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    TimPengajar

    SAP

    STMIK

    Mikroskil

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    Overview

    Introducesomeofthedailyactivitiesthatareperformed inaccountspayable(AP),suchascreatinginvoicesandcreditmemos,creating recurringdocuments,andexecutingtherecurringdocumentprogram

    Introduce thewaysofprocessingpayments

    Introduce theintegrationpoints withmaterialsmanagementand

    management

    Introduce closingactivitiesnecessary topreparefinancialstatementsinaccountspayable,suchasforeigncurrency valuation

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    Objectives

    Aftercompletingthisunit,youllbeableto:

    Createalistofvendors

    Maintainvendormasterrecordsinaccounting

    Describe

    the

    role

    of

    an

    account

    groupPostvendorinvoicesandcreditmemosinFI

    Createarecurringdocumentandexecutetherecurringentriesprogram

    Postamanualoutgoingpaymentandprintacheque

    Runtheautomaticpaymentprogram

    , ,

    DescribethemostimportantorganizationalunitsinMaterialManagement

    DescribeandtrackthebasicpurchasingprocessinMaterialManagement anddescribeitseffectsinFinancialAccounting

    Printbalanceconfirmations

    Revalueforeigncurrencyopenitems

    Regroupaccountspayableaccordingtoduedate

    3

    Contents

    DailyAccountingTransactionsinAccountsPayable

    Integration

    with

    Materials

    Management ClosingOperationsinAccountsPayable

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    LessonOverview

    masterrecordintheSAPsystem

    Examinehowtheaccount groupcontrolstheappearanceandnumberingofvendormasterrecords

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    Objectives

    ,

    Createalistofvendors

    Maintain

    vendor

    master

    records

    in

    accounting Describetheroleofanaccountgroup

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    VendorAccount

    ,Avendoraccountisdefinedforallcompanycodesattheclientlevel.

    Generaldata,suchasthevendor'snameandaddress,isstoredhere.

    Postings

    cannot

    be

    made

    to

    the

    account

    for

    a

    company

    code

    until

    companycodespecificsettingshavebeencreated.Thesesettingsreferonlytotherelevantcompanycodeandincludedetails,suchasagreedpayment conditionsorreconciliationaccount.

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    VendorAccountinFinancial

    Accounting

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    InitialScreentoDisplayAVendor

    MasterRecord

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    AccountGroups

    Vendoraccountscanbedividedintovariousaccount rou sinthesamewayasG/Laccounts,sothattheycanbeorganizedandmanagedmoreeasilyHowever, theaccountgroupcontrolsthescreenlayoutofallareasofthe

    vendormaster record,

    not

    just

    the

    company

    code

    data

    as

    is

    the

    case

    with

    G/L

    accountgroups

    TheaccountsinanaccountgroupusuallyhavesimilarcharacteristicsFor example,user couldhaveoneaccountgroupfordomesticvendors,one

    for vendors abroad,oneforaffiliatedvendors,andoneforonetimevendors

    Thesenumberrangesareusually internalwherethesystemassignsusera numberwhenuser savethevendormasterrecord

    However,somenumberrangesareexternal

    Withexternalnumberranges, user fillinthevendornumbermanuallywhencreatingthevendormasterrecord

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    AccountGroupsforVendors

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    Enjoy

    Vendor

    Invoice

    Screen

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    Account

    Assignment Whenacom an urchasesmaterialsforconsum tion the

    transactionmustidentify theaccountassignmentobjecttobechargedforthepurchaseaswellasthe generalledgeraccountstobedebitedandcredited

    Anaccountassignment objectidentifiesthebearerofthecostofthepurchaseandistheentityfor whichthematerialswerepurchasedE.g.Whenacompanypurchases officesuppliesforthemarketing

    department,itdebitsaconsumptionaccount,suchasthesuppliesex enseaccountinthe eneralled er anditchar esthemarketin

    departmentcost

    center

    for

    the

    purchase

    AcostcenterisacostobjectusedtoaccumulatecostsforadepartmentInthe aboveexample,theaccountassignmentobjectisthecostcenter

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    AccountAssignment

    ,ascars,andtoobtain materialsneededtosupportprocessessuchasproduction,fulfillment, andenterpriseassetmanagementand

    projects

    such

    as

    constructing

    a

    new factory Thespecificaccountingdataneededaredeterminedbythe

    account assignmentcategory

    Thetypicalaccountassignmentcategoriesare describedbelowalongwiththeaccountingdata specifically,theaccountassignmentobjecttobechargedandthegeneralledgeraccountnumber that arerequiredforeachcategory

