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Controlling Conference 2024

Controlling Conference Session Track

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Controlling 2024 Session

PRE-CONFERENCE DAY - SUNDAY, SEPT 15, 2024

Management Accounting in S/4HANA - Marjorie Wright
10am – 12pm

This session will provide an overview of changes to expect in Controlling from its master data and main business processes, including allocations, when implementing S/4 HANA.

SAP Product Cost Controlling Overview - Tom King
10am – 12pm

Product costing in SAP involves more than just generating standard costs for materials. Without the remaining pieces, this only gives a one-dimensional view of performance and profitability. It requires the addition of the other two legs of the tripod to get the full view of product performance.

1:30pm – 5:30pm

SAP’s Project Management Applications are a powerful tool for managing projects efficiently and ensuring their successful completion. In this session we explore three companies that have leveraged SAP’s Project Management Applications.

Participant-Driven Deep Dive and Workshop  - Marjorie Wright, Dawn Watts, Tom King, John Jordan
1:30pm – 5:30pm

The content of this session is entirely decided by you. Participants will have the opportunity to select the topics covered and dive into the discussion. Bring your questions and learn from your peers with the help and guidance of our panel of experts.

MAIN CONFERENCE MONDAY, SEPT 16 2024

Opening Session: Enable Cross-Company Cost Component Transfer - Ashish Sampat & Rogerio Faleiros
8:45am – 9:45am

Walk away from this session with an understanding of dependency of logistics function so that Material Ledger can leverage this data for cost component transfer.

Using 3 rd Party Software to Create Standard Cost Estimates for S/4HANA Systems - Tom King
10am – 10:45am

Sometimes it is not always practical to create standard product cost estimates in S/4HANA systems due to the scope of the implementation. For manufacturing companies, if the manufacturing quantity structures are maintained in external MES systems, then the data may not be available in S/4HANA to easily create the cost estimates.

Managing your SAP Financial Data SUCKS. We can help you fix it! - Sigrid Kok & Yoon Chung
11am – 11:30am

Your SAP finance data may suck today, but it doesn’t have to. Let us show you how to improve it with automation. SAP finance data and the processes used to create and manage them are complex and error-prone.

Changes to Standard Costing in S/4HANA - Dawn Watts
11:45am – 12:30pm

With the move to the S4 versions, Material Ledger is now mandatory. However, Actual Costing is not. Learn what changes in S/4HANA for those using the standard costing functionality.

TopGolf Callaway Case Study: Costing Runs Lessons from the Field - Richard Russmann
1:30pm – 2pm

Organizations can develop bad habits/ find ways to get things done/ drift away from optimal SAP business processes and end up with manual download, uploads, excel based solutions instead of integrated central data

SAP Central Finance - Controlling Perspective - Anand Seetharaju
2:15pm – 3pm

SAP offers Central finance - a deployment option, to leverage the latest innovations of S/4HANA by bringing financial data from different ERP systems to the central finance system without disturbing existing operational processes. Customers implementing Central Finance with multiple-source ERP systems often face many finance and controlling-related design challenges.

Maximize Margin Analysis in S/4HANA - Marjorie Wright
3:15pm – 4pm

In this session, we’ll explain the purpose and design of Margin Analysis while comparing its analytical features to other S/4HANA financial reporting methods.

Avoiding media breaks by using Fiori for Reporting in Margin Analysis – Live demonstration in SAP - Hasan Andac Gueler, PhD
4:15pm - 4:45pm

Witness the benefits of Fiori yourself based on our live SAP system examples.

Leveraging Master Data to Elevate Product Cost Planning - Tara Hushbeck
5pm – 5:45pm

SAP provides flexibility within Product Cost Planning that allows businesses to elevate how materials are costed with diverse functionality to fit business needs. The accuracy of product costing is vital when making key strategic business decisions in an increasingly competitive landscape.

MAIN CONFERENCE - TUESDAY, SEPT 17, 2024

Opening Session: Case Studies: Achieving Success in SAP Project Management - Kent Bettisworth & Gerald Steele
8:45am – 9:45am

In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective project management is crucial for organizations to stay competitive and achieve their goals. By examining real-world examples, we can gain valuable insights into the benefits and practical applications of SAP’s Project Management Applications to achieve remarkable project success.

