For Order to Cash SAP assignment:

1.3 Thinking about the sales process and demands on inventory, how might the different values in the availability check be used?

2.2 How could this classification of customers have accounting implications?

CASE STUDY Order-to-Cash Example Using SAP ERP The previous assignment dealt with the purchase-to-pay cycle. This assignment deals with the mirror image of that business cycle, the order-tocash cycle. Product SAP ERP GBI Release 6.04 Level Undergraduate Graduate Focus Order-to-Cash Cycle and Accounting Entries Test of Transactions Application Controls Authors Jim Mensching Nancy Jones Contributors Dawna Drum James Marlatt Version 1.0 MOTIVATION This assignment will take you through the business process of Customer Order Management. However, we will be concentrating on the accounting specific parts of the transaction. That means that we will ignore the pre-sales activities such as inquiries and quotes, but will stress those points where accounting entries are made. Primary learning objectives are: Experience the steps in a typical sales transaction See how an ERP system handles a typical sales transaction Work through the procedures involved in a test of transactions Look at a special feature of the sales and distribution (SD) module of SAP PREREQUISITES Before you use this case study, you should be familiar with navigation in the SAP system. You should also be familiar with internal controls and have a basic understanding of business processes and transaction cycles. . NOTES This case study uses the Global Bike Inc. (GBI) data set, which has exclusively been created for SAP UA global curricula. SAP AG CASE STUDY Assignment Overview This assignment will take you through the business process of Customer Order Management, transaction cycle Order-to-Cash. You will be performing the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Create Sales Views for SDSUHMTXX Create a Customer Master record Set up Credit Limit for the Customer Check inventory availability Check the status of various accounts Create a Sales order Display the Sales Order and record the Scheduled Delivery Date and pricing information Display the Document flow Check the status of various accounts Create the Delivery for Sales Order Check the status of various accounts Display the Document flow Post the goods delivered in General Ledger and appropriate Sub-Ledgers Check the status of various accounts Display the Document flow Create an Invoice (Bill) for the Delivery Check the status of various accounts Display the Document flow View the Invoice in Print Form Record the accounting document Receive and Post the Incoming Payment in General Ledger and the Sub-Ledgers Check the status of various accounts Display the Document flow Show the journal entries NOTE: You are to enter information into the system and also answer questions embedded within this assignment. Whenever an XX appears in the problem, you should enter your assigned two-digit number. You will be graded on both the results of what you entered on the SAP system and your answers to the questions in this assignment. You must hand the abbreviated assignment sheet (submission document) in when you complete the assignment. The abbreviated assignment sheet is provided to you. Use the same SAP instance and client that you used for the previous assignment. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: As in the last assignment, you will operate in your own company code. This code is USXX (where XX is your assigned number). Be sure that you use only this company code. Otherwise your entries will be made to someone else's books. SAP AG Page 2 CASE STUDY Company Background Global Bike Inc., (GBI) is a world class bicycle company serving the professional and \"prosumer\" cyclists for touring and off-road racing. GBI's riders demand the highest level of quality, toughness and performance from their bikes and accessories. Product development is the most critical element of GBI's past and future growth. GBI has invested heavily in this area, focusing on innovation, quality, safety and speed to market. GBI has an extensive innovation network to source ideas from riders, dealers and professionals to continuously improve the performance, reliability and quality of its bicycles. In the touring bike category, GBI's handcrafted bicycles have won numerous design awards and are sold in over 10 countries. GBI's signature composite frames are world-renowned for their strength, light weight and easy maintenance. GBI bikes are consistently ridden in the Tour de France and other major international road races. GBI produces two models of their signature road bikes, a deluxe and professional model. The key difference between the two models is the type of wheels used, aluminum for the basic model and carbon composite for the professional model. GBI's off-road bikes are also recognized as incredibly tough and easy to maintain. GBI trail bikes are the preferred choice of world champion off-road racers and have become synonymous with performance and strength in one of the most grueling sports in the world. GBI produces two types of off-road bike, a men's and women's model. The basic difference between the two models is the smaller size and ergonomic shaping of the women's