Master production variance analysis in Controlling (CO) with SAP Reveal breakdown points in your company's performance and explore how these processes can be improved Learn how to make production processes more efficient to positively impact your bottom line Whether you re an end user, manager, or consultant, this is your ultimate resource to the variance analysis cycle. This book presents a detailed explanation of how production variance analysis works in Controlling with SAP, and focuses on the processes and reports that assist with all phases of the Controlling process. You ll learn Controlling concepts from a simple and easy-to-understand level, while being introduced to in-depth information on master data and configuration setup requirements, based on SAP ERP 6.0. Updated and Revised Second Edition Find new and updated information on long-term planning runs, marking allowance, configuring default yield and activity quantities during activity confirmation, and much more. Comprehensive Coverage Discover in-depth chapters that deal with each major sub-component of variance analysis, and include real-life examples and case study scenarios.Process-by-Process Instructions Explore all of the main processes, topics, and steps you will need in chronological order to effectively implement and conduct production variance analysis with the Controlling module. CO Integration Learn how Controlling integrates with other SAP functionalities, such as Production Planning (PP) and Materials Management (MM). Practical Resources Use the extensive glossary as a reference in your daily work and find further reading and resources to expand your knowledge on Controlling topics. Highlights Initial Planning Cost Estimates Actual Costs Period-End Processing Scrap Variance Analysis Reporting Standard Cost Estimate Total Variance Planning Scenarios The Author John Jordan is Founder and Principal Consultant at ERP Corp., specializing in Controlling and all associated integration areas. He assists companies improving the transparency of production costs, which results in increased efficiency and profitability. He is a regular speaker conferences and has published two other best-selling books with SAP PRESS.

Looking for a comprehensive guide to product costing in SAP (SAP CO-PC)? With this best-seller, you'll begin with a breakdown of how to manage master data and configure settings in SAP CO. Next, you'll learn the nitty-gritty details of integrated planning, from creating cost estimates to handling planned costs, actual costs, and final settlements. Contains coverage of SAP HANA, current trends in product cost controlling, and other new functionalities Configuration Learn to manage your master data and tailor your configuration settings based on your particular business requirements. Functionality Understand and implement key functionalities including standard cost estimates, work in progress and variance calculations, reporting, and analysis. Advanced Topics Find answers to your questions about the Material Ledger, subcontracting, delivery costs, user exits, mixed-cost estimates, and more. Highlights: Integration planning Master data Configuration settings Material Ledger confirmation Costing variants Unit cost estimates Simultaneous costings Overhead WIP calculations Settlement -Reporting and analysis

SAP PRESS equips you with 110 Things that unlock the secrets of working with the Controlling component in SAP! Get ready to add to your CO arsenal, and replace some cumbersome techniques youve been using for cost object controlling, profit center accounting, profitability analysis, and more. This second edition comes with an additional 10 bonus tips. Whether you think you know it all, or know that you don't, this book gives you expert tips to get there.

Manufacturing companies need to put a large amount of effort into controlling variances in production. The SAP S/4HANA system provides many tools for highlighting and reviewing these variances. In this book, explore the sources of manufacturing order costs and how they interact to generate variances. Look into target cost versions and learn how different views of variances can give each stakeholder a fuller understanding of non-conformance in manufacturing. Review strategies for setting up the reporting tools to give the most actionable information. Learn some tips for analyzing reporting needs and how to keep the information fresh and meaningful. Understand the interaction between manufacturing orders and cost centers in order to see the big picture of manufacturing performance. Look into the period-end tasks required for order settlement and see how that impacts views of variances. Get an overview of the important configuration tasks. Learn about: - How SAP Manufacturing and Controlling modules interact - Sources of target and actual costs used to determine variances - How manufacturing reporting affects cost center accounting - Strategies for interpreting and managing variances in manufacturing

