Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1 Cost Center Accounting
• Understanding Plan Cost Splitting
• Maintain Standard and Alternate Hierarchies
• Swap the Standard Hierarchy
• Assign Cost Element Default Account
• Set Up Automatic Account Assignment
• Plan Activity Price with Activity Type Groups
• Copy Cost Center Plan
• Perform Actual Price Calculation
• Using Target Cost Analysis
• Analyze Cost Center Variance
• Create Selection Variants
• Part 2 Internal Orders
• Using Related Internal Order Integrated Planning Checkboxes
• Using Internal Order Planning
• Create an Internal Order Budget
• Part 3 Profit Center Accounting
• Transfer Plan Automatically to Profit Centers (Integrated Planning)
• Using the Profit Center Assignment Monitor
• Part 4 Product Cost Planning
• Choosing Standard or Moving Average Price
• View Historical Moving Average Price
• Changing Material Prices Manually
• Using Price Unit versus Costing Lot Size
• Optimize Costing Lot Size
• Understanding Purchasing Info Record Prices
• Using Purchasing Info Record Scales
• Set Up Plant-Specific Purchasing Info Records
• Display Procurement Type for Cost Estimate Use
• Distribute Overhead with Costing Sheets
• Set Up Templates to Distribute Overhead
• Copying Costing Variants
• Configuring Cost Estimate User Exits
• Report on Purchased Material Delivery Costs
• Assign Activity Type Search Strategies
• Modify Cost Estimate Default Dates
• Using Existing Cost Estimates for Transfer Control
• Updating Valuation Variants with Marking Allowance
• Create Mixed Cost Estimates
• Optimize Costing Runs
• Reduce Costing Messages with the Material Status
• Reduce the Clutter in Cost Estimate Screens
• Maintain the Base Planning Object with Unit Cost Estimate
• Calculate Material Cost Estimate without Quantity Structure
• Searching for Cost Estimates
• Uploading Planning Data from Excel
• Changing Material Master Fields Collectively
• Part 5 Cost Object Controlling
• Display Automatic Account Assignment Entries
• Assign Material Type to an Account Category Reference
• Stop Valuation Grouping Code Message
• Configure Purchasing Account Assignment Categories
• Post Purchase Price Variance to Purchasing
• Set Up Default Values for Product Cost Collectors
• Understanding Process versus Production Orders
• Set Up Valuated Sales Order Stock
• Implementing Valuated Sales Order Stock
• Calculate Total, Production, and Planning Variance
• Configure Work in Process and Product Cost Collectors
• Set Up Results Analysis
• Fix Settlement Issues with Settlement and Processing Types
• Understand Assembly Scrap Basics
• Plan and Work With Component and Assembly Scrap
• Understanding Operation Scrap Basics
• Set the Purchase Order Deletion Flag
• Set the Production Order Deletion Flag
• Reduce Period-End Processing Time with the Product Cost Collector Deletion Flag
• Allow Movement Types in a Test System
• Set Up the Main Subcontracting Process Steps
• Run Different Inventory Aging Reports
• Value Inventory at the Lowest Price
• Change Valuation Class with Inventory
• Control Movement Type Account Determination
• Change Local Currency Types in a Test System
• Remove the Tax Warning Message
• Part 6 Material Ledger
• Perform Multiple Valuations with the Material Ledger
• Actual Costing with the Material Ledger
• Period-End Closing with the Material Ledger
• Convert Material Master Data during Startup
• Convert Purchase Order History Data during Startup
• Perform Reconciliation during Production Startup
• Preparing for Production Startup
• Perform Post Conversion Activities
• Activate the Actual Cost Component Split
• Deactivating the Material Ledger
• Assessing Purchase Price Variance to Manufacturing Orders
• Part 7 Profitability Analysis
• Understanding Data Storage Tables
• Using Account- versus Costing-Based CO-PA
• Map Condition Types to Value Fields
• Define Statistical Condition Types for Profitability Analysis
• Map Manual Account Adjustments
• Adjust Condition Values with Interface Sign Logic
• Perform Valuation by Cost Estimates
• Settle Production Variances to CO-PA
• Create Summarization Levels for Better Reporting
• Display Mapped Postings with the Customizing Monitor
• Set Up Valuation Costing Keys
• Modify Additional Fields for Sales Order Reporting
• Part 8 Controlling General
• Delete Controlling Areas
• Open and Close Accounting Periods
• Lock Planned and Actual Transactions
• Closing Materials Management Periods
• Add Object Services to Sales Orders
• Using Implementation Guide Shortcuts
• Finding Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
• Part 9 Information System
• Display Line Items Directly in Reports
• Detailed Reports
• Create and Report on Summarization Hierarchies
• Display Variance Analysis in Prior Periods
• Provide Detailed Reporting with Origin Groups
• Add Cost Component Groups to Cost Components
• Display a List of Product Cost Collectors
• Display Data Directly with Data Browser
• Drill Down to Display Table Content
• Using Wildcard Search Options
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Additional Resources
• The Author
• Index

About the Author

John Jordan has been an SAP consultant, specializing in the SAP Financials and Controlling area for several years. He's the author of the SAP PRESS books Production Variance Analysis for SAP Controlling and Product Cost Controlling with SAP. He's written several articles for the SCM Expert and Financials Expert newsletters and has presented at WIS conferences.