Part-1: Business Organization and Accommodation in SAP

Day1 – Introduction to SAP and a simplified Case Study of a company

1. Introduction to ERP (FICO & SCM)
2. Organization of SAP ERP Modules
3. Adopting a Model Organization to Explain SAP Features
4. Focusing on Financial Accounting

Day2 – Familiarization with SAP Terminologies

1. Client, Company &  Company Code (CC)
2. Business Area, Functional Area, Controlling Area, Credit Control Area, Financial Management Area, Consolidation Business Area
3. Documents, Document Header & Line Items
4. Original Documents, Processing Documents, Document Parking & Posting, SAP Doc Types
5. Transaction Keys, Posting Keys, Document Number
6. Fiscal Year Variants, Open & Closed Periods, Field Status Variants, Chart of Accounts vs. GL Accounts, Reconciliation Accounts, Special GL Accounts
7. Incoming & Outgoing Payments, Transaction Tolerance

Day3 – Preparing the SAP Environment for Transactions

1. Defining a Company
2. Defining Company Code (CC) & Assigning to the Company
3. Defining Business Area & Assigning to the CC
4. Defining Fiscal Year & Posting Periods, and Assigning to CC
5. Defining Field Status Variants & Assigning to CC
6. Defining Control Area, Credit Control Area & Assigning to the CC

Part-2: General Ledger End-User Functions

Day4 – Defining Chart of Accounts (COA), Periods & other Accounting Parameters

1. Defining Account Groups & COA
2. Defining Document Number Ranges
3. Defining Tolerance Groups

Day5 – Posting Sample Transactions

1. Create G/L Accounts
2. Parking & Posting Docs
3. Document Reversal

Day6 – Basic Financial Reporting

1. Generating Balance Sheets, Income Statements, etc
2. Viewing Trial Balance, Ledger Books, etc

Part-3: Accounts Receivable End-User Functions

Day7 – Defining Master Records

1. Define & Create House Banks
2. Business Partner & Consumers
3. Understanding Sub-Ledger Controls & Customer Master
4. Define Accounts Group for customers
5. Defining Customer Master
6. Creating House Bank Accounts for Customers

Day8 – Posting Documents

1. Posting Customer Invoices, Credit Memo & Incoming Payments
2. Document Reversal & Clearing Customer Account
3. Handling Down Payments (Advance Receipts)

Day9 – Basic AR Reporting

1. Customer Balance Inquiry
2. Customer Account Analysis

Part-4: Accounts Payable End-User Functions

Day10 – Defining Master Records

1. Understanding Sub-Ledger Controls & Vendor Master
2. Defining Vendor Master
3. Creating House Bank Accounts for Customers

Day11 – Posting Documents

1. Posting Supplier Invoices, Debit Memo, Outgoing Payments
2. Document Reversal & Clearing Supplier Account
3. Handling Advance Payments
4. Handling Bank Guarantees

Day12 – Basic AP Reporting, Summarization & Wrap-up

1. Supplier Balance Inquiry
2. Supplier Account Analysis
3. Summarization of Lessons Learned
4. Finding the Next Step
5. Wrap-up