    Thelettersinparenthesesarethecodesused inSAPERP

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    AccountAssignment

    Asset AAcompanyusesthiscategorywhenitacquiresafixedasset,suchasacaror

    land

    Thevalueof fixedassetsistrackedinseparatesubledgeraccountswith

    corresponding assetmaster

    records

    Whenassetsarepurchasedusinga purchaseorder, theaccountassignmentobjecttobeincludedinthepurchaseorder istheassetmasterrecord

    Order (F)Companiesusethiscategorywhentheypurchasematerials fordifferent

    typesoforders

    Anexampleofanorderisa productionorderthatwillbeusedtoproduceanothermaterial

    Whenacompanypurchasesmaterialsforanorder,itmustinclude theordernumber(theaccountassignmentobject)andageneral ledgeraccountnumberinthepurchaseorder

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    Account

    Assignment

    Whenacompanypurchasesmaterials(e.g. supplies)forconsumption,thenthepurchaseordermustinclude boththecostcentertobecharged(theaccountassignmentobject) andtheappropriategeneralledgerexpenseaccountnumber(e.g.suppliesexpense)

    SalesOrder (C)Whenthepurchaseisassociatedwithaspecific salesorder(whichispart

    ofthefulfillmentprocess),thenthesalesordernumberandageneralledgeraccountnumbermustbe provided

    Project (P)Whenthepurchaseisrelatedtoaproject,thenthe projectnumberanda

    generalledgeraccountnumbermustbe specified

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    CO

    Account

    Assignment

    Logic Whenenterin anex enseitemforano eratin ex ense user

    mustalsoenter acostaccountingrelevantassignment,suchasacostcenterorinternalorderThismeansthatwhentheitemisposted,documentsarecreatedin

    Management AccountingandAccounting

    AprimarycostelementmustexistfortheG/L accountinorderforthistohappen

    TheManagementAccountingdocumentposts thecostscorrespondingtotheexpensetotheManagementAccounting

    object User canpostcostsandrevenuesinCOeitherasrealpostingsor

    statisticalpostings:UsercansettlerealpostingswithotherCOobjects

    Statisticalpostingsareonlyforinformationpurposes

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    COAccountAssignmentLogic

    Theaccountassignment objectitselfcaneitherbearealorastatistical objectFor example,aninternalorderisdefinedasrealorstatisticalwhenitis

    created

    Arealorder

    can

    only

    be

    executed

    with

    real

    postings,

    and

    astatistical

    orderonlywith statisticalpostings

    CostcentersareanexceptiontothisAcostcenterisalwaysa realobject,butuser canmakestatisticalorreal

    postingstothem

    TopostcostsinCO,user needtoidentifythecorrespondingrealCOaccoun ass gnmen o ec n esource ocumen orexamp e,avendorinvoice)

    Only onerealobjectcanbeassignedtoeachdocumentiteminthesourcedocument

    Additionalstatistical objectscanbeenteredorderivedfromthesystem

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    COAccountAssignmentLogic

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    OverviewoftheAutomatic

    PaymentProgram

    automaticallyusing thepaymentprogram

    Thestandardsystemcontainscommonpaymentmethodsandcorrespondingforms thathavebeendefinedseparatelyforeachcountry

    Thepaymentprogramwasdevelopedfortheinternationalpaymenttransactions betweenvendorsandcustomers

    However,it

    is

    more

    commonly

    used

    for

    outgoing

    payments

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    OverviewoftheAutomatic

    PaymentProgram

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    AutomaticPaymentProgramParameters

    Thefirststepismaintainingtheparameters

    User usetheparameterstodefine whichaccountsanditemsthepayment

    program

    is

    to

    include

    in

    the

    automatic payment

    run

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    Parameters

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    Proposal

    Run

    Duringtheproposal run,thesystemdoesthefollowing:Checkstheaccountsanddocumentsspecifiedintheparametersfordue

    items

    Groupsitemsdueforpayment

    Selectstherelevantpaymentmethods,housebanks,andpartnerbanks

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    Proposal

    Run

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    EditProposal

    editingthe paymentproposal

    Thisstepcanbeomitted,butuser areadvisedtocheckthat the

    datais

    accurate

    before

    actually

    running

    the

    payment

    program

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    EditProposal

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    Payment

    Run

    Duringthepaymentrun,thesystemdoesthefollowing:Postspaymentdocuments

    Clearsopenitems

    Preparesdatafortheprintingofpaymentmedia

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    Payment

    Run

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    PrintPaymentMedia

    Paymentmediaaregeneratedinthisstep,whichmeansthatoneofthefollowing occurs:

