SAP Transport management system is a process within an SAP

SAP ERP

The SAP ERP application is an integrated enterprise resource planning software manufactured by SAP AG that targets business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors...

 instance, which allows you (through SAPgui

SAPgui

SAPGUI is the GUI client in SAP R/3's 3-tier architecture of database, application server and client. It is software that runs on a Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh or Unix desktop, and allows a user to access SAP functionality in SAP applications such as SAP ERP and SAP Business Information...

) to manage transports

Transport (SAP)

A SAP transport is a package which is used to transfer data from one SAP installation to another. This data can range from a simple printer driver to a whole SAP client. It can be considered as an "update", with the only difference being that SAP transports are made by the SAP users themselves...

. It can be started by typing "/nSTMS" into the SAP GUI console. If offers an easy and convenient way to provide any transports for the given SAP

SAP ERP

The SAP ERP application is an integrated enterprise resource planning software manufactured by SAP AG that targets business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors...

 instance (in contrast to executing this process directly from the OS

Operating system

An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...

 using console

Console

- Computing and video games :* System console, a physical device to operate a computer** Virtual console, a user interface for multiple computer consoles on one device** Command-line interface, the typical use of the computer console...

commands) Most TMS software is not provided by SAP where SAP is not considered to be leader of any kind in this area. This article stub appears to be an attempt to provide a free ad for an SAP commercial offering.