Out
Used for freight orders to send freight settlement requests to SAP Business Network for Logistics.
Make sure to enable the sending of charges in the SAP TM EDI Communication Profile config.
BNTransportationOrderChargeElementRequest_Out
Used for freight bookings to send freight settlement to SAP Business Network for Logistics
InvoiceRequest_In
To receive invoices from the SAP Business Network for Logistics
TransportationOrderChargeElementRequest_In
To receive updated or new charges for an invoice from the SAP Business Network for Logistics
TransportationOrderChargeElementConfirmation_Out
To send confirmation to SAP Business Network for Logistics that the charges on the invoices have been updated
BNInvoiceStatusUpdateRequest_Out
To send an invoice status update to the SAP Business Network for Logistics. Must be implemented by following SAP Note 3557909.

Flow diagram illustrates freight settlement dispute management in SAP Business Network for Logistics, detailing invoice requests, charge updates, and status notifications exchanged between shipper and carrier.

Freight Settlement – Disputes Handled in SAP TM

This section describes SAP Business Network for Freight Collaboration support for managing disputes in SAP Transportation Management.

In this case, when a carrier submits an invoice, it flow directly to SAP TM. If a dispute is raised, it is communicated to the network, where the carrier can then respond to the dispute. The response is sent back to SAP TM.

Enable message interfaces

The following B2B message interfaces need to be configured to send messages to or receive messages from SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM).

TransporationOrderRequest_Out
Used for freight orders to send freight settlement requests to SAP Business Network for Logistics
Make sure to enable the sending of charges in the SAP TM EDI Communication Profile config.
BNTransportationOrderChargeElementRequest_Out
Used for freight bookings to send freight settlement to SAP Business Network for Logistics
InvoiceRequest_In
To receive invoices from the SAP Business Network for Logistics
TransportationDisputeCaseNotification_Out
To send a new or updated dispute to the SAP Business Network for Logistics
TransportationDisputeCaseNotification_In
To receive the updated dispute from the SAP Business Network for Logistics
BNInvoiceStatusUpdateRequest_Out
To send an invoice status update to the SAP Business Network for Logistics. Must be implemented by following SAP Note 3557909.

Visual flowchart shows how disputes are handled in SAP TM, highlighting steps for invoice submission, dispute notification, charge updates, and status updates between shipper and carrier.

Summary

Configure required B2B message interfaces to enable freight settlement and dispute management on SAP Business Network for Freight Collaboration.
Implement relevant message interfaces to handle invoice and dispute notifications between SAP TM and SAP Business Network for Logistics.
Follow SAP Note 3557909 to enable invoice status updates on SAP Business Network for Logistics.

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