Controlling with SAP - Practical Guide

... Preface ... 15

1 ... Introduction ... 25
... 1.1 ... Basic Controlling Functions ... 28
... 1.2 ... Essential Record Keeping Functions ... 33
... 1.3 ... Managing Close and Valuation Processes ... 40
... 1.4 ... Preparing Budgets and Planning ... 43
... 1.5 ... Process Analysis and Internal Controls ... 47
... 1.6 ... Summary ... 49

2 ... Reporting ... 51
... 2.1 ... Cost Center Line Items ... 52
... 2.2 ... Order Line Items ... 62
... 2.3 ... Product Costs: Itemization ... 65
... 2.4 ... Product Costs: Cost Objects ... 72
... 2.5 ... Material Ledger ... 77
... 2.6 ... Profitability Analysis Reports ... 80
... 2.7 ... Summary ... 87

3 ... Master Data Owned by Controlling ... 89
... 3.1 ... How to Set Up Cost Centers ... 90
... 3.2 ... Internal Orders ... 105
... 3.3 ... Statistical Key Figures ... 114
... 3.4 ... Activity Types ... 117
... 3.5 ... Secondary Cost Elements ... 123
... 3.6 ... Product Cost Collectors ... 130
... 3.7 ... Cost Object Hierarchies ... 132
... 3.8 ... Maintenance Issues ... 134
... 3.9 ... Change Requests for a SOX-Compliant Master Data Process ... 137
... 3.10 ... Summary ... 141

4 ... Master Data Where Controlling Is a Stakeholder ... 143
... 4.1 ... Material Masters ... 144
... 4.2 ... Customer Masters ... 156
... 4.3 ... Bills of Material ... 158
... 4.4 ... Routings ... 168
... 4.5 ... Work Centers and Resources ... 173
... 4.6 ... Procurement Alternatives and Mixed Costing ... 175
... 4.7 ... Projects ... 179
... 4.8 ... Investment Programs ... 183
... 4.9 ... Primary Cost Elements and P&L Accounts ... 186
... 4.10 ... Setting Prices for Product Costing ... 191
... 4.11 ... Summary ... 198

5 ... Planning and Budgeting ... 201
... 5.1 ... Complete Sales Plan in a Manufacturing Environment ... 203
... 5.2 ... Planning and Budgeting For Investment Programs ... 246
... 5.3 ... Summary ... 256

6 ... Actual Postings ... 257
... 6.1 ... Integrated Process Flows: Buy, Make, and Sell ... 257
... 6.2 ... Distribution of Usage Variances ... 289
... 6.3 ... Integrated Process Flows: Other Logistics Scenarios ... 295
... 6.4 ... Corrections or Adjustment Postings ... 313
... 6.5 ... Cross-Company Postings ... 319
... 6.6 ... Summary ... 324

7 ... Period Close ... 325
... 7.1 ... Allocations ... 326
... 7.2 ... Calculations and Settlement ... 352
... 7.3 ... Multilevel Actual Costing in Material Ledger ... 371
... 7.4 ... CO-PA Processes ... 384
... 7.5 ... Summary ... 386

8 ... Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects ... 387
... 8.1 ... Reporting on Large Data Volumes in SAP ERP ... 388
... 8.2 ... How to Decide Whether You Need SAP NetWeaver BW for Reporting ... 395
... 8.3 ... Cost Center Reporting in SAP NetWeaver BW ... 413
... 8.4 ... Reporting with SAP BusinessObjects Tools ... 418
... 8.5 ... Summary ... 426

9 ... Master Data in a Multisystem/Shared Service Environment ... 427
... 9.1 ... Change Requests in SAP ERP ... 430
... 9.2 ... New Solutions for Handling Master Data in a Multisystem Environment ... 436
... 9.3 ... Governance Requirements for Master Data ... 443
... 9.4 ... Creating Change Requests in a Shared Service Center ... 451
... 9.5 ... Summary ... 456

10 ... Planning in SAP NetWeaver BW or SAP SEM ... 457
... 10.1 ... New Options for Planning ... 459
... 10.2 ... Options in SAP ERP from SAP Enhancement Package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 ... 472
... 10.3 ... Express Planning as a Framework for the Planning Process ... 479
... 10.4 ... Summary ... 495

11 ... Allocations Using SAP Cost and Profitability Management ... 497
... 11.1 ... New Tools for Performing Allocations in SAP ERP ... 500
... 11.2 ... New Tools for Performing Allocations in SAP BusinessObjects PCM ... 510
... 11.3 ... Customer Value Analysis Using SAP BusinessObjects PCM ... 523
... 11.4 ... Summary ... 525

12 ... Period Close Using SAP Financial Closing Cockpit ... 527
... 12.1 ... New Options for Accelerating the Period Close ... 528
... 12.2 ... Closing Tasks in Multiple Systems ... 559
... 12.3 ... Summary ... 564
... 12.4 ... Post-Script ... 564

... The Author ... 565

... Index ... 567