Freight Agreement - Purchasing Organization - Carrier link

[Former Member]

Hello -

I am working on this new SAP TM S/4 Hanna 9.5 Release 1709. Very new to me. I have a problem when creating "Freight Agreement" I get an error saying my carrier is not define for the purchasing organization. When i look at the purchasing organization in BP transaction - its defined as an "Organizational unit" I don't know why its referring to it as a "Purchasing organization is puzzling to me" . it was defined as a part of organization management in TM config menu. Is there a way to link my "Carrier" / Partner to this "Organizational Unit"? Not even sure if I am on the right track? When I look in IMG menu under "real" definition of a purchasing organization - the one that displays below is not there. What my missing here?

[sarah_moes]

Hi Floris, yes, we typically sync the MM purchase orgs --

In TM, see SPRO node "Create and Merge Organizational Hierarchy," which lets you read the purchase org structure from ERP to create it in TM.

Purchase orgs don't have to be synced, though it usually makese sense to do that. You will still need to complete the mapping configuration in ECC SPRO: Integration with Other SAP Components > Transportation Management > Invoice Integration > Invoicing > Mapping of Organizational Units > Assign Organizational Units for Purchasing.

Separately, for worklist filtering or other purposes, you can maintain Planning and Execution Organizations and Groups (TM only).

To assign org units to your documents, specify them directly in the freight order type or create a condition for org unit determintation (type SCMTMS/TOR_EORGUNIT) and assign it to the freight order type.

[floris2310]

Thanks Sarah for your clear answer 🙂 It makes indeed sense to sync the MM purchase orgs. I have 2 follow-up questions:

1) In ERP MM, we have a situation where we have 3 company codes and 1 purchase org which stands above the 3 company codes. In TM, is this also possible? In the documentation, it was always the case you had a company code with one or more purchase orgs below it.

2) In the carrier business partner (carrier role, purchasing view). You must assign a purchase organization, I assume this is the MM purchase organization? If the MM and TM purchase orgs are not in sync. Can this cause problems later on because the carrier is assigned to an MM purchase org but not necessarily to the TM purchase org?

Thank you for your answers! Very much appreciated.

Floris

[sarah_moes]

The carrier needs to be extended to the purchasing org in order to avoid the error and save the freight agreement.

In transaction BP for the carrier 1000082, navigate to role Carrier. In the tab Vendor Org Data, the carrier will need to have Purchase Org BOE-1710.

[floris2310]

Hi Sarah,

I assume it's the MM purchase org you assign in the carrier masterdata while BOE-1710 in the example above is a TM purchase org? Does that mean the TM purchase orgs should always be synchronized with the MM purchase orgs?

Thanks!

Floris