Janet Salmon

Ready to implement product cost controlling in SAP S/4HANA? This comprehensive guide is what you need! Walk through master data setup and cost estimate configuration, click by click. Dive into the details of integrated planning, including planned and actual costs and final settlements. Discover your available reporting options and review period-end tasks such as calculating overhead, works in progress, variance, and more! Highlights include:1) Integration planning2) Master data3) Configuration settings4) Costing variants5) Unit cost estimates6) Preliminary costing7) Simultaneous costing8) WIP and variance calculations9) Settlement10) Actual costing11) Sales order controlling12) Event-based product costing

To effectively plan production costs, you know that guesswork and projections aren't enough. Optimize your production processes—and increase profitability—with this guide to production variance analysis in SAP S/4HANA. Start with the planning basics, and then perform costing runs and create cost estimates. See how to post actual costs with the Universal Journal, analyze variance during period-end processing, and assess scrap. Get details on SAP Fiori apps for reporting and the road ahead for variance analysis in this comprehensive resource! In this book, you'll learn about:a. Product Costing Compare planned versus actual costs in SAP S/4HANA. Walk through key product master data, and then create standard, preliminary, and mixed cost estimates. Post actual costs and analyze them using the Universal Journal and SAP Fiori apps. b. Variance Calculation Analyze variance at period-end close. Follow step-by-step instructions to configure and perform production variance analysis for the cost center, purchase price, and scrap. See how the Material Ledger and actual costing impact variance analysis. c. ReportingExplore your reporting options for production variance analysis in SAP S/4HANA: analysis reports, detailed reports, line item reports, production order reports, and cost center reports. Highlights include:1) Cost estimation 2) Actual postings 3) Product cost analysis 4) Period-end close 5) Variance configuration 6) Cost center variance 7) Purchase price variance 8) Scrap variance 9) Universal Journal 10) Material Ledger11) Reporting

Your to-do list just got easier. With this guide for Controlling business users, learn how to manage master data, create budgets and investment plans, conduct actual postings, and execute a period close more efficiently. Get the step-by-step instructions and expert tips you need to complete your tasks in SAP ERP. From routine transactions to reporting, make sure you're in control. Highlights: a. Day-to-Day Tasks - From planning to period close, get the step-by-step instructions to perform your important Controlling tasks as efficiently as possible. b. Best Practices - See how major organizations tackle management accounting with SAP ERP, and apply tried and tested expert tips to improve your own processes. c. SAP S/4HANA and Controlling - Understand the full impact of SAP HANA on your Controlling implementation. Explore the functional improvements of SAP S/4HANA for key processes such as profitability analysis, planning, and reporting with SAP Fiori. With this book, you will be able to: Master your daily tasks and transactions in SAP ERP Controlling. Get step-by-step instructions for reporting, planning and budgeting, actual postings, and period close. Learn how SAP HANA and SAP Fiori improve your CO processes.