Discover SAP Erp Financials

Revised
ISBN: 978-1-59229-429-9
Verlag: RHEINWERK PUB INC

Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 604 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 1043 g

Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch

You know that business financials are an essential part of every business, large or small, but do you how SAP ERP Financials can make it easier? From basic accounting and complex financial audits to reporting, SAP ERP Financials offers vast, diverse and customizable solutions. This title offers a very detailed, reader-friendly reference that will give you an in-depth overview of the key components of SAP ERP Financials. Perfect for new users, decision-makers, and power users, with this title you will learn how to improve your efficiency in key financial areas, including profitability analysis, financial supply chain management, cost-accounting, and more. Updated for SAP ERP 6.0, EhP 5 and 6 with an expanded focus on real world scenarios.

Highlights Include:

- Account receivables and payables

- Investment management

- Financial closing

- Travel Management

- Payroll accounting

- Consolidation

- Overhead cost management

- Project accounting

- Product costing

- Financial planning

- Profitability analysis

- Credit, collections, and dispute management

- Treasury and risk management

- Account determination

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patel, Manish

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments. 17

Preface. 19

1. Overview. 27

What Does SAP ERP Financials Offer You?. 29

Where Can You Use SAP ERP Financials?. 32

2. General Ledger. 39

Overview. 40

Functions in Detail. 41

Summary. 71

3. Receivables and Payables. 73

Overview. 73

Functions in Detail. 76

Summary. 106

4. Taxation. 107

Overview. 108

Functions in Detail. 109

Case Study. 135

Summary. 139

5. Bank Accounting. 141

Overview. 142

Bank Accounting Functions. 142

Case Study. 173

Summary. 176

6. Capitalization of Investments. 177

Overview. 178

Functions in Detail. 180

Case Study. 211

Summary. 215

7. Travel Management. 217

Overview. 218

Functions in Detail. 220

Case Study. 241

Summary. 244

8. Payroll Accounting. 247

Overview. 248

Functions in Detail. 250

Case Study. 277

Summary. 281

9. Consolidation. 283

Overview. 284

Functions in Detail. 285

Case Study. 312

Summary. 315

10. Overhead Cost Controlling. 317

Overview. 318

Functions in Detail. 320

Case Study. 345

Summary. 348

11. Project Accounting. 351

Overview. 351

Functions in Detail. 353

Case Study. 379

Summary. 383

12. Product Costing. 385

Overview. 386

Functions in Detail. 387

Case Study. 419

Summary. 421

13. Profitability Analysis. 423

Overview. 423

Functions in Detail. 425

Case Study. 452

Summary. 455

14. Financial Planning. 457

Overview. 458

Functions in Detail. 460

Case Study. 482

Summary. 484

15. Collections, Dispute, and Credit Management. 487

Overview. 488

Functions in Detail. 490

Case Study. 511

Summary. 515

16. Cash and Liquidity Management. 517

Overview. 518

Functions in Detail. 520

Case Study. 539

Summary. 543

17. Treasury and Risk Management. 545

Overview. 546

Functions in Detail. 547

Summary. 576

Appendices. 577

A. The Author. 577

B. Glossary. 579

Index. 589

Über Autor(innen)

Patel, Manish
Manish Patel is a senior SAP professional with close to 20 years of experience in the IT industry. After graduating from Bombay University, Manish worked at an Indian software company on various financials projects in Asia Pacific. During his tenure at this company, he gained experience as a finance lead responsible for implementing the company’s indigenously developed ERP system.

After forming his solid foundation at this company in the various areas of software development and project management, he started his career as an SAP consultant. Over last 15 years, he has worked on variety of SAP projects in number of different industries. He has also conducted several successful SAP trainings at various training locations of SAP America. This breadth of assignments honed his abilities to successfully perform different roles in an SAP project ranging from system configuration to project management.

He is also the author of a best selling book SAP Account Determination published by SAP Press, targeted at the technical and consulting SAP community. The book explores vital design elements that carry out automatic determination of GL accounts from business transactions in various SAP components.

Manish enjoys working through the challenges and complexities that are inherent in implementation of such an enterprise wide system. He understands that experiences and after-effects of such implementations can range from justifiably thrilling to maddeningly frustrating. Hence, he thrives in contributing to ease transition of SAP users into the new, integrated world of SAP. This book is an attempt to ease such transition
Manish enjoys living in the sunny California, USA. He can be reached on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kreativemanish

Manish Patel is a senior SAP professional with almost 15
years of experience in the IT industry. After graduating from Bombay University, Manish worked at an Indian software company on various financials projects in the Asia Pacific region. During his tenure at this company, he gained experience as the finance lead responsible for implementing the company’s indigenously-developed ERP system. Over last ten years, he has worked on variety of SAP projects in a number of different industries. He has also conducted several successful SAP trainings at various SAP Americas facilities. This breadth of assignments has honed his abilities to successfully perform different roles in an SAP project, ranging from system configuration to project management. He is currently working as a Senior SAP Solutions Consultant in Northern California.

He is also the author of bestselling books SAP Account Determination and Discover SAP ERP Financials, published by SAP PRESS in English and in German. The account determination book is targeted at the technical and consulting community. The book explores vital design elements that carry out automatic determination of GL accounts from business transactions in various SAP components. The Discover series book describes functionalities of 19+ SAP Financials components. It is primarily targeted at decision makers and project managers. However, it is also useful for technical people who want to understand business logic underlying available functionalities.

Manish enjoys working through the challenges and complexities that are inherent in the implementation of such a full-featured enterprise-wide system. He is keenly aware of the potential constraints and other non-technical aspects that limit scope of initial SAP implementations.