Create Secondary Cost Elements
CASE STUDY
Task Create secondary cost elements. Time 5 min
Short Description Create secondary cost elements to assess the cost of the canteen, assembly and maintenance.
Name (Position) Jamie Shamblin (Cost Accountant)
Internal cost flows and activity flows are always allocated in SAP ERP using secondary cost elements. A cost element classifies the purpose-related, valuated consumption of factors of production within a controlling area. In contrast to primary cost elements, secondary cost elements do not have any corresponding, cost-relevant G/L account.
To create a new secondary cost element follow the menu path:
Accounting ? Controlling ? Cost Center Accounting ? Master
Data ? Cost Element ? Individual Processing ? Create Secondary
Menu path
Enter PLA### as the cost element number. The cost element should be valid from 01/01 of the current fiscal year. Now, click .
Type in the name Plan Asm. CC-CA### and assign it to cost element category Assessment (42). Compare your screen to the one shown below.
Plan Asm CC-CA###
42
PLA###
01/01 of current year
Now, click
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Repeat the process above for the maintenance allocation cost element with the following data:
Cost Element: Valid from: Name:
Cost. Elem. Cat.: Now, click
save.
MAI###
01/01 of the current fiscal year Allocation CC-MA### 43
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MAI###
01/01 of current year
Allocation CC-MA###
43
Repeat the process for the maintenance allocation cost element with the following data:
Cost Element: Valid from: Name:
Cost. Elem. Cat.: Now, click
save.
ASM###
01/01 of the current fiscal year Allocation CC-AS### 43
MAI###
01/01 of current year
Allocation CC-AS###
43
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access Menu.
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Create Activity Types
CASE STUDY
Task Create activity types. Time 10 min
Short Description Create activity types to allocate cost for activities within maintenance and assembly.
Name (Position) Jamie Shamblin (Cost Accountant)
Activity types are organizational units within the controlling area that
classify the activities performed by a cost center. As units of measure, they are used to allocate internal activities.
To create a new activity type, follow the menu path:
Accounting ? Controlling ? Cost Center Accounting ? Master Data ? Activity Type ? Individual Processing ? Create
Menu path
Enter M### (replace ### with your assigned number) as the activity type number. It should be valid from 01/01 of the current fiscal year. Click
.
M###
01/01 of current year
Maint. Hours 000
H, all cost center
categories
Manual entry, manual
allocation MAI###
On the following screen, type in Maint. Hours ### as the name. The activity unit is Hour (H), the activity type should be valid for all cost
center categories (*). Use the F4-Help to choose the activity type category Manual entry, manual allocation and assign it to the allocation cost
element you just created (MAI###). Your screen should look similar to the one depicted below. Now, Click
.
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Repeat the process above to create the activity for the assembly cost center. Insert the following data and use the F4-Help if necessary:
Activity type: Valid from: Name:
Activity unit: Cost center cat.:
A###
01/01 of current fiscal year Assembly hours ### Hour
All Cost Center Cate
manual entry, manual allocation ASM###
A###
01/01 of current year
Assembly hours ###
Hour
All Cost Center Catel
manual entry, manual
allocation ASM###
Activity type cat.: Alloc. Cost element:
Now, click
to save your activity type.
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access Menu.
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Create Cost Center Group
CASE STUDY
Task Create the cost center group. Time 10 min
Short Description Create a cost center group to assess the canteen cost. Receivers of the canteen cost are the canteen, the maintenance and the assembly cost center you created previously. Name (Position) Jamie Shamblin (Cost Accountant)
Cost centers can be grouped together to form cost center groups by various perspectives to model the company’s structure as cost centers in the SAP System. You can use these groups to form cost center hierarchies that summarize the areas for decision-making, responsibility, and control according to the company’s specific needs.
To create a new cost center group, follow the menu path:
Accounting ? Controlling ? Cost Center Accounting ? Master Data ? Cost Center Group ? Create
Menu path
The group shall be named GROUP### (replace ### with your assigned number). Click
to continue.
GROUP###
Name the displayed hierarchy Canteen cost receivers and click
(not to be confused with
).
Canteen cost receivers
In the left-hand column, enter the cost centers CC-CA###, CC-MA### and CC-AS### in that sequence and click the cost centers should then be displayed If you see and then
to confirm. The names of
instead, it means you have
misspelled one of the cost centers. Select the involved cost center, click
. Enter the correct cost center and click
.
Click . Then return to the SAP Easy Access menu by clicking twice.
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