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Overview of SAP Investment Management Module
Understanding of Investment Management Programs and
various Investment measures
Understanding of Planning, Investment and Financing
processes
Understanding of various Investment Scenarios
Understanding of integration points with other Modules
2
Objectives
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
3
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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Introduction - Project Systems
What is a Project?
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create an unique product or service, as a result
that a company carries out, characterized by the uniqueness of its general conditions
and constraints. These conditions include,
Objectives of the project
Time frame for executing it
Financial and capacity-related restrictions
Projects usually involve cross-departmental and highly complex business processes.
Projects are often cost-intensive, time-consuming, and of strategic importance.
SAP PS
SAP PS is a project management tool that assists you throughout all the phases of
your project. Through the high level of integration between SAP PS and other SAP
functions, such as Logistics, Accounting, and Human Resources, SAP PS ensures
that the necessary business processes are handled quickly and efficiently.
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Introduction - Project Systems
Project Types
Investment Projects
Overhead Cost Projects
Capital Investment Projects
Customer Projects
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Key Functions:
To carry out complex, unique, and high degree of
risk activities in a structured manner.
To monitor dates and schedules.
To monitor costs and revenues.
To Control of budget .
To trigger Billing schedules, cash flow plans.
Resource allocation and monitoring.
To monitor, track and control Project purchases.
To monitor the Project progress w.r.t. Cost, Time,
Revenue and % of completion.
Simulations and Flexible reporting
Introduction - Project Systems (cont…)
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Introduction - Project Systems (cont…)
Comparison with Other Applications:
Flexibility of PS making its use more common
Flexibility to Operate Higher level with in the
Organization.
Flexibility in integrating with other external
applications.
Close integration of SAP Project System with
Accounting, Materials Management, Sales,
Production, Human Resources
FI/CO has a much broader usage on projects
Flexible authorization allows distribution of
Budgeting functionalities to various Org. Roles
Flexible Reporting and Monitoring tools
Tight integration with new generation Project
Management tools
SAP Project System offers functions for managing
practically all types of projects
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Introduction - Project Systems (cont…)
Project System Org. Structure Elements
The Project System has no organizational structures of its own. Various elements
already defined in Accounting and Logistics will be used in Projects. These elements
will be assigned to various Project Structure elements. Required elements are:
Controlling Area
Business Area if defined
Company Code
Profit Centre
Plant
Currency
Technical Location/Equipment
Responsible Cost Center
Investment Program
Joint Venture
Jurisdiction Code
Purchase Organization
Purchase Group
Storage Location
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Investment Project Process
Production Administration Maintenance
I M
Inv. Prog
“Investment Positions”
Approval
Budgeting
Implementation
Retirement
Replacement
investment
Planning
Idea
Appropriation
Request
Investment
Measure
“Pre-Investment”
Business Planning
Settlement and
capitalization
Maintenance
and use
9
PS
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Customer Project Process ( ETO)
Create Quotation
Create Sales Order
SD
Create Enquiry
Proj. Planning
Budgeting & Approvals
Procurement
Settlement
Project Close
Proj. Creation
Proj. Execution
Delivery
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PS
Billing & Invoicing
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Customer Project Process - Construction
Create Project
Enquiry to Proj.
Create Enquiry
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PS
Standard WBS
Standard Network
Concept & Product
Development
Schedule Project
Vendor Quotations
Price Comparison
Make Or Buy
Buy
Make
Assign Mat to Proj.
Proj. Simulation
Create PO
GR
Create Sale Order
Create Billing &
Invoice Plan
Release Project
Production Order
Execute Order
Confirm Order
GR for Order
Release Execution
Delivery & Billing
Project Close
PP MM
SD
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-Sales promotion
Proj
-Sales Campaign
- ETO process
- Milestone Billing
- Stocks
- reservations
- Material issue
- Material Value
- Direct Capitalization
- Invoice receipt
- Revenue recognition
- Person Responsible
- Workflow
- Partner functions
- Confirmation with
personnel number
-Capitalisation
- Depreciation
- AuC
- Asset balances
- Financial Statements
- Purchasing
- Contract
- Goods receipt
- Invoice receipt
- Assembly
processing
- IM Program
- Position ID
- AR
- Budget Distribution
- Proj. Creation
- Internal Order
controlling
- Settlement
- Cost Centre
accounting
- Settlement CC
SD
MM
FI
CO IM
PP
MM
AM
HR
Project Systems
Project Structure
History
PS
Integration Functions With Other Modules
- Order Creation
- Planning
- Budgeting
- Order Cost control
- AuC, Fixed Asset
PM
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
13
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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To process end to end process of a project, the project goals must be defined and
activities to be carried out must be structured. A clearly defined structured project is
the basis for its planning, monitoring, control and success.
Project Structures
Depending on the type of project and the monitoring needs, projects in the Project
System can be structured using:
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
We can use either Operative Projects or Standard projects for structuring the Project.
Standard WBS and standard networks allow you to standardize and reuse structures
and sequences of events in a project.
Networks/Activities
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Project Definitions
Work Breakdown Structures
WBS Elements
Project Definitions
Project Definition and Work Breakdown Structure
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Confirmation
Goods Issue
Resource usage
Basic Dates
Scheduled Dates
Actual Dates
Original Budget
Budget Updates
Release Budgets
Availability Control
Purchase Requisition
Purchase Order
Dates:
Budget:
Commitments:
Execution:
“WBS Structure”
Planned Costs/Revenues
Actual costs/Revenue
Costs & Revenues:
Overheads
Settlement
Earned Value Analysis
Periodic Processing:
Breakdown Structures used for?
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Control
Field Key
Simulation
Status Profile
Validation
Substitution
Controlling
Object Class
Planner Profile
Budget Profile
Settlement Profile
investment Profile
…
Planning Board / Dates
WBS Scheduling
Planning Board Profile
Hierarchy Graphic
Network Profile
Capacity req Planning
…
Organization
Controlling Area
Company Code
Business Area
Profit center
Plant
Proj Currency
Project Profile
Project Profile
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CRTD
CRTD CRTD
CRTD CRTD CRTD CRTD
PREL
PREL REL
CRTD REL REL REL
What is Status control used for?
To allow or Block certain business
transactions.
How?
Status are activated manually or
automatically by the system.
Which elements?
Project definition and WBS
elements are affected.
Why system and user status?
User status adds detail to the
system Status.
System Status & User Status Control
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Networks and Activities
Network / Activities
Networks
A network represents the flow of a project or of a task within a
project.
During the life of a project, networks are used as a basis for
planning, analyzing, controlling and monitoring schedules,
dates and resources (such as people, machines, materials,
documents and drawings). You can assign networks to a
project.
A network is a special type of work order that has the same
structure as production orders, maintenance orders, and
inspection orders in the System.
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Milestone Trend analysis
Billing Milestones
Work
Dates, Capacities
Costs
Dates
Costs
Commitments
Payments
Dates
Costs
Commitments
Payments
Purchased Parts
Overheads
Settlement
Process Costs
Dates
Costs
Payments
Activities and Networks - Functions
Internal Activity:
External Activity /
Service:
Material:
Periodic Processing:
Costs Activity:
Milestones:
“Network”
April
7
May
June
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Work Breakdown Structures & Network comparison
WBS1
WBS1.1 WBS1.2
WBS1.1.1 WBS1.1.2 WBS1.2.1 WBS1.2.2
10
30
20
40 Network
WBS
Cost Control and Reporting
Reflects Ownership
Hierarchical Structuring
NETWORK
Work Control
Reflects Execution Process
Spread across Different WBS
elements
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
25
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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Project planning is part of project management, which relates to the use of Gantt charts
and Project builder and subsequently report progress within the project environment. Before
going for the planning phase, project scope and Work breakdown structure ready along with
activities and Networks.
During the planning phase of a project, dates must be set, resources made available, and
consumption of materials and funds planned. This unit provides you with an overview of the
various planning options available using work breakdown structures, networks, and activities.
Planning req.
Date Planning
Resource Planning
Materials Planning
Cost and Revenue Planning
External Activities
Project Planning
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Top Down
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
The dates that maintain in the
subordinate WBS elements must lie
within the dates periods of the
superior WBS elements.
Basic Date Planning Methods
Bottom Up
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
The dates of the superior WBS
elements are only changed, if they
do not include the dates of the
subordinate WBS elements.
Strict Bottom Up
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
If already entered dates for the
superior WBS elements, the system
deletes them, and calculates new
dates based on the dates of the
subordinate WBS elements.
Plan the dates without
Hierarchical dependencies
Free Planning
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
Basic &
Forecast
Methods
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Resources Planning
Internal Activity
Work Elements
Capacity
requirements,
planned dates,
costs
Workforce planning
Capacity Analysis
Capacity
Leveling
Confirmation
Capacity load
reduction, actual
dates, costs
Use this component to plan the resources required for the work that is carried out internally
in a project. Fig shows the Lifecycle of an internal activity
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Resources Planning
Important steps involved in resource planning are
Capacity Leveling
Generate capacity requirements in a Project by
Assigning internally processed network activities to a work center
Entering a value for work
Scheduling the network
After gathering all the requirements, next step is capacity leveling with reference to
available capacity of the assigned Work center. System requires the following date from
the work center to determine capacity
Operating time
Formula for the duration of internal processing
Calendar
Formula for the capacity requirements of internal processing activities
Workforce planning
Use this function to distribute work in internal activities of a project to personal
resources according to periods. Possible personal resources which we can assign to
internal activities are person, position and Organizational units from HR.
