Controlling-Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP [Hardcover]

Marco Sisfontes-Monge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

This one-stop reference provides you with a comprehensive overview of CO-PA including detailed coverage of important topics such as planning, master data in CO-PA, transfer of actual data and master data issues, reporting, and much more. If you are planning to configure, or in the process of configuring and using Controlling-Profitability Analysis with SAP, then this must-have resource is for you.

Based on SAP ERP 6.0, the author helps you understand the important elements of a successful CO-PA implementation from a process-oriented perspective. Key elements include the fundamentals of profitability management, development of the CO-PA models, interaction with the FI component of R/3 or SAP ERP 6.0, configuration of account-based and costing-based CO-PA, the CO-PA planning framework, and that's just the for starters. This unique reference also clarifies the complex integration of CO-PA with other SAP components, such as SAP BW and SAP NetWeaver BI, and addresses the common managerial CO-PA-related questions encountered in many implementations.

Whether you're a consultant, a business user, or an advanced SAP ERP Financials, or CO professional, this book takes you step-by-step through the CO-PA implementation journey, while addressing your most pressing concerns.

Highlights Include:

• Break-even analysis
• Cost classifications
• Operating concern configuration
• Reporting
• Integration issues
• SAP-delivered templates
• SAP profitability model
• Costing-based CO-PA
• Account-based CO-PA
• Master data
• CO-PA planning framework
• Advanced functionalities

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About the Author

Marco Sisfontes-Monge, the author of the SAP PRESS book, CPM and Balanced Scorecard with SAP, has worked for clients , such as John Deere, Matsushita, Schneider Electric, Sara Lee, Conair, Pacific Gas & Electric, New York Power Authority, Hyperion, and Peoplesoft.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 412 pages
• Publisher: SAP PRESS, 1st edition; 1st edition (February 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592291376
• ISBN-13: 978-1592291373
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #889,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great, January 21, 2009

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Tom Vernon "Tom" (New York, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Controlling-Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP (Hardcover)

I bought this book as I was doing some consulting work related to CO-PA planning. After reading it through, I have three specific complaints:
1. This book is in serious need of editing. When explaining new concepts and technical details, sentences like "A planning level determines a hierarchy of information that is a general definition of extraction that aggregates or collects specific types of information" are not helpful!
3. Too often, a specific topic is described as being outside the scope of the book. Well, yes, maybe, but in that case, it would have been better to make the book longer and include those topics. Oftentimes, they are very relevant as far as getting a good understanding of CO-PA is concerned.
3. Certain topics are just ignored; working with CO-PA planning, I found it very annoying that for example top-down distribution and segment-specific revalution are simply omitted.
As such, I'd consider this book a draft of the definitive CO-PA guide; it's fairly useful, but don't expect to become a CO-PA expert after reading it.