SAP TM, or SAP Transportation Management, is a logistics software solution designed to help companies manage their transportation operations more effectively.

One of the key advantages of SAP TM is its ability to integrate with other SAP modules and add-ons, allowing for more streamlined and efficient business processes.
One such add-on for SAP TM is the Carrier Shipping Lane (CSL) add-on, which is designed specifically for ocean liner companies. The CSL add-on provides these companies with better planning and execution functionalities, enabling them to more effectively manage their shipping routes, schedules, and vessel capacities.

With the CSL add-on, ocean liner companies can more easily create and optimize shipping routes based on factors such as vessel capacity, port restrictions, and transit times. The add-on also provides real-time visibility into shipping schedules and vessel positions, allowing companies to make better-informed decisions about routing and scheduling.

In addition, the CSL add-on enables ocean liner companies to manage complex transportation processes such as transshipment and feeder operations more effectively. It provides automated planning and execution of these processes, allowing companies to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

For example, for a company with more than 1 million containers laying across the world in ports and half of this fleet consisting of empty containers that need to be moved, CSL can be of great use. In such a scenario, a planner can make routes for empty container repositioning and make them available for stuffing and transporting all in one booking, while notifying all relevant parties. Apart from this, CSL offers a wide range of functionalities, from detailed schedule definitions and shipping contracts to port monitoring dashboards.

These functionalities will equip Line managers, pricing managers, and booking agents to forecast and plan the movement of empty containers and reduce costs efficiently with replanning, reuse, and reconciliation.

Overall, Norderia’s expertise and the combination of SAP TM and the CSL add-on, provides ocean liner companies with a powerful logistics solution that can help them improve their operations and achieve greater success in the highly competitive shipping industry. By leveraging the advanced planning and execution functionalities of SAP TM with the CSL add-on, ocean liner companies can optimize their shipping operations and stay ahead of the competition.