Explain the organizational structures? - ANSWER The enterprise
structure of a company is mapped to spa application using
organizational units
organizational units represent the enterprise sructure in terms of
legal or business related purposes.
organization units include legal company entities plants storage
location, sales offices and profit centers.
What are examples of organizational levels? - ANSWER client is
the highest level unit of all organizational elements it represent the
enterprise or headquarters group .
company code is a unit used in the balance sheet of a legally
independent enterprise. it is the central organization element of
financial accounting (FI)
how many units can organiztionl units may be assigned to an
application? - ANSWER 1 to many
is a controlling (CO) are is the basic organization unit in management
accouting? - ANSWER true
is the Controlling (CO) closed or open entity? - ANSWER closed
what can you do in the controlling CO area? - ANSWER allocate
costs withing the co without affecting other cost outside the co
[What does (CO-PA) STAND FOR? - ANSWER Central organization
unit in profitability anlysis
what does (co-pa) do? - ANSWER represents the structure o
external market segments for the enterprise.
,what does (P&L) stand for - ANSWER Profit and loss
Why do we prepare financial and p and l statments at the company
code level? - ANSWER to meet legal reporting requiremetns.
What does BA stand for? - ANSWER Business areas
what can you do with BA - ANSWER Group strategic business
units for reporting financial and p and l statements.
Are BA suitable for auditing? - ANSWER no only for reporting
purposes
Can BA group Business units that are associated with different
company codes? - ANSWER yes
is a plant an organiztional unit? - ANSWER yes
what does the plant ou do? - ANSWER categorize and enterprise
according to productionm procurement, maintenance and material
planning.
what is a plant? - ANSWER is place where materials are produced
or goods and services are provided.
what is a plant assigned ? - ANSWER a company code.
in which organization is the purchasing organizaiton used for? -
ANSWER MM
in which organization is the sales organization used for? - ANSWER
sales order management
what does a controlling area represents? - ANSWER separate unit
of cost accounting
the controlling area identifies a? - ANSWER self contained
organiztional structure for which costs and revenues can be
managed and allocated
how many company codes can you assign to controlling area? -
ANSWER 1 to many
, having many codes allows you to? - ANSWER carry out cross
company code
cost acounting between the assigned company codes only work if? -
ANSWER assigned company codes and the controlling area use the
same operating chart of accounts and fiscal calendar year
what are some characteristics of a company code? - ANSWER a
company code does not usually extend national boundaries. you can
create a company code according to tax law, infomercial law and
other fi criteria. company codes are usually created based on
geographical consideration.
A company code is the smalles SAP Entity that supports a full legal
set of books.
there must be at least one company code in the production
environment for a business to be live
a company code key is a four character alphanumeric field.
How may market splits are there? - ANSWER 3 europe america
and africa
how many segment are there? - ANSWER 3 europe america and
africa
What does (IAS) Stand for? - ANSWER International accounting
standards
how does (IAS) distinguishe between business and geographical
semgments? - ANSWER a Segment is a an organiztional unit. in
genral ledger accounting, segments are used aas dimension for
reporting pruposes
a business segment represents a subactivity of a company that
involves the manufacture of a prodcuts or provision of a service with
risk and revenues that differ from those of other business segments
a geographical segment provides information about risks and
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