How to Build Container Tracking in SAP

Idea: Container Visibility = better planning accuracy + early delay signals.

Minimum Viable Architecture

• Map Delivery/Shipment to Container
• Carrier/forwarder API integration (REST/SOAP)
• Event mapping: Loaded, Departed, Arrived, Customs, Delivered
• ETA calculation and delay alerting

Why inside SAP?

• Planning decisions live in SAP
• Ops teams want a single source of truth
• Early warnings reduce downstream chaos

Next post can cover an event model and data design.