Product Cost Controlling with SAP S/4HANA
1st Edition
Published on 22. August 2024
Book
Hardback
674 pages
978-1-4932-2534-7 (ISBN)
Description
Ready to implement product cost controlling in SAP S/4HANA? This comprehensive guide is what you need! Walk through master data setup and cost estimate configuration, click by click. Dive into the details of integrated planning, including planned and actual costs and final settlements. Discover your available reporting options and review period-end tasks such as calculating overhead, works in progress, variance, and more!
Highlights include:
1) Integration planning
2) Master data
3) Configuration settings
4) Costing variants
5) Unit cost estimates
6) Preliminary costing
7) Simultaneous costing
8) WIP and variance calculations
9) Settlement
10) Actual costing
11) Sales order controlling
12) Event-based product costing
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Persons
Author
John Jordan is the founder and principal consultant at ERP Corp, which provides SAP consulting and training services, particularly in the area of financials and controlling. He has written articles for the SCM Expert and Financials Expert newsletters, and is the author of SAP PRESS books Product Cost Controlling with SAP and Controlling with SAP: 100 Things You Should Know About..
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Janet Salmon is the chief product owner for management accounting at SAP SE and has accompanied many developments to the controlling components of SAP ERP Financials as both a product and a solution manager. She regularly works with key customers and user groups in the United States and Germany to understand their controlling challenges and requirements. Her role is to design and implement innovative controlling solutions with SAP's development teams in Germany and China. She is the author of SAP PRESS books Controlling with SAP S/4HANA: Business User Guide, SAP S/4HANA Finance: The Reference Guide to What's New, and Controlling with SAP ERP: Business User Guide.
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Content
... Preface ... 21
... Concept of This Book ... 21
... Target Audience ... 22
... Structure of This Book ... 22
... Looking Ahead ... 26
... Acknowledgments ... 26
... Introduction ... 27
... SAP S/4HANA: Deployment Options ... 28
... Material Prices and the Material Ledger ... 31
... Accounting Documents ... 34
... Contribution Margins ... 38
... Cost Estimates and Product Profitability ... 40
1 ... Initial Planning ... 43
1.1 ... Margin Analysis ... 44
1.2 ... Sales and Operations Planning ... 44
1.3 ... Long-Term Planning ... 46
1.4 ... Cost Center Planning ... 57
1.5 ... Final Planning ... 68
1.6 ... Summary ... 68
2 ... Controlling Master Data ... 71
2.1 ... Accounts and Cost Elements ... 71
2.2 ... Cost Center ... 81
2.3 ... Activity Type ... 96
2.4 ... Statistical Key Figures ... 109
2.5 ... Summary ... 110
3 ... Material Master Data ... 111
3.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 111
3.2 ... MRP 1 View ... 112
3.3 ... MRP 2 View ... 116
3.4 ... MRP 3 View ... 118
3.5 ... MRP 4 View ... 119
3.6 ... Costing 1 View ... 123
3.7 ... Costing 2 View ... 134
3.8 ... Accounting 1 View ... 144
3.9 ... Accounting 2 View ... 154
3.10 ... Valuation Alternatives ... 162
3.11 ... Summary ... 164
4 ... Logistics Master Data ... 165
4.1 ... Bill of Materials ... 165
4.2 ... Work Centers ... 174
4.3 ... Routing ... 188
4.4 ... Product Cost Collector ... 198
4.5 ... Purchasing Info Record ... 213
4.6 ... Source List ... 221
4.7 ... Summary ... 222
5 ... Costing Sheets ... 223
5.1 ... Overhead ... 223
5.2 ... Costing Sheets ... 225
5.3 ... Calculation Base ... 227
5.4 ... Overhead Rate ... 227
5.5 ... Credit Key ... 236
5.6 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEG) ... 236
5.7 ... Summary ... 241
6 ... Cost Components ... 243
6.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 243
6.2 ... Cost Components with Attributes ... 246
6.3 ... Cost Component View ... 256
6.4 ... Organizational Units of Cost Components ... 262
6.5 ... Cost Component Groups ... 265
6.6 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEG) ... 269
6.7 ... Summary ... 274
7 ... Costing Variant Components ... 275
7.1 ... Define Costing Variant ... 275
7.2 ... Costing Type ... 277
7.3 ... Valuation Variant ... 287
7.4 ... Date Control ... 306
7.5 ... Quantity Structure Control ... 309
7.6 ... Transfer Control ... 318
7.7 ... Reference Variant ... 323
