Understanding Product Costing: FG, SFG, and Overheads Simplified

In Valuation variant can there be one costing-sheet for FG and SFG and one for Material components maintained for each plant ? Short answer: ✅ YES — and this is actually a recommended best practiceYou can have: One costing sheet for FG & SFGAnother costing sheet for material components (RM / PM / semi inputs)Assigned … Continue reading Understanding Product Costing: FG, SFG, and Overheads Simplified

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?

Sales Order Costing – Part 3 : config-Checklist

a step-by-step configuration checklist (blueprint) for Sales Order Costing in SAP. This sequence ensures you don’t miss dependencies and can move smoothly from CO setup → SD integration → execution. 🔹 Sales Order Costing Configuration Checklist Step 1: Define Costing Variants (Planned & Actual) T-code: OKKN SPRO Path:Controlling → Product Cost Controlling → Product Cost … Continue reading Sales Order Costing – Part 3 : config-Checklist

Sales Order Costing – Part1

SAP Sales Order Costing, which is a concept used in Sales Order Management + Controlling (CO) in SAP, primarily relevant when you’re dealing with make-to-order (MTO) or engineer-to-order (ETO) production scenarios. Let me break it down for you: 🔹 What is Sales Order Costing in SAP? Sales Order Costing is a cost management and profitability … Continue reading Sales Order Costing – Part1

Internal Order vs Project WBS- Part5

Statistical Internal Order Vs Statistical Project WBS : Part1, Part2, Part3, Part4 Drawing a parallel between Statistical Internal Orders (IOs) and how the same concept applies in Work Breakdown Structures (WBS elements) in SAP Project System (PS) is the reason for this blog. Here’s the comparison and how to use them: 🔹 Background Statistical Internal … Continue reading Internal Order vs Project WBS- Part5

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

SAP S/4HANA Inventory Slow-Moving/Non-Moving using AI/ML – Part 2

What AI Functionality is available in SAP S/4HANA for Inventory provision In SAP S/4HANA (2023 release) there isn’t a single packaged feature called “Inventory Provision with AI”, but there are multiple embedded Machine Learning and Business AI capabilities that can be configured to support or automate the inventory provision process (i.e., creating provisions for slow-moving, … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA Inventory Slow-Moving/Non-Moving using AI/ML – Part 2

Market Leaders in Machine Learning (ML) space

Note : This blog is NOT an attempt to explain the ML platforms. This content will provide a good foundation to start on the Topic and then one deep-dive to gather more details and insights about each market leader. If you are looking for the considerations and/or parameters for choosing between SAP and dedicated platforms, … Continue reading Market Leaders in Machine Learning (ML) space

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SAP S/4HANA 1709 – sneak preview

https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/26/sap-s4hana-1709-sneak-preview/ SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management OnPremise version 1709 is awaited with eager eyes. Reason – It is promising version with multiple changes and NEW innovations across Line of business (LOB)s. With 1511 and 1610 versions of S/4HANA Enterprise Management, building blocks were laid down, with some CORE data-model changes, FIORI Analytical Applications, VDM’s starting … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1709 – sneak preview

Data-Migration in S/4HANA On-Premise – LSMW ? SAP RDM Content? Migration Cockpit ? SI Tools

Is LSMW available / valid in SAP S/4HANA On- Premise ? I have received this particular QUESTION a number of times and hence an attempt to answer it thru this blog. Well First things first : Q: What is LSMW & what’s it’s use ? A: The Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) is an … Continue reading Data-Migration in S/4HANA On-Premise – LSMW ? SAP RDM Content? Migration Cockpit ? SI Tools

S/4HANA – Business Partner

S/4HANA – Business Partner, BP to Customer, BP to Vendor, BP to CVI Greetings, As S/4HANA gains popularity, still, there are many questions related to basic mendatory features in S/4HANA. Especially for people who have not worked earlier on these MENDATORY feature of S/4 have many questions related to feature. One of them is Business … Continue reading S/4HANA – Business Partner

Should I use SAP S/4HANA Readiness Check or Simplification-item Check ?

https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/18/should-i-use-sap-s4hana-readiness-check-or-simplification-item-check/ Hi, 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 … Continue reading Should I use SAP S/4HANA Readiness Check or Simplification-item Check ?