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Workforce Planning
This function will be used to distribute internal project work to personal resources available in
HR system.
Prerequisites:
HR Mini Master
Work center assignment to activity
Person belong to project team
Workforce planning Profile
Workforce planning can be carried out with a project view or a work center view, depending
on the responsibilities. In reporting analysis can be done from project, work center, and
personnel resource views.
The work distributed to a person can be used as a default by the system for the Time Sheet
(CATS), when entering personal working times.
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Project: CP-0001
Network 5000000
Activity 0010
Network 5000000
Activity 0010
Person 1
Person 2
Person 1
Person 2
Duration of activity
Duration of activity
Work Center 1421
Network 5000000
Activity 0010
Network 5000000
Activity 0010
Person 1
Person 1
Duration of activity
Duration of activity
Network 5000000
Activity 0020
Project
view
Work
Center
View
Period (day week, …)
Period (day week, …)
Workforce Planning (Cont…)
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Material Planning
Materials are required to perform an activity in a project. In this step, required materials for
the projects are either developed or identified. Identified materials will be assigned to network
activities there by monitor the material requirements, costs in projects, control the flow of
materials and scheduling. These material components in the networks can be managed in
various stocks.
Various features of Material assignment functionality in SAP Project Systems are:
Material Assignment to Network activities
Activating Requirements
Availability check
Reservation/ Procurement
Scheduling Material Flow
Inventory
Delivery
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Material Planning
Materials establish a connection between Sales and Distribution, materials management (purchasing and
Inventory Management), and production planning. The materials required to complete the activities of a
project are identified in the component overview for the individual activity. Various possibilities exist to
manage the component value and inventory quantity.
SD
MM
PP
PS
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F
D
Q
Network
SD Document
Network with
WBS
Dependent
requirements ind.
In material master
Individual (1)
Collective (2)
Indiv./Collective ( _ )
Not Possible (2)
Reservation for
Network
Reservation for
Network
Reservation for SD Doc
Reservation f. SD /NW
Reservation for
Network
Reservation for WBS
Reservation for
Network
Reservation f. WBS/NW
F, _
F, _
F, _
D
F, _
D, F, _
Q
F, _
Q, F, _
Item Category ‘L’ Stock
Item
Acc.Asst
Cat.
Account assignment category F= Order, D=Sales Order, Q= Project stock
Possible Account Assignment Category
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Material Availability Check
This function is useful to check whether material components in networks are available on the
requirements date. If the requirements are not covered on the requirements date, the system determines
the date on which they can be covered.
Material
Master
Checking
Group
Checking
scope
Network Type
Checking
control
Checking rule
Prerequisites:
Checking group in material
master
Define checking rules
Define a checking scope for
the combination of a checking
group and checking rule
Assign rules to Network types
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Cost and Revenue Planning
Cost Planning
Cost planning deals with the cost that are expected to incur in connection with project during execution.
Cost planning has different aims at different stages of the project:
During Project creation stage i.e. at the concept and rough planning stage, cost planning acts as
the base for an initial cost estimate.
During approval stage, it forms the basis for the budget allocation.
During project execution, is uses to monitor and control cost variances.
Revenue Planning
Revenue planning deals with the revenues expected to receive in connection with the project as it is
executed. In the Project System, you can use the following planning methods
Manual revenue planning.
Automatic revenue planning from the billing plan
Most especially in customer projects, it is important to compare costs and revenues so that we can get an
idea early on of the likely project result (profit or loss).
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Cost Planning
Cost Planning is effected by means of Work Breakdown structure and Networks. Various
methods used for coat planning are shown below:
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Cost Planning
You can plan costs for a project using two techniques:
Manual cost planning in the WBS
Automatic cost planning using networks and assigned orders
Manual cost planning in the WBS involves four methods:
Overall planning (structure-oriented planning) in its most basic form, where you
enter costs for each WBS element. You can break down figures by the fiscal year, if
required.
Detailed planning of primary costs and activity inputs (cost element planning), which
is cost-element-based and period-based.
Unit costing, where you use a profile to enter quantities (materials, internal activities,
external services, and variable items) for each WBS element. This type of planning is
cost-element-based.
Easy Cost Planning, which offers an easy-to-use tool to plan costs by cost element
in a quantity structure. You can use Execution Services to enter commitment and
actual data for planned costs.
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Revenue Planning
Revenue planning deals with the revenues you expect to receive in connection with your
project as it is executed.
In the Project System, the following planning methods will be used:
Manual revenue planning
By work breakdown structure
By revenue element
Automatic update of revenue plan values from the billing plan:
In WBS elements
In sales orders
Prerequisite:
WBS elements in which you want to plan revenues must be flagged as billing elements
(Operative Indicators)
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Date Planning
Resource Planning
Materials Planning
Cost and Revenue Planning
External Activities
Lesson 2 - Contents
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External Activities
Purchase
Requisition
Quotation
Entry of
Quotation
Purchase Order
monitoring
Goods Receipt/
Service entry
Invoice
Verification
Vendor
Selection
Purchase
Order creation
External
Activity 0030
Description
Material Group
Purchase Group
Quantity and Unit
0020
0010 0040
Services that will be provided by Vendor
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
44
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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Budget Management
What is Budget?
It is approved cost structure for a project. Projects casts has to be estimated during
the planning phase with different tools, then prescribe the funds available for project in
the form of a budget. The budget is the device by which management approves the
expected development of project costs over a given timeframe.
Order/
network
Plan
Assg
d
1200 1200
Cost planning
Budget Request
Approved Budget
Budget Distribution
Budgeting
Budget Allocation
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Budget Overview
Availability control
• Against Current budget
• Against Budget Releases
Original budget
-100
-100
+/-100
+100
Budget Updates
Budget Releases
2007 2009
2008
Budget Carry forward
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Original Budget
After the planning phase is finished, project is
approved and budgeted by a respective authorized
group with in the Organization, to whom the original
budget is assigned.
Project can be budgeted by:
Transfer the values from cost planning as
a budget.
Enter the budgets directly in the WBS
elements .
Above methods are possible only if budget profile is
not assigned to investment program type.
Original budget
P-10000
P-10000
P-10000-1
O
r
i
g
i
n
a
l
P
l
a
n
V
a
l
u
e
s
D
i
s
t
r
i
b
u
t
e
d
Years
Structure
Total
2008
2009
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783.32
783.32
Budget allocation for a project is generally preceded by a cost plan that provides the initial
basis for determination and allocation of the budget. As the system enables detailed planning
of project costs, it is relatively simple to transfer the planned values as budget.
You must first create a project with a structure plan, and execute cost planning
Procedure: (CJ30) Select planned total > Select WBS element > Edit select Copy view >
Enter % and select ADD/Replace and Choose continue.
Repeat the same procedure for other WBS elements as well
Transfer from Plan to Budget
1
2
3
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If you do not want to use planning values as a reference for budget values, you can enter the
budget directly in the WBS elements.
Distribute the total budget (using the top-down method) to the individual elements in the work
breakdown structure.
The Budgeting business transaction is allowed only on the WBS elements that are ready for
input.
Direct Budgeting
2009
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-100
-100
+/-100
+100
Budget Updates
Budget Updates
Unexpected/unforeseen events, additional requirements,
price changes for external activities, and other things
force the projects for more funds. In these conditions you
may need to update the original budget, There are three
types of Budget updates, these are:
Supplements
Returns
Transfers
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Budget Supplements
Budgeted funds provided are not sufficient, there is an
option to supplement the project with some more
funds by using budget supplements, which can be
used on the project. There are two types of
supplements for projects:
With in the Project
To the Project
Budget Supplement
In Project
To Project
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Supplements from Outside
Supplements to selected WBS elements possible. Make particular supplements,
meaning that provide a selected WBS element with additional external budget. This is
independent of the remaining budget on the higher level. The system updates the
supplemented budget on the WBS "upwardly".
Updates not allowed if Capital investment budget exists
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Budget Release
Distributing the budget is not same as releasing funds. Therefore one needs to release the
budget for use.
Release can be possible as Total or Annual depends on budget profile
40% 4 m
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Availability Control
Availability control compares the current distributed budget (or release) with the assigned
value there by issuing warnings and error messages when budget exceeds depends on
settings.
When a project is being executed, the available funds are used at various places with in
the Project there by Commitments are created, and actual costs are incurred. Together
with the costs of apportioned orders, Commitments and actual costs will form as assigned
funds.
Availability control monitors funds using budget allocation. SAP Project system supports
the below availability control methods
Passive availability control
Active availability control
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Availability Control (Cont…)
Passive availability control
Funds overview can be regarded as passive availability control. The assigned value which
is displayed in cost reports is called passive availability.
