Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA)
The Concept of Profit Center Accounting
Role of Profit Center Accounting in the SAP System
Methods of Calculating Profits in ECPCA
Data in Profit Center Accounting
Basic Functions
Profit Center Master Data
Profit Center
Creating Profit Centers (Individual Processing)
Changing Profit Centers (Individual Processing)
Deleting Profit Centers (Individual Processing)
Editing Master Data (Collective Processing)
Assigning Company Codes (Collective Processing)
Defining Profit Center Status (Background Processing)
Enterprise Organization (CO)
Time-Dependency of Enterprise Organizations
The Inheritance Principle
Enterprise Organizations and Standard Hierarchies
Generating an Alternative Profit Center Structure
The Enterprise Organization: Processing Options
The Screen Areas
Searching for Organizational Units
Creating Organizational Units
Displaying or Changing Organizational Units
Assigning, Reassigning, or Moving Organizational Units
Active and Inactive Master Data
Activating Inactive Master Data
Deleting Inactive Master Data
Standard Hierarchy
Dummy Profit Center
Profit Center Groups
Representative Materials
Revenue and Cost Elements and Account Groups
Maintaining Revenue and Cost Elements
Maintaining Account Groups
Statistical Key Figures and Statistical Key Figure Groups
Maintaining Statistical Key Figures and Key Figure Groups
Profit Center Assignments
Assigning Materials
Making Mass Changes
Assigning Sales Orders
Substitutions for Sales Orders
Assigning Manufacturing Orders
Assigning Cost Objects
Assigning Projects
Assigning Cost Centers
Assigning Internal Orders
Assigning Business Processes
Assigning Maintenance Orders
Assigning Assets
Assigning Real Estate Objects
Assigning Profitability Segments
Assignment Monitor
Multiple Valuation Approaches/Transfer Prices
Managerial Aims of Transfer Pricing
Need for Parallel Valuation Methods
Transfer Pricing Concepts
Organizational Units Affected By Transfer Pricing
Multiple Value Flows in Accounting
Consistency of Valuation Settings in Different Applications: Cur
Scenarios for Using Transfer Prices
Uses and Restrictions
Multiple Valuations in Application Components
Multiple Value Flows in Controlling
Assigning Valuation Approaches to CO Versions
Multiple Valuation Approaches for Material Stocks Using the Mate
Transfer Prices in Profit Center Accounting
Valuation Views in Profit Center Accounting
Determination of Transfer Prices
Example of How a Transfer Price is Determined
Transfer Pricing Using the Conditions Technique
Posting Logic and Account Determination
Example for a Withdrawal of a Semifinished Product
Profit Planning
Multiple Valuation Approaches in Overhead Cost Controlling
Transfer Prices in Cost Object Controlling
Transfer Prices in the Reconciliation Ledger
Multiple Valuation Approaches in Product Cost Controlling
Multiple Valuation Approaches/Transfer Prices in CO-PA
Updating Multiple Values in Financial Accounting
Multiple Valuation Approaches in Asset Accounting
Valuations in Procurement and Sales
Implementing Transfer Pricing in a Live System
Controlling
Material Ledger
Financial Accounting and Asset Accounting
Planning
Integration of Profit Center Planning
Planning Process
Plan Versions
Plan Data Transfer
Transferring Plan Data Online from Other Applications
Posting Plan Data Subsequently
Transferring Plan Data from COPA to ECPCA
Transferring Planned Statistical Key Figures
Planning Directly in Profit Center Accounting
Manual Planning with Layouts
Layout
Standard Layouts for Plan Data
Defining Layouts
Entering and Displaying Plan Values
Characteristic Screen
Overview Screen (Plan Data)
Period Screen
Definition of a Planner Profile
Integrated Excel in Planning
Setting Up Integrated Excel
How To Plan Using Integrated Excel
Uploading Data from Microsoft Excel
Distribution Keys
Formula Planning
Templates for Profit Center Formula Planning
Assigning Templates for Formula Planning
Executing Formula Planning in Profit Center Accounting
Profit Planning
Automatic Planning: Copying to a Plan
Balances Forward
Assessment and Distribution
Currencies in Planning
Actual Postings
Data Origin
A Systematic View of Profit Center Determination
MM Goods Movement
SD Billing Document
FI Posting and FI-AA Asset Posting
MM Goods Receipt Posting
Plan Data Transfer
Transfer from Financial Accounting
Example: Direct Assignment of External Activities
Example: Direct Posting of Revenues
Transfer from Sales and Distribution
Example: Transfer from Sales and Distribution
Transfer from Materials Management
Example: Goods Receipt for Purchase Orders
Example: Goods Receipt for Production Orders
Example: Invoice Receipt
Example: Goods Issue for Delivery Note
Example: Change in Material Prices/Revaluation
Example: Inventory Differences
Goods Movements between Profit Centers
Example: Material Consumption for a Production Order
Example: Consumption Posting Without Receiver Records
Example: Goods Issue for Delivery Note
Example: Stock Transfers
Transfer from Controlling
Example: Order Settlement
Example: Assessment/Distribution
Example: Assessment to Profitability Analysis
Example: Internal Cost Allocation
Example: Transfer Postings
Example: Calculation of Imputed Costs
Example: Transfer Price Allocation Between Partial Projects
Example: Settlement of Work in Process
Example: Production Variances
Transfer from Asset Accounting and Investment Management
Example: Capital Investment Measures
Example: Profits from Sale of Assets
Subsequent Posting of Actual Data
Prerequisites for Transferring Actual Data
Transferring Statistical Key Figures
Average Balance Ledger
Entering Actual Data and Statistical Key Figures using a Layout
Layout
Standard Layouts for Actual Data
Defining Layouts
Entering and Displaying Actual Values or Statistical Key Figures
Initial Screen
Characteristic Screen
Entry Screen (Actual Data)
Overview Screen (Statistical Key Figures)
Period Screen
Balance Sheet Items in Profit Center Accounting
Transferring Balance Sheet Items Periodically
Transferring Payables and Receivables
Example: Billing Document from SD
Example: Direct Revenue Posting in FI
Example: Purchase Order to Warehouse
Example: Direct Posting of Invoice Receipts in FI
Period Closing Activities for Payables/Receivables
Period Closing Activities for Material Stocks
Period Closing Activities for Work in Process
Period Closing Activities for Assets
Transferring Balance Sheet Items in Realtime
Balances Forward
Cash Discounts and Exchange Rate Differences
Assessment and Distribution
Preparation for Consolidation
Information System
Drilldown Reporting or Report Painter Reports?
Standard Reports
Standard Drilldown Reporting in Profit Center Accounting
Standard Report Painter Reports in Profit Center Accounting
Line Item Reports
Executing an Actual Line Item Report
Executing a Plan Line Item Report
Functions in Line Item Reports
Displaying Totals Records
Profit Center Master Data Index
Use of the Report/Report Interface
Example: Branching to Cost Center Reports
User-Defined Reports
Definition of Reports with Drilldown Reporting
Definition of Reports with the Report Painter
Calculating Profits Using the Cost-of-Sales Approach
Tools
Validation
Substitutions
Archiving
Archiving Objects in Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA)
Technical Data (EC-PCA)
Application-Specific Customizing (ECPCA)
Archiving-Object-Specific Customizing (EC-PCA)
Archiving Timeframes and Criteria (EC-PCA)
Authorizations (EC-PCA)
Variant Settings for Writing Programs (EC-PCA)
Display of Archived EC-PCA Line Items (ECPCA)
Application Link Enabling (ALE)