frame. GBI also sells an accessories product line comprised of helmets, t-shirts and other riding accessories. GBI partners with only the highest quality suppliers of accessories which will help enhance riders' performance and comfort while riding GBI bikes. Task 1 - Extend the Material Master Record for Sales Create Sales Views for Finished Product SDSUHMTXX Since now you have to sell the SDSUHMTXX to a customer, you will maintain the sales views for the product. These new views for the material masters must now be created (extended) to make the materials available for sale. 1.1 In the previous assignment you created the material master record for use by the purchasing department. Why would there be a need to have a separate view (i.e. access) by the sales department? Explain your answer in terms of controls. SAP AG Page 3 CASE STUDY Logistics Materials Management Material Master Material Create (Special) Trading Goods (MMH1) Create Finished Product (Initial Screen) Field Input Material Number SDSUHMTXX Industry Sector Retail Click on Select Views Select the following views: And Continue Organizational Level Field Input Plant DLXX (Dallas) Sales Org. UWXX (US Wholesale) Distr. Channel IN (internet) And Continue Note: You will get a message on the status bar that the material already exists and will be extended. SAP AG Page 4 CASE STUDY Sales: Sales org. 1 View General data Field Input Division AS (Accessories) Delivering Plant DLXX Tax data Tax Jurisdiction Code UTXJ, UTX2 and UTX3 (all three tax jurisdictions are exempt from sales taxes) Tax Classification 0 (Exempt) Click on Conditions Button Enter the sale price as 70 under Amount 70.00 Go Back Sales: Sales org. 2 View Grouping terms Field Input Mat. Statistics Group 1 (A material) SAP AG Page 5 CASE STUDY Sales: General/plant View General data Field Input Availability Check 02 (individual requirements) Trans. grp.: 0001 (on pallets) Loading Grp.: 0002 (handcart) 1.2 What type of application control is loading group? (You may wish to refer to the list in the procure-to-pay assignment.) 1.3 Thinking about the sales process and demands on inventory, how might the different values in the availability check be used? Click on Enter and (Save) Task 2 - Create a Customer Master Record In business-to-business transactions, it is common practice to create a customer master record for customers with whom your company has business contacts. This way the customer's information does not need to be collected every time it places an order or makes an inquiry. In this step, you will create a customer master record. This master record contains all data necessary for processing the business transactions. Both the accounting department and the sales and distribution department have access to the customer master record. In order to avoid data redundancy, the data for both departments is stored in a common master record. However, typically the accounting area will be responsible for entering specific data and the sales area will be responsible for entering other data. At the end of this step, we will ask you what information should be entered by each department, so as you enter the data, think about who would be most appropriate to enter that data. SAP AG Page 6 CASE STUDY Create a Customer Master record Logistics Sales and Distribution Master Data Business Partners Customer Create Complete (XD01) Customer Create: Initial Screen Field Input Account Group Sold-to party Customer Leave blank Company Code USXX Sales organization UWXX Distribution channel IN (internet) Division AS (accessories) Select Enter to continue 2.1 Why would we want to classify customers based on their distribution channel? 2.2 How could this classification of customers have accounting implications? 2.3 There are three main areas to enter data when creating a customer: general data, company code data, and sales area data. As you enter the customer data, state here which area of data (General Data, Company Code, and Sales Area Data) should be entered by only people in the accounting department. Explain your answer. SAP AG Page 7 CASE STUDY Create Customer: General Data Note: You may need to expand the screen to see all of the fields. Address Field Input Name your last nameXX Company Search term 1/2 XX Street 100XX Main Street Postal code 80202 City Denver Country US Region CO Transportation Zone 0000000002 (region west) Select Control Data tab to continue Create Customer: Control Data Control Data You do not need to enter information on this screen Select Payment Transactions tab to continue Payment Transactions You do not need to enter information on this screen Select Marketing tab to continue Marketing You do not need to enter information on this screen, however there are many marketing related fields on this screen. Before you go on, answer the following question. SAP AG Page 8 CASE STUDY 2.4 What might the customer classification category be used for by marketing and sales employees? Select Unloading Points tab to continue Unloading Points Field Input Unloading point Dock 1 Calendar Key US 2.5 You entered the calendar key of US. Why is it important for the system to have a control like this? (Hint: Think about holidays in the US and those in other countries.) Select Export Data tab to continue Export