Active availability control
By entering business transactions that creates cost assignments, then the system checks
weather there is still sufficient budget available for the Project. The assigned funds can be
found in the budget-bearing WBS element and in the lower-level assignable WBS
elements.
Projects uses release budget as an alternative to current budget. To ensure that the
available funds are not exhausted at an early stage, release the budget in stages.
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200,000
80,000
85,000
50,000
40,000
Commitments
(Purchase Orders,
Requisitions, funds
reservation)
40,000
Actual Costs
40,000
Orders
45,000
45,000
40,000
PP
PM
PS
CO
Budget
Assigned
Assigned Funds and Availability Control
90%+ Message
105%- Warning
Tolerance Limits
Budget
Overrun
Message to Proj.
Manager
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Assigned Values for Projects
The assigned value for projects is calculated from:
Actual costs of WBS element carrying budget
Statistical actual costs of WBS element carrying budget
Actual costs of subordinate WBS elements if these do not carry budget
Statistical actual costs of subordinate WBS elements if these do not carry budget
Commitments of WBS element carrying budget
Commitments of subordinate WBS elements if these do not carry budget
Maximum of plan and actual costs + commitments from assigned networks or orders
Not used for calculation of the assigned value:
Actual costs with a cost element defined in Customizing for availability control as an exempt cost
element
Planned costs of networks or network activities that are used for forecasts are never included in
the assigned value.
In status 'Technically complete', 'Complete' or 'Deletion flag', the plan value is never included in
the assigned value.
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Budgeting Investment Project
Prerequisites:
Investment Program structure
Investment program cost planning
Investment program budgeting
Assignment of investment program position ID in measure (i.e. Project)
Follow on functions:
Distribute budget to lower level WBS elements with in the project structure
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Top Down
Investment Program IM
Appropriation
Requests
Plan Budget Distrib
Overall Investment
Position 1 Position 2 Position 3
Position 2
. .1 Position 2
. . 2 Position 2
. .3
WBS elements
Plan Budget Distrib
Project 2
Project 2
. . 1 Project 2
. . 2
50
90
Plan
200
110 60
1500
200
500 800
1300
400 200 700
200
110
1300
200
400 700
200
PS
Budgeting Investment Program & to Project
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Reporting – Funds Overview
Menu path: Project System Information System Financials Costs Budget-Related
S_ALR_87013556 - Funds Overview
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Reporting – Budget updates
Menu path: Project System Information System Financials Costs Budget-Related
S_ALR_87013560 - Budget updates
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Reporting – Funds Overview
Menu path: Project System Information System Financials Costs Budget-Related
S_ALR_87013561 - Availability Control
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Reporting – Distributed values
Menu path: Project System Information System Financials Costs Budget-Related
S_ALR_87013559 - Budget/Distributed/Plan/Distributed
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
65
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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Scheduling
Scheduling is the process of deciding how and when to commit resources between a
variety of possible tasks. Time can be specified or floating as part of a sequence of
events.
Scheduled dates are the start and finish dates of activities calculated by the system in
scheduling. For WBS elements the scheduled dates are determined from the scheduled
dates of the activities that are assigned to the WBS element.
Two types of scheduling possible, these are:
Time scheduling with WBS elements
Scheduling of Activities and Networks
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Planning Form
Scheduling
Scheduled start/finish
Planning different calendars
Monday
Monday
Friday
Aug 09
Not a
workday
Shift
Extrapolation
+ +
Inherit
x
Check dates
WBS/
WBS
WBS/
Network
• Basic dates
• Forecast dates
• Actual dates
Set of dates
Time Scheduling Functions with WBS Elements
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Time Scheduling Functions (Cont…)
The following functions are available in time scheduling:
Sets of dates: Basic and forecast dates can be used as planned dates.
Check dates: You can check consistency of the dates within the project
structure with or without taking activities into account.
Inherit: Dates within the work breakdown structure can be inherited.
Extrapolate: You can use the extrapolate function to calculate the dates for
higher-level WBS elements.
Shift dates: You can shift all of the planned dates for the WBS elements or
just the dates in sub hierarchies.
Planning different calendars: You can use a different factory calendar for
each activity or WBS element.
Scheduling: The scheduling function automatically calculates the dates for
activities and networks.
Planning methods: You can use the planning methods "bottom up planning“
to extrapolate dates automatically when you save your data.
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Scheduling Scenario
There are basically three methods that you can use for scheduling projects: These are
Top-Down Scenario
Bottom-Up Scenario
Free Scheduling
Top-down and Bottom-up are predefined scenarios, whose parameters are determined by
the system. These parameters cannot be changed. If you choose one of these scenarios,
the system uses these pre-defined parameters for scheduling in all stages of the project.
You do not have to edit or check the scheduling parameters.
In case of Free scheduling method, you can edit all the scheduling parameters.
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Top Down
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
Top-down Scenario
The dates for scheduling are passed
down from the project definition, to the
WBS elements, and to the activities.
The dates of the activities must be within
the dates of the WBS element to which
they are assigned.
Similarly the dates of the WBS elements
must be within the dates of the superior
WBS element.
All the dates in the project must within the
period formed by the basic dates of the
project definition.
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Bottom-up Scenario
Dates are passed on from the bottom of
the hierarchy to the top.
The dates for activities, determined in
scheduling; are checked against the dates
of the assigned WBS element to see if the
planning period of the WBS element
include all dates from the activities. If it is
different then the start date and the finish
date, or both dates of the superior WBS
element is changed. This is repeated up
the WBS hierarchy to the project definition.
If a WBS element does not have other
WBS elements or activities assigned to it,
the system uses the basic dates of the
WBS element as scheduled dates.
Bottom Up
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
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Free Scheduling
You can set up the scheduling parameters
as you like, these are:
Scheduling type
Scheduling method
Reduction levels
Reduction type
You can set up the scheduling method as
you like
You can set up the plan basic dates and
forecast dates differently
Free Planning
P
P2
P1
P2.3
P2.2
P2.1
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Scheduling of Activities and Networks
During Network Scheduling system determines the earliest and latest start and finish dates
for carrying out activities in the network and calculates the required capacity requirements
as well as the "floats".
Scheduling is carried out
At the creation of Network
Calling upon scheduling function manually
During saving the Network if automatic scheduling indicator is set
During Network release
After scheduling, the system determines the following dates:
The scheduled start and scheduled finish dates of the network.
The earliest start and earliest finish (earliest dates) and the latest start and latest
finish (latest dates) of the activities.
The earliest and latest dates of the relationships.
The reduction level used to reduce the duration in the network.
The "floats" (total float and free float) of the activities.
The capacity requirements for the activities.
Scheduling Types
Forward scheduling
Backward scheduling
Current date scheduling
Only capacity requirements
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Scheduling of Activities and Networks (Cont…)
Earliest/latest
Dates relationships
Earliest/latest
Activity dates
Capacity requirements
for each activity
Activity element
Activity element
Earliest/latest dates
activity elements
• Forward scheduling
• Backward scheduling
• Scheduling from
current date
• No scheduling
Scheduled date
milestone
Requirements date
Material
Float
Scheduled start/finish
network header
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Forward Scheduling
For this type of schedule type, you must specify the basic start date of the network.
The system starts from the basic start date and schedules forward in time to calculate the
earliest dates of the activities and the scheduled finish first. Then it calculates the latest
dates of activities and the scheduled start of the network.
Forward scheduling includes both dates as well as time.
ES EF
EF ES EF
ES
EF
ES
10
20
30
40
Order
start date
Scheduled
Finish date
t
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Backward Scheduling
For this type of scheduling type, you must enter the basic finish date of the network.
The system starts from the basic finish date and schedules backward in time to calculate
the latest dates of activities and the scheduled start. Then it calculates the earliest dates of
activities and the scheduled finish of the network.
Backward scheduling includes both dates as well as time.
10
20
30
40
Order
start date
Scheduled
Finish date
t
LF
LS
LF
LS
LF
LS
LF
LS
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Current date Scheduling
With this type of scheduling, you can see whether the network can be completed by a
certain date. In this method, the system uses the basic finish dates and schedules the
network backwards and then starting with the current date, schedules forwards.
You can use the floats in the activities to determine how many days you still have or are
short to make the finish date.
Network execution
Network Execution
Network Execution
Current
Date
Start
Date
End
Date
t
Forward scheduling
Backward scheduling
Current date scheduling
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Only Capacity requirements
If you specify capacity requirements only as the scheduling type in the network header, the
system copies the basic dates from the network header into the scheduled dates and into
the earliest and latest dates of all activities. i.e. the system writes the basic dates from the
network header into all activities in the network.
With this scheduling type the dates of all the operations/ activities are identical.
The capacity requirements are distributed across the period between the scheduled start
and the scheduled finish.
When you have the system only calculate capacity requirements in scheduling, Time
constraints of the activities are taken into consideration. Relationships are ignored.
