Category: Digital Transformation

UPA and Transfer Price

How does UPA interact with transfer price and impact on COGM and COGS ChatGPT said: Excellent follow-up 👍 — this goes right to the heart of Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA): how it interacts with Transfer Pricing (TP) and how that impacts COGM (Cost of Goods Manufactured) and COGS (Cost of Goods Sold). 🔑 1. Transfer … Continue reading UPA and Transfer Price

How UPA impacts Product-Costing, Group Valuation, Transfer Price?

🔑 1. What is Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA)? UPA harmonizes valuation approaches (legal, group, profit-center) in one Universal Journal (ACDOCA). No separate ledgers (like old profit center ledger 8A) → all valuations live in ACDOCA with different valuation views. Parallel valuations are handled consistently across FI, CO, ML, and Asset Accounting. More Details here : … Continue reading How UPA impacts Product-Costing, Group Valuation, Transfer Price?

How SAP S/4HANA Transfer pricing configuration works with SAP PaPM Operational Transfer Pricing?

Excellent question, 🙌 — this is where SAP S/4HANA Transfer Pricing (via UPA) meets SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) to deliver Operational Transfer Pricing (OTP). Let’s break it down clearly: 🔑 1. Transfer Pricing in S/4HANA (with UPA) In S/4HANA UPA, Transfer Pricing Variants (TPV) allow you to configure: Cost-Plus (Manufacturing markup) Sales-Minus (Commercial … Continue reading How SAP S/4HANA Transfer pricing configuration works with SAP PaPM Operational Transfer Pricing?

Cost-Plus (Manufacturing), Sales-Minus (Commercial) Transfer Pricing Set-up in ECC Vs S/4HANA UPA

Part-1 : What is Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA) Part-2 : ECC (Parallel Valuation) Vs S/4HANA Parallel Valuation with UPA Part-3 : ECC Configuration Part-4 In this Blog, we have a look at a step-by-step IMG configuration flow, which will make it much easier to see where Cost-Plus (Manufacturing) and Sales-Minus (Commercial) Transfer Pricing are set … Continue reading Cost-Plus (Manufacturing), Sales-Minus (Commercial) Transfer Pricing Set-up in ECC Vs S/4HANA UPA

Licensing and Costs of DAR in SAP S/4HANA Explained

In SAP S/4HANA, DAR stands for Document and Reporting Compliance (Advanced Reporting) — but in the AI/ML & Finance context that we have been discussing (Inventory Provision, Classification), DAR usually refers to “Data Attribute Recommendation”. 🔹 DAR = Data Attribute Recommendation It is an SAP AI Business Service that helps automate and improve master data … Continue reading Licensing and Costs of DAR in SAP S/4HANA Explained

Predictive MRP (pMRP) in SAP S/4HANA for simulating Supply/Demand Scenarios : Useful in Inventory-Provision

Definition Predictive Material Requirements Planning (pMRP) is a simulation tool in SAP S/4HANA (introduced in 1909 release, enhanced in later versions) that helps planners simulate future supply and demand situations without impacting live production data. It’s not a replacement of classic MRP Live (MD01N), but rather a strategic, scenario-based planning tool. 🔑 Key Features Simulation-Based … Continue reading Predictive MRP (pMRP) in SAP S/4HANA for simulating Supply/Demand Scenarios : Useful in Inventory-Provision

Digital Transformation : Tools for Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)

Various tools are available to support different aspects of Business Process Reengineering (BPR), from analysis and design to implementation and monitoring. Here are some common types of tools used in the BPR process: Process Modeling Tools: Microsoft Visio: A popular diagramming tool for creating flowcharts, process maps, and business process models. Lucidchart: An online platform … Continue reading Digital Transformation : Tools for Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)

SAP S/4HANA – what is scope or coverage of S/4HANA ??

Are you, like many others, confused about what is scope coverage of SAP S/4HANA ?? then this is the article for you. Here I try to throw some light on topic and list reasons that contribute to the question. But first thing first, I presume that you would be aware about SAP S/4HANA, the newly … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA – what is scope or coverage of S/4HANA ??

Want to Implement S/4HANA. Are you ready and prepared to start your Digital Transformation Journey ?

The awareness and interest in Digital Transformation is slowing picking up. I experienced that the Client as well as Support and Implementation partners want to know more about it. I have teams and clients enquiring – I want to implement S/4HANA. What do you suggest? What they want to know and check – where to start & what … Continue reading Want to Implement S/4HANA. Are you ready and prepared to start your Digital Transformation Journey ?

S/4HANA Adoption : A checklist

Happy to share the learnings gathered during my S/4HANA Journey so far: 1. Digital Transformation SHOULD NOT be RUN in PURE AGILE. Stick to ACTIVATE. Do not reinvent the wheel. Understand in detail available Best-practice processes. if required ask for / agree for multiple POC's. DESIGN Upfront, NOT in time-buckets or sprints.This would be Choice of recommendation for … Continue reading S/4HANA Adoption : A checklist

SAP S/4HANA and Level-6 BPML

What shoud we choose ? SAP Best Practice Business Process Master List (BPML)’s Levels (L1-L6) SAP S/4HANA Line-of-Business’s Business Area's List of Business-Processess   Today afternoon, one colleague called me as he desperately wanted the definitions of levels (L1-L6) in “Business Process Master List” (BPML). Being in SAP world for some time now, my immediate … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA and Level-6 BPML

Business Benefits (Use-Case) of SAP S/4 HANA

  https://blogs.sap.com/2015/10/13/business-benefits-use-case-of-sap-s4-hana/   Benefits of S4 HANA ? While one might be quick in identifying the “technical” differences and principles of SAP S/4 HANA, how do one tackle the question –> Does SAP S/4 HANA offer any tangible and immediate Business Benefits to my business? In this blog, I try to answer this question from … Continue reading Business Benefits (Use-Case) of SAP S/4 HANA

Remove the OLD, MAKE place for THE NEW – 2016 !!!

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/01/01/remove-the-old-make-place-for-the-new/ Happy New Year !!! Wishing you all fantastic 2016…. !!! As we all do (in one way or other), either at “eve of last day of old year” OR “NEW Beginning at first ray of NEW Year”  – we all do take stock-of-things, identify and remove the old and unwanted,  thus make space of the … Continue reading Remove the OLD, MAKE place for THE NEW – 2016 !!!

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management (Digital CORE) : Current Landscape & Evolution

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/09/27/sap-s4hana-enterprise-management-digital-core-current-landscape-evolution/   After aligning your business priorities to current and upcoming innovations within SAP S/4HANA, it is important to also consider how line-of-business processes from “ECC past” are currently covered between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Solutions, forming a modern landscape that is agile, integrated and supporting new business processes only made possible by being … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management (Digital CORE) : Current Landscape & Evolution

Analytics in S/4HANA World

  https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/25/analytics-in-s4hana-world-...-whats-new-and-expected/ Many Thanks to  Juergen from SAP who gave us a glimpse of what’s expected and on roadmaps of SAP S/4HANA Analytics. The session was interesting and detailed one, though half an hour was not just enough time to cover all that could have been shared and discussed on the topic. My personal thanks to … Continue reading Analytics in S/4HANA World