SAP Controlling : S/4HANA 2023: Latest Training Discussion

SAP S/4 HANA 2023: In-depth CONTROLLING Module Training.

Syllabus

Overview and significance in the SAP environment.

· Basic Settings:

· Enterprise Structure:

· Company, Company code, Plant, Storage Location

· Sales org, Dis. Channel, Division, Shipping Point

· Definition and Assignment Org Str

· Basic Settings across Modules:

· FI (Financial Accounting)

· MM (Materials Management)

· SD (Sales and Distribution)

· PP (Production Planning)

· PS (Project Systems)

· Integration Configuration:

· FI-MM (Financial Accounting and Materials Management)

· FI-SD (Financial Accounting and Sales and Distribution)

· CO-PP (Controlling and Production Planning)

· CO-PS (Controlling and Project Systems)

· Integration Testing Cycles:

· Procure to Pay: MM cycle

· Plan to Production: PP cycle

· Order to Cash: SD Cycle

· Basic Configuration Settings and Overhead Accounting

· Cost component structure (Main & Auxiliary)

· Costing sheet design: Quantity and percentage-based approach

· Template allocation design for Standard cost calculation, Production order, Process Order, Product Cost collector and Sale Order scenarios

· Primary cost component split.

· Design of Profit centers and Cost centers based on business scenarios.

· Cost center assessment & distribution.

· Plan and Actual cost Splitting.

· Plan and actual activity rate calculation.

· Revaluation of orders and product cost collectors

· Fully integrated with FI, MM, SD, PP, and PS module with OBYC & VKOA Mapping explanation.

· Universal Allocation: Assessment & Distribution cycles.

· PRODUCT COSTING Scenarios:

· PRODUCT COST By Order:

· Make to Stock Scenario

· PP Module -Process Order

· CO Module -CO Production Order

· PRODUCT COST By Sales Order:

· Make to Order Scenario

· Valuated: with SO controlling object -Production Order

· Non-Valuated: with SO controlling object-Production Order

· PRODUCT COST By Period:

· Make to Stock Scenario

· Without reporting point -Product Cost collector

· With reporting point -Product Cost collector

· PRODUCT COST Engineer to Order (with PS Integration):

· Product Costing flow for ETO Scenario with Production order

· Standard Project, WBS and Network linking to ETO process material.

· Activity Based Costing (CO-OM-ABC):

· PRODUCT COST ABC Costing process with Template allocation linking.

· Mixed Costing:

· Raw materials multiple procurement process.

· SFG material both purchase and manufacturing process.

· FG Materials multiple manufacturing process.

· Various Costing Processes:

· Sale/Depot Plant Costing Process

· Special Procurement process (from one plant to another plant)

· Additive Cost

· Joint Production & By Product Costing

· CO-Product Costing

· By-product costing

· Subcontracting processes

· External Operation process

· MATERIAL LEDGER with Actual Costing:

· Material Ledger Overview: Understanding the significance of Material Ledger in SAP S/4 HANA.

· Currency Configuration in Material Ledger:

· Company Code (Co.Code) Currency ,Group Currency and Hard Currency/ Index-Based Currency/ Global Company Currency considerations.

· Material Ledger Activation with Multiple Valuations:

· Introduction to valuation approaches in SAP.

· Legal Valuations, Group Valuations, Profit Centre Valuations

· Group Valuation:

· Understanding Markup Costs in Group Valuation.

· Applying Group Valuation with Standard Cost.

· Profit Centre Valuation:

· Markup Cost with Transfer Pricing Logic.

· Group Valuation:

· Intercompany Transfer - Cross Company Code Costing:

· Company Code to Company Code Transfer: This refers to the transfer of goods or services from one legal entity (company code) to another within the same corporate group. The pricing for these transfers might be at cost, market price, or a predetermined transfer price.

· Profit Centre Valuation:

· Intracompany Transfer - Within the Company Code Costing:

· Refers to the valuation of goods and services within a specific profit center. A profit center is a segment or unit within a company that directly adds to its profits and is responsible for its own revenues and costs.

· Markup Cost with Transfer Pricing Logic with Profit Centre Valuation: This involves pricing goods or services with a markup, but the markup is determined based on transfer pricing logic. Transfer pricing refers to the rules and methods for setting prices for goods and services sold between related entities within an enterprise.

· This refers to transfers of goods or services within the same legal entity (company code). The pricing for these transactions might be set at cost or a predetermined transfer price. Since these transfers are within the same legal entity, they don't have tax implications like intercompany transfers might

· Actual Costing Accounting Entries:

· Deep dive into the accounting entries generated through actual costing in the Material Ledger.

· Material Price Analysis (CKM3):

· Comprehensive analysis of material prices.

· Cumulative Material Ledger - CKMLCPAVR Functionalities:

· Introduction to Cumulative Material Ledger (CKMLCPAVR).

· Cumulative Inventory Management:

· Differences between standard and cumulative inventory management.

· Actual Costing in CKMLCPAVR:

· Impact on Material Ledger postings.

· Periodic Unit Price Calculation:

· How CKMLCPAVR contributes to periodic unit price determination.

· COPA (Controlling Profitability Analysis) - Margin Analysis:

· Introduction to COPA:

· Overview of Controlling Profitability Analysis in SAP S/4 HANA.

· Account Based COPA:

· Flow from other modules to account-based COPA.

· COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) Split:

· Integration of the cost component structure in COGS determination.

· Price Variance Split:

· Methods to split price variance for different production variance categories.

· Predictive Accounting:

· Introduction to predictive accounting concepts.

· Attributed Profitability Analysis:

· Understanding how cost centers, internal orders, and production orders relate to product costing.

· COPA Derivation:

· Configuring and customizing derivation rules.

· COPA Assessment:

· Techniques for distributing costs and revenues in COPA.

· COPA Realignment:

· TOP Down Distribution though Universal Parallel Allocation

· Real-life scenarios where realignment is necessary.

· Fiori Apps for COPA:

· Introduction to SAP Fiori and its role in COPA analysis.

· Reporting and Analytics:

· Tools and techniques for extracting insights from COPA data.

By the end of this course, participants should have a deep understanding of the Product Costing. Material Ledger and COPA functionalities, in SAP S/4 HANA. They should be equipped with the knowledge and skills to configure, analyze, and optimize the Material Ledger in various business scenarios.