Data You do not need to enter information on this screen Select Contact Persons tab to continue Contact Person You do not need to enter information on this screen 2.6 The system forces the user to click on all of the tabs even if there is no data to enter. What type of application control is this? (You may wish to refer to the list in the procure-to-pay assignment.) Also, explain why the system is set up this way. SAP AG Page 9 CASE STUDY Create Customer: Company Code Data Select Company Code Data button on the application tool bar Account Management Field Input Reconcil. Account 110000 (Trade - Accounts Receivable) Sort Key 003 (document date) Cash mgmt group E2 (Domestic Customer) Select Payment Transactions tab to continue Payment Transactions Field Input Payment terms 0001 (payable immediately) Tolerance Group GBI Payment History Record selected Select Correspondence to continue Correspondence You do not need to enter information on this screen Select Insurance tab to continue Insurance You do not need to enter information on this screen SAP AG Page 10 CASE STUDY Create Customer: Sales Area Data Select Sales Area Data to continue Sales Field Input Order probab. 100 (%) Currency USD Cust. price proc. 1 (standard) Select Shipping tab to continue Shipping Field Input Delivery priority 02 (normal) Order combination select Shipping Conditions 01 (Standard) Delivery plant DLXX Max partial deliveries 9 SAP AG Page 11 CASE STUDY Select Billing Document tab to continue Billing Document Field Input Incoterms FOB Comment next to incoterms Free on Board XX Payment terms 0001 Acct Assgmt Group 01 (domestic) Taxes Enter 0 (exempt) for Tax Classification for all taxes Select Partner Functions tab to continue Partner Functions You do not need to enter information on this screen Click on Save to save this customer master record Write down your customer number _______________________. SAP AG Page 12 CASE STUDY Task 3 - Set up Credit Limits for the Customer The purpose of this task is to establish credit limits for your customers. Each customer has an established credit limit. How the system reacts to a customer that has exceeded the credit limit you established is determined in configuration. The current setting is to provide a warning message, but not stop the processing of an order or delivery. Set up Credit Limits for the Customer Logistics Sales and Distribution Credit Management Master Data Change (FD32) Customer Credit Management Change Field Input Customer Your customer number generated by the system in the previous task. Credit Control Area GL00 Check the following: Overview Central data (Continue) Customer Credit Management Change: Overview Click on Next Screen icon Customer Credit Management Change: Central Data - Maximum permitted credit limits Field Input Total Amounts 7500 Individual limit 7500 Currency USD Select: Goto Control area data Status (at the very top of your screen) SAP AG Page 13 CASE STUDY Customer Credit Management Change: Status Credit limit data Field Input Credit Limit 7500 (Save) Task 4 - Check Inventory Availability Usually before a sales order is written, inventory is checked to be sure that the order can be fulfilled. While SAP will automatically check availability when you create the sales order and will not allow a promised delivery to be scheduled before it is feasible to deliver, the sales staff may do this separately in order to discuss with the customer available options in the case where there isn't sufficient inventory. Check inventory availability Logistics Materials Management Material Master Material Display Display Current (MM03) Display Material Field Input Material SDSUHMTXX (goods you ordered in the previous assignment) Click on Select Views Select (highlight) the Accounting 1 and Plant Stock views only. Click on Continue Field Input Plant DLXX Click on Continue SAP AG Page 14 CASE STUDY When on the Display Material screen select Environment Stock Overview (at the top of the screen) This displays the available inventory. 4.1 How many are available to fill the order? Will this be sufficient to fill a customer order for 30 helmets? Now let's look at the accounting value of the inventory. Accounting Financial Accounting General Ledger Account Display Balances (FS10N or FAGLB03) You need to examine the appropriate account in the general ledger. Remember that the chart of accounts for your company is GLXX and that your helmets are considered trading goods. (You will not want to use any of the direct posting accounts.) 4.2 One of the auditor's roles is to verify inventory values. The auditor would have to verify both the quantity on hand and the unit cost to determine the inventory value. How would the auditor verify the quantity? 4.3 Explain how the auditor would verify the unit cost of the good within the SAP system. 4.4 What documents would the auditor look for to verify the cost? Hint: Think about the previous assignment. 