SAP GTS Training (Global Trade Services)
Keep cross-border trade legal and fast: compliance management with sanctioned party and embargo screening, legal control and licences, customs management with import and export declarations, preference and free trade agreements, and the move towards International Trade in S/4HANA.
SAP GTS training teaches you to run global trade compliance and customs on SAP. You cover the GTS architecture and its plug-in to the feeder system, compliance management with sanctioned party list screening, embargo checks and legal control with export licences, customs management for import and export declarations and customs warehousing, preference processing under free trade agreements, restitution and Intrastat, plus how GTS relates to the newer International Trade capabilities in S/4HANA.
Who this course is for
Prerequisite: SD or MM experience is important, because GTS screens the documents those modules create. Trade compliance or customs experience is a strong advantage.
What makes this different
You configure, not just watch
From the first session you are in a live SAP practice system doing the configuration yourself, with IMG paths, master data and test transactions. That is what makes it stick.
Taught on the current release
No ECC-era screenshots pretending to be current. Everything is shown on S/4HANA and the current cloud releases, including Fiori where the classic GUI screen has been replaced.
One consultant for the whole batch
One working SAP consultant teaches the full course, no rotation, so the configuration story stays consistent from first session to go-live simulation.
Support continues to the offer
Resume rewriting for SAP roles, mock interviews on real implementation scenarios, and referrals. Support does not stop when the last class ends.
Curriculum
7 modules and 3 projects, updated to the current release. Every module maps to real SAP GTS work and expands into its full topic list, practised on a live developer instance.
SAP GTS Training (Global Trade Services) module list: 7 modules, what each one covers, and how many topics it expands into. Full topic lists are in the accordions below.
| # | Module | What you configure | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Global trade foundations and GTS architecture | Understand the compliance problem and how GTS plugs into your ERP. | 8 |
| 02 | Product classification and master data | Classify goods correctly, because every check depends on it. | 8 |
| 03 | Compliance management: sanctioned party screening | Stop transactions with parties you must not trade with. | 8 |
| 04 | Embargo and legal control | Handle country restrictions and licence requirements. | 8 |
| 05 | Customs management: declarations | File declarations and keep goods moving. | 8 |
| 06 | Special procedures and customs warehousing | Use the procedures that legitimately reduce duty. | 8 |
| 07 | Preference, restitution and operations | Claim the benefits you are entitled to and run the system daily. | 8 |
1Global trade foundations and GTS architecture
Understand the compliance problem and how GTS plugs into your ERP.
- Why trade compliance is a board level risk
- GTS as a separate system with a plug-in
- Feeder system integration and document transfer
- GTS organisational structure: legal units and regulations
- Foreign trade organisations and legal regulations
- Numbering schemes and product classification
- GTS versus International Trade in S/4HANA
- Deciding scope: compliance, customs or both
2Product classification and master data
Classify goods correctly, because every check depends on it.
- Commodity codes and customs tariff numbers
- Export control classification numbers
- Numbering scheme maintenance and upload
- Product master transfer from the feeder system
- Classification worklists and mass classification
- Country of origin and preference data
- Business partner transfer and address data
- Data quality issues that break screening
3Compliance management: sanctioned party screening
Stop transactions with parties you must not trade with.
- Sanctioned party list screening concepts
- Loading and updating SPL data
- Screening logic, phonetic and fuzzy matching
- Blocked documents and blocking behaviour
- Release workflow and audit trail
- False positive handling and good guy lists
- Screening addresses versus partners
- Reporting and evidence for auditors
4Embargo and legal control
Handle country restrictions and licence requirements.
- Embargo check configuration
- Country and country group definitions
- Legal control: licence types and determination
- Licence master data and value depreciation
- Export licence application handling
- Import and export control classes
- Blocking and release for legal control
- Dual use goods considerations
5Customs management: declarations
File declarations and keep goods moving.
- Import declaration processing
- Export declaration processing
- Customs document structure and status
- Communication with customs authorities
- Electronic messaging and message monitoring
- Transit procedures overview
- Customs duty calculation basics
- Handling rejected and amended declarations
6Special procedures and customs warehousing
Use the procedures that legitimately reduce duty.
- Bonded and customs warehouse concepts
- Inward and outward processing relief
- Stock and duty tracking in a customs warehouse
- Inventory reconciliation with the warehouse
- Free zone handling
- Reporting obligations for special procedures
- Duty deferment and guarantee management
- Audit readiness for special procedures
7Preference, restitution and operations
Claim the benefits you are entitled to and run the system daily.
- Free trade agreements and preference rules
- Vendor declarations and their solicitation
- Preference determination runs
- Long term vendor declaration management
- Restitution processing overview
- Intrastat and statistical reporting
- Monitoring worklists and daily operations
- Regulation updates and content subscriptions
What you'll be able to do
Real projects you'll build
Interview-ready scenarios on a live instance, not toy demos.
