Controlling with SAP

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.

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