10
20
30
40
Network Header
Basic start date
Basic
Finish date
t
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Factors influencing scheduling
Work centers
Formulas for calculating the duration of activities
Factory calendar and operating time per workday
Duration of activities
For internal activities, the system schedules using the normal duration
For external activities, the system schedules using planned delivery time entered in
the activity
For general costs activities, the system schedules using the duration entered in the
activity
Time interval of relationship
Fixed time interval and as a percentage
Operating time
Work start and finish
Break times
Rate of capacity utilization
Factory calendar: Scheduling uses
Factory calendar in the work center
Factory calendar In the activity and relationship
Factory calendar for the Plant
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20
20 6 D
6 D
3
3
3 8
8
8
3
3 8
8
30
30 2 D
2 D
4
4
4 5
5
5
3
3 4
4
40
40 3 D
3 D
6
6
6 8
8
8
5
5 7
7
10
10 2 D
2 D
1
1
1 2
2
2
1
1 2
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50
50 3 D
3 D
9
9
9 11
11
11
9
9 11
11
50
40
30
20
10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Days
Example of scheduling
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Scheduling the Overall Network
In a complex project, different networks can exist for substructures. The dependencies in a
project can make the activities in one network dependent on the completion of activities in
another network. You can use the function for scheduling the entire network to take these
dependencies into account during the calculation of dates.
In overall network scheduling, the system then schedules all networks that are linked with
relationships
SD Order
Item 1
Item 1
Item 1
S1 S2 F1
F2
S3 F3
S – Start date
F – Finish date
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various activities required to process during project execution. These are shown in below
fig.
Project Execution
Dates
Costs
Payment
Data
Commitments
Resources
Integration
PS PM
CO
FI
HR
SD
MM PP
Revenues
Aspects of Project Execution
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Execution (Cont…)
Activities during Execution:
Updating the Actual dates
Actual costs and revenues to be posted
Payment data to be updated
Commitments will be updated
Resources will be consumed
Material will be consumed and procurement process will be completed
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Actual Dates
Actual dates can be set manually for WBS elements. If you are using network activities,
actual dates are typically set by confirming activities. If activities are assigned to a WBS
element, the actual dates of the activities are proposed to the WBS element as provisional
dates that can be transferred to the actual dates of the WBS element if necessary.
Actual
WBS Dates
Activity
Confirmations
Work breakdown
structure
Network
Network activity
June 01
June 01
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Actual Dates of WBS Elements
To keep control over schedule efficiently, it needs to compare basic dates with the actual
dates. There are two scenarios, these are:
WBS Elements with out activities
WBS Elements with activities
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For WBS elements without assigned
activities:
You can always maintain the actual
start if the WBS element has the
status Released or Partially
released.
You can only maintain the actual
finish if all lower-level WBS
elements have an actual finish date
and the status of the WBS element
is Released.
WBS Elements without activities
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For WBS elements to which activities are
assigned:
You can only maintain the actual start
if the assigned activity has the status
Partially released or Released..
You can only maintain the actual finish
date if all the lower-level WBS
elements also have an actual finish
date and all the activities for the WBS
element have the status Finally
confirmed..
WBS Elements with activities
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Actual dates of Activities
10
20
30
40
10
20
30
40
10
20
30
40
Scheduled dates Final confirmation 10 Partial confirmation 20
(Shift Order)
10 10 10
20 20 20
Time Time Time
AS PF
AS- Actual start PF- Provisional Finish
Actual dates are normally entered in networks using confirmation. Once an activity has a final
confirmation, the start and finish of the earliest and latest dates match the actual start and finish dates.
Partial confirmations affect the earliest date in accordance with the Shift order indicator.
The Shift order indicator is not set: The actual start date and forecast duration of the partial confirmation
are taken into account when the earliest date is calculated.
The Shift order indicator is set: The actual start date of the partial confirmation is not taken into account
when the earliest date is calculated.
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Activity Confirmations
Open PS
Indiv. Confirmation Collective Confirmation
PDC Confirmation
Confirmation from
information system,
confirmation workflow
Internet confirmation
(Indiv/collective
confirmation, CATS)
Time Sheets
Confirmation Options
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Costing
variant
Confirmed Time X Price = Actual Cost
Cost
center
Network
activity
Valuation
variant
Work center
x x
Plant
Network Type
Activity
Price Selection
AT CT
Activity Actual Costs
The above figure describes how actual costs are derived from the confirmation of an activity. The price
used for activity allocation is controlled by the valuation variant assigned to the actual costing variant.
The confirmation of an activity leads to a credit to the cost center assigned to the work center and a
debit to the activity.
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Actual Costs
Actual data is posted to the project by business transactions from various components of
the SAP system, these are as:
Purchasing: Purchase order, goods receipt for materials and services (MM)
Inventory Management: Goods issue for reservations (MM)
Billing of the sales order (SD)
Confirmation of assigned production orders (PP)
Confirmation of assigned plant maintenance orders (PM)
Internal activity allocation, assigned CO orders (CO)
Down payments; payments (FI)
Settlement to asset management(AM)
Entry of work for persons and posting as activity confirmation (CATS)
The project must be released before you enter actual data.
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Actual Costs (Cont…)
MM
MM
FI
CO
CO
CO
PS
Work
Break down
Structure
Network/
Network
Activity
Purchase Requisition
Purchase Order, goods
receipt
Material Withdrawal
G/L Account posting
Overheads, process costs,
interest calculation,
settlement
Overheads, process costs,
interest calculation,
settlement
Confirmations
Periodic transfer postings,
distribution, assessment
Cost integration using account assignment
In the business transactions shown above, the link to the WBS element or activity is established by
means of account assignment. This means that the actual costs incurred are posted directly to the WBS,
network, or activity.
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PS
CO
PP
PP
PM
CS
Work
Break down
Structure
Network/
Network
Activity
Network, Activity
Internal Order,
Production Order
PP Production Order
Process Order
Maintenance Order
Service Order
Cost integration using assignment
In the business transactions shown above, a link to the WBS element is established by means of
assignment. This means that the actual costs incurred remain in the order or network until they are
settled.
Actual Costs (Cont…)
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Purchase requisitions are generated by the network for external processing activities, service activities,
and Non-stock material components. These purchase requisitions are passed on to the purchasing
department, where they are processed further.
External Procurement Processing
Purchase Req.
Item;
Acct assgmt cat.
F (Order)
Purchase Order
Commit Created
Goods Receipt
Act. Costs posted
Commit. canceled
Invoice
Difference
posted to
Order
Com
mitm
ent
Com
mitm
ent
FI/CO
A B
xx xx
FI/CO
A B
xx xx
Activities
External Processing
Services Non-stock components
* In services processing, entry
and acceptance of services
performed instead of goods
receipt
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Commitment Management
Identifies costs that will be incurred in the future for various objects assigned to WBS
Elements. Commitments reserve funds that will become costs at a future date. It enables
us to enter and analyze commitments at an early stage, and thus to account for them in
controlling
Prerequisite:
Activation of commitment management for Projects in controlling area settings
Commitments occur
In Purchasing Due to:
Purchase Requisitions
Purchase Orders
Funds commitments
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The system calculates purchase requisition commitments from the remaining quantity of a
purchase requisition and price from the requisition. The following data is relevant to
creating the PReq commitment:
The value of the purchase requisition
Planned delivery date
Account assignment
PR Commitment update during purchase process
Purchase Requisition Commitments
Qty Price per unit Value PR Commitment
PR001 5 1,500.00 7,500.00 7,500.00
5 2,000.00 10,000.00 0,000.00
PO001
3 2,000.00 6,000.00 3,000.00
PO001
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The system derives purchase order commitments from the order value. It is the value of
goods ordered, but for which no actual costs incurred. The following purchase order data
affects the creation and reduction of purchase order commitments:
The purchase order value
Delivery date
Account assignment
PO Commitment update during purchase process
Purchase Order Commitments
PO001
Delivery cost 1,500.00
Qty Price per unit Value PO Commitment
3 1,500.00 6,000.00 6,000.00
2 1,500.00 4,000.00 2,000.00
GR
2 2,000.00 4,000.00 2,500.00
IR
3 1,500.00 6,000.00 0,000.00
GR
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Payments
Various business transactions carried out during the project execution result in costs
including both expenditures and revenues, along with outgoing and incoming payments. It
is required to plan and monitor payments so that we can identify when payments occur as
part of project processing. This is the only way it will be ensure that the required cash is
available when needed and ensure the best possible payment flow.
Project Cash Management valuates the formation of capital on a project basis and enables
you to monitor the cash flows in your project.
Project cash management integrates with the following components:
To record payment data from business transactions assigned to projects in
Financial Accounting (FI).
It records the commitment values arising from purchase requisitions and
purchase orders (MM).
Payment data from customer inquiries, customer quotations, and sales orders
can be recorded automatically in the project (SD).
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Invoice
Jan 01 yyyy
$1000 + 15% tax
Terms of payment
15 days, No discount
Payment
Feb 11 2009
$1000 + 150 tax
Cost element accounting
Costs
Materials
Payment obligation
Materials
Payment
Materials
Project Cash Management
Jan YYYY
$ 1000
Feb YYYY
$ 1000
Feb YYYY
$ 1000
The graphic below shows the process of recording cost and payments from postings in FI
which are assigned to a project: The system does not record taxes in Project Cash
Management
Project Cash Management
t
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Project Cash Management Features
Project Cash Management can monitor both planned and actual payment data. The
following functions are available:
Manual payment planning in commitment items for WBS elements
Costing and recording planned payment flows by date, based on detailed project
planning
Recording Actual and Commitment Payment Data
Interest Calculation for plan and actual payment data
Evaluation of payment data in the Project Cost/Revenue/Payment Information
System
Old data transfer
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Especially in customer projects, it is important to compare costs and revenues so that you
can get an idea early on of the likely project result (profit or loss).
