Uploading Additive Costs En Masse
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingAdditive costs are extra costs that are added to a material’s cost estimate which are not calculated through the system. They are used in addition to the costs that are...
View ArticleUnderstanding Bank Statement Posting Rules
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThe posting rules for Bank Statement processing have been around for over a decade, but I find that there are still a lot of people (consultants and end-users alike)...
View ArticleSetting a Tolerance Limit when Maintaining the GR/IR Account
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn most companies the Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt (GR/IR) clearing account is the most difficult to manage due to the number of lines that are posted to it. For this...
View ArticlePosting Planned Delivery Costs to a Separate Vendor
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingDelivery costs such as freight, customs, duty, and so on, can be planned on a purchase order so that an accrual is created when that order is goods received. This...
View ArticleInheriting Characteristic Values in CO-PA
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my previous blog, I describe how you can derive a partner function from the header or line item level of a sales order. The CO-PA characteristic that is used as a...
View ArticleDeriving Partner Functions Correctly in CO-PA
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingAn area which normally causes confusion in CO-PA is where a derivation needs to be made for a partner function. For those who do not know what a partner function is, it...
View ArticleUsing the Value Flow monitor to analyze Material Ledger differences
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my previous blog, I spoke about the possible causes of the “Not Distributed” and “Not Included” lines in the material ledger. A great tool that can be used to analyze...
View ArticleUsing Assessment and Distribution Cycles in the New General Ledger
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingWhen you hear the term “Assessment” or “Distribution” in SAP, you usually think of the allocations that are made in the Controlling module, typically between cost...
View ArticleUnderstanding the 'Not Distributed" and "Not Included" lines in the Material...
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingMaterial Ledger’s actual costing functionality is great tool for determining the actual cost of a material on a periodic basis. For those of you who use it, you probably...
View ArticleReversing CO-PA documents
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingThe Controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) module is one that inherits most of its actual data from other modules. Transactions which are made from modules such as...
View ArticleMaking Subsequent postings to CO-PA from other Modules
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIn my previous blog, titled “Reversing CO-PA Documents” I wrote about how you can cancel documents in the CO-PA module alone. This is normally needed either when you...
View ArticleImporting and Exporting of SAP Queries between clients
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingSAP Query is a very useful tool that functional consultants and power users can use to quickly create reports by joining tables or accessing a logical database. A great...
View ArticleHow to Make Profit Center Adjustments in the New General Ledger
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingA question that has been posed to me a few times is how one makes profit center adjustments when New G/L has been activated. For example when certain postings have been...
View ArticleGeneral Ledger Account settings for the New Deferred Tax Program
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingDeferred tax is a requirement in certain countries, whereby the Value Added Tax (VAT) is not applied to an invoice until a certain trigger-point, which is usually at the...
View ArticleChanging the WIP Calculation Basis on Manufacturing Orders
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingIf you use the Cost Object Controlling submodule of Product Cost Controlling then you probably calculate Work-in-Process (WIP) on a periodic basis. WIP basically takes...
View ArticleCharting Your Course in 2014: SAP ERP Financials
In this podcast, featured speaker and author Paul Ovigele reviews the major 2013 trends in SAP ERP Financials, and what SAP finance users should be looking for in 2014.
View ArticleCharting Your Course 2015: Paul Ovigele on SAP Financials
Paul Ovigele, CEO of Ovigele Consulting, joins SAPinsider's Ken Murphy to discuss the year in SAP Financials. Ovigele offers his perspective on what's important to know about SAP Simple Finance. Topics...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Automatic Account Assignment of your SAP General Ledger Accounts
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingEver wondered how you can easily find out where G/L accounts are assigned in the system? The assignment of accounts is made in several tables depending on which module...
View ArticleInsider Tips and Clever Workarounds for SAP Financials with Paul Ovigele
Listen in on this ILN exclusive podcast, as SAP Financials expert Paul Ovigele provides a few inside tips and clever workarounds to help make your job easier. For more tips, register for the upcoming...
View ArticleEffortless master data maintenance of your SAP G/L Accounts
Paul Ovigele, Ovigele ConsultingA very neat way of maintaining G/L account master data is by using the “Hierarchy Display” functionality. This enables you to see all the existing accounts and easily...
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