Compliance screening build
Configure sanctioned party screening and embargo checks, transfer a sales order that hits a blocked party, then work the release process and document the audit trail.
Legal control scenario
Set up licence types and determination for a controlled product, process an order that requires a licence, and manage licence value depreciation.
Customs and preference
Process an export declaration end to end, then run preference determination using vendor declarations and explain the duty benefit claimed.
Certification and hands-on
Every session runs in a live SAP practice system, so you configure and test rather than watch. No current SAP associate exam is dedicated to GTS. We prepare you against SAP's GTS and International Trade learning content, and note where GTS topics appear in the S/4HANA sourcing and procurement exam. The course finishes with an IT Canvass certificate plus a learning roadmap. IT Canvass does not issue the official SAP credential.
SAP certification is role-based and delivered through SAP Learning. Most exams sit at Associate level (implementation or development consultant for a specific solution), with Specialist exams for narrower scopes and Professional exams for architects and experienced consultants. Exams are booked through SAP Certification Hub or as a single exam; SAP re-versions exams with each release, so always confirm the current code before booking.
Certification facts. Vendor figures change, so confirm against the official SAP catalogue before booking.
| Exam code | See the vendor catalogue for the current code |
|---|---|
| Credential | SAP role-based certification |
| Issued by | SAP SE (not by IT Canvass) |
| Exam duration | 180 minutes |
| Exam cost | US$560 single exam, or included in a SAP Learning Hub subscription |
| Prerequisite | No formal prerequisite. SAP recommends hands-on project exposure before the exam. |
| What IT Canvass issues | An IT Canvass course completion certificate and a certification roadmap |
Tools and transactions you will actually use
The screens and apps you will have open every day in this role. You practise in each of them during the course.
Compliance, customs and risk management cockpits, the daily working screens for trade teams.
Where products are assigned commodity codes and control classifications at scale.
Sanctioned party list data, matching configuration and blocked document handling.
Licence master data, determination and value depreciation.
Import and export documents and their communication with authorities.
Vendor declaration management and preference calculation runs.
Your SAP GTS career roadmap
Five stages on the logistics and spend side of SAP, with indicative 2026 bands.
Salary snapshot: SAP GTS Consultant
Indicative ranges aggregated from public salary data. Actual pay varies by location, employer and experience.
A day in the life of a SAP GTS Consultant
What the job is really like once you are in it, so you know what you are training for.
Who hires SAP people
Trade compliance has become a sanctions-driven priority, and GTS consultants are scarce because the skill mixes SAP configuration with regulatory knowledge. Aerospace, defence, semiconductors and chemicals hire hardest.
Employer types and named companies are shown as examples of where this skill is used.
How IT Canvass compares
Against a typical training provider, this SAP GTS course is taught on the current SAP release rather than recycled ECC material, gives you hands-on time in a live practice system from the first session, and keeps one working consultant for the whole batch instead of rotating trainers. Every module is mapped to the scope, sessions are recorded with lifetime access, and job support (resume rewriting for SAP roles, mock interviews and referrals) is included in one transparent fee. Most providers still teach screen-by-screen navigation with no configuration practice, and bill system access, support and recordings as add-ons.
Fees and training modes
Choose how you want to learn SAP GTS. No-cost EMI available on all modes.
Interactive live batches, weekday or weekend, with the full cohort and lifetime recordings.
Private one-on-one coaching at your pace, whether you need interview-ready fast or hands-on help with your current project.
Learn on your own time with recorded sessions, labs and Q&A doubt support.
Train your team on SAP GTS
Tailored curriculum, flexible scheduling, a dedicated SAP consultant, and progress reporting for your managers. Delivered live online or on-site for cohorts of any size, with practice-system access for every learner.
Your trainer
Arjun, SAP Solution Architect, 14+ years
I still deliver S/4HANA implementations and rollouts for manufacturing and retail clients, so I teach from the configuration decisions and cutover problems that are live this quarter, not from a slide deck. In class I show the IMG path, the master data behind it, and the test transaction that proves it works.
Learner reviews
Screening configuration and false positive handling is the day job and it is taught here properly. Most courses stop at the concept.
I knew the regulations and needed the system side. The compliance and legal control modules mapped straight onto our processes.
Good specialisation choice. Once you can do GTS, you are on shortlists that most SD consultants never see.
Fees, batches and policies
The questions people actually ask before enrolling, answered plainly.
What is the total fee and what does it include?
What are the batch timings, and do they work outside India?
What happens if I miss a session?
How long do I keep access to the recordings?
Is there a refund if the course is not right for me?
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Frequently asked questions
Is there a GTS certification?
Is GTS being replaced by International Trade in S/4HANA?
Do I need SD or MM knowledge?
Do I need to know trade regulations?
Which industries hire GTS consultants?
Is there hands-on access?
Free SAP GTS tutorials to read first
Start with these free lessons, then bring your questions to class.