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First Things to Target in a New SAP Implementation?

I was recently thinking that if you are starting a

new SAP implementation - what are major things that you would like to nail down first at the team level? Some of the things

that you would attack the first! Here are some of the Org Structure and other stuff that I could think of. Do

you have anything to add to this list?

  • Chart of Accounts - Fiscal year Variants, Posting Period Variant
  • Company Codes - incl. International Company

    codes.

  • Credit Control Area
  • Financial Statement versions
  • Bank Accounts (House Banks)
  • style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial;">Controlling Area (and Operation Concern - if COPA is there)

  • Cost Center and Profit Center definitions

    and Hierarchies

  • Secondary Cost elements
  • Number Ranges for (Accounts, Cost centers, Profit centers etc.)
  • Doc Types
  • Currencies
  • style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial;">Taxes on Sales/Purchase (Tax Jurisdiction Codes etc.)

  • Asset Classes
  • Material Master/Service

    Master

  • Plants
  • Sales Org
  • Distribution Channels
  • Sales Office and Group