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SAP CO (Controlling) Introduction

Introduction The SAP CO (Controlling) Module provides supporting information to Management for the purpose of planning, reporting, as well as monitoring the operations of their business. Management decision-making can be achieved with the level of information provided by this module.  Some of the components of the CO(Controlling) Module are as follows:  · Cost Element Accounting · Cost Center Accounting · Internal Orders · Activity-Based Costing ( ABC) · Product Cost Controlling · Profitability Analysis · Profit Center Accounting The Cost Element Accounting component provides information which includes the costs and revenue for an organization. These postings are automatically updated from FI (Financial Accounting) to CO (Controlling). The cost elements are the basis for cost accounting and enable the User the ability to display costs for each of the accounts that have been assigned to the cost element. Examples of accounts that can be assigned are Cost C...

ASAP Methodology/ 6 Phases of Implementation

6 phases of Implementation SAP 1)       Presales In this phase, SAP and other ERP’s try to sell their products to the clients (i.e. companies). And then company chooses which is more suitable for their requirements (let’s say they chose SAP, then our work starts.) 2)       Preparation        Landscape information/ preparation (server info. Cost, how many people going to use it etc.) ·          Team size: two teams implementation team and core team ·          (Project managers and steering committee from implementation team and core team together called PMO: Project Management Organization) ·          As is study: study of current situation, processes, legacy system etc. This is done by core team. ·          As is flow chart (tools a...

Depreciation methods

Here is a example of the depreciation methods and different methods: Suppose a piece have acquisition and production value of $1000, life value is 10 years and scrap value is $2000  Straight line method without basis reduction:  Cost/life --> $10000/10--> $1000 Straight line method with basis reduction:  (cost-scrap value)/life = $800 Diminishing balance method:  %=1/life= 10% For 1st year its $1000 and net book value is $9000 For 2nd year its 10% of NBV of first year that is $900 and net book value for second year is $9000-$900= $8100 Accumulated depreciation for first year is $1000, for second year is $1900 etc. 

Asset master record AS01

Assets are created under a folder called asset class. Asset class are nothing but classification of assets. Asset classes are buildings, vehicles, intangible assets, assets under constructions etc. We assign number ranges, screen layouts and account determination, default values to the asset class. Account determination contains acquisition cost account, depreciation expense account, accumulated depreciation account, gain/loss account, revaluation account etc.

Asset Accounting

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In SAP FICO, Asset Accounting (FI-AA), is used for managing and supervising fixed assets. It works as a subsidiary ledger to the FI General Ledger. Asset Accounting is intended for international use, thats why there is no country specific rules in SAP system. Asset Accounting is highly integrated with other modules and it can post directly to other modules. Asset life cycle:

iDoc types and applicable message types

Outbound processing: BENREP     BENEFIT1 CARNOT    DELVRY01 CREADV     PEXR2001, PEXR2002 DEBADV     PEXR2001, PEXR2002 DELFOR     DELFOR01 DELINS     DELFOR01 (FDS and JIT) DELJIT     DELFOR01 DESADV     DELVRY01, DELVRY02, DELVRY03 (previously: DESADV01) EXPINV     EXPINV01, EXPINV02, EXPINV03 GSVERF     GSVERF01 IFTMIN     SHPMNT03 IMPINV     IMPINV01 INVOIC     INVOIC01 ORDCHG     ORDERS01, ORDERS02, ORDERS03, ORDERS04, ORDERS05 ORDERS     ORDERS01, ORDERS02, ORDERS03, ORDERS04, ORDERS05 ORDRSP     ORDERS01, ORDERS02, ORDERS03, ORDERS04, ORDERS05 PAYEXT     PEXR2001, PEXR2002 PRICAT   ...

iDoc transactions in SAP

The following transactions  can be used in iDoc transactions. WE02: iDoc list report ( It can be used to display and edit iDocs.) WE19: Test tool for iDoc processing (mock up) WE20: Partner Profile WE21: Ports in iDoc processing ( It identifies an external port that controls the iDoc flow to an external system, For example, RFC, File, ABAP-PI etc. WE41: Outbound process code WE42: Inbound process code BD87: Inbound processing BD88: Outbound processing