    Paymentmedia,

    such

    as

    cheques,

    are

    printed

    IDocsaregeneratedfortheelectronicdatainterface(EDI)

    Adatafileiscreatedaspartofthedatamediumexchange

    Thesystemcomesstandardwithpaymentmediaprogramsforman countries andman a mentmethods. .ThepaymentprogramRFFOD__S isactivatedinordertoprintcheques

    inGermany

    IntheUSA,theprogramRFFOUS_Cisused

    Notethatthepaymentprogramnamecontainsthecodeforthecountryandforthepaymentmethod

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    PrintPaymentMedia

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    Plant

    Aplantisanoperating areaorbranchwithinacompany

    Aplantcanbeacentraldeliverywarehouse, aregionalsalesoffice,amanufacturingfacility,acorporateheadquarters,oramaintenanceplant

    AplantmustbeassignedtoasinglecompanycodeHowever, oneormoreplantscanbeassignedtothesamecompanycode

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    Plant

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    Purchasing

    organization

    A purchasingorganizationisanorganizationalelementthat

    negotiatesconditions

    of purchase

    with

    vendors

    for

    one

    or

    more

    plants

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    Purchasing

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    PurchasingDataintheVendor

    MasterRecord

    Inorderforthe rocurement rocesstobeusedinMaterialsManagement foravendor,thevendormasterrecordofthatvendormusthaveathirdpart: thepurchasingdata

    Thepurchasingdataisspecifictoasinglepurchasing organization,justlikethecompanycodedataofthemasterrecordisspecifictoa singlecompanycode

    InthesamewaythatseveralCompanyCodesegmentsofthevendormasterrecordcanexist,therecanbeseveralpurchasedatasegmentsofthevendormasterrecord

    Everypurchasedatasegmentpresentsdata,which arespecificforexactly

    one

    purchase

    organization.

    User canaccesspurchasingdataofvendormasterrecordsinaccountspayable accountingwiththetransactionCentralmaintenance(TransactioncodeXK01 toXK03)

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    PurchasingDataintheVendor

    MasterRecord

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    VendorMasterRecord

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    VendorMasterRecord

    Generaldata includethevendorsname,address,andcommunication informationsuc asp onean axnum ers Thesedataaredefinedattheclientlevelandareconsistentacrossallcompanycodesand

    purchasingorganizations intheenterprise(client) Generaldataarecommontothepurchasingandaccountingdepartmentsandcanbe

    maintainedbyeitherdepartment

    Accounting

    data includetax

    related

    data,

    bank

    data,

    and

    payment

    terms and

    methods Thesedataaredefinedatthecompanycodeleveland arerelevanttoallpurchasing

    transactionsinthecompanycode The accountingdepartm entwilltypicallycompletethissegmentofthevendormaster Accountingdatamustalsospecifythereconciliationaccountinthegeneral ledger

    Avendoraccountisasubledgeraccount andthatthereconciliation accountidentifiestheaccountsl l lpayableaccountinthegeneralledgerassociatedwiththevendor

    Ifthevendorsuppliesmultiple companies(companycodes)withintheenterprise,thenthedataverylikelywillvaryforeachcompany

    Thereconciliation accountwillbedifferentifeachcompanyusesadifferentchartofaccountsandgeneralledgeraccounts

    Bankdataandpaymenttermsmayvaryaswell Thus,accountingdataaremaintainedseparatelyforeachcompanycodewithwhichthevendorhad

    dealings

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    Vendor

    Master

    Record

    prices,creatingandcommunicatingpurchaseorders,verifyinginvoices, andotherstepsinvolvedinexecutingpurchaseswiththevendorThepurchasing departmentwilltypicallycompletethissegment

    Purchasingdata aredefinedatthepurchasingorganizationallevelandareapplicableonlytothatorganization

    fanenterprisehasmultiplepurchasingorganizations thatdealwiththevendor,thenitmustmaintainseparatedataforeachone

