Variance Analysis for Business Processes (SAP Library - Activity-Based Costing (CO-OM-ABC))

Variance Analysis for Business Processes

Use

The report lists the actual and target figures per business process group or simply business process.

The report supports the analysis of the variances, which are booked based on the Activity-Based Costing Variance Calculation. Furthermore, the report is structured according to variance categories.

It answers questions like:

How efficient is the process (from the input side)?

Where is the potential to optimize (from the consumption side)?

Features

Selection

On the selection screen you can determine which data the system should evaluate.

You can control the report contents through the output parameter.

You can produce extracts from this report.

Note

For more information on working with Report-Painter reports (selecting, generating extracts, setting output parameter, and more) see Execute the Report-Painter Report.

Output

The report has the following row and column structure:

Report rows:

The report contains two sections:

1. All booked processes are listed for the input side; the system also displays the booked cost elements for each process.

2. The SAP-System makes a similar listing for the consumption side.

Report columns:

The report shows a block of three columns for the input as well as for the consumption sides.

Section one, column one: actual and target activities as well as their absolute and percentage variances

Section one, column two: actual and target activities as well as their absolute and percentage variances

Section one, column three: Total variance, Price variance, Quantity variance, Resource-usage variance and Remaining input variance.

Section two, all columns: Total variance, Output price variance, Output quantity variance, Fixed-cost variance and Remaining variance.

Report/Report-Interface

You can switch to the Period Display through the Report/Report-Interface .