All data relevant to cost flows automatically to Controlling from Financial Accounting. At the same time, the system assigns the costs and revenues to different CO account assignment objects, such as cost centers, business processes, projects or orders. The relevant accounts in Financial Accounting are managed in Controlling as cost elements or revenue elements. 

Controlling provides you with information for management decision-making. It facilitates coordination, monitoring and optimization of all processes in an organization. This involves recording both the consumption of production factors and the services provided by an organization.

As well as documenting actual events, the main task of controlling is planning. You can determine variances by comparing actual data with plan data. These variance calculations enable you to control business flows.

Income statements such as, contribution margin accounting, are used to control the cost efficiency of individual areas of an organization, as well as the entire organization.

Table of Contents

SAP CO Books
The 123s of ABC in SAP: Using SAP R/3 to Support Activity-Based Costing
more Books on SAP Controlling

SAP CO Tips
How To Configure The Controlling Area
Maintain Operating Concern
Maintain the CO Versions
Create Primary and Secondary Cost Elements

Maintain CO-OM Accrual Calculations
Some Costing Screen
Create New Cost Center Group/Cost Center
Delete Cost Element Group

Production Order Individual Settlement - KO88

Settlement Of Production Orders in SAP CO

Production Order without Settlement

Product Costing using Standard Cost

Maintain Number Ranges for CO Documents
Reconciliation Ledger

Cost Center/Profit Center Accounting
Order Settlement Configuration
Settlement of Production Orders
Order Planning and Budgeting
Statistical Posting and Real Posting in Costing

SAP Financial / Controlling Forum at the convenient of your mail box
Exchange FI/CO problems/solutions, tips, ideas with other SAP FI/CO peers from around the globe