AC050
Business Processes in Financialand
ManagementAccountingwith the
New General Ledger
mySAP ERP Financials
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CourseVersion:2006/Q2
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Material Number: 50079836
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Contents
Course Overview ......................................................... vii
Course Goals ...........................................................vii
Course Objectives .....................................................vii
Unit 1: Introduction to Financials in MySAP ERP.................. 1
Accounting Architecture ................................................2
Unit 2: Introduction to Financial Accounting...................... 21
Introduction to Financial Accounting ............................... 22
Organizational Structures for Financial Reporting ................ 32
Unit 3: General Ledger Accounting.................................. 49
GL Master Records .................................................. 51
General Ledger transactions ........................................ 84
General Ledger Reporting .......................................... 112
General Ledger Period End ........................................139
Unit 4: Accounts Payable .............................................163
Accounts Payable Master Records in FI ..........................165
Accounts Payable Transactions....................................174
Integration with Materials Management ..........................216
Accounts Payable Reporting .......................................234
Accounts Payable Period End......................................241
Unit 5: Accounts Receivable .........................................255
AR Master Records in FI............................................257
Accounts Receivable Transactions ................................269
Integration with Sales and Distribution ...........................306
Credit Management..................................................327
Accounts Receivable Reporting....................................345
Accounts Receivable Period End ..................................363
Unit 6: Introduction to Management Accounting................377
Introduction to Management A ccounting .........................378
Integration within CO and with other SAP Applications .........394
Organisational Structures for Management Accounting ........399
Unit 7: Cost Center Accounting .....................................413
Cost Center Accounting Master Data .............................416
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