Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to teach students to use PCA as a financial controlling instrument. The accounting principles of Profit Center Accounting and its goals are illustrated. The use of Profit Center Accounting within the SAP/R3 system and links to other areas of SAP R/3 are shown.
Learn To:
- The positioning of Profit Center Accounting within the accounting area.
- Profit Center Accounting within SAP R/3 and its possibilities.
- Information and value chains within the logistics and accounting area.
- The creation of SAP standard reports for period accounting, cost of sales accounting and return on investment.
Content Emphasis
Skills-Based
Audience
This course is primarily designed for potential users, interested in learning about the benefits of Profit Center Accounting within R/3. Target groups are project members, part of the Profit Center, employees within centralized or decentralized controlling processes and individuals responsible for Profit Centers. Participants should have completed the following courses:
· 12286 SD Order processing.
· 12280 Cost Center Accounting 1
· 12277 FI General Ledger
· 12276 FI Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
· 12279 FI Balance Sheet
Total Learning Time
5 - 7 Hour(s)
Course Contents
Unit 1: Introduction
Duration: 2 Hour(s)
- Types of profitability reports within SAP R/3.
- Profit Center Accounting.
- Definition, content and goals of profitability reports.
- Types of Profit Center Accounting.
- Profit Center Accounting and SAP R/3 organization structures.
- Profit Centers and company structure.
- Profit Center master data.
- Post assignments and the connection to Profit Centers.
- Profit Center planning.
Unit 2: Transfer of Costs into the Profit Center Invoice
Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s)
- Company Processes causing costs.
- Automatically books within the Profit Center invoice.
- Manual Bookings within the Profit Center invoice.
- Transfer of cost center costs.
- Transfer of order costs.
- Differences of transfer of costs within period accounting and cost of sales accounting.
- Transfer of change in stock.
- Allocation of costs to their functional areas.
- Consequences of false allocations.
- Allocation overview and dummy-Profit-Center.
Unit 3: Transfer of Revenue to the Profit Center Invoice
Duration: 1 - 2 Hour(s)
- Profit objects within the Profit Center invoice.
- Client order and Profit Center.
- Profit objects and material masters.
- Mass allocation of materials to Profit Centers.
- Transfer of revenue from an invoice.
- Transfer of revenue from an order.
Unit 4: Reporting
Duration: 1 Hour(s)
- Profitability analysis.
- Profitability analysis of the period accounting.
- Profitability analysis of the cost of sales accounting.
- Allocation of balance sheet items to Profit Centers.
- Assets accounting and stock of materials.
- Receivable and payable.
- Further balance sheet items.
- Total keys in Profit Center accounting.
- Return on investment.
- Further total keys.