EM accessibility to carriers

[former_member193027]

Hi,

Considering the fact that SAP system is not available for external carriers, in that case whats the best option for the carriers also to exchange information about event updation and tracking/monitoring freight orders. Is collaboration portal the best solution or is it that carrier portal needs to be integrated with SAP EM system.Kindly share your suggestion

[kevin_wilson2 · Accepted solution]

Dipak,

Unless the carrier is a mom and pop carrier it's best to simply integrate their normal process with SAP EM via EDI message i.e. X12 214 or 315s.

If the transportation is handled via your own trucks then I would put a handheld in the drivers hands and have the integration of the app done with SAP EM using SAP Gateway and OData services.

The new SAP EM 9.2 provides a Fiori app that allows this to be easily achieved.

Thanks

Kevin

[former_member193027 · Accepted solution]

thx .

Since most of the carriers do not have EDI set up, hence in that case do you suggest the only option is handheld device? Is there any way where SAP EM can collaborate with the carrier portals if its available

[former_member193027 · Accepted solution]

or is it possible to set up email communication channel from EM to certain carriers?

[kevin_wilson2 · Accepted solution]

SAP EM is flexible enough to allow any option to connect to a carrier. What you'll find is that EM is a large, flexible toolkit that his many plug-in points to all integration at a process level as well as at a user interface level. Yes, email integration would be available through a PI interface and collaborating through their portal would also be possible through web service / proxy integration.

[former_member193027 · Accepted solution]

thx Kevin.

However can you kindly inform what are the various features which Fiori application offers as part of EM 9.2 version? Is it only in ramp up or readily available for customers?

[former_member193027 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Can you kindly throw more light how  email integration would be available through a PI interface and then available in EM?

[former_member190756 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

as written in another post:

Check this here:

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-59428

and this:

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60761

for the Fiori App features.

Best regards,

Steffen

[kevin_wilson2 · Accepted solution]

9.2 is currently only available in rampup. The delivered Fiori app is based on the delivery visibility process so not too useful in it's delivered form unless using that delivery visibility process... I have some screenshots available in my 2nd edition of the SAP EM book coming out soon.

[kevin_wilson2 · Accepted solution]

You would write a rule set activity that makes a proxy call to a PI interface that uses an email adapter to craft an email to the various carriers email addresses (receivers). For the inbound PI can use the same email adapter to take a structured response and map it to an appropriate EVMSTA IDoc for processing in EM.

[former_member190756 · Accepted solution]

General availability of EM 9.2 should come very soon.

Best regards,

Steffen

[kevin_wilson2 · Accepted solution]

Straight from the book: "

A SAP Fiori Application for SAP EM data is now available as of SAP EM 9.2. This transactional Fiori app gives details of SAP TM freight orders that are monitored using the SAP EM Freight Order Visibility Process ODT40_TO. It also allows the user to report events. The app allows a user to trigger SAP JAM collaboration activities, SAP’s social networking tool. The app can be called from any of the analytical apps for Freight Orders delivered with SAP Smart Business for event management. The SAP Fiori App serves as a template for providing another interface in to SAP EM data but its intended audience is the occasional user. The SAP EM Web UI remains the interface of choice for the power user. SAP Fiori applications have been delivered for the LTL shipment scenario as part of SAP Smart Business for SAP Event Management. See section 2.7.3 for details.

[former_member193027 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Can you kindly inform when it will be available?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Dipak,

When I asked same question about SAP EM 9.2 in one of the Blog.  He mentioned that SAP is working with Ramp-up customers only at the moment, so SAP EM 9.2 will be available in April 2015 to everyone.

Let's wait and see.

Regards

GGOPII

[sukumar_perumalsamy]

Hi Dipak,

Use  EM webUI profile for carrier event reporting .

Steps :

1) Build common WebUI profile and WebUI transaction for carrier event reporting.

2) Create the EM filter profiles and assign it to Carrier user in EM.

3) Create new security role only with carrier number from freight order .( activity specific to  new carrier reporting)

4) Assign the new security role to carrier user account in EM.( activity specific to new carrier reporting)

5) Expose the EM WebUI transaction URL in CP, and  link the CP  carrier user account to EM user account (try single sign-on)

Sample Custom portal screen.

Regards

Sukumar