    Forexample,

    delivery

    and

    payment

    terms

    may

    vary

    for

    different

    purchasing organizations

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    Procurement

    Cycle

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    ProcurementCycle

    Demanddetermination:Thedepartmentresponsiblecanregisterarequirementformaterials

    manuallyviaapurchaseordertoPurchasing

    Determiningthesourceofsupply:The

    purchaser

    responsible

    is

    supported by

    the

    system

    in

    determining

    possiblesourcesofsupply

    Onepossibilityfor determiningthesourceofsupplyiscreatingqueriesandsubsequentlyentering thequotations

    Furthermore,usercanaccesspurchaseordersandconditionsthat

    Supplierselection:Comparingthepricesinthedifferentquotationsmakesselecting

    supplierseasier

    Lettersofrejectioncanbesentautomatically

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    ProcurementCycle

    Purchaseorderhandling:Whencreatingpurchaseorders,thesystemprovides user intheentryprocess

    Purchaseordermonitoring:Thepurchasercanmonitortheprocessingstatusofthepurchaseorderinthe

    system

    Forexample,hecandeterminewhetherthe goodsortheinvoicehavebeenreceivedforthecorrespondingpurchaseorder item

    Dunningprocessesarealsosupported

    Goodsreceipt:Thesystemcheckstheamountofgoodsreceivedagainstthe purchaseorder

    Invoiceverification:Thevendorinvoicesarecheckedtoseeiftheaccountingandthecontentare

    correct

    Paymentprocessing:ThevendorpaymentisusuallydoneintheFinancial Accounting

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    Posting

    Procurement

    TransactionsThethreestepverification,commonlyreferredtoasthethreeway

    match,isthestandardprocedureforpostingprocurementtransactionsinMM

    The procedurecontainsthreesteps:Purchaseorder:

    CreateapurchaseorderinMaterials Management Do notmakeanypostingsin FinancialAccounting

    Goodsreceipt: Toupdatethereceiptofinventoryorconsumablematerial,generateamaterial

    documentinMaterialsManagement(MM) Atthesametime,createadocumentinFinancialAccounting(FI)thatpoststhevalue

    o egoo s o emerc an seaccoun asa e an egoo srece p nvo ce

    receipt

    to

    the

    clearing

    account

    (GR/IR)

    as

    a

    credit

    in

    the

    general

    ledgerInvoiceverification: PostavendorinvoiceinMaterials Management(MM) usinginvoiceverification Thisautomatically generatesadocumentin FinancialAccounting(FI) TheaccountingdocumentcontainstheinvoiceamountthatgetspostedtotheGR/IR

    account(debit)andthevendoraccount(credit)

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    Posting

    Procurement

    Transactions ,

    theorder thegoodsandtheinvoicearereceived

    Thegoodsreceipt/invoice receiptclearingaccountensuresthatgoodswere receivedforeachinvoice,andviceversa

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    ThreeStepVerification(Standard)

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    InvoiceVerification

    Whenacom an receivesavendorinvoice itverifiesthatthe invoiceisaccurate,

    beforeitmakespayment

    Themostcommonmethod ofinvoiceverificationisathreewaymatchbetweenthepurchaseorder,the goodsreceiptordeliverydocument,andtheinvoice

    The

    objective

    is

    to

    ensure that

    the

    quantities

    and

    price

    in

    all

    three

    documents

    are

    consistent

    Analternative isatwowaymatchbetweenapurchaseorderandthegoodsreceiptdocument

    Thismethodisnotverycommon,anditrequiresahighdegreeoftrustandcooperationbetweenpartners

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    FinancialImpactofInvoice

    Verification

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    PaymentProcessing

    Pa ment istri eredb therecei tand verificationofaninvoice

    Paymentscanbemademanuallyorautomaticallyviaapaymentprogram

    Typically,anorganizationwillhaveanumberofinvoicestopay,andthemostcommonmethodistoexecuteapaymentprogramperiodically, suchas dailyorweekly

    Theprogramwillretrieveallauthorizedinvoicesoveraspecifiedtimeframeandautomaticallycreatepayments

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    DataNeededforVendorPayment