Integration:
Plan values from the sales order are copied to the relevant WBS element.
Project values are automatically copied to Controlling.
Results analysis is copied to Profitability Analysis as part of period-end closing.
Depending on the business process there are several billing methods possible, these are:
Billing in Financial Accounting (FI) without the use of Sales and Distribution (SD)
Billing in SD
Milestone billing and billing plan
Resource Related Billing
Integration of Resource Related Billing and Billing plan
Actual Revenue
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Milestone billing Process
Billing
Plan
Milestones
Project
Sale Order
Confirm
Milestones
Billing
Plan
Down
Payment
Down Pmnt.
Request
Clearing
Down Pmnt.
FI
PS
SD
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Milestone billing Process
Order: Billing Plan
Billing Plan
Billing
Date
% Billing
Value
Lock Bill.
Rule
Paymt
term
Status
01/01/2009 20 12000 02 4 A
01/10/2009 40 20000 02 1 A
ZB01
01/01/2010 60 40000 02 1 A
ZB01
Construction 001
Sales
Order
Planned Incoming Payments
01/01/2009 12000
20/10/2009 12/15+ 14T -3% 16000
01/01/2010 21000
03/01+ 14T -3%
Total 49000
Allocation
1st payment target:
Discount 3%
Date:+14days
Billing rule 4
= down payment date
Billing plan: Dates for Down Payments and Invoice
1
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Milestone billing Process (Cont…)
001
Sales
Order
Order: Billing Plan
Billing Plan
Billing
Date
% Milest
one
Lock Bill.
Rule
Paymt
term
Status
20 02 4 A
01/10/2009 40 02 1 A
ZB01
01/01/2010 60 02 1 A
ZB01
!
CP-0001
0010 0020
0030
0040
0050
0080
0070
0060 0090 0100
!
PS
SD
02/07/2009
Actual date:
02/07/2009
3
Milestones Confirmation
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Milestone billing Process (Cont…)
4
Billing Document and Down Payment Request
Sales Order
100001
Order: Billing Plan
Billing Plan
Billing
Date
% Billing
Value
Lock Bill.
Rule
Paymt
term
Status
01/01/2009 20 12000 02 4 C
01/10/2009 40 20000 02 1 A
ZB01
01/01/2010 60 40000 02 1 A
ZB01
Billing doc with Billing type xxx
Down payment
Request M
Project 12000
Down payment
Request M
Customer 12000
FI
SD
Billing
Program
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Milestone billing Process (Cont…)
FI
Customer Down
Payments
Company
Down payment
Project 12000
Bank
12000
12000
Down Payments
5
Customer Down Payments
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Milestone billing Process (Cont…)
001
Sales
Order
Order: Billing Plan
Billing Plan
Billing
Date
% Milest
one
Lock Bill.
Rule
Paymt
term
Status
20 4 C
12/10/2009 40 02 1 A
ZB01
01/01/2010 60 02 1 A
ZB01
CP-0001
0010 0020
0030
0040
0050
0080
0070
0060 0090 0100
!
PS
SD
6
Milestones Confirmation 2
02/07/2009
!
Actual date:
12/10/2009
!
!
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Milestone billing Process (Cont…)
7
Down Payments Clearing
Sales Order
100001
Order: Billing Plan
Billing Plan
Billing
Date
% Billing
Value
Lock Bill.
Rule
Paymt
term
Status
01/01/2009 20 12000 02 4 C
01/10/2009 40 20000 02 1 C
ZB01
01/01/2010 60 40000 02 1 A
ZB01
Billing doc with Billing type xxx
Down payment
Request M
Erroec 40% 20000
FI
SD
DP made 12000
Cleared DP 12000
Customer
Par. inv.
20000
Down Payments
Revenues
20000
Cleared DP
12000
Cleared DP
12000
DP Made
12000
Billing
Program
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Resource-Related Billing
The price for customer-specific services are not always defined in a contract as fixed prices,
nor they can always be determined using standard pricing. Activities cannot be properly
costed before the contract is concluded, because empirical values do not exist for specific
activities
If there is no values exist for specific services, and therefore the services cannot be
calculated adequately before conclusion of a contract. Typical examples of this are:
Make-to-order production
External plant maintenance in the service company
Specific services such as consulting
These types of orders are billed according to the expenses incurred. In resource-related
billing (RRB), the customer receives a billing document that verifies individual materials,
internal activities, and costs.
Resource-related billing is controlled by the dynamic item processor (DIP).
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Resource-Related Billing
Invoice
Act. Revenues
SD
SD
SD
Billing
Request
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
$$ $$
PS Actual Costs
Sales Order
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SD Billing
Request
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Invoice
SD
1 Confirm activities
2 Resource related Billing
3 Create Billing Doc
Project
PS
Collection of Expenses
Generation and display of Dynamic items
by system
Creation of billing request from the
dynamic items
Resource-Related Structure
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Source Data Level 1 Data
Summarization
Level 2 Data
Summarization
Dynamic items 1
(Material 1)
Dynamic items 2
(Material 2)
Dynamic items 3
(Material 2)
Quotation/Billing
request
Item 10: Material 1
Item 20: Material 2
Dynamic Item Processor
The dynamic item processor is a tool that the system uses to summarize data on dynamic
items during resource-related quotation creation and billing (for example, line items that
arise through the posting of goods movements, completion confirmations). The Dynamic
Item Processor profile (DIP profile) controls how the system summarizes data on dynamic
items.
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Dynamic Item Processor Profile
Usage
DIP Profile
Characteristics
Sources
Material Determination
Document types of SD
documents Created:
•Sales pricing
•Resource-related billing
• Determine Dynamic line items
• Structure Dynamic items in the
Sakes price basis view using sets
• Aggregate Dynamic items in the
Sales price view
Sources of Dynamic. line items
• Planned costs
• Actual costs
• Payment data
• Stat. key figure
Line items
or
Total records
• Material= Set assignment
• Material direct from Origen
• Quantities indicated in Sales
Document
DIP profiles are used in Project System for sales pricing and resource-related billing.
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
115
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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Period-End Closing
Period-end closing is an essential process that is used to perform period-related
commercial transactions. It is also used to ensure that all the data belonging to a period is
determined and available for purposes of enterprise control.
This process will ensure that the projects are fully allocated with appropriate cost and
helpful to prepare various financial analyses.
Period-end closing procedures are performed in the background, usually once in each
period.
SAP provides a tool called Schedule Manager to automate and speedup the process
including workflows. The following activities needs to carried out during Period-End
process, these are:
Settlement
Periodic transfers
Revaluation at actual price
Overhead costs and template allocation of Overhead
Payment transfers
Interest calculation
Result analysis
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Period-End Closing Procedure
Settlement Overheads
Activity based
Costing
Proj. Interest Calc.
Cost Forecast
Progress Analysis
Result Analysis
Incoming Orders
Period-End Closing Procedure
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Settlement
Costs and revenues are collected temporarily in Projects. They are settled to one or more
receivers as part of period-end processing depending on the business requirement.
FI
AM
CO
SD
PS
MM
Material withdrawal
Goods receipt
FI Invoices
CO
Activity allocation
transfers, distribution
overheads, process costs
MM Confirmations
Settlement
Rule:
Receivers
Distribution Rule
Settlement
parameters
Settlement: Debit and Credit
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Actual costs and actual revenues arise in a project as a result of:
Material withdrawals
Goods receipts
Vendor invoices
Internal activity allocations, transfers, cost distribution, process costs, over
heads
Confirmation of network activities
Customer billing
In settlement, costs/revenues are transferred to:
Financial Accounting (G/L account)
Asset Accounting (fixed asset)
Cost Accounting/Profitability Analysis (order, cost center, profitability segment)
Project System (WBS element, network, activities)
Debits and Credits
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Project profile
Investment profile
Investment Measure:
Master data Maintenance
WBE element
(Master data)
At release, automatic
creation of
Asset Under const.
(Master data)
Settlement – Investment Projects
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Periodic Settlement
At the close of the period
Full Settlement
At the completion of measure
121
Settlement of Investment Measure
Periodic Full
Settlement
to AuC
5000
5000
6000
Cost E Lem. 2
Cost E Lem. 3 5000
Cost E Lem. 4 5000
Cost E Lem. 5 6000
10000 5000
Asset u. Const.
