Group Company processing mode of the SAP system Finance Module

For the SAP system, the Business architecture is very complex, but if you can study the system from a systematic perspective, many problems will become relatively simple. This article describes some simple understandings of the SAP system processing business of the group company in the course of learning, it is expected to help readers understand how sap handles the business processing of group companies.

The financial module mentioned in this article mainly refers to the general ledger, receivables, payables, fixed assets, etc. The business content of other modules will also be interspersed according to the Problem description.

In the SAP system, multi-company businesses are to be processed. Therefore, some underlying business architecture is relatively complicated. The following describes several specific aspects.

I. Manage master data at different levels

In an SAP system, master data is similar to basic or static data. When managing this data, the system divides the data into different levels, it mainly includes the entire system level, client level, list level, and companyCodeLevel. Here, we need to note that the company ID represents an entity with independent accounting and mainly generates major financial reports for this entity, an organization larger than this entity needs to issue a report, which is a consolidated report. Reports smaller than this entity range can also be generated, such as a profit center report and a cost center) reports.

1. For the entire system-level data, as long as the change is effective for the entire system, it is generally the most basic settings of some systems.

2. for client-level data, it is for the entire client. in the SAP system, different clients can be installed on one machine, which is equivalent to different sets of books, however, the accounts of multiple companies can be processed in each client. Different clients can implement different application environments. For example, some clients are the development environment, some clients are the test environment, and some clients are the formal running environment, that is, the production machine. Data can be transmitted between different clients, so as to enter the actual production environmentProgramAnd configuration is correct to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

3. the list-level data mentioned here is a type of representative, some of which are at the full list level, such as the chart of accounts, which is literally at the list level, others are presented in other forms, such as screen layout rules. This part of the data is for different businesses. It is often set for different company codes. The common practice is to allocate different lists to different company codes.

4. For company code-level data, it refers to data that is valid only for a company code, for example, company code-level data for accounting purposes. For example, in the SAP system, some basic information about suppliers and customers belongs to the entire client, such as the customer name. However, some data is unique to each company, for example, reconciliation account can be used to implement integrated system applications and adopt different business processing modes for different companies.

It is also called a user-level statement. In fact, each user can have a permission setting for each login. These are determined based on other features.

Ii. Basic information sharing mechanism

When processing some business settings, you can combine some basic settings or attributes of the system into a list or a variant to achieve shared use by multiple companies, unify the processing logic of various companies to reduce daily maintenance costs. For example, the account list and the chart of depreciation. We use the subject list as an example. The subject information is classified into list-level and company code-level. during processing, the system can set different company codes to use a set of subject lists, in this way, the codes of multiple companies can be kept consistent on some public information, such as the accounting subject code and subject name, to facilitate the unification and exchange between companies, at the same time, some business processing can also be set for different company codes. In addition, users can easily issue consolidated accounting reports by sharing a set of account lists.

Iii. Handling of internal business of the group

Within a group company, each subsidiary is both a customer and a supplier, and also a company code. In the SAP system, the three forms of each subsidiary can achieve one-to-one correspondence by setting relevant information to facilitate internal handling of the group, such as offsetting exchange between companies.

For some exchanges between companies, the system can process the accounts simultaneously between the two company codes in one step. This can reduce the workload of business personnel, it can also avoid unnecessary errors. For example, the fixed assets processing service between companies can be transferred directly between company codes,

Iv. Cross-company operations

When processing services, the SAP system classifies different services. Some services can run across different company codes, such as business areas ), code in different companies can process a common business scope, so that business processing can be performed on some product lines that run through each company, and relevant reports of a product line can be issued at the group level. This feature is very useful for some group companies across product lines. Sometimes, companies can be set up separately according to the product line. However, to share resources in different regions, subsidiaries are usually set up according to different regions, at the same time, it is necessary to independently calculate the profit or loss of each product line.

the SAP system is more flexible than the general system in terms of processing the business of the group company. In addition to the aforementioned business, the SAP system is also well reflected in some other business modules, for example, the CO module, MM module, SD module, and PP module all have separate organizational structures and can be closely integrated with the financial organizational structure. This processing mode is very troublesome for a single business setup, but it is highly scalable and adaptable for a large group company, in addition, the management cost of the information system will be greatly reduced. (From World Network)