Online Course
SAP PaPM: Profitability and Performance Management
with Michael Mkpadi
12/3/2025 – 12/5/2025
The course in detail:
If you’re tackling complex profitability calculations with SAP PaPM, then this is the course for you. Begin with basic system navigation and universal environment setup. Once you’ve developed a basic allocation model using input tables and core business functions, level up by incorporating rules, drivers, and predictive and scripting functions. Optimize your SAP PaPM system like a pro through simulation versioning, workflows, function chains, and more. Finally, manage change in steady-state and project environments and avoid common modeling pitfalls. It’s time to put SAP PaPM through its paces!
What you'll learn:
- Navigate and configure the SAP PaPM universal environment
- Model end-to-end profitability and performance processes
- Integrate external data sources with SAP PaPM
- Optimize data performance in SAP PaPM models
- Translate business requirements into working SAP PaPM functions and logic
🕒 The courses start at 10 a.m. ET and end at 3:00 p.m. ET, breaks included.
Who is this SAP PaPM course suitable for?
- FI-CO consultants
- Profitability business process owners
- Financial analysts
- Super users
Prerequisite: Attendees should have prior familiarity with financial processes and performance management, and basic understanding of SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA. Some familiarity with SAP PaPM is recommended; we suggest reading Introducing SAP Profitability and Performance Management. If you need more information about the learning level, please feel free to ask us.
These SAP PaPM topics will be covered in this course:
- Universal model
- Navigation and environment setup
- Master data
- Model tables
- Core business functions
- Predictive and scripting functions
- Performance optimization and governance
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Online Courses
Foundations, Master Data, and Basic Modeling
Get familiar with the SAP PaPM environment, and then create a basic model using building objects. Execute profitability functions and run your calculations in real time!
Topics:
- Navigation
- Profitability and master data
- Direct and indirect cost allocations
- Input tables and output tables
- Aggregation, join, allocation, and write functions
- Model tables
- Model view
- Simulation mode
Modeling Profitability with Business Logic
Model profitability for common business scenarios! Establish connections between SAP PaPM and your data sources, and then leverage business rules, drivers, and predictive and scripting functions.
Topics:
- Cost allocation model
- Revenue sharing and transfer pricing model
- Route profitability model
- Risk and compliance modeling
- Data collection from SAP and non-SAP sources
- Business rules and drivers
- Predictive and scripting functions
- Business workflow
Product and Service Costing Models and Administration
Dig into methods for costing products using BOM-based allocations and for costing services using rate cards, billed service hours, and activities. Then focus on performance optimization to get the most out of your SAP PaPM system.
Topics:
- Product costing models
- Service costing models
- Simulation versioning
- Workflow management
- Function chains
- Steady-state workflow and support
- Rollback, backup, and disaster recovery
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Your Expert
Michael Mkpadi is a seasoned SAP expert specializing in SAP Profitability and Performance Management, with more than two decades of experience in financial modeling, cost allocation, and profitability analysis. As the author of Modeling with SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management, Michael has established himself as a leading voice in SAP PaPM, helping organizations optimize profitability and streamline financial processes. With a strong background in software engineering, finance, and SAP consulting, Michael has worked with global enterprises to design and implement advanced profitability solutions. His expertise spans data modeling, scenario simulation, and performance optimization, making him a trusted advisor for finance teams and SAP professionals.
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