Deprec. Areas:
XX YY ZZ
5000 5000
------ ------ ------
4000
Area XX: 20% 1000
Nonoperating Exp (P/L)
Asset.1 Ar.XX
20% 800
Asset.2 Ar.XX
20% 800
Asset.3 Ar.XX
60% 2400
FI.AA
Investment Project
Settlement
to Cst Ctr
50% to CCtr 2
5000
CO
Flow of Values during settlement
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Settlement Features
PM CO PP PM CO PP
Multilevel Settlement Direct Settlement
Settlement
Receiver
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Periodic Transfers
Correction of incorrect postings in the project at the completion of measure
Periodic reposting is posting aid that enables you to adjust postings made to WBS
elements. It has the same result as transaction-based reposting. The results of
transaction-based re-postings have a direct effect on the actual costs of the sender
and the receiver, whereas periodic re-postings have a one-time effect on actual costs
at period-end closing.
Postings relevant to Controlling (CO) such as telephone costs, postal charges,
insurance, and so on are entered in Financial Accounting (FI) and posted to an
allocation cost center. These are used exclusively for cost collection. This minimizes
the number of different account assignments you have to make when entering data in
FI. At the end of the period, the collected costs are reposted to the cost centers or
business processes.
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Revaluation at actual prices
Actual Costs
Cost Center
Splitting
Price
Calculation
Act. Price
Revaluation of
allocated activity
types and business
processes at actual
prices
Further
cost
objects
Internal orders
sales order items
general cost items
Production orders
AT
The system uses the planned price to value activities or business processes called in as
part of project processing. The actual price is not determined until the period-end closing
phase. You carry out the revaluation to determine the actual costs based on actual prices
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Revaluation at actual prices
Cost Center
10025106
Activity Type
1421
Planned Price Calculation
Cost Hours Price
100.00 10 10.00/hr
• Planned credit 100.00
• Actual credit 90.00
• Actual cost 117.00
Actual Price Calculation
Cost Hours Price
117.00 9 13.00/hr
• Target credit 13x9 = 117.00
• Output price variance 27.00
Network Activity
Actual
Planned Cost
10 hours x 10.00 = 100.00
Actual Debit at Planned Price
9 hours x 10.00 = 90.00
Actual Debit at Actual price
9 hours x 13.00 = 117.00
Subsequent debit 27.00
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Actual Overhead Allocation
Allocation Cost
Center
Network Activity
Actual
Material B000 300002 00200
Activity 1421 PSHOURS 01000
Process 300900 01000
Overhead 01000
Actual Debit 03200
Plant Activity 03000
Actual overheads are calculated based on the costing sheet and overhead key entered on
the WBS element, network header, or network activity. The basis for the allocation are the
primary cost elements that you post as overhead costs. You need to define costing sheet.
Internal Order
97000010 -$
Process -$
Possible
allocation
bases
Cost enter credited
Cost Object Debited
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Actual template Allocation
Process costs are calculated based on the template selected for the project. Templates are
created in Customizing.
Template
Object Quantity
Plan Actual
Activation
Plan Actual
Work scheduling
Administration
Template 001
1 1
F-2
F-1
F-a F-a
F-C
F-B
F-d
F-d
Process
1000001
What is to be allocated?
-Business process
- cost center / activity type
- Template
- Object formula
Under what condition is
allocation to take place?
-Constant (active/inactive)
- Activation formula
How many should be
allocated?
-Constant
- Quantity formula
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Payment Transfers
As a project is processed, various business transactions leads to payment obligations and
payments in it. If Project Cash Management is active, the system automatically records the
payment data in the following objects:
WBS element
Network
Activity
Orders for projects
The system reduces the payment obligations in stages as payments are made. Use the
payment transfer facility to:
Show cleared invoices in Project Cash Management under the value type "Payment"
Record partial payments and residual items referencing invoices in Project Cash
Management
Depending on the parameters, system outputs the following lists
List of invoices transferred
List of partial payments/residual items transferred
List of partial payments/residual items cleared
List of documents not transferred
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Result Analysis
Results analysis is a periodic process that determines the costs and revenues for a period
based on planned costs and revenues and the percentage of completion (POC).
What is the
project result for
the period
What costs do I
need to capitalize
as WIP?
Do I need
reserves for
losses?
Do I need
reserves for
future costs?
Objectives of result analysis
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Planned values
Planned costs C(p)
Planned revenues R(p)
Actual values
Actual C(p)
Actual revenues R(p)
Result Analysis
Which costs belongs to
period?
Which revenue
belongings to period?
Which costs belongs to
which revenues?
Result analysis determines:
Calculated costs C(c)
Calculated revenues R(c)
WIP, reserves
Percentage of
completion (POC)
Determine according to
valuation method
Revenue-proportional
POC based on
progress analysis
Billing element
R(p)
C(p)
R(a)
C(a)
POC
R(c) = POC * R(p)
C(c) = POC * C(p)
Overview of Result Analysis
Legend:
C(r) Reserves for unrealized costs C(p) Planned costs C(a) Actual costs, C(c) Costs affecting result
R(r) Revenue surplus revenue can be generated R(p) Planned revenues R(a) Actual revenues, R(c) Revenues
affecting result
POC Percentage of completion
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Overview of Result Analysis (Cont…)
Billing
element
R(p) R(c) R(a)
C(p) C(c) C(a)
C(z) = C(a) - C(c)
C(r) = C(c) - C(a)
R(z) = R(c) - R(a)
R(r) = R(a) - R(a)
Costs in stock (WIP)
if C(a) > C(c)
Reserved for unreleased costs
If C(a) < C(c)
invent from which revenue can be generated
If R(a) < R(c)
Revenue surplus (reserved)
If R(a) > R(c)
Settlement
settles
Settlement
posts
Settlement
posts
PC
PCA
PCB
WBS
CO-
PA
CO-
PCA
+ R(c)
- C(c)
= Result
Income statement
C(a)
C(r)
R(r)
R(a)
C(z)
R(z)
Stock Inv. change
Reserves Expenditure
PS
FI
Same result
in CO-PA
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The use of results analysis methods depends on the constraints of business requirements.
Business can use various processes and types of projects and may require various results
analysis methods. The valuation method contains formulas to calculate results analysis
data. Various result analysis methods are:
01 - Revenue proportionality - With realization of profit
02 - Revenue proportionality - With no realization of profit if actual revenue is less than plan costs
03 - Cost-proportional POC method
04 - Quantity proportional method
05 - Quantity proportional POC method
06 - POC method based on revenue planned by period
07 - POC method based on project progress analysis
08 - Derive costs of sales from resource-related billing (no longer used)
09 - Completed contract method
10 - Determine stock without plan costs without milestone billing
11 - Determine stock without plan costs with milestone billing
12 - Determine stock and reserves for follow-up costs without milestone billing
13 - Determine WIP for actual costs in objects not bearing revenues
14 - Derive costs of sales from resource-related billing of dynamic line items
15 - Derive revenues from resource-related billing of dynamic line items
Methods of Valuating Results Analysis
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Revenue-Proportional Results Analysis
POC = R(a) / R(p)
B
POC = 40%
C(c) = POC * C(p) = 800
C(z) = C(a) - C(c) = 200
Percentage of completion
Costs of sales
Costs of stock (WIP)
Financial Accounting
Stock Inv. Change
FI
200 200
1,000 1,200
200
Profitability analysis
CO-
PA
Net sales 1200
Cost of sales 800
Result 400
Settlement
settles
Settlement
posts
Plnd. Rev. R(p) 3,000
Plnd. costs C(p) 2,000
Actual rev. R(a) 1.200
Actual costs C(a) 1,000
When use revenue-based methods, the revenue relevant to profit equals the actual
revenue. This method can be used with milestone billing and to report intermediate profits.
This method will use planned costs and revenues.
01
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Cost-Proportionality Results Analysis
POC = C(a) / C(p)
B
POC = 50%
R(c) = POC * R(p) = 1,500
R(z) = R(c) - R(a) = 300
Percentage of completion
Revenues by period
Invent. fr. Which rev. can be generated (WIP)
Financial Accounting
Stock Inv. Change
FI
300 300
1,000 1,200
300
Profitability analysis
CO-
PA
Revenues by period 1,500
Actual costs 1,000
Result 500
Settlement
settles
Settlement
posts
Plnd. Rev. R(p) 3,000
Plnd. costs C(p) 2,000
Actual rev. R(a) 1.200
Actual costs C(a) 1,000
When use the cost-based percentage of completion method in results analysis, the system
calculates the revenue on the basis of actual costs incurred up to the current period. This
method should have planned costs and revenues.
03
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POC for Progress Analysis
In the POC method of earned value analysis, the project earned value is determined by a
process that is independent of the results analysis. This independent POC is used to
determine costs and revenues by period and perform a posting correction to both costs and
revenues.
POC per WBS element
calculated using
progress analysis B
POC = 60%
R(c) = POC * R(p) = 1,800
C(c) = POC * C(p) = 1,200
R(z) = R(c) - R(a) = 600
C(z) = C(a) - C(c ) = 200
Percentage of completion
Revenues by period
Costs by period
Revenue in excess of billings (WIP)
reserves for unrealized costs
Financial Accounting
Stock Inv. Change
FI
600 600
1,000
200
1,200
600
Profitability analysis
CO-
PA
Revenues by period 1,800
Actual costs 1,200
Result 600
Settlement
settles
Settlement
posts
Plnd. Rev. R(p) 3,000
Plnd. costs C(p) 2,000
Actual rev. R(a) 1.200
Actual costs C(a) 1,000
Reserves Expenditure
200 200
07
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Cost of Sales from Resource-Related Billing
It determines the cost of sales as a proportion of the actual costs incurred that have already
been billed to the customer. The remainder of the actual costs make up the cost balance.
