SAP Accounting Powered by SAP HANA – Moving Controlling and Finance Closer Part III

By Janet Salmon

New users have traditionally struggled to understand the way SAP separates Financial Accounting and Management Accounting where most legacy systems see the two as one. While it’s easy enough to understand how a payroll account flows from the profit and loss statement into cost center accounting because the account information stays the same, the situation becomes more challenging as a revenue account flows into profitability analysis and is transformed into a value field, or a cost of goods sold account becomes multiple value fields depending on the cost components involved. In its latest product release, SAP is bringing the two worlds closer together.

SAP Accounting Powered by SAP HANA – Moving Controlling and Finance Closer Part II

By Janet Salmon

New users have traditionally struggled to understand the way SAP separates Financial Accounting and Management Accounting where most legacy systems see the two as one. While it’s easy enough to understand how a payroll account flows from the profit and loss statement into cost center accounting because the account information stays the same, the situation becomes more challenging as a revenue account flows into profitability analysis and is transformed into a value field, or a cost of goods sold account becomes multiple value fields depending on the cost components involved. In its latest product release, SAP is bringing the two worlds closer together.

SAP Accounting powered by SAP HANA – Moving controlling and finance closer together - Part I

By Janet Salmon

New users have traditionally struggled to understand the way SAP separates Financial Accounting and Management Accounting where most legacy systems see the two as one. While it’s easy enough to understand how a payroll account flows from the profit and loss statement into cost center accounting because the account information stays the same, the situation becomes more challenging as a revenue account flows into profitability analysis and is transformed into a value field, or a cost of goods sold account becomes multiple value fields depending on the cost components involved. In its latest product release, SAP is bringing the two worlds closer together.

At the Controlling 2014 conference keynote address, Michael DeLeo, Director of Cost Accounting for CareFusion, presented a keynote address on BPC 10 on SAP HANA: How Speed Unlocks Innovation at CareFusion. Michael addressed the following topics:

Today, we are profiling Controlling 2015 speaker Kay Reisenauer. Kay Reisenauer is a Senior SAP Consultant at consolut, an international SAP consulting company, and has more than 7 years of SAP experience. After several successful SAP implementations in Europe and North America, Kay has expert insight and knowledge of SAP Controlling, Project Systems, and Business Intelligence. He is also an expert in SAP Security Management and regularly provides SAP training. He recently moved from Germany to the United States and is currently working on establishing consolut International LLC in the North American market. Learn more about Kay. 

Popular SAP Controlling speaker Paul Ovigele will present several sessions at Controlling 2015. Based on feedback from Controlling 2014, Paul has developed sessions on the topics attendees want to learn more about. Paul will present sessions on:

Five Expert Tips and Tricks for SAP CO and FI

By Paul Ovigele

Watch Paul Ovigele present a webinar on Five Expert Tips & Tricks for SAP Controlling & Financials:

Today, we are profiling Controlling 2015 speaker Marjorie Wright. Marjorie Wright is the founder of SimplyFI-CO, LLC: a boutique SAP training consulting company. She is an accomplished subject matter expert in SAP ERP business process and customizing and is a highly respected education consultant in the components of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, and Financial Supply Chain Management. 

New users have traditionally struggled to understand the way SAP separates Financial Accounting and Management Accounting where most legacy systems see the two as one. While it’s easy enough to understand how a payroll account flows from the profit and loss statement into cost center accounting because the account information stays the same, the situation becomes more challenging as a revenue account flows into profitability analysis and is transformed into a value field, or a cost of goods sold account becomes multiple value fields depending on the cost components involved. In its latest product release, SAP is bringing the two worlds closer together.

Electronic Bank Statement & Lockbox in SAP ERP: How is the lockbox file different from the electronic bank statement file?

By Lennart Ullmann and Claus Wild

How is the lockbox file different from the electronic bank statement file?

The lockbox file contains the remittance information the customers have sent to the bank, for example amount and number by invoice. That level of payment information allows easy reconciliation and clearing of open items in SAP Accounts Receivable. It is normally used for check payments only.

Within the electronic bank statement file you can have various types of payment transactions. The remittance information in the electronic bank statement file is limited and provides you with the consolidated amount paid by the customer. It is possible to use only one of these services, or both in combination, depending on the company’s needs.

When using lockbox and electronic bank statement it is important to set up the posting rules in SAP correctly to avoid incorrect postings. The main lockbox program will debit the bank clearing account for accounts receivables and post a credit entry to the bank clearing account for incoming checks (lockbox). In a second posting area, the program will debit the bank clearing account for incoming checks and clear open items in the customer accounts. The remaining open items on the bank clearing account for accounts receivables will be cleared through the electronic bank statement. The electronic bank statement will debit the main bank account and credit the bank clearing account for accounts receivable.

Excerpt from Electronic Bank Statement & Lockbox in SAP ERP by Lennart Ullmann and Claus Wild.