Production Variance Analysis in SAP S/4HANA

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Publisher SAP PRESS

Year / Edition 2023 / 1

Pages 301

Authors John Jordan, Janet Salmon

Production Variance Analysis in SAP S/4HANA

To effectively plan production costs, you know that guesswork and projections aren’t enough. Optimize your production processes—and increase profitability—with this guide to production variance analysis in SAP S/4HANA. Start with the planning basics, and then perform costing runs and create cost estimates. See how to post actual costs with the Universal Journal, analyze variance during period-end processing, and assess scrap. Get details on SAP Fiori apps for reporting and the road ahead for variance analysis in this comprehensive resource!

Master variance analysis to improve profitability and production processes with SAP S/4HANA
Create cost estimates, assess actual postings, perform period-end close, and analyze scrap with step-by-step instructions
Discover the new real-time accounting approach and key SAP Fiori apps

You'll learn about:

Product Costing:
Compare planned versus actual costs in SAP S/4HANA. Walk through key product master data, and then create standard, preliminary, and mixed cost estimates. Post actual costs and analyze them using the Universal Journal and SAP Fiori apps.
Variance Calculation:
Analyze variance at period-end close. Follow step-by-step instructions to configure and perform production variance analysis for the cost center, purchase price, and scrap. See how the Material Ledger and actual costing impact variance analysis.
Reporting:
Explore your reporting options for production variance analysis in SAP S/4HANA: analysis reports, detailed reports, line item reports, production order reports, and cost center reports.

Key Highlights:

Cost estimation
Actual postings
Product cost analysis
Period-end close
Variance configuration
Cost center variance
Purchase price variance
Scrap variance
Universal Journal
Material Ledger
Reporting