This results analysis method can be used only with resource-related billing of dynamic line
items.
No POC
B
C(c) = 700
R(a) = 1,200
C(b) = 300
Cost of sales to the amount of line items involved
Revenues already billed
Balances to the amount of line items not yet involved
Financial Accounting
Stock Chg in stock.
FI
300 300
1,000 1,200
300
Profitability analysis
CO-
PA
Net sales 1,200
Cost of sales 700
Result 500
Settlement
settles
Settlement
posts
Billing request
Item 1: 200 300
Item 2: 500 900
Item 3: 300 NN
Costs Rev.
C(a) = 1,000
C(c) = 700
R(a) = 1,200
C(b) = 300
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Released
Actual Data Result Analysis Data
Final Invoice
Technically Complete
Costs Only
Costs
Revenues
Follow-up
Costs
• Cost of sales = 0
• Reserve for imminent losses
• Determine balances
• Cost of sales > 0
• Change in balances
• Reserve for unrealized costs
• Reserve for imminent losses
• Cost of sales = Max planned/actual costs
• Balances = 0 (balances cleared)
• Reserve for unrealized costs
• Reserve for imminent losses
• Cost of sales = Actual costs
• Clearing any remaining reserves
Use the WBS element status to divide the project life cycle in defined stages that lead to
various results in results analysis. The standard system distinguishes between three stages
Considerations for Results Analysis
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Results Analysis for Billing Elements
RA SR Settlement Rule
Result analysis Key: Project
structure indicator = A, C, T
Results analysis in the project structure always takes place in billing elements. The results
analysis data in a billing element includes an aggregated plan and actual costs from the
WBS elements to the billing element. In the case of Networks, note that only plan costs for
appended orders are included in the assigned WBS elements. In settlement, only billing
elements with results analysis are settled because they already contain the plan and actual
data for subordinate WBS elements.
B
B
Network
SR
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
SR
RA
RA
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RA for Sub-hierarchies and Overall Valuation
To perform results analysis separately for specific sub-hierarchies and valuate the entire
project, the top element in the project is assigned a results analysis key with the project
structure indicator B.
The planned and actual data from subordinate WBS elements are summarized upwards;
plan, actual, and results analysis data from the WBS elements, where results analysis has
taken place, is passed to the top element.
B
B
Network
SR
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
SR
RA
RA
Plan/
Actual
+ Result analysis data
RA SR Settlement Rule
Result analysis Key:
Project structure indicator = B(top element)
Project structure indicator = A, C, T(other)
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Separate Results Analysis for WIP Elements
If parts of the project are processed in different company codes, business areas, or profit
centers, you may have to calculate and post balances and reserves separately in non-
billing elements (WIP elements) or orders. In such cases, the WBS elements or orders are
assigned a results analysis key or settlement rule of their own. Plan and actual data is
rolled up from the subordinate WBS elements. Data between WIP elements is not
aggregated in results analysis.
B
WIP
WIP
SR
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
Plan/
actual
SR
RA
RA
RA SR Settlement Rule
Result analysis Key:
Project structure ID = B(Top element, WIP element)
Project structure ID = _ (Order)
SR
RA
CoCd 1
PrCtr 1
CoCd 2,
PrCtr 2
CoCd 3,
PrCtr 3
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Introduction
Project Structures
Project Planning
Project Budgeting
Contents
Scheduling & Execution
Table of contents
141
Project Period End Closing
Project Analysis & Reporting
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Project Information System
The Project Information System is a flexible, comprehensive information system and can
use to monitor and control project data. You can evaluate individual projects, partial
projects, or multiple projects. The system includes overview reports and reports offering
various degrees of detail.
Features:
It is possible to run recurring standard reports and create your own reports to meet specific
information needs and tasks.
Report evaluation includes a wide range of functions. For example, you can branch to other
reports for more detailed information, send reports via Mail, or print them.
The standard also includes reports offering different degrees of detail, summarizations, and
views of current data, version data, and archive data for:
Structures
Controlling
Progress
Resources
Material
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Structures Capacities
ALV
Controlling
Progress Analysis Proj. summarization
Material Analysis
Project Information
System
Information System Overview
Information System Overview
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Project Information System (Cont…)
Below table will help to select the report type in each requirement:
Technical Project Reports
Analysis of operative or organizational data from
different viewpoints based on project structure
Detailed information on selected objects, such as
WBS elements, activities, or confirmations
Hierarchy Reports
To View hierarchical overview of your costs,
revenues and payments
Cost Element Reports
Evaluate detailed information at cost element
level
Co line item Reports Trace the origin of costs at document level
Reports on resources
Use resource information system to analyze the capacity
requirements of the work centers used in a project.
Project Progress To analyze the progress of a project
Reports on resources
Use this component to combine a number of projects, internal
orders, and production orders with characteristics in coming,
thereby achieving more efficient cost accounting over them.
This makes for clearer cost analysis at higher levels.
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Technical Reporting
The Information System for structures allows to monitor and control projects technically.
Features:
Overviews in the information system
Graphics in the information system
Confirmations
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Overviews in Project Information System
Overviews in the Information System give an overview of single or multiple objects for a
specific project. The system creates a structure overview from the values maintained in the
selection screen. It is possible to branch to go to the individual overviews and detail screens
from the structure overview. The following graphic shows how to navigate between the
individual overviews:
Selection Options
Structure overview Individual overview
Detail screens
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Overviews (Cont…)
Features:
The following overviews are available:
Structure Overview
The structure overview displays all selected object types, for example, WBS elements and activities,
in your hierarchical structure.
Individual Overviews
The individual overview displays individual objects belonging to a project. There are individual
overviews for the following objects:
Project definition
WBS elements
Networks
Activities
Orders
Sales and distribution documents
Sales document items
Relationships
Milestones
Production resources/tools (PRT)
Capacity requirements
Confirmations
Components
Planned orders
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Structure Overview - Functions
In addition to the functions, it is possible to execute
various icons, the structure information system offers
two more facilities:
Context-sensitive mouse: Can use cursor positioning
and the context-sensitive mouse to execute functions.
Double-clicking items: In Customizing, choose between
ten selection actions, as to what should happen when
an item is double clicked. Possibilities include
confirmation and changing the object.
By choosing Go to Information System, call up
reports in other areas:
Cost reports
Capacity evaluations
Reservations concerning account assignment
Purchase requisitions concerning account assignment
Purchase orders concerning account assignment
Purchasing documents concerning account assignment
Other
Functions
Purchasing
docs for acct.
assignment
Capacity
evaluation
Coat reports
Coat reports
Reservations
for acct.
assignment
Confirmations
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Graphics in PS Information System
Hierarchy Graphic
Network Graphic
Portfolio
Gantt Chart
Presentation Graphic
Structure Graphic
Various Graphics
used in
Project systems
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Confirmations
Confirmations document the state of processing for activities and activity elements in a
network, and can be used to forecast progress in the future. Precise confirmations are very
important for realistic and accurate project planning.
Confirmations can be done directly in the Project System or by using the following
functions:
Confirmation via Time Sheets (CATS)
Confirmation via Intranet (PS-CON)
Confirmation in External Systems (PDC)
Decentralized Confirmation using MS-ACCESS
Open Project System
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Customizing Structure Information System
DB Profile for
selection of data
Individual Overview
Profile
Structure Overview
Profile
Resource capacity
evaluation Profile
Overview variants
header, footer
PS Graphic Profile
Text modules for title
and header line items
Profiles for displaying
funds and revenues
PS info Profile
The PS info profile is an overall profile which combines the individual profiles necessary for
working with the structure/date information system
PS Info Profile
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Overview Profiles
Settings
Hierarchy/tree
Display groupings
Version comparison
Sort down
Changes
Protected
Not modifiable
Field Widths
Object width
Column width
Filters
General
User-defined
Status-dependent
Object
Settings
Value abs./per
Units in header line
Object type test
Original width
Subprofiles
Displayed fields
Grouping criteria
Summarize criteria
Sort criteria
Highlights
General
User-defined
Status-dependent
Objects
WBS elements
Activities
Orders
Overview profile control parameters
Objects for Overview profiles
Only in structure overview
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Commercial Project Reporting
Various reports are available for analyzing and monitoring commercial data. The Controlling
Information System contains three types of reports:
Hierarchy reports
Cost element reports
Line item reports
The report type you choose will depend on the information you require and the level of
detail of this information.
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Data Types
CP-0001
Cell tower
20000 20000 20000
20000
210001
100002
100003
100004
100005
100006
CP-0001-01
Planning
CP-0001-02
Design
Cp-0001-03
Engineering
CP-0001-04
Construction
Actual
payments
Actual
costs
Actual
revenue
s
Payment
commitment
Cost
commitment
Budget
Planned
revenue
Planned
costs
Planned
payments
The controlling information system
covers, above all, the commercial
aspects of project processing. The
term commercial data in this
context primarily means costs,
revenues, and payments receipts
and disbursements). The following
are among the values available:
Actual
Plan
Commitments (costs, payments)
Budget
Depending on what you want to
know, you can analyze and
evaluate this data using the various
report types.
