Why 2027 Could Make Big Companies Rethink How They Ship
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SAP is ending mainstream support for a system many large companies use to plan and move freight. For companies still running it, the decision cannot be postponed forever. Every day, large companies use software to decide how thousands of shipments are planned, assigned to carriers and moved to customers. Most people never think about that software. It runs quietly in the background, far away from the loading dock and even further from the customer. But one of the systems behind those decisions now has a deadline. SAP TM 9.6, used by companies to manage transportation and freight, reaches the end of mainstream maintenance on 31 December 2027. That is just over a year away. Here is what that actually means, who it affects, and why some companies should act now while others can reasonably wait. A software deadline most people have never heard of SAP TM is short for SAP Transportation Management. It is the system that helps a company plan loads, choose carriers, send ou...