Publications
Author and SAP Financials Controlling expert John Jordan has written the following SAP FI/CO books on setting up and using the SAP Controlling module. You can purchase these books online from SAP Press.
If you are looking for a resource that shows you how to set up Controlling for Product Costing and how it integrates with other modules, this book is for you. Whether you're in Financials, Production Planning, Purchasing, Sales and Distribution, or have interest in the integrated areas of product costing, this book will teach you how overhead costs flow from financial postings to cost centers and then on to manufacturing orders. Find answers to your questions regarding the material ledger, transfer pricing, and reporting and discover how to address common problem areas, including month-end processing, long run times, and message and variance analysis.
Tip 36:You can reduce the clutter in cost estimate screens! Simplify cost estimate screens by reducing the number of cost component views listed. Although five cost component views are listed by default, you may not need to display them all. With this tip, you can learn how to view only the information you really want. Find out more on page 98.
The books in SAP Press "100 Things" series each provide 100 practical, little-known tips, tricks, and workarounds to help you get the most out of your SAP system.
Whether you’re a user, super-user, or consultant, you’ll find useful information to help you:
Save Time and Money: With the time-saving shortcuts and workarounds provided, users of all levels will get the most out of their daily interaction with the system.
Increase Efficiency:Use these insightful tips to configure screens to your personal needs, to significantly reduce the number of IT trouble tickets, and to work more efficiently. The books’ hands-on approach and easy-to-follow layout will help you to pick up new skills in no time.
Work Smarter:Your SAP user experience will be friendlier and easier, and you may even find yourself saying
"I had no idea you could do this that way!" or "I wish I had known how to do this a long time ago!"
Highlights
Whether you're an end user, manager, or consultant, this is your ultimate resource to the variance analysis cycle. This book presents a detailed explanation of how production variance analysis works in Controlling with SAP, and focuses on the processes and reports that assist with all phases of the Controlling process.
You'll learn Controlling concepts from a simple and easy-to-understand level, while being introduced to in-depth information on master data and configuration setup requirements, based on SAP ERP 6.0.
• Master production variance analysis in Controlling (CO) with SAP
• Reveal breakdown points in your company's performance and explore how these processes can be improved
• Learn how to make production processes more efficient to positively impact your bottom line
Updated and Revised Second Edition
Find new and updated information on long-term planning runs, marking allowance, configuring default yield and activity quantities during activity confirmation, and much more.
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The Author
John Jordan is Founder and Principal Consultant at ERP Corp., specializing in Controlling and all associated integration areas. He assists companies improve the transparency of their production costs, which results in increased efficiency and profitability. He speaks regularly at conferences and has written three best-selling SAP Press books.