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Learn how to plan and analyze contribution margins using SAP's best practices. Gain insights into transferring cost data, valuating variable costs, and calculating sales prices. Enhance your profitability reporting and optimize cost control.
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Contribution Margin Planning SAP Best Practices
Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps • Purpose • Plan and analyze contribution margins without regard to a specific sales process. • Benefits • Planning cost data is transferred from the CO-PC module to valuate the variable cost in CO-PA planning. Then system can calculate the sales price that is necessary to reach the target margin based on the unit variable costs (based on standard or actual). • Using profitability report, several key figures such as Net sales, Cost, Margin, and so on, can be analyzed by various criteria, for example by sales organization, material or product hierarchy. • Key Process Steps • Post Costs to Cost Centers • Transfer Cost Center Costs to CO-PA • Contribution Margin Planning Based on Standard Cost • Contribution Margin Planning Based on actual
Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required SAP Applications • Enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • General Ledger Accountant • Enterprise Controller • Product Cost Controller
Process Flow Diagram Contribution Margin Planning Event Periodic evaluation on operation analysis General Ledger Accountant Post Costs to Cost Centers Enterprise Controller Transfer Cost Center Costs to CO-PA Contribution Margin Planning Contribution Margin Planning Based on Actual Execute the Profitability report Planning Method Base Change Activity price based on actual Contribution Margin Planning Based on Standard Cost Actual Standard Product Cost Controller Create Standard Cost Estimate for Materials (291 2.5.3 and 2.5.4) Actual Cost Estimate
Diagram Connection Legend <Function> Hardcopy / Document External to SAP Financial Actuals Business Activity / Event Budget Planning Unit Process Manual Process Process Reference Existing Version / Data Sub-Process Reference Process Decision System Pass/Fail Decision