What business documents (objects) can be used as a base for track and trace functionality in transportation management? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.

Question

Options

• AFreight order
• BResource
• CService order
• DForwarding order

• A
  91% (48)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  6% (3)

Explanation

In SAP Transportation Management (TM), Freight orders (A) serve as the primary execution documents, containing routing, carrier, and shipment status data - making them the natural anchor for tracking a shipment's progress through its lifecycle. Resources (B), representing physical transportation assets such as trucks and trailers, can be monitored via GPS/telematics integration, enabling real-time location tracking of the vehicle carrying the freight.

Service orders (C) belong to the SAP Customer Service (CS) module and are unrelated to transportation execution - they cover maintenance and field service scenarios. Forwarding orders (D) are upstream shipper-request documents used for planning intake; while they exist within TM, they are not the base objects that drive the track and trace cockpit in execution.

Memory tip: Think of the acronym FR - the Freight order tracks where the shipment is in the process, while the Resource tracks where the vehicle is physically. Both together give you full end-to-end visibility in TM.

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