7.8 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEG) ... 326
7.9 ... Summary ... 329
8 ... Costing Variant Tabs ... 331
8.1 ... Control ... 331
8.2 ... Quantity Structure ... 332
8.3 ... Additive Costs ... 339
8.4 ... Update ... 340
8.5 ... Assignments ... 343
8.6 ... Miscellaneous ... 347
8.7 ... Summary ... 349
9 ... Cost Estimates ... 351
9.1 ... Cost Estimate Types ... 351
9.2 ... Standard Cost Estimates ... 352
9.3 ... Mark and Release ... 356
9.4 ... Costing Run ... 359
9.5 ... Mixed-Cost Estimates ... 371
9.6 ... Preliminary Cost Estimates ... 376
9.7 ... Unit Cost Estimates ... 382
9.8 ... Cost Estimate User Exits ... 386
9.9 ... Summary ... 390
10 ... Preliminary Costing on Production Orders ... 391
10.1 ... Work Center and Operation ... 391
10.2 ... Production Order Control ... 394
10.3 ... Display Planned Costs ... 399
10.4 ... Summary ... 401
11 ... Simultaneous Costing ... 403
11.1 ... Goods Movements ... 403
11.2 ... Confirmations ... 409
11.3 ... Report Costs ... 417
11.4 ... Summary ... 423
12 ... Overhead ... 425
12.1 ... Configuration ... 425
12.2 ... Templates ... 426
12.3 ... Costing Sheets ... 427
12.4 ... Activities ... 427
12.5 ... Overhead Period-End Processing ... 428
12.6 ... Summary ... 430
13 ... Work in Process ... 431
13.1 ... Work in Process Configuration ... 431
13.2 ... Results Analysis Configuration ... 442
13.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEI) ... 446
13.4 ... Work in Process Period-End ... 448
13.5 ... Summary ... 452
14 ... Variance Calculations ... 453
14.1 ... Types of Variance Calculation ... 453
14.2 ... Variance Configuration ... 455
14.3 ... Variance Categories ... 462
14.4 ... Variance Period End ... 465
14.5 ... Summary ... 470
15 ... Settlement ... 471
15.1 ... Settlement Configuration ... 471
15.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration ... 490
15.3 ... Settlement Period-End Process ... 497
15.4 ... Summary ... 501
16 ... Actual Costing ... 503
16.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 503
16.2 ... Configuration ... 504
16.3 ... Updating the Quantity Structure ... 514
16.4 ... Performing the Actual Costing Run ... 515
16.5 ... Summary ... 525
17 ... Sales Order Controlling ... 527
17.1 ... Configuration ... 527
17.2 ... Period-End Processing ... 534
17.3 ... Summary ... 539
18 ... Special Topics ... 541
18.1 ... Subcontracting ... 541
18.2 ... Delivery Costs ... 545
18.3 ... Stock in Transit ... 549
18.4 ... Summary ... 553
19 ... Event-Based Product Costing ... 555
19.1 ... Universal Parallel Accounting ... 556
19.2 ... Event-Based Production Accounting ... 566
19.3 ... Actual Costing ... 576
19.4 ... Intercompany Processes ... 579
19.5 ... Further Topics ... 583
19.6 ... Summary ... 584
20 ... Reporting ... 585
20.1 ... Analyze Costing Runs ... 585
20.2 ... List Material Cost Estimates ... 589
20.3 ... Margin Analysis ... 591
20.4 ... Summarized Analysis Reports ... 595
20.5 ... Detailed Reports ... 609
20.6 ... Line-Item Reports ... 611
20.7 ... Production Order Reports ... 614
20.8 ... Cost Center Reports ... 620
20.9 ... Summary ... 623
... Conclusion ... 625
... Book Summary ... 625
... Looking Ahead ... 627
... Appendices ... 631
A ... Bibliography ... 633
B ... Glossary ... 635
C ... The Authors ... 651
... Index ... 653
... Concept of This Book ... 21
... Target Audience ... 22
... Structure of This Book ... 22
... Looking Ahead ... 26
... Acknowledgments ... 26
... Introduction ... 27
... SAP S/4HANA: Deployment Options ... 28
... Material Prices and the Material Ledger ... 31
... Accounting Documents ... 34
... Contribution Margins ... 38
... Cost Estimates and Product Profitability ... 40
1 ... Initial Planning ... 43
1.1 ... Margin Analysis ... 44
1.2 ... Sales and Operations Planning ... 44
1.3 ... Long-Term Planning ... 46
1.4 ... Cost Center Planning ... 57
1.5 ... Final Planning ... 68
1.6 ... Summary ... 68
2 ... Controlling Master Data ... 71
2.1 ... Accounts and Cost Elements ... 71
2.2 ... Cost Center ... 81
2.3 ... Activity Type ... 96
2.4 ... Statistical Key Figures ... 109
2.5 ... Summary ... 110
3 ... Material Master Data ... 111
3.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 111
3.2 ... MRP 1 View ... 112
3.3 ... MRP 2 View ... 116
3.4 ... MRP 3 View ... 118
3.5 ... MRP 4 View ... 119
3.6 ... Costing 1 View ... 123
3.7 ... Costing 2 View ... 134
3.8 ... Accounting 1 View ... 144
3.9 ... Accounting 2 View ... 154
3.10 ... Valuation Alternatives ... 162
3.11 ... Summary ... 164