Cross-Functional Integration Tips: Activity Types, Account Determination, and GR/IR - Ashish Sampat
10am – 10:45am

The presenter will share design and configuration options for SAP Product Costing, integration of Controlling (CO) with other modules, like Production Planning (PP) and Material Management (MM)

Advanced Costing and Profitability Analytics for SAP S4/HANA Environments - Matthew Smith
11am- 11:45am

Costing and profitability analytics in SAP S4/HANA can sometimes require extensive configurations, complex integrations, time-consuming implementation processes, and deep technical expertise.

Material Ledger Top-Down Values Analysis App - Alejandra Gonzalez & Jerson Hurtado
12pm – 12:30pm

ML Top-down values analysis is a custom application that presents you with a wealth of insightful ML values by different business scenarios, all leading to CKM3, in a top-down fashion.

Achieve Optimal Control of Your SAP Controlling Data - Mark Pockl
1:30pm – 1:50pm

Establishing a real-time connection to SAP ERP data is crucial to analyze financial costs and operational efficiency. Users are often tasked with multiple manual processes to retrieve and make adjustments to their controlling data.

SAP Material Ledger Advanced Reporting - Rogerio Faleiros
2:15pm – 3pm

With mandatory usage of the Material ledger in SAP S/4HANA, companies are now getting used to the Material ledger and now is the time for the next step!

SAP Reports for US Tax Forms 4562 Depreciation & 4797 Asset Retirements - Kent Bettisworth
3pm – 3:30pm

Although SAP provides different countries unique fixed asset reports, none of the standard nor US reports align with IRS tax depreciation (Form 4562) and asset disposition (Form 4797) requirements.

Credit Management in SAP S/4HANA - Rohana Gunawardena
3:45pm – 4:30pm

Walk through SAP Automatic Credit Management functionality and see how it has transformed from classic ECC FI/SD Credit Management to FSCM Credit Management and now S/4HANA Credit Management.

Reorganizing your Profit Centers in S/4HANA - Dawn Watts
4:45pm – 5:30pm

In S/4HANA 2022, SAP introduced "Organizational Flexibility in Financial Accounting," which includes a redesign of the Profit Center Reorganization functionality from ECC 6. This feature enables the updating of profit center assignments in master data and related financial balances in S/4HANA, a capability that has not been available since ECC 6.

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Great Networking

 
SAP Controlling is the only conference focused on SAP Controlling. You'll meet people with similar SAP interests, and it's easy to stay connected after. You'll get many opportunities to network with SAP experts and your peers from across the country and around the world. We have many networking focused sessions to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas and solutions. Join free format, speaker-led round table networking sessions! Other opportunities include lunch tables organized by industry and conference reception hour. 

 



Latest SAP Innovations

 
SAP Material Ledger is now mandatory with S/4HANA. Learn the latest requirements from expert SAP speakers including Janet Salmon, Paul Ovigele, Rogerio Faleiros. SAP is rapidly developing RPA, Machine Learning and AI functionality. Learn the latest on SAP Cloud Platform from Birgit Starmanns during her sessions. Discuss other areas under development by SAP directly with our expert SAP speakers.

 



World Leading Expert SAP Speakers

 
We carefully select our speakers based on your feedback and work closely with SAP when determining the most important latest developments. Meet and network directly while discovering innovative approaches to setting up your SAP system. 



 
 
 
 

Interactive Workshop Based Sessions

Pre conference attendees are encouraged to ask questions and steer the direction of the sessions. You select the topics at post conference workshops and you have experts available to facilitate discussions and white board question and answer sessions. 

 
 
 
 


SAP Customer Case Studies

Learn about SAP customer experiences, gain insight into how you can implement solutions for your company by using SAP in innovative ways. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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 CPE Credits

ERP Corp is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuining professional education of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. You can earn up to 18.3 Computer Science group-live credits.

CPE credits available per day:

Mon, Oct 7: 4.8 

Tue, Oct 8: 6.0 

Wed, Oct 9: 7.5 

 

 

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Tuesday, September 19
8:30 – 9:30 AM


Navigating Uncertain Times

In order to be successful, today’s financial professionals have to be able to prepare for and navigate uncertain times that may come about from factors such as changes in trade and economic policy, dynamic economic conditions, increased competition, the speed of technical innovation, and other factors such as preserving institutional knowledge as millions of baby boomers retire. In this keynote address, change management expert Jeff Klabish, Practice Director for Alta Via’s Organizational Change Management Practice, will explore proven frameworks for managing and adapting to change and how technology and innovation contribute to the equation.

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Mr. Klabish has more than 20 years of management consulting experience providing organizational change management solutions to a number of Fortune 500 and Global 100 clients.

 

 

 

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