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Commercial Project Reporting
Below table will help to select the report type in each requirement:
Internal business volume in settlement
Order plan values as commitments
Budgeting and cost planning
Payment data
Incoming orders
Open orders
Costs to complete (CTC)
Detailed actual, plan, and commitment values
Debits and credits by object
Plan data from the network costing, by cost element
Quantities
Statistical key figures
Credit from settlement
Actual costs/revenues
Commitments
Plan costs/revenues
Hierarchical cost/revenue planning
Budgets
Actual payments/payment commitments
Planned payments
Results analysis
Line item settlement
Hierarchy
Report
Information required Report Type
Cost
Element
Report
Line item
Reports
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Hierarchy Reports
Form
Key Figures
Characteristics
Basic Concepts
In the hierarchy reports, the system displays the value flow of the commercial data in an
Individual project, in subprojects, or cross-project, from hierarchical points of view. The
valuation is based on all the data in the RPSCO project information database. RPSCO
contains all project-related cost, revenue, and payment data, summarized by value
category. Value categories are groupings of cost elements and commitment items.
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Accessing a Hierarchy
Report
Conventional drilldown report Graphic report output
Hierarchy Reports – Output Types
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Classic Drilldown Report: Functions
Currency
Number format
Characteristic display
Totals line
Percentage/ absolute
Zero on/off
Headers on/off
Report text on/off
Settings
Drilldown
Detained list
Characteristics
Hierarchy
Navigate
Exceptions
Comment
Report parameters
Extras
Sort
Analysis
Condition
Ranking list
Hierarchy
Columns on/off
Find
Edit
Export
Send
Print report
Save
Report
Columns
Period breakdown
Graphic
Access Report
Go to
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Graphic Report: Functions
Currency
Number format
Characteristic display
Totals line
Column display
Undo
Percentage/ absolute
Zeros on/off
Settings
Exceptions
Comment
Report parameters
Attributes
Extras
Analysis
Condition
Ranking list
Hierarchy selection
ABC analysis
Edit
Export
Save
Report
Line items
Access report
Go to
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Hierarchy Report: Requirements
Define value
categories
Import reports form
client 000
Regenerate project
info database
Create Forms
and Reports
Value categories are intervals/groups of cost elements and
commitment items.
They are required for:
Updating the project info database RPSCO
Calculating interest in projects
Defining hierarchy reports for costs, revenues and payments
Updating quantities in the project info database RPSCO
Import the standard reports we deliver, either online or in
background processing, from client 000 to the client where you are
logged on.
The project info database has to be regenerated when the
hierarchy reports are called up for the
first time (and whenever subsequent changes are made to the
value categories).
The structure and content of the basic list, drilldown lists, and
detailed lists in a hierarchy report are determined by two elements:
Form
Report definition
The form determines the structure of the report and the report
definition determines the content
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Cost Element Reports
Cost element reports are used to evaluate one or more projects in detail by cost element.
The reports contain the following information on costs and revenues:
Values
Quantities
Confirmed hours from activity allocations
Statistical key figures
Cost element reports are used to evaluate the following data in detail:
Detailed information on the totals records
Planned costs from the network costing
Reconciliation results within project processing
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Cost Element Report Structure
Structure Tree for
selecting objects
Cost Elements
Cost element reports display costs by cost element. Use the Report Painter to
create cost element reports.
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Cost Element Report: Functions
Column attributes
Report layout
Section layout
Section attributes
Texts
Report/report
Interface
Dialog settings
Settings
Expand /compress
Line hierarchy
View
Selection log
Messages
Technical info
Comment
Extras
Select block
Sort
Access report
Currency translation
Threshold value
Refresh
Edit
Export
Send
Print report
Save
Graphic
Send
Office integration
Report Position
Horizontal pages
Find
Go to
Project
WBS 1
WBS 2
activity
activity
activity
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Line Item Reports
Business transactions are documented as line items and stored in line item files. The data
in these files is divided into plan transactions and actual transactions. Line items are always
documented for actual and commitment data. At least one line item is written for each
posting. The system writes plan line items only under certain conditions.
Features:
Actual line items: Actual line items are written each time you post costs, revenues, and payments.
Plan line items: Plan line items are written for cost, revenues, and payments if you have configured
the system accordingly.
Commitment line items: Commitment line items are created as a commitment is set up - for
example, for a purchase order.
Budget line items: The system uses line items to document budget changes which you save.
Settlement line items
We deliver the following standard reports:
Project actual cost line items
Project commitment line items
Project plan cost line items
Project structure planned cost line items
Project budget line items
Project actual payment line items
Project planned payment line items
Display project settlement line items
Results analysis line items
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ALV Functions
Basic list
Optimize columns
Display variant
Choose other
Choose fields
Save
Settings
Master record
Document
AC Documents
Environment
Export
Print
Report
Filters
Sort function
Summation
Subtotals
Edit
Columns
Choose details
Compress
expand
Extras
ALV
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Project Progress
Use the planning phase of a project to plan how you want your project to progress.
However, errors in planning or unforeseen events may cause the project to vary from the
plan.
The project objective will then only be achieved if project management identifies these
variances early on and takes prompt action to correct them. To this end, project
management requires constant access to current information about:
Project status
The state of the project at a particular time, as derived from actual data on costs, dates, and
capacities.
Project progress
The progress of the project towards achieving its goal, as of a particular time, compared with
planning
Expected project development
How you expect your project do reach completion. If the actual course of the project varies from the
plan at a particular point in time, you can use key dates and simultaneous schedule updates to
forecast the project's further progress.
Neither costs, resources, nor dates may be viewed in isolation. You can only draw
meaningful conclusions about the progress of your project when you can compare actual
results with these values. The Project System provides tools for effective project monitoring,
control, and execution, as follows:
Progress analysis
Milestone trend analysis
Cost forecast
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Progress Analysis
1
3
2
SV
CV
Costs
Period
Today
Costs
Work
Dates
1
3
2
BCWS
BCWP
Actual costs
Progress analysis is the tool you use to determine planned and actual project progress values, and to
compare the two sets of data. This enables you to identify cost and schedule variances early and take
appropriate action
Legend:
SV = Schedule variance (BCWP - BCWS), CV = Cost variance (BCWP - Actual costs)
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1
3
2
SV
CV
Costs
Period
Today
Plan POC Planned
Cost
Act. POC
BCWS
1
BCWS
2
BCWS
2
POC = Percentage of completion
CV = Cost variance
SV = Scheduled variance
BCWP= Budgeted cost of work
performed
BCWS= Budgeted cost of work
Scheduled
Progress Analysis – Function
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Progress Analysis – Process Flow
Create a Project structure
Enter Measurement Method
Enter Planned data for a project
Enter Actual data for a Project
Determine the Progress
Evaluate the Progress
Create Project with WBS and
activities
Determine how the system calculates the
percentage of completion (POC)
Plan for costs, dates, milestones, and so
on
Actual data
Determines the planned and actual POC,
Calculates the BCWP and BCWS
Analyze the progress data, together with other
project key figures.
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Milestone Trend Analysis
Milestone trend analysis is a simple method for analyzing the dates in a project and comparing them
with planned data. You use it to recognize trends and deviations from the planned schedule quickly .
The scheduled dates of the milestones, which are relevant for the course of the project, are compared
at various points in time. Deviations from the planned schedule are made apparent. In the graphical
form a MTA chart is used, which is triangular where the sides are the times axes. The milestone dates
are plotted against the report dates.
Milestone
dates Reporting date
Delay
Scheduled dates
Scheduled dates
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Project Summarization
Project summarization is a method, offered in the Project System, of summarizing and
analyzing a number of projects under one or more super ordinate terms. Summarization
combines the objects with attributes in common by means of a hierarchy structure you
define yourself. The controlling area is always the top node in the hierarchy. Examples of
summarization criteria include:
Business area
Responsible cost centers
User-defined fields
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Capacities
Valuated
Project stock
Resources and
material
Reservations
Purchase requisitions
Purchase Orders
Outline agreements
Stock/Requireme
nt list
Material
Componen
ts
The resources and material information system covers the following:
Capacity reports
Stock/requirements list
Order report
Reservations/ purchase requisitions/ purchase orders / outline agreements
Valuated project stock
Reports on Resource and Material
177. 14 March 2024
Resources
&
Capacity planning
Distribution of work
among workforce
Capacity requirements
(project view)
Capacity load
(work center view)
Capacity load
(variable view)
Resources - Reports
178. 14 March 2024
Missing parts
Pegged Requirements
Order Report
Reservations
Outline agreements
Material
Individual Overviews Others
Material - Reports
Planned Orders
Components
For project
For account assignment
Purchase requisitions
For project
For account assignment
Purchase Orders
Stock/requirements lists
Valuated Project stock
Stock