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Preface
- How This Book Is Organized
- Acknowledgments
1 Initial Planning
- 1.1 Sales and Operations Planning
- 1.2 Long-Term Planning
  - 1.2.1 Change Planned Independent Requirements
  - 1.2.2 Create Planning Scenario
  - 1.2.3 Long-Term Planning Run
  - 1.2.4 Transfer Requirements to Purchasing
  - 1.2.5 Transfer Activity Quantities to Cost Center Accounting
- 1.3 Cost Center Planning
  - 1.3.1 Primary Costs
  - 1.3.2 Review Planning Data
  - 1.3.3 Activity Pricing
- 1.4 Summary
2 Cost Estimates
- 2.1 Master Data
  - 2.1.1 Material Master
  - 2.1.2 Bill of Material
  - 2.1.3 Work Center
  - 2.1.4 Routing
  - 2.1.5 Product Cost Collector
- 2.2 Overhead Costs
  - 2.2.1 Activities
  - 2.2.2 Templates
  - 2.2.3 Costing Sheets
- 2.3 Cost Components
  - 2.3.1 Primary Cost Component Split
  - 2.3.2 Assign Cost Elements
  - 2.3.3 Assign Origin Groups
- 2.4 Costing Variant
  - 2.4.1 Costing Type
  - 2.4.2 Valuation Variant
  - 2.4.3 Date Control
  - 2.4.4 Transfer Control
- 2.5 Standard Cost Estimate
  - 2.5.1 Create
  - 2.5.2 Mark and Release
- 2.6 Costing Run
  - 2.6.1 Selection
  - 2.6.2 Costing
  - 2.6.3 Analysis
  - 2.6.4 Marking
  - 2.6.5 Release
- 2.7 Preliminary Cost Estimate
  - 2.7.1 Product Cost Collector
  - 2.7.2 Production Order
- 2.8 Mixed Cost Estimate
  - 2.8.1 Quantity Structure and Costing Version
  - 2.8.2 Create Procurement Alternative
  - 2.8.3 Define Mixing Ratios
  - 2.8.4 Create Mixed Cost Estimate
- 2.9 Summary
3 Actual Costs
- 3.1 Primary Costs
  - 3.1.1 General Ledger Account Type
  - 3.1.2 Cost Element Category
  - 3.1.3 Cost Object Assignment
- 3.2 Secondary Costs
  - 3.2.1 Assessment
  - 3.2.2 Activity Confirmation
- 3.3 Credits
  - 3.3.1 Primary Credits
  - 3.3.2 Secondary Credits
- 3.4 Post Actual Costs
  - 3.4.1 Create Production Order
  - 3.4.2 Confirm Activities
  - 3.4.3 Default Activities
  - 3.4.4 Operation Sequence
- 3.5 Report Actual Costs
  - 3.5.1 SAP GUI Transactions
  - 3.5.2 SAP Fiori Apps
- 3.6 Summary
4 Period-End Processing
- 4.1 Types of Variance Calculation
  - 4.1.1 Total Variance
  - 4.1.2 Production Variance
  - 4.1.3 Planning Variance
- 4.2 Variance Configuration
  - 4.2.1 Define Variance Keys
  - 4.2.2 Define Default Variance Keys for Plants
  - 4.2.3 Define Variance Variants
  - 4.2.4 Define Valuation Variant for Scrap and Work in Process
  - 4.2.5 Define Target Cost Versions
- 4.3 Variance Categories
  - 4.3.1 Input Variances
  - 4.3.2 Output Variances
- 4.4 Period End
  - 4.4.1 Overhead
  - 4.4.2 Work in Process
  - 4.4.3 Variance Calculation
  - 4.4.4 Settlement
- 4.5 Cost Center Variances
  - 4.5.1 Information System
  - 4.5.2 Target Cost Analysis
  - 4.5.3 Variance Analysis
  - 4.5.4 Actual Price Calculation
- 4.6 Purchase Price Variance
  - 4.6.1 Configuration
  - 4.6.2 Reporting
- 4.7 Actual Costing
- 4.8 Summary
5 Scrap Variance
- 5.1 Scrap Basics
- 5.2 Assembly Scrap
  - 5.2.1 Assembly Scrap Definition
  - 5.2.2 Assembly Scrap Quantities
  - 5.2.3 Assembly Scrap Master Data
  - 5.2.4 Planned Assembly Scrap Costs
  - 5.2.5 Actual Assembly Scrap Costs
  - 5.2.6 Variance Calculation
  - 5.2.7 Assembly Scrap Target/Actual
- 5.3 Component Scrap
  - 5.3.1 Component Scrap Definition
  - 5.3.2 Component Scrap Quantities
  - 5.3.3 Component Scrap Master Data
  - 5.3.4 Planned Component Scrap Costs
  - 5.3.5 Actual Component Scrap Costs
  - 5.3.6 Variance Calculation
  - 5.3.7 Component Scrap Target/Actual
- 5.4 Operation Scrap
  - 5.4.1 Operation Scrap Definition
  - 5.4.2 Operation Scrap Quantities
  - 5.4.3 Operation Scrap Master Data
  - 5.4.4 Planned Operation Scrap Costs
  - 5.4.5 Actual Operation Scrap Costs
  - 5.4.6 Variance Calculation
  - 5.4.7 Operation Scrap Target/Actual
- 5.5 Combined Scrap
  - 5.5.1 Component Scrap
  - 5.5.2 Component and Operation Scrap
  - 5.5.3 Component, Operation, and Assembly Scrap
  - 5.5.4 BOM Item Operation Scrap
  - 5.5.5 Operation and Assembly Scrap
  - 5.5.6 Calculate Assembly Scrap
- 5.6 Summary
6 Reporting
- 6.1 Margin Analysis
- 6.2 Summarized Analysis Reports
  - 6.2.1 Product Drilldown Reports
  - 6.2.2 Summarization Hierarchy Reports
- 6.3 Detailed Reports
- 6.4 Line-Item Reports
  - 6.4.1 Display Actual Costs Report
  - 6.4.2 Display Line Items – Controlling App
- 6.5 Production Order Reports
  - 6.5.1 Order Information System
  - 6.5.2 Order Selection
- 6.6 Cost Center Reports
  - 6.6.1 Cost Centers: Actual/Plan/Variance Report
  - 6.6.2 Cost Centers – Plan/Actual App
- 6.7 Summary
7 Future Direction of Variance Analysis
- 7.1 Event-Based Production Orders
- 7.2 Variance Categories
- 7.3 Production Variance in Margin Analysis
- 7.4 Summary
Appendices
- A Glossary
- B Additional Resources
  - B.1 More from the Authors
  - B.2 SAP Conferences
  - B.3 ERP Corp
- C The Authors
Index

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