Controlling-Profitability Analysis with SAP

Configuring CO-PA

Marco Sisfontes-Monge (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

550 Seiten

2012 | Second Edition
SAP Press (Verlag)
978-1-59229-386-5 (ISBN)

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If you're looking for a book that will help get you started with configuring Profitability Analysis (COPA) in SAP, look no further! Revised and updated, this bestseller will get you up to speed with the basic tools, methods, and key functionalities you need for a CO-PA implementation. Find what you need to make CO-PA work best for your business, and benefit from new information on integration topics, SAP BusinessObjects, SAP HANA, and more. Based on reader feedback, you'll find more coverage in this new edition on the topics you requested to help with your SAP consulting, SAP configuration, and SAP integration activities. 1. Business and Technical Knowledge: Decide whether costing- or account-based CO-PA is best for your business requirements, and understand how to configure the software for a successful implementation. 2 Step-by-Step Instructions: Follow process-oriented steps, learn how to configure master data so it can be transferred to CO-PA from other SAP components, create reports, and define your planning environments. 3. Supplement CO-PA: Learn about tools and technologies that can supplement your CO-PA practices such as SAP BPC (SAP Business Planning and Consolidation), SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver BW, and SAP BusinessObjects Analytics. 4. Introduction to SAP HANA: Understand what new in-memory trends mean for your ability to process and analyze businessdata with CO-PA. 5. Updated and Expanded: Benefit from expanded content on topics like top-down distribution, work in process, reportingwith CO-PA in the SAP NetWeaver BW environment, and much more. Highlights:

Working with pre-delivered templates
Operating concern configuration
Reporting
Actual value flows
CO-PA Best Practices
SAP Profitability Model
Costing- and account-based CO-PA
CO planning framework
Top-down distribution
SAP BusinessObjects Analytics
SAP BusinessObjects tools
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC)
SAP in-memory computing and HANA

Marco Sisfontes-Monge has worked in the following sectors: Automotive, Logistics, Software, Gas & Electric, Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Retailing, and Financial Services. His clients include John Deere, Matsushita, Schneider Electric, Sara Lee, Conair, Pacific Gas & Electric, New York Power Authority, Hyperion, and Peoplesoft. He is the author of the SAP PRESS book, CPM and Balanced Scorecard with SAP.

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction and Overview
The Purpose of This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Summary
Basics of Profitability Analysis
Fundamental Principles
Profitability Analysis as Multidimensional Analysis
The Profitability Analysis Process
Break-Even Analysis
Cost Classifications
Summary
Introducing CO-PA with SAP
General Overview of CO-PA
The SAP Profitability Model
Components of CO-PA
Working with SAP Operating Concern Templates
Manually Activating an Operating Concern and Setting It as Current
Summary
Configuring Costing-Based CO-PA
General CO-PA Overview
Costing-Based CO-PA versus Account-Based CO-PA
Creating Characteristics and Value Fields
Maintaining an Operating Concern
Defining Profitability Segments and CO-PA Exceptions
Operating Concern Attributes Tab
Assigning a Controlling Area to an Operating Concern
Activating CO-PA in R/3 or SAP ERP ECC 6.0
CO-PA: Additional Functionalities
Performing CO-PA Transports
Summary
Master Data in CO-PA
Components of Master Data Menus in CO-PA
Maintaining Characteristic Values
Working with Valuation Methods
Valuation Strategies
Summary
Introduction to CO-PA Planning
Overview
The Framework of Corporate Planning: Sales and Profit Planning in CO-PA
Planning with CO-PA or SAP NetWeaver BI
A First Look at the CO-PA Planning Framework
Number Ranges for Planning Data
Maintaining Versions
Planning with the CO-PA Planning Framework
The Report Painter and CO-PA Planning Layouts
Planning Profiles
Summary
CO-PA Planning: Configuration
Basic Planning Methods in the CO-PA Planning Framework
Planning Sequences
Configuring CO-PA Assessments Cycles
Top-Down Distribution
Summary
Flows of Actual Values: Transferring Actual Data into CO-PA
Overview
General Review of the CO-PA Flows of Actual Values Menu
Transfer of Incoming Sales Orders
Transfer of Billing Documents
Order and Project Settlement
Direct Posting from FI/MM
Settlement of Production Variances
Transfer of Overhead
Summary
CO-PA Reporting: Basics
CO-PA Reporting Scenarios
Working with Reports in CO-PA
Working with Forms
Summary
CO-PA Reporting: Configuration
Predefining Headers and Footers
Defining Variables in Reports
CO-PA Reporting: Best Practices
Summary
Working with Account-Based CO-PA
Differences between Costing-Based and Account-Based CO-PA
Sales and Profit Planning
External Data Transfer
Summary
Tips and Tricks with CO-PA
Integrate Planning Layouts with Microsoft Excel
Working with Summarization Levels
Performing Report Splitting
Working with the Report-Report Interface (RRI)
Final Tips
Summary
Enhancing CO-PA with SAP BusinessObjects Tools
CO-PA Integration with SAP Business Analytics
SAP BusinessObjects Integration with CO-PA Structures
Comparing SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation (BPC) and CO-PA
SAP High Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) and In-Memory Computing
Summary
Concluding Remarks
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
The Author
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.2.2012
Reihe/Serie	SAP PRESS Englisch
Verlagsort	Maryland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► SAP
Schlagworte	Account based scenario • Controlling • CO-PA • Cost based scenario • Profitability Analysis • SAP Financials
ISBN-10	1-59229-386-7 / 1592293867
ISBN-13	978-1-59229-386-5 / 9781592293865
Zustand	Neuware