Online Course: On Demand
Material Ledger with SAP S/4HANA
with Alejandra Gonzalez, Jerson Hurtado
The course in detail:
Keep your inventory organized with Material Ledger with SAP S/4HANA! Expert Jerson Hurtado will guide you through a configuration and business process sequence. After covering core concepts, capabilities, and data models, learn how to configure the Material Ledger in SAP S/4HANA to set up and run actual costing, parallel valuation, inventory, and more! Understand how the Material Ledger helps your business manage the ever-fluctuating variables of a globalized economy by handling currency exchange rates, local tax codes and legal requirements, and market fluctuations.
What you'll learn:
- Material ledger capabilities
- Basic configuration
- Variance propogation
- Inventory and balance sheet valuation
Who is Material Ledger for SAP S/4HANA suitable for?
- Entry level or upskilling FI-CO consultants
- IT implementation leads and teams
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Product cost accountants and controllers
Prerequisite: Attendees should have familiarity with the general accounting process and standard product costing in SAP. If you need more information about the learning level, please feel free to ask us.
These Material Ledger topics will be covered in this course:
- Material Ledger functionality
- Data models
- Currency settings
- Price structure determination
- Moving average price (MAP)
- Variance propogation
- Group valuation
- Operational transfer pricing
- Perpetual inventory valuation
- Use cases: first-in-first-out, last-in-first-out, and low-market value
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Online Courses: On Demand
Material Ledger Basics
An introduction to the Material Ledger in SAP S/4HANA and its integral role in product costing functionality! Learn about key enhancements for the material master, transactions, and CDS views—and how they interact to produce driving, real-time values displayed in out-of-the-box reporting.
Topics:
- Material Ledger functionality
- Material master and material transaction improvements
- Data models
Configuring the Material Ledger
Understand how to configure the Material Ledger in SAP S/4HANA! Explore currency settings and price structure determination for material price analysis transactions. Finally, discover key elements of other configurations that support the use of the Material Ledger in SAP S/4HANA.
Topics:
- Basic configuration
- Currency settings
- Parallel accounting
- Price structure determination
- Material price analysis transaction
Actual Costing in SAP S/4HANA
Master actual costing, and understand how it aligns with the moving average price (MAP)! Compare regulatory and optional actual costing, see how actual costing identifies posted variances, and learn about truing up costs. Close out the module with month-end procedures, post-closing accounting, and out-of-the-box reporting functionalities.
Topics:
- Moving average price (MAP)
- Regulatory vs. optional actual costing
- Variance propogation
- Truing up costs
- Month-end procedures
- Post-closing accounting options
- Reporting
Parallel Valuation in SAP S/4HANA
Parallel valuation has moved from being a helpful addition to a must-have component for any business. Learn how to use profit center, group valuation, and mandatory legal valuation in SAP S/4HANA. Walk through a day in the life of a company using parallel valuation, learn about the tax implications, and finish strong with a look into how the application can be used for transfer pricing.
Topics:
- Parallel valuation basics
- Profit center
- Group valuation
- Legal valuation
- Ongoing parallel valuation
- Tax implications
- Operational transfer pricing
Inventory Valuation in SAP S/4HANA
Take control of your inventory! Learn to run perpetual inventory valuation in SAP S/4HANA. See how balance sheet valuation transactions are conducted for first-in-first-out, last-in-first-out, and low-market value inventory valuation.
Topics:
- Inventory valuation basics
- Perpetual inventory valuation
- Balance sheet valuation
- Use cases: first-in-first-out, last-in-first-out, and low-market value
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Your Expert
Jerson Hurtado is an SAP S/4HANA controlling entrepreneur who specializes in assisting projects in the product cost space directly and through consultants. As the founder of ESAH, Inc., he provides architectural guidance as well as hands on project implementation, ranging from assessment, workshop delivery, design validation, proof of concept, system testing of out-of-the-box and custom solutions, cutover and go-live support. He has been part of success stories with clients in mining, high-tech, chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, aerospace, and other manufacturing industries.
Alejandra Gonzalez specializes in guiding companies through SAP S/4HANA implementations and upgrades. With more than 17 years of SAP experience and fluency in both Spanish and English, she is recognized for her expertise in product costing, Material Ledger, WIP, variances, and actual costing functionality, and has consistently delivered practical solutions for accurate inventory valuation and seamless logistics integration. Certified as an SAP S/4HANA application associate, Alejandra combines a robust operational background with technical expertise to help organizations realize the true value of SAP.
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The Material Ledger is mandatory in SAP S/4HANA. Get it up and running smoothly with this all-in-one resource! Configure key settings for currency conversion, ledgers, and valuation views. Then set up and run your key ML processes, step by step: actual costing, group valuation, profit center valuation, parallel cost of goods manufactured, and balance sheet valuation. Walk through special scenarios and execute reports to monitor material value flows. Unlock the potential of the Material Ledger!
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Ready to implement product cost controlling in SAP S/4HANA? This comprehensive guide is what you need! Walk through master data setup and cost estimate configuration, click by click. Dive into the details of integrated planning, including planned and actual costs and final settlements. Discover your available reporting options and review period-end tasks such as calculating overhead, works in progress, variance, and more! Get new insight into the most recent SAP Fiori apps, event-based processing and real-time accounting, and the future direction of universal parallel accounting with SAP S/4HANA.
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