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By Anand Seetharaju and Mayank Sharma
We explain accounting and SAP General Ledger with instructions on customizing. We share practical experiences, organized into nineteen chapters:
Read more: SAP Press Book: General Ledger Accounting with SAP S/4HANA
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By Janet Salmon

Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA) extends ledger-specific accounting to inventory valuation, product costing, and Actual Costing in SAP S/4HANA. This guide explains legal and group valuation, parallel currencies, and ledger-specific material costs.
Read more: SAP Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA): Inventory Accounting and Product Costing
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Welcome to the latest SAP S/4HANA edition of this bestselling SAP Press book which immediately entered the SAP Press top ten when published on Jan 26, 2023.
Read more: SAP Book: Production Variance Analysis in SAP S/4HANA
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How a Chemicals Manufacturer Improves CAPEX Request Management with Process Re-engineering & Automation
A specialty chemicals manufacturer based in Delaware employs 5,200 people in 120 countries. They are starting to automate the process of capital expenditure (CAPEX). With SAP Fiori, based on results delivered during its proof-of-concept stage, they aim to reduce customer equipment deployment times and improve process efficiency.
This case study explains how the client of IQX Business Solutions, plans to improve CAPEX request management through IQX Capex.
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By Ramya Kannan

Introduction
UST offers three accelerator programs to complement RISE with SAP so you can quickly and reliably achieve transformational change in the cloud.
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by Paul Ovigele

This book helps you set up the SAP Material Ledger, run it smoothly, and configure key settings for currency conversion, ledgers, and valuation views.
We set up and run actual costing, group valuation, profit center valuation, parallel cost of goods manufactured, and balance sheet valuation.
We walk through special scenarios and execute reports to monitor material value flows.
Also, click HERE to learn about the companion SAP Press book: Product Cost Controlling with SAP S/4HANA
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By Constantino Solis Prego

Changing an SAP cost component structure with Material Ledger active requires careful cost mapping, cutover timing, and historical reporting. This six-step case study shows how a food and beverage plant added more detail to its existing structure while retaining historical cost information.
The plant had two main production areas: food and liquid processing, and packaging. Its original structure grouped all ingredients into one cost component, packaging into another, and labor, depreciation, and other production activities into three further components. The objective was to make these costs easier to analyze without confusing comparisons with earlier periods.
Read more: Change SAP Cost Component Structure with Material Ledger
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SAP Press Book: Asset Accounting with SAP S/4HANA
By Stoil Jotev

Learn how to configure and use asset accounting in SAP S/4HANA.
The book is organized into the following chapters:
Table of Contents
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By John Jordan
SAP Product Cost Controlling connects planned product costs with the costs recorded during manufacturing. It helps you understand standard cost estimates, cost component splits, work in process (WIP), production variances, and settlement.
This chapter-by-chapter guide summarizes Product Cost Controlling with SAP, third edition (2016). Explore 20 chapters covering master data, costing configuration, production order costs, closing, and reporting, with SAP screenshots and a glossary.
Choose the right edition: The original book focuses on SAP ERP processes. For SAP S/4HANA, see Product Cost Controlling with SAP S/4HANA, which I co-authored with Janet Salmon. The S/4HANA explanations on this page provide context; available transactions, apps, and accounting processes depend on your edition, release, and configuration.
Read more: SAP Product Cost Controlling: Book Guide and Key Concepts
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Production variance analysis in SAP S/4HANA helps explain differences between manufacturing costs and a defined cost baseline. This chapter-by-chapter overview of John Jordan and Janet Salmon's book covers planning, standard cost estimates, actual costs, period-end processing, scrap, reporting, and event-based production accounting.