4.5 According to the general ledger, what is the current value of your trading goods inventory? SAP AG Page 15 CASE STUDY Task 5 - Check Status of Various Accounts As you did in the previous assignment, you are to track the balances in the important accounts. In audit terminology this is called a test of transactions. In this case the following accounts should be checked: Check inventory in materials management Check inventory in the general ledger Check accounts receivable in the general ledger Check accounts receivable in the subsidiary ledger Check sales revenue in the general ledger Check cost of goods sold in the general ledger These checks should be done after each step of the transaction. I would suggest that you open a series of SAP sessions to do this checking and then refresh the screen after each business transaction step. Check status of various accounts. - Check MM inventory: Transaction: MMBE, (Stock Overview) Be sure to check the detailed status report to see important changes to inventory. Double click on your material or scroll to the right to see all fields in the inventory inquiry screen. - Check GL Cash, GL Inventory, GL AP and Goods Received/Invoice Received - All of these can be seen from: Transaction: S_ALR_87012291, (Line Item Journal) The company code is USXX and use today's date (or the date of transaction) as the posting date. Remember that you need to use a current date so that the transactions you entered in the journal entry assignment do not affect the balances in your accounts. - Check A/R sub-ledger: Transaction: FD10N Enter the the value for each of these accounts after each step noted. You will be completing this table as you go through the subsequent steps. MM Inv GL Inv GL Cash Sales COGS Revenue GL AR Customer Subledger After task 4 After task 8 After task 10 After task 13 After task 16 After task 20 SAP AG Page 16 CASE STUDY Task 6 - Create a Sales Order The sales order is the central document in Sales and Distribution. A sales order can be based on preceding inquiries and quotations. If the customer was given a formal quote and the customer accepts those terms, then a sales order would be created directly from the quote. The information entered in the sales order is transferred to subsequent documents, which are used to process the business transaction further. This is an important feature of an integrated system. Having to re-enter this data is inefficient and also can introduce errors into the process. During the delivery process, goods are transported to the customer. At the end of this process, the delivered goods and/or the services rendered are invoiced during billing. The billing data is then automatically forwarded to Financial Accounting and profitability analysis. Create a Sales Order Logistics Sales and Distribution Sales Order Create (VA01) Create Sales Order: Initial Screen Field Data Order type OR Sales organization UWXX Distribution channel IN (Internet) Division AS (Accessories) Click on Enter SAP AG Page 17 CASE STUDY Create Standard Order: Overview Field Data Sold-to Party Your customer # Purchase Order Number PO-XX Purchase Order Date Today's date Req. Deliv. Date Today's date Material SDSUHMTXX Order Quantity 30 Plant DLXX Click on Enter Select: Goto Item Shipping Field Data Storage Location TGXX Click on Enter 6.1 Notice the net weight for the order. Where did the system get this data? (Hint: Think back to the previous assignment.) Save . You may get a warning about the date - just ignore the warning by hitting enter . Write down the sales order document number: _________________________ SAP AG Page 18 CASE STUDY Task 7 - Display the Sales Order Display the sales order and record the scheduled delivery date and pricing information Logistics Sales and Distribution Sales Order Display (VA03) Display Sales Order: Initial Screen Field Data Order sales order number from Task 6 Click on the Enter To display the delivery date for a line item, select the box to the left of the item, and click on Shipping tab. Fill in the following details from the information on the screen: Display Standard Order: Overview Field Data Delivery date Material available date Loading Date Click on Sales Tab. To display the pricing, select the box to the left of the item and then select: Goto Item Conditions or click on the conditions icon at the bottom left part of the input screen. Record the cash discount for this item ________________. SAP AG Page 19 CASE STUDY Use the green arrow to go back to the Display Standard Order: Overview screen. Stay in the sales order display function to complete the following task. Task 8 - Display the Document Flow for the Sales Order While you are in the sales order display function (VA03), you can display a graphical representation of the status of your sales order. This function provides a quick reference for those entities who need to know the status of an order. Use the following menu path to display the sales order document flow. Environment Display Document Flow Highlight your Standard Order Select the Status Overview button and paste the screen print of the current status of the sales order. Note you may need to expand the list to see the full system status report. Be sure to expand the list to show the full status for each subsequent screen print also. Task 9 - Check Status of Various Accounts Repeat the checks in task 5 and record in that table. SAP AG Page 20 CASE STUDY Task 10 - Create the Delivery for the Sales Order Create the delivery for the sales order Logistics Sales and Distribution Shipping & Transportation Outbound Delivery Create Single Document With Reference to Sales Order (VL01N) Create Outbound Delivery with Order Reference Field Data Shipping point DLXX Selection date Delivery date from Task 7 Sales order Sales order number from Task 6 Click on the Enter icon Change Planned GI date to today's date Go to the Picking tab. For Picked Quantity, enter the same quantity as what is in the Delivery Quantity field Click on Enter If you get more information messages, click on enter to ignore them all. Save Write down the Delivery Note number: ___________________ SAP AG Page 21 CASE STUDY Task 11 - Check Status of Various Accounts Repeat the checks in task 5 and record in that table. Task 12 - Display the Document Flow for the Sales Order Check document flow as you did in task 8 and paste the screen print of the current status of the order. Task 13 - Post the Goods Issue Change the delivery note and update the picked quantity. Post goods issue to notify that the delivery has left the plant Logistics Sales and Distribution Shipping & Transportation Outbound Delivery Change Single Document (VL02N) Change Outbound Delivery Field Data Outbound Delivery Delivery number from Task 10 Click on Enter Select the Post Goods Issue button to inform the system that the goods have left the dock. At this time the system records the goods transaction and creates a goods issue document. SAP AG Page 22 CASE STUDY Task 14 - Check Status of Various Accounts Repeat the checks in task 5 and record in that table. Task 15 - Display the Document Flow for the Sales Order Check document flow as you did in task 8 and paste the screen print of the current status of the order. Task 16 - Create an Invoice for the Delivery Create an invoice (bill) to the customer for goods delivered Logistics Sales and Distribution Billing Billing Document Create (VF01) The delivery document number should default. If not, enter the delivery document from Task 10. Click on Enter . Invoice Create: Overview of Billing Items 16.1 What is the dollar amount in \"Net Value\"? Save Write down the billing document number: _____________________ The system will confirm that the invoice has been posted SAP AG Page 23 CASE STUDY Task 17 - Check Status of Various Accounts Repeat the checks in task 5 and record in that table. Task 18 - Display the Document Flow for the Sales Order Check document flow as you did in task 8 and paste the screen print of the current status of the order. Task 19 - Locate the Accounting Document Number To locate the accounting document that corresponds to your customer invoice use the following menu path: Logistics Sales and Distribution Billing Billing Document Display(VF03) Enter Billing document # if already not defaulted. Select the Accounting button Write down the accounting document number: _________________ 19.1 Double click on the accounting document. What is the journal entry? SAP AG Page 24 CASE STUDY Task 20 - Post the Customer's Payment on Account Typically, businesses post customer payments in batch either electronically from the bank or via a scan, but sometimes, we may need to post one individual payment. We will use the individual posting to illustrate the accounting transaction that occurs when a payment is posted. Post payment to the invoice created Accounting Financial Accounting Accounts Receivable Document Entry Incoming Payment (F-28) Post-Incoming Payment: Header Data Field Data Document Date Today's date Company code USXX Currency/ate USD Bank data Account 100000 (Bank Account) Amount the invoice amount Value date Today's date Open Item Selection Account Your customer # Automatic Search Select Click on Enter SAP AG or Process open items Page 25 CASE STUDY Note: The amount you entered should be equal to the assigned amount and there should be 0.00 under not assigned field . The system posts the document if the debits are equal to credits unless partial payment is made. Save Write down the document number: ________________ Task 21 - Check Status of Various Accounts Repeat the checks in task 5 and record in that table. Task 22 - Display the Document Flow for the Sales Order Check document flow as you did in task 8 and paste the screen print of the current status of the order. Task 23 - Write Down the Journal Entries the System Made. By using the information contained within the table in task 5, construct all of the journal entries that were made by SAP for these transactions. For each journal entry show the task number of the transaction, the accounts debited and credited and the dollar amounts involved. Use the following format: Task #: Account 1 $$$ Account 2 Task #: Account 3 Account 4 $$$ $$$ $$$ ... etc. SAP AG Page 26 CASE STUDY Assignment Submission Place your answers on the abbreviated form of this assignment that is provided to you as \"Order to Cash Submission.docx\". Grading of the SAP part of the assignment will be done online; that is, there is nothing you need to submit with respect to your SAP work. Submit your assignment in BlackBoard no later than the start of class on November 2, 2015. Grading Notes I will be looking for correct answers to the questions in the assignment as long as they are your answers and not copied from a website or elsewhere, (\"cut and paste\" won't cut it), and I will be pulling a report out of SAP to see if you completed the steps in the assignment. SAP AG Page 27