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For Syensqo, it has been decided by the business to use SAP Business Network for Logistics (BN4L) as the global carrier collaboration platform. The
 The exception to this is road carrier operations in the US and Canada, which continue to use TMS4S for all GBUs except composites.

BN4L Freight Collaboration — In-Scope Functionalities

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As-Is Landscape

 

  • Transwide serves as the Carrier Collaboration tool, but only for Road Transport in EU Only
  • No direct integration between Project44 and Transwide 
  • BluJay (External TMS) and CASS (Audit & Invoicing) with US & Canada coverage for all modesUse of multiple middleware for integrationRoad mode
  • Integration with Transwide and P44 via WebMethods and SAP PI respectively

New Landscape

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  • BN4L will serve as the global carrier collaboration tool across all modes of transport worldwide, fully replacing Transwide 
  • Project44 (P44) will integrate directly with BN4L. No direct connection  between P44 and S4 HANA (P44 is only applicable for FCL Ocean Port to Port
    Scenario)
  • TMS4S will replace BluJay and will TMS4S will be used for Road mode only in US & Canada for all SPP and P&C GBUs — Composites are excluded from TMS4S scope
  • The current landscape of four middleware will be replaced with

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  • BN4L integration with S/4HANA :
    • For Outbound from S4HANA - direct connections between S/4HANA and BN4L .

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    • For

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    • Inbound to S4HANA - SAP Integration Suite (API

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    • Management Component) will be

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    • used for routing.


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titleMiddleware consolidation
In Syway, middleware used in interfaces with other tools - i.e. TMS4S, CASS, Ovinto, Selfy and Simba - will be consolidated to SAP Integration Suite. 

Technical Integration Diagram

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BN4L Integration Interfaces

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Functional Area: Dock Appointment Scheduling

Provider or Consumer

Interface

Message Type

Description

 ?? Required ?? in S/4HANA

Dock Appointment Cancellation

GenericAppointmentCancellation_In

Enables shippers to cancel dock appointments in SAP Business Network Freight Collaboration.

 Consumer

Dock Appointment Scheduling (Inbound)

GenericAppointment_In

Creates dock appointment requests and confirmed appointments in SAP BN Freight Collaboration from external systems (TMS, WMS, YMS).

 Provider

Dock Appointment Scheduling (Outbound)

GenericAppointment_Out

Outbound service to update external systems (TMS, WMS, YMS) with appointment details created in SAP BN Freight Collaboration.

Provider in S4HANA

Dock Appointment Scheduling (Outbound)

ZGenericAppointment_In

This is a custom interface to be created with the structure same as GenericAppointment_Out to get appointment details from BN4L to S4HANA to update the freight documents 

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