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

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ... 17Preface ... 191. Overview ... 27What Does SAP ERP Financials Offer You? ... 29 Where Can You Use SAP ERP Financials? ... 322. General Ledger ... 39Overview ... 40 Functions in Detail ... 41 Summary ... 713. Receivables and Payables ... 73Overview ... 73 Functions in Detail ... 76 Summary ... 1064. Taxation ... 107Overview ... 108 Functions in Detail ... 109 Case Study ... 135 Summary ... 1395. Bank Accounting ... 141Overview ... 142 Bank Accounting Functions ... 142 Case Study ... 173 Summary ... 1766. Capitalization of Investments ... 177Overview ... 178 Functions in Detail ... 180 Case Study ... 211 Summary ... 2157. Travel Management ... 217Overview ... 218 Functions in Detail ... 220 Case Study ... 241 Summary ... 2448. Payroll Accounting ... 247Overview ... 248 Functions in Detail ... 250 Case Study ... 277 Summary ... 2819. Consolidation ... 283Overview ... 284 Functions in Detail ... 285 Case Study ... 312 Summary ... 31510. Overhead Cost Controlling ... 317Overview ... 318 Functions in Detail ... 320 Case Study ... 345 Summary ... 34811. Project Accounting ... 351Overview ... 351 Functions in Detail ... 353 Case Study ... 379 Summary ... 38312. Product Costing ... 385Overview ... 386 Functions in Detail ... 387 Case Study ... 419 Summary ... 42113. Profitability Analysis ... 423Overview ... 423 Functions in Detail ... 425 Case Study ... 452 Summary ... 45514. Financial Planning ... 457Overview ... 458 Functions in Detail ... 460 Case Study ... 482 Summary ... 48415. Collections, Dispute, and Credit Management ... 487Overview ... 488 Functions in Detail ... 490 Case Study ... 511 Summary ... 51516. Cash and Liquidity Management ... 517Overview ... 518 Functions in Detail ... 520 Case Study ... 539 Summary ... 54317. Treasury and Risk Management ... 545Overview ... 546 Functions in Detail ... 547 Summary ... 576Appendices ... 577A ... The Author ... 577 B ... Glossary ... 579Index ... 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.