Product Cost Controlling with SAP

Product Cost Controlling with SAP

Run your business more transparently and effectively: use this updated reference and configuration guide to learn about product cost planning, cost object controlling, and integrated planning. Easy to understand process overviews and configuration setup requirements will help you customize product cost controlling to your business needs. Find answers to your questions about the material ledger, transfer pricing, and reporting, learn how to address common problem areas, and much more. This is the one resource you need to learn how Product Cost Controlling works in SAP ERP Financials. 1. Breadth and Depth This book both explains the business concepts of product costing and teaches you how to master and benefit from Product Cost Controlling with SAP. 2. A Lesson in Configuration Learn to let Product Cost Controlling shine by integrating it smoothly into your business and configuring it based on your specific business requirements. 3. Examples Abound This book features practical examples and case studies that will help you reinforce your understanding of the topics addressed. 4. Coverage of Special Topics New content addresses special topics that will arise in your work, such as subcontracting, activity-based costing, sales order controlling, and mixed-cost estimates. 5. Updated and Expanded This second edition expands coverage of integrated planning and master data, among other topics, and adds sections on information system, settlement, and more. Highlights:

If you are looking for a resource that shows you how to set up Controlling for Product Costing and how it integrates with other modules, this book is for you.
Whether you re in Financials, Production Planning, Purchasing, Sales and Distribution, or have interest in the integrated areas of product costing, this book will teach you how overhead costs flow from financial postings to cost centers and then on to manufacturing orders. Find answers to your questions regarding the material ledger, transfer pricing, and reporting and discover how to address common problem areas, including month-end processing, long run times, and message and variance analysis. This new edition includes updated content on cost object hierarchies, engineer-to-order, and make-to-order, as well as new case studies and real-world examples.
Highlights:
- Master data
- Configuration settings
- Material ledger configuration
- Integration details
- Make-to-stock and make-to-order
- Lot size
- Repetitive manufacturing
- Long run times
- Message and variance analysis solutions
- Reporting
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John Jordan has been an SAP consultant, specializing in the SAP Financials and Controlling area for several years and owns his own company.
He is the author of the successful Essentials guide Production Variance Analysis for SAP Controlling. and has also written several articles for the SCM Expert and Financials Expert newsletters and has presented at the WIS conferences.

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1 Introduction 17
1.1 Structure of this Book 18
1.2 Looking Ahead 22

2 Integrated Planning 27
2.1 Profitability Analysis 28
2.2 Sales and Operations Planning 29
2.3 Long-Term Planning 30
2.4 Cost Center Planning 39
2.5 Final Planning 46
2.6 Summary 47

3 Controlling Master Data 51
3.1 Cost Element 51
3.2 Cost Center 65
3.3 Activity Type 76
3.4 Statistical Key Figure 87
3.5 Summary 89

4 Material Master Data 91
4.1 MRP 1 View 92
4.2 MRP 2 View 95
4.3 MRP 4 View 98
4.4 Costing 1 View 102
4.5 Costing 2 View 115
4.6 Accounting 1 View 125
4.7 Accounting 1 View -- Material Ledger Activated 131
4.8 Accounting 2 View 138
4.9 Summary 146

5 Logistics Master Data 149
5.1 Bill of Material 149
5.2 Work Center 158
5.3 Routing 173
5.4 Product Cost Collector 184
5.5 Purchasing Info Record 200
5.6 Summary 205

6 Costing Sheets 207
6.1 Overhead 207
6.2 Calculation Base 209
6.3 Overhead Rate 210
6.4 Credit Key 211
6.5 Summary 212

7 Cost Components 213
7.1 Cost Component Terms 213
7.2 Cost Components with Attributes 217
7.3 Cost Component View 229
7.4 Organizational Units of Cost Components 235
7.5 Cost Component Groups 239
7.6 Summary 244

8 Costing Variant Components 245
8.1 Define Costing Variant 245
8.2 Costing Type 247
8.3 Valuation Variant 257
8.4 Date Control 279
8.5 Quantity Structure Control 282
8.6 Transfer Control 293
8.7 Reference Variant 298
8.8 Summary 302

9 Costing Variant Tabs 303
9.1 Control 303
9.2 Quantity Structure 304
9.3 Additive Costs 312
9.4 Update Tab 314
9.5 Assignments 317
9.6 Miscellaneous 321
9.7 Summary 323

10 Standard Cost Estimate 325
10.1 Create Standard Cost Estimate 326
10.2 Mark and Release 331
10.3 Costing Run 334
10.4 Summary 347

11 Preliminary Cost Estimate 349
11.1 Create Preliminary Cost Estimate 349
11.2 Production Process 352
11.3 Transfer Control 352
11.4 Mass-Processing 355
11.5 Summary 356

12 Unit Cost Estimate 357
12.1 Base Planning Object 357
12.2 Material Cost Estimate Without Quantity Structure 361
12.3 Summary 363

13 Preliminary Costing 367
13.1 Production Order Control 368
13.2 Display Planned Costs 372
13.3 Summary 374

14 Simultaneous Costing 375
14.1 Goods Movements 375
14.2 Confirmations 381
14.3 Report Costs 388
14.4 Summary 389

15 Overhead 391
15.1 Configuration 391
15.2 Overhead Period-End Processing 392
15.3 Summary 394

16 Work in Process 395
16.1 WIP Configuration 396
16.2 Results Analysis Configuration 408
16.3 WIP Period-End 411
16.4 Summary 416

17 Variance Calculation 417
17.1 Types of Variance Calculation 417
17.2 Variance Configuration 418
17.3 Variance Categories 425
17.4 Variance Period-End 428
17.5 Summary 434

18 Settlement 435
18.1 Settlement Configuration 435
18.2 Settlement Period-End 454
18.3 Summary 457

19 Special Topics 459
19.1 Sales Order Controlling 459
19.2 Subcontracting 473
19.3 Material Ledger 477
19.4 Summary 489

20 Information System 491
20.1 Product Cost Planning 491
20.2 Cost Object Controlling 500
20.3 Summary 518
20.4 Book Summary 519
20.5 Looking Ahead 521

A Glossary 523

B Bibliography 547

C Author Biography 549