4 ... Logistics Master Data ... 165
4.1 ... Bill of Materials ... 165
4.2 ... Work Centers ... 174
4.3 ... Routing ... 188
4.4 ... Product Cost Collector ... 198
4.5 ... Purchasing Info Record ... 213
4.6 ... Source List ... 221
4.7 ... Summary ... 222
5 ... Costing Sheets ... 223
5.1 ... Overhead ... 223
5.2 ... Costing Sheets ... 225
5.3 ... Calculation Base ... 227
5.4 ... Overhead Rate ... 227
5.5 ... Credit Key ... 236
5.6 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEG) ... 236
5.7 ... Summary ... 241
6 ... Cost Components ... 243
6.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 243
6.2 ... Cost Components with Attributes ... 246
6.3 ... Cost Component View ... 256
6.4 ... Organizational Units of Cost Components ... 262
6.5 ... Cost Component Groups ... 265
6.6 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEG) ... 269
6.7 ... Summary ... 274
7 ... Costing Variant Components ... 275
7.1 ... Define Costing Variant ... 275
7.2 ... Costing Type ... 277
7.3 ... Valuation Variant ... 287
7.4 ... Date Control ... 306
7.5 ... Quantity Structure Control ... 309
7.6 ... Transfer Control ... 318
7.7 ... Reference Variant ... 323
7.8 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEG) ... 326
7.9 ... Summary ... 329
8 ... Costing Variant Tabs ... 331
8.1 ... Control ... 331
8.2 ... Quantity Structure ... 332
8.3 ... Additive Costs ... 339
8.4 ... Update ... 340
8.5 ... Assignments ... 343
8.6 ... Miscellaneous ... 347
8.7 ... Summary ... 349
9 ... Cost Estimates ... 351
9.1 ... Cost Estimate Types ... 351
9.2 ... Standard Cost Estimates ... 352
9.3 ... Mark and Release ... 356
9.4 ... Costing Run ... 359
9.5 ... Mixed-Cost Estimates ... 371
9.6 ... Preliminary Cost Estimates ... 376
9.7 ... Unit Cost Estimates ... 382
9.8 ... Cost Estimate User Exits ... 386
9.9 ... Summary ... 390
10 ... Preliminary Costing on Production Orders ... 391
10.1 ... Work Center and Operation ... 391
10.2 ... Production Order Control ... 394
10.3 ... Display Planned Costs ... 399
10.4 ... Summary ... 401
11 ... Simultaneous Costing ... 403
11.1 ... Goods Movements ... 403
11.2 ... Confirmations ... 409
11.3 ... Report Costs ... 417
11.4 ... Summary ... 423
12 ... Overhead ... 425
12.1 ... Configuration ... 425
12.2 ... Templates ... 426
12.3 ... Costing Sheets ... 427
12.4 ... Activities ... 427
12.5 ... Overhead Period-End Processing ... 428
12.6 ... Summary ... 430
13 ... Work in Process ... 431
13.1 ... Work in Process Configuration ... 431
13.2 ... Results Analysis Configuration ... 442
13.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration (Scope Item BEI) ... 446
13.4 ... Work in Process Period-End ... 448
13.5 ... Summary ... 452
14 ... Variance Calculations ... 453
14.1 ... Types of Variance Calculation ... 453
14.2 ... Variance Configuration ... 455
14.3 ... Variance Categories ... 462
14.4 ... Variance Period End ... 465
14.5 ... Summary ... 470
15 ... Settlement ... 471
15.1 ... Settlement Configuration ... 471
15.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Configuration ... 490
15.3 ... Settlement Period-End Process ... 497
15.4 ... Summary ... 501
16 ... Actual Costing ... 503
16.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 503
16.2 ... Configuration ... 504
16.3 ... Updating the Quantity Structure ... 514
16.4 ... Performing the Actual Costing Run ... 515
16.5 ... Summary ... 525
17 ... Sales Order Controlling ... 527
17.1 ... Configuration ... 527
17.2 ... Period-End Processing ... 534
17.3 ... Summary ... 539
18 ... Special Topics ... 541
18.1 ... Subcontracting ... 541
18.2 ... Delivery Costs ... 545
18.3 ... Stock in Transit ... 549
18.4 ... Summary ... 553
19 ... Event-Based Product Costing ... 555
19.1 ... Universal Parallel Accounting ... 556
19.2 ... Event-Based Production Accounting ... 566
19.3 ... Actual Costing ... 576
19.4 ... Intercompany Processes ... 579
19.5 ... Further Topics ... 583
19.6 ... Summary ... 584
20 ... Reporting ... 585
20.1 ... Analyze Costing Runs ... 585
20.2 ... List Material Cost Estimates ... 589
20.3 ... Margin Analysis ... 591
20.4 ... Summarized Analysis Reports ... 595
20.5 ... Detailed Reports ... 609
20.6 ... Line-Item Reports ... 611
20.7 ... Production Order Reports ... 614
20.8 ... Cost Center Reports ... 620
20.9 ... Summary ... 623
... Conclusion ... 625
... Book Summary ... 625
... Looking Ahead ... 627
... Appendices ... 631
A ... Bibliography ... 633
B ... Glossary ... 635
C ... The Authors ... 651
... Index ... 653