The 123s of ABC in SAP

Incorporate the Benefits of Activity-Based Costing into theEfficiencies of Your SAP R/3 System
Given SAP's dominance in the enterprise resource planning (ERP)market, many companies and their managers encounter SAP AGapplications in some form or another. Many of these organizationshave recognized the value of utilizing Activity-BasedCosting/Management concepts to perform more accurate costassignments or drive performance initiatives. Managers are thenfaced with trying to determine how Activity-Based Costing can beincorporated into the SAP environment. The 123s of ABC in SAP isthe first book of its kind designed to help business managersunderstand the capabilities of the SAP R/3 business application tosupport Activity-Based Costing, Management, and Budgeting.
Divided into three parts-the conceptual foundation, thecapabilities of SAP ABC, and integration with other tools-the bookprovides readers with the following:
* An explanation of how Activity-Based Costing can be used withSAP
* Helpful hints for implementing ABC into SAP
* Insights into the most common difficulties and potentialsolutions when implementing ABC into SAP
* Summary tables that highlight key decisions to be made,implementation hints, and organizational challenges
* Detailed descriptions of SAP software applications to supportthe Activity-Based Costing approach as well as the integration ofSAP R/3 with Oros software
* Examples of the tandem usage of Resource Consumption Accountingwith Activity-Based Costing