In SAP Transportation Management, a fuel surcharge that varies based on a fluctuating external value like a fuel price is best implemented using an index table. The index table stores the time-dependent index values (e.g., fuel price per gallon). The charge calculation logic then references this index value on the specified calculation date to determine the surcharge amount proportionally.

To ensure the system selects the correct index table for a specific agreement between a shipper and carrier, a determination rule is necessary. This rule links the business document (like a freight order) to the appropriate freight agreement and its associated calculation sheet, which contains the charge item that uses the index table.

B. Use the rating amount or a standard rate table for the fuel surcharge.

A standard rate table is not designed for dynamically changing, index-based values and would require frequent manual updates of the rates themselves.

C. Use a rate table for the fuel surcharge with calculation date as a scale.

This is inefficient. It would require creating a new rate entry for every potential date a fuel price changes, rather than just updating the index value.

1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

Transportation Management

"Index Table": "You can use an index table to define a charge that is dependent on a fluctuating

time-dependent value

for example

a fuel surcharge. You can maintain the index values and their validity in the index table. The system can then use this index value to calculate the charges." This directly supports the use of an index table (Answer A).

2. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal

Transportation Management

"Rate Determination": The documentation explains that the system determines rates by finding a valid freight agreement. "The system uses the condition with the determination rule to find the agreement." This process is essential for the system to locate the correct calculation logic

including any charge items that reference an index table

thus supporting the need for a determination rule (Answer D).

3. SAP Learning Hub

Course TM110 - Freight Agreement and Order Management in SAP S/4HANA

Unit 5: Charge Calculation: This course details the configuration of charge calculation. It explicitly covers the creation and use of index tables for scenarios like fuel surcharges and the necessity of determination rules to find the correct agreement and its associated calculation sheets and rate structures.