Planning & Reporting of Costs in a Project A PLM Consulting Solution
With the integrated cost planning solution you can plan not only labor costs, but also material costs in PPM Project Management without jumping to the ERP backend.
Our Service An implementation-ready Solution Implementation of the Solution Documentation of the Solution 6 Months of Bug fixing Optional Online Scoping Session and/or Presentation at Customer
Functionality Plan Costs Transfer Costs to CO Report Costs Plan primary costs and activity inputs Detailed period based planning by cost elements Planning in different versions Distribution of Costs Planning on multiple hierarchy levels Supports standard accounting integration and custom object links Cost transfer to the ERP Backend Embedded graphics and Excel export 4
Why Cost Planning One in six companies exceed its budget by 200% - University of Oxford and McKinsey, 2011 5
Cost Planning Screen shot Cost Planning: User Interface 6
Cost Planning Function Overview Plan Totals Plan period based cost Distribute Costs Weighted by amount of days in period Add Cost Position Activity Input is calculated and added per each role automatically Plan in different versions Copy values from one version to another version 7
Cost Transfer Cost Transfer: Implemented as guided procedure 8
Cost Transfer Function Overview Transfer values from source PPM version to target Co Version Choose object for cost transfer Overview of transferred costs Confirmation screen with detailed log 9
Embedded Reporting 10
Embedded Reporting Embedded Reporting as ALV functionality available at cost planning and cost transfer screen. Export data to Business Objects Explorer 11
Planning & Reporting of Labor and Material Costs in a Project The Consulting Solution Integrated Cost planning streamlines the process of planning labor and material costs by cost elements on an accrual basis directly within SAP Portfolio and Project Management user interface. Business Challenges Plan in different scenarios to optimize your costs in resources and material See how changes in project schedule affect the project costs See how additional project members affect the project costs Availability, Technical Details Available for SAP PPM 6.0 and SAP PPM 5.0 Key Features The service offers you Integrated planning of labor and material costs Distribution of costs based on a calendar Automated planning of labor costs via role task assignments Plan costs in different versions Copy cost planning from one version to another Cost planning even without using the standard accounting integration Transfer costs to ERP by using a guided procedure Configurable per project type Embedded reporting Contact SAP Note: 1772254 SAP Service No.: 50109202, Enhancement Services for SAP PPM BusinessObjects Explorer functionality requires at least SAP PPM 5.0 SP 6 Technical Documentation and User Manual Modification-Free Business Add-ins to implement custom logic Contact: PLMServices@sap.com Related Services Activity Task Creation Easy Role/Resource Assignment Extended Financial & Capacity Planning Subproject Creation Integrated Financial & Capacity Planning Business Benefits Achieve a high quality cost planning Less training effort for end users Highly reduced error rate in costs transferred to the backend, by using the guided procedure Successful Projects delivered in budget Reduce project cost overruns 12
Contact Information Tobias Gläser SAP Portfolio and Project Management Consulting SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG Hasso-Plattner-Ring 7 69190 Walldorf, Germany M +49 160 908 23181 tobias.daniel.glaeser@sap.com