    Datafrom theinvoiceincludethedate thevendornumber andtheinvoiceamount

    In addition,paymentterms,method,andaddressareobtainedfromthevendormaster

    Thedates

    of

    the

    invoices

    are

    compared

    with

    the

    payment

    terms

    andthe

    date

    ofthenextscheduledrunofthepaymentprograminordertodetermine whichinvoicesaredueforpayment

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    TaskswithinVendorPayment

    Processingpaymentinvolvesseveralsteps:selectingapaymentmethodandabank,deciding, ,

    documents,andprintingthepaymentmedium

    Whenmakingpaymentsmanually,theuserwillselectthepaymentmethodandthebankandwillprovidethevendornumberandtheamountofthepayment

    The systemwillthendisplayalistofopeninvoicesforthatvendor

    Theuserwillnextselecttheinvoicesthataretobepaid

    Any applicablediscountsbasedonpaymenttermsarethenapplied Forexample,ifthepaymentterm is2%/10Net30andpaymentisbeingmadewithinthe10days

    specifiedintheterms,thesystemwillapplya2%discount

    Oncethepaymentispostedinthegeneralledger,theactualpaymentcanbesent

    payment sma ee ectron ca y,t esystemw automat ca ysen t epayment

    Ifitistobemadeviaa printedcheck,theuserwillprintandsendthechecktothevendor

    Ifthecompanyhasanautomatedpaymentprogram,thentheprogram willretrieveandprocessalloftheinvoicesthataredueforpaymentusingthe parametersspecifiedinthepaymentprogram

    Userstypicallybecomeinvolvedonlyifthereareexceptionsthatrequirespecialresolution

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    OutcomesfromVendorPayment

    ,electronically orviaacheck

    Appropriategeneralledgeraccountsarealsoupdated andacorrespondingfinancialaccountingdocumentis createdThebankaccountiscreditedbytheamountofthepayment,andthe

    vendoraccountisdebited,asistheassociatedaccounts payablereconciliationaccount

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    FinancialImpactofVendor

    Payment

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    PurchaseOrder

    A urchaseorderisacommunicationsenttoa vendorinwhichacom an commitstopurchasingthespecifiedmaterials underthestatedterms

    Apurchaseorderistypicallycreatedwithreference toarequisition,anRFQ,aquotation,orapreviouslycreatedpurchaseorder

    Whenreference documents

    are

    used

    to

    create

    apurchase

    order,

    then

    muchofthenecessary dataiscopiedfromthesedocuments

    Inaddition,apurchaseordercanbecreatedwithoutreferencetoanydocument

    Inthiscase,allthenecessarydataare enteredmanually

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    DatainAPurchaseOrder

    A urchaseorderincludesdatafromavariet ofsources

    Besidesthesourcedocuments,datafromseveralmasterrecords,suchas materialmaster,vendormaster,inforecords,andconditions,arealsoincluded

    Inaddition,datafromspecificagreementsandcontractswiththeselectedvendor

    can

    be

    incorporated

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    DatainAPurchaseOrder

    Mostofthedataina urchasere uisitionareincludedin thepurchaseorder

    Inaddition,thepurchaseorderwillcontainotherdata dependingonhowtheorderiscreatedandwhichreferencedocumentsareusedE.g.Materialcharacteristicssuchasweightareincludedfromthe

    materialmaster.Vendordata,suchascommunicationmethod,contactperson,andaddress,areincludedfromthevendormasterorquotation.Pricingdata,paymentterms,andIncoterms areincludedfromthequotation,purchasing inforecord,otherconditionrecords,orspecificcontractsandagreements withvendors,dependingonhowtheprocess

    isconfigured

    at

    each

    company.

    Ifthenecessarydataarenotavailablefromareferencedocument,then theusermustprovidethisinformationmanuallywhenheorsheiscreatingthe purchaseorder

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    PurchaseOrderScreen

    ThePurchaseOrderScreenhasseveralsubdivisions: typeofdocumentandvendor

    headerdata

    positiondetails

    itemdetail

    Theheaderincludesdatasuchasthepurchaseordernumber,vendor,currency,dates,andpayment terms Thesedataapplytotheentiredocument,includingalllineitems

    Theitemdetailssectionincludesdatas ecifictoeachiteminthe urchaseorder,suchasthematerialnumber,description,quantity,deliverydate,and price

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    PurchaseOrderScreen

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    LessonOverview

    Describe theforeigncurrencyvaluationprogramforopenvendoritems

    LearnfunctionforRegroupingreceivables andpayablestogroupaccountspayableonthebalancesheetbased ontheirremaininglife

