Basics of COPA Assessment

1. CONTROLLING (CO)
BASICS – RELEVANT TO CO-PA

2. USE
This SAP module provides
user with information for
management decision-
making, showing where
costs have been incurred in
the organization and for
what purpose. It provides the
basis for associating the cost
of sales with the revenue
earned and for explaining
the value added by
production and investment
activities within the
organization..
CONTROLLING (CO)

3. CONTROLLING OBJECTS
Controlli
ng
Objects
True/Re
al
Objects
Statistic
al
Objects
These are
objects assigned
to every
financial
accounting
postings that
use cost
element as the
account.

4. CONTROLLING OBJECTS
Controlli
ng
Objects
True/Re
al
Objects
Statistic
al
Objects
1.Cost
Center
2.Orders
3.Profitabilit
y segments
Note: Postings
made to statistical
controlling objects
cannot be allocated
to other objects.

5. COPA (CONTROLLING –
PROFITABILITY
ANALYSIS)
INTRODUCTION & PROFITABILITY SEGMENT CONCEPT

6. USE
A functionality in SAP
which enables a user to
evaluate market segments,
which can be classified
according to products,
customers, orders or any
combination of these, or
strategic business units,
such as sales organizations
or business areas, with
respect to your company’s
profit.
PROFITABILITY
ANALYSIS (CO-
PA)

7. PROFITABILITY
SEGMENT
It is an object within a
profitability analysis to
which costs and revenues
are assigned. A profitability
segment in an operating
concern is defined by a
combination of characteristic
values.
PROFITABILITY
ANALYSIS (CO-
PA)

8. CHARACTERISTICS / PROFIT SEGMENTS
MATERIAL TYPE & MATERIAL
GROUP
SALES OFFICE
REGION
COO/CAN SIZE
SOURCE
BILL-TO-PARTY & SHIP-TO-
PARTY
COMPANY
PROFIT CENTER
PLANT
SALES ORG.
COUNTRY
SALES DOC TYPE
DIST. CHANNEL
DIVISION
CUSTOMER & CUST. GROUPS
PRODUCT & PROD.
HIERARCHIES
SALES GROUP
DAH DIST. CHANNEL

9. CHARACTERISTICS / PROFIT SEGMENTS
Company
Code Profit Center
Plant Plant
Sales Org
Distribution
Channel

10. CHARACTERISTICS / PROFIT SEGMENTS
Product
Hierarchies
Customer
Division
Product
Customer
Groups
Sales Doc.
Type

11. CHARACTERISTICS / PROFIT SEGMENTS
Region
Material
Group
Material
Type
Sales Office
COO/Can
Size
Country

12. CHARACTERISTICS / PROFIT SEGMENTS
Bill to Party
Source
Sales Group
DAH
Distribution
Channel
Ship to Party