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

Comments

New SAP Implementation: Things to consider!

Submitted by kent on 29 March, 2006 - 17:09.

Here are some more on this:

- Characteristics and Value Fields (if COPA is involved).
- Export Licenses (if Foreign Trade is involved).
- Funds, Fund Centers, Commitment Items (if Funds Management is involved).
- Asset Masters
- Internal Orders (distingushed by Order Types, if possible)

I would also look at Interfaces and COnversions..

further...

Since not all businesses may be on SAP, you may also look at Inter-Company processes (master data as it relates to Inter Company Vendor/customer/GL accounts) setup
- Special processes/arrangements in revenue recognition (depends on type of business)

Master data:
- if employee professional services are billed, tracked and reported, then use SAP Project systems,
– WBS elements,
– network activities,
– time sheets etc.

If professional services are a major source of their revenue, consider Best Practice solution from SAP on Professional Services.
- If large scale investments (as it relates to fixed assets) are managed
– Investment measures
- consolidation of financials require
– Consolidated chart of accounts (variations with respect to various local chart of accounts)
– Consolidation company IDs

Hope this helps!

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