§Preface ... 15§§1. Introduction ... 25§§1.1 Basic Controlling Functions ... 29§§1.2 Essential Record-Keeping Functions ... 34§§1.3 Managing Close and Valuation Processes ... 41§§1.4 Preparing Budgets and Planning ... 44§§1.5 Process Analysis and Internal Controls ... 49§§1.6 Summary ... 50§§2. Reporting ... 53§§2.1 Cost Center Line Items ... 54§§2.2 Order Line Items ... 66§§2.3 Product Costs: Itemization ... 71§§2.4 Product Costs: Cost Objects ... 76§§2.5 Material Ledger ... 85§§2.6 Profitability Analysis Reports ... 88§§2.7 Summary ... 95§§3. Master Data Owned by Controlling ... 97§§3.1 How to Set Up Cost Centers ... 98§§3.2 Internal Orders ... 117§§3.3 Statistical Key Figures ... 127§§3.4 Statistical Key Figure Groups ... 130§§3.5 Activity Types ... 131§§3.6 Secondary Cost Elements ... 137§§3.7 Product Cost Collectors ... 143§§3.8 Cost Object Hierarchies ... 145§§3.9 Maintenance Issues ... 147§§3.10 Change Requests for a SOX-Compliant Master Data Process ... 152§§3.11 Summary ... 156§§4. Master Data for Which Controlling Is a Stakeholder ... 157§§4.1 Material Masters ... 159§§4.2 Customer Masters ... 171§§4.3 Bills of Material ... 173§§4.4 Routings ... 183§§4.5 Work Centers and Resources ... 188§§4.6 Procurement Alternatives and Mixed Costing ... 190§§4.7 Projects ... 194§§4.8 Investment Programs ... 198§§4.9 Primary Cost Elements and Profit and Loss Accounts ... 201§§4.10 Setting Prices for Product Costing ... 207§§4.11 Summary ... 214§§5. Planning and Budgeting ... 217§§5.1 Complete Sales Plan in a Manufacturing Environment ... 219§§5.2 Planning and Budgeting for Investment Programs ... 273§§5.3 Summary ... 285§§6. Actual Postings ... 287§§6.1 Integrated Process Flows: Buy, Make, and Sell ... 287§§6.2 Distribution of Usage Variances ... 318§§6.3 Integrated Process Flows: Other Logistics Scenarios ... 324§§6.4 Corrections or Adjustment Postings ... 347§§6.5 Cross-Company Postings ... 353§§6.6 Summary ... 358§§7. Period Close ... 359§§7.1 Allocations ... 360§§7.2 Calculations and Settlement ... 389§§7.3 Multilevel Actual Costing in Material Ledger ... 407§§7.4 CO-PA Processes ... 420§§7.5 Summary ... 425§§8. Reporting in SAP BW and SAP BusinessObjects ... 427§§8.1 Reporting on Large Data Volumes in SAP ERP ... 428§§8.2 How to Decide Whether You Need SAP BW for Reporting ... 436§§8.3 Cost Center Reporting in SAP BW ... 455§§8.4 Reporting with SAP BusinessObjects Tools ... 461§§8.5 Summary ... 470§§9. Master Data in a Multisystem/Shared Service Environment ... 471§§9.1 Change Requests in SAP ERP ... 474§§9.2 New Solutions for Handling Master Data in a Multisystem Environment ... 479§§9.3 Governance Requirements for Master Data ... 492§§9.4 Creating Change Requests in a Shared Service Center ... 498§§9.5 Summary ... 501§§10. Planning Using SAP BW Technologies ... 503§§10.1 Planning Applications in SAP ERP ... 505§§10.2 Planning Applications in SAP BW ... 509§§10.3 Orchestrating the Planning Process ... 527§§10.4 Summary ... 546§§11. Allocations Using SAP Cost and Profitability Management ... 547§§11.1 Template Allocations in SAP ERP ... 550§§11.2 Allocations in SAP PCM ... 559§§11.3 Customer Value Analysis Using SAP PCM ... 571§§11.4 Summary ... 575§§12. Period Close Using the SAP Financial Closing Cockpit ... 577§§12.1 New Options for Accelerating the Period Close ... 578§§12.2 Closing Tasks in Multiple Systems ... 609§§12.3 Transparency within the Close ... 613§§12.4 Summary ... 615§§13. SAP HANA and Its Impact on Controlling ... 617§§13.1 Impact on Existing Controlling Applications ... 620§§13.2 New Approaches to SAP Controlling ... 645§§13.3 New Applications in SAP Controlling ... 666§§13.4 Summary ... 681§§The Author ... 683§§Index ... 685§§