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    Objectives

    ,

    Printbalanceconfirmations

    Revalueforeigncurrencyopenitems

    Regroupaccountspayableaccordingtoduedate

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    AccountsPayableClosingOperationsYearendclosingcanbedividedintotwomainsections:

    Legalrequirements(proceduresrequiredbythegovernmentauthorities) Technicalandorganizationalrequirements(proceduresthataretechnically

    requiredorneededtosupporttheaccountingorganization)

    AC010 onlyfocusesonthelegalrequirements

    Atthebeginningofthefiscalyear,thebalancecarryforwardprogramisrun, carryingforwardthebalancesofthevendoraccountstothenextfiscalyear

    Thepostingperiodsoftheoldfiscalyearareblockedandthespecialperiodsfor closingpostingsforfiscalyearendadjustmentsareopened

    Afterwards,thebalanceswithselectedvendorsareconfirmed,theforeigncurrency documentsarevaluated,andtheaccountspayableareregroupedaccordingto remaininglife(requiredonlyincertaincountries)

    Oncecomplete,thespecialperiodscanbeclosed

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    AccountsPayableClosingOperations

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    BalanceConfirmations

    requestsfora freelydefinablenumberofvendors,areconciliationlist,andaresultstable

    The balanceconfirmationsandreplyrequestsaresenttothevendors;thelistsareusedasacontrolmeasure

    Thevendorscheckthebalanceinformationtheyreceiveandsendtheirreplies tothecontrolcenterauditdepartment,whichcomparesthereplieswiththe reconciliationlistandenterstheresultsintheresultstable

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    BalanceConfirmations

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    ForeignCurrencyValuation

    Aforei ncurrencyvaluationisnecessaryifvendoraccountscontainsopen itemsinaforeigncurrency

    Theamountsoftheseopenitemsweretranslated into thelocalcurrencyatthetimetheywereenteredusingtheexchangeratewhich

    wasvalid

    on

    the

    posting

    date

    Theexchangerateisprobablydifferentatthetimeofclosing,andopenitemsneed tobevaluatedagain

    Aprogramvaluatestheopenitemsusingthenewexchange rateandentersthevaluationdifference inthevaluatedlineitems

    Italsocreates thevaluationpostings:Debit:Expensefromforeign currencyvaluation;Credit:Balancesheet

    adjustmentaccount

    Debit:Balancesheetadjustmentaccount;Credit:Revenuefromforeigncurrencyvaluation

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    ForeignCurrencyValuation

    ,sincereconciliation accountscannotbedirectlypostedtoForthisreason,postingsappearinan adjustmentaccount,whichis

    displayedinthebalancesheetitemoftheassociated reconciliation

    account

    AvaluationmethoddetermineshowtheindividuallineitemsarevaluatedThishastobesetupinconjunctionwiththecountryspecificvaluation

    re ulations

    It defines,forexample,whetherthelowestvalueprinciple,thestrictlowestvalue principle,orageneralprinciple(alsowithrevenuefromthevaluation)istobe usedforvaluation

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    ForeignCurrencyValuation

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    RegroupingAccountsPayable

    balancesheet

    Sinceitispossibleforsomevendorstohaveadebitbalance,theseaccountsneed tobechangedtovendorswithadebitbalancepriortocreatingthefinancial statements

    Inmanycountries,itisalsonecessarytogroupaccountspayableinthebalance sheetbasedontheirremaininglife

    Atthe

    same

    time,

    these regroupings

    are

    removed

    on

    the

    first

    day

    ofthenextperiod,sinceregroupings arenotnecessaryfordailyprocessing

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    RegroupingAccountsPayable

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    RegroupingAccountsPayable

    werepostedto adjustmentaccountsseparately,sothatthebalancesheetcouldbeprepared

    Additionally,vendorswithadebitbalanceareregrouped

    Anadjustmentaccount isusedastheoffsettingaccounthereaswell,sinceadjustmentscannotbeposted directlytoareconciliationaccount

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    Note

    , ,completedindifferentwaystomeetvariouslegalrequirementsThe resultsarethenpostedtovariousaccountsthatareusedbydifferent

    financialstatementversions

    Theregroupingprogramisalsousedwhenthereconciliationaccountofavendorhasbeenchangedduringtheyear

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