SAP S/4HANA brings change to your routine controlling activities. Perform your key tasks in the new environment with this user guide! Get click-by-click instructions for your daily and monthly overhead controlling tasks, and then dive deeper into processes such as make-to-stock/make-to-order scenarios, margin analysis, and investment management. Finally, instructions for intercompany transactions and reporting make this your all-in-one resource! In this book, you'll learn about: a. Master Data See how your financials data is organized in SAP S/4HANA for management accounting. Understand the key reporting entities, from general ledger accounts and cost centers to specific master data for margin analysis. b. Functional Tasks Walk through your core controlling activities for overhead costs, manufacturing costs, sales costs, investments, and intercompany transactions. Learn how to assess each data type with step-by-step guidance and tips from the experts. c. Reporting Discover the reports that gather your cost data for assessment. Get insight into SAP S/4HANA innovations that impact reporting, including the SAP Fiori interface, the virtual data model, global accounting hierarchies, and more. Highlights include: 1) Organizational structures 2) Master data 3) Overhead controlling 4) Production controlling 5) Service controlling 6) Margin analysis 7) Event-based revenue recognition 8) Investment controlling 9) Intercompany scenarios 10) Reporting 11) Universal Journal 12) User interfaces (UI)

Understand how your controlling processes relate to SAP Discover the many features and functionalities of the Controlling component Up-to-date for enhancement package 5 If you use Controlling in SAP ERP Financials, this book is a must-have resource for your daily work. You ll learn how to perform transactions with fewer steps and less effort, and you ll discover how to troubleshoot minor problems and system issues. In addition to the core areas of Controlling, you ll also find coverage of more advanced topics, such as SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP BusinessObjects, the SAP Financials Closing Cockpit, and topics added in recent enhancement packages. This book will help you to master the system and work more efficiently on a daily basis.

SAP Transaction Codes is a useful reference for end users of the SAP business software, as well as those implementing and/or maintaining the SAP application. The book lists approximately 3800 of the most frequently used transaction codes available in the SAP system. It will enable a user to quickly identify the most popular T-codes within a functional module, such as finance, controlling, materials management, human resources, payroll, quality management, etc. Also, when the T-code is known, it can help identify the associated module. SAP Transaction Codes also contains three step-by-step procedures, which demonstrate how to execute a transaction using the T-code shortcut method, how to determine the menu tree when the T-code is known, and how to use the menu tree for executing a transaction. Features: • Includes approximately 3800 of the most frequently used transaction codes available in the SAP software system • Enables the user to quickly identify the most popular T-codes within a functional module, such as finance (SAP FI), controlling (SAP CO) materials management, human resources, payroll, quality management, etc. • Demonstrates how to execute a transaction using the T-code shortcut method, how to determine the menu tree when the T-code is known, and how to use the menu tree for executing a transaction • Covers the latest versions of SAP • Shows an alphabetical listing of T-codes along with their associated modules and the procedures for executing a transaction code either through the shortcut method or the menu

"Whether you're running account-based or costing-based CO-PA, this is your one-stop shop for profitability analysis with SAP S/4HANA! Get the step-by-step instructions you need for configuring master data, operating concerns, value flows + and setting up your system. Then run your profitability operations and master both planning and reporting. + sentence about running profitability operations, from this to that. With this guide to CO-PA, you're ready for SAP S/4HANA!"--

SAP is the world leader in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software; of the software?s modules, the FI (Finance) and CO (Controlling) are by far the most popular and are widely implemented. This book has no competition?it is the only book on the market on how to configure and implement SAP?s FI and CO modules to maximize functionality and features hands-on, step-by-step instructions and real-world examples that provide immediate and practical solutions. Updated for SAP?s ECC 6.0, the book covers FI enterprise structure, general ledger, substitutions and validations, automatic account assignments, accounts payable and receivable, asset accounting, accrual engine, closing entries, credit management, lockbox, CO enterprise structure, profitability analysis (CO-PA), and more.

Step up your SAP PP game! Learn how to configure SAP ERP Production Planning for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing and master BOM status definitions, process message characteristics, and master data. Dive into SAP PP workflows and use Process Management, release production orders, and create planning tables. Covering everything from S&OP and MRP to SAP Demand Management and the Early Warning System, this book will help you get your production process to maximum efficiency!