Product Costing and Manufacturing with SAP

Production planners should know about controlling processes, and controllers should know about manufacturing scenarios. This book will explain why, and delve into the overlap and effect that each topic has on the other. Following a comprehensive discussion, learn what you can do to help tighten the organization's belt by choosing the manufacturing process that's most applicable to the business strategy, and understand the impact of manufacturing on product costing selection.

* Align your manufacturing and product costing strategies
* Choose a manufacturing scenario based on economic conditions, customer requirements, and the competitive landscape
* Learn how to post FI and CO entries at each stage of the manufacturing process

Choosing a Manufacturing Strategy
Use a decision tree for product-specific evaluations, choose a manufacturing strategy, and manage multiple scenarios.

Manufacturing and Accounting Scenarios
Get familiar with the unique manufacturing scenarios from both the manufacturing and accounting perspectives. You ll find the accounting logic associated with the different production processes and individual T accounts that each requires.

Strategy Analysis
Learn how to assess manufacturing costs and any associated variances to ensure that the manufacturing process is efficient. You ll find a discussion of tools that focus on cost and margin analysis.

* Manufacturing strategy
* Production processes
* Direct/indirect costs
* Product costing
* Make-to-stock
* Make-to-order/assemble-to-order
* Engineer-to-order
* Process and lean manufacturing
* Repetitive manufacturing
* Management accounting analysis
* T accounts