Integrating Third-Party Logistics with SAP S/4HANA

Working with external partners for logistics operations? Set up seamless communication between your systems using this all-in-one handbook! Start with an overview of third-party logistics and learn how to design the best landscape for your business model. Then follow click-by-click instructions for connecting SAP S/4HANA with your 3PL vendors. Configure settings for goods movement, inventory management, shipping, delivery, and batch management. Learn how to set up relevant master data, map warehousing in your system, exchange data through middleware, and more!

• Connect your SAP S/4HANA system to your 3PL vendors
• Configure key settings around packaging and traceability, shipping and delivery, and inventory and reconciliation
• Send data via EDI and IDocs, direct connectivity and middleware, and application programming interfaces

System Design
Begin by designing the optimal 3PL implementation for your business needs and KPIs. Learn how to assess your 3PL requirements for order fulfillment, storage and warehousing, distribution and transportation, and value-added services.

Settings and Controls
Get familiar with the master data and organizational elements that power logistics-relevant transactions in SAP S/4HANA. Walk through the system settings you need to configure for packaging, traceability, shipping, delivery, inventory management, and reconciliations.

Managing Data
Send and receive data seamlessly between all of your vendors. Use electronic data interchange (EDI) to exchange key documents with your business partners. Customize your business rules with APIs designed to integrate with SAP S/4HANA applications.

• Master data
• Packaging and traceability
• Shipping and delivery
• Inventory management
• Warehousing
• Transportation
• Application link enabling (ALE)
• IDocs
• Business Rules Framework plus (BRFplus)
• Data monitoring
• Direct connectivity and middleware