Want to Replace TRANSTRACK (Legacy system) Functionalities into SAP

Question

Hi,
Currently client is using SAP R/3 as well as TRANSTRACK (Supplied by Transtrack International).
Currently Transtrack does the following things...
It receives the master route schedules from SAP and creates no. of daily schedules. It reads BAR code, which generated by SAP and stickled on the packing. It transfers the daily route and this bar code details to van driver hand held machines. It reads once again the Barcode details after delivery.
Can you please advise, by using which functionality of SAP we can replace this TRANSTRACK functionality entirely.
Help need urgently.

Answer 1

Dear Lakshmanan,
Go through the documentation on
Transportation:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/d5/2285347860ea35e10000009b38f83b/frameset.htm
Transportation is an essential element in the logistics chain. It affects both incoming and outgoing goods. Effective transportation planning and processing ensure that shipments are dispatched without delay and arrive on schedule. Transportation costs play an essential role in the calculation of the price of a product. It is important to keep these transportation costs to a minimum so that the price of a product remains competitive. Efficient transportation planning and processing helps to keep these costs down.
As illustrated in the following graphic, you can use the SAP transportation functions to plan and process:
· Incoming shipments in Materials Management based on purchase orders and shipping notifications
· Outbound shipments in Sales and Distribution based on sales orders and deliveries
The transportation component includes basic transportation processing functions:
· Transportation planning and shipment completion
· Shipment costs calculation
· Shipment costs settlement
· Shipment costs calculation for individual customers
· Billing of customer freight
· Service agent selection
· Management of means of transport and utilities
· Follow-up and supervision of shipments
· Management of shipment costs
These transportation functions can handle planning and processing for both inbound and outbound shipments. You can control and monitor the entire transportation process from the planning stage to goods issue at your shipping point (for outbound shipments) or vendor location (for inbound shipments), through to goods receipt at the customer location or your plant.
Bar Code Support:
Mobile Data Entry supports the use of bar codes for identification and verification purposes.
1. Identification
You scan bar codes, printed on transfer orders and other container documents, to identify:
Storage bin
Material
Quantity
Delivery
Staging area
Shipment
Pick wave
Handling unit
Storage Unit
2. Verification
You scan bar codes to verify information of the following fields:
Storage unit
Material
Quantity
Storage bin
Other fields
In Customizing for
Logistics Execution -> Mobile Data Entry -> Verification Control -> Define Profiles, defined a verification profile and the respective fields that are to be verified.
Logistics Execution -> Mobile Data Entry -> Verification Control -> Assign Verification Profiles to Goods Movements, determined for which warehouse, storage types and movement type your verification profile is valid.
Logistics Execution -> Mobile Data Entry -> Bar Code -> Assign Bar Code Types to Warehouse Numbers, defined which bar code is supported in your warehouse to identify goods.
Logistics Execution -> Mobile Data Entry -> Bar Code -> Maintain Bar Code Specification, maintained the structure of the bar code types.
Logistics Execution -> Mobile Data Entry -> Bar Code -> Assign Bar Code Types to Warehouse Numbers, defined by which bar code standard the fields are to be verified.
Logistics Execution -> Mobile Data Entry -> Bar Code -> Maintain Bar Code Specification, defined the structure of the bar code types
Regards,
Naveen.