EBUS612 (Postgraduates)
E-Business Enterprise System with SAP
2024 - 2025
(Semester 2)
Practical Assignment with SAP (50% of module mark)
Submission deadline: 12:00pm 15/05/2025
IMORTANT NOTICE: This is an individual assignment and your final report needs to be submitted via Turnitin. In your submission, YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR SAP SYSTEM ID FIRST!
1. Results from your three case studies (50%)
a. Imaging you are managing a new material called ABC-brake set. It only can be produced in house. This item will also be further used for direct sales. Please identify what views need to be selected when you create its material master data in SAP and also specify what organizational level(s) should be associated with each view and explain your reasons respectively? (2 pages) (10%)
b. Drawing from your PP case study, critically reflect how SAP drives the material requirements and production automation from demand management through various integration points. Clearly articulate the key benefits SAP offers, supporting your analysis with evidence from your case study. Additionally, connect your discussion to broader, credible resources to explore how these functions can support real-world businesses across different scenarios. (5 pages) (15%)
c. Discuss the key differences between CO (Controlling) and FI (Financial Accounting) in SAP. How are these two modules integrated within the system? Use appropriate evidence from your system to support your analysis. Additionally, if you intend to group multiple company codes under the same controlling area, what conditions must be met? (1.5 pages) (5%)
d. After completing your SD case study, refer to the discussions from the MM case study to identify all steps that impact the company’s general ledger. Support your analysis with relevant accounting documents and critically examine which accounts should be credited and debited, providing clear justifications for your reasoning. (4 pages) (20%)
2. Extension after your three case studies (50%)
You have already allocated the cafeteria costs to the cost centers. Now, you need to assess the R&D expenses to the Assembly and Maintenance cost centers. The R&D costs are incurred to support the total output of these cost centers.
To proceed, collect the accrued R&D costs of 120,000 USD in a suitable new cost center (e.g., Res1###) within the N4000 hierarchy area, using cost element 6340000. Then, allocate these costs to the receiving cost centers by creating appropriate statistical key figures.
Additionally, apart from the existing activity type (A###) output from the Assembly cost center, an additional activity type (B###) is introduced, contributing a total of 1,000 hours. The corresponding allocation cost element is 8000000, and the increased output of activity B### results in an additional 30,000 USD in salary expenses for employees in the Assembly cost center.
a. Determine the new total activity price (unit price) for all activities (M###, A###, and B###). Provide a screenshot of the costing report for your Assembly cost center and briefly discuss the line items originating from the new cost assessment. (2pages) (10%);
b. Manually calculate the overall cost assessment process with appropriate explanations and flowcharts. (3 pages) (15%)
c. Suppose your Maintenance cost center (MAIN###) now generates an additional 700 hours of repair output (R###, the associated allocation cost element is 803###4), where 50 hours are used by Res1### and 100 hours by ASSY###. Provide an updated costing report for the Assembly cost center and discuss the key changes. (2 pages) (10%)
After completing the Product Costing case study, you decide to enhance product quality by adding two additional Chains and Brake kits to your final product DXTR4###. Additionally, some production activities have been relocated to a new work center (WK1###), specifically for the first and fifth production operations. The first operation includes 5 minutes of Setup and 15 minutes of Labor. The fifth operation includes an additional 3 minutes of Setup and 5 minutes of Labor.
d. Demonstrate the screenshot of your new product cost estimate with itemized view and develop a discussion about this new report (e.g. How is this report structured? What are the main changes and what are the root causes of those changes? Etc.). You use information (hint: activity price in CO) from your system to support your analysis (4 pages) (15%)
To create the new work center, the following tasks are needed:
1. Create a Work Center:
o Use the SAP search bar to find "Create Work Center."
o Enter the following details:
Plant: DL00
Work Center: WK1### (replace ### with your SAP ID)
o In the Copy From section, enter:
Plant: DL00
Work Center: ASSY1000
o On the next screen, select the following data to be copied: Basic Data, Texts, Classification, Subsystem Grouping, Default Values, Capacities, Scheduling, and Costing. Click Copy at the bottom right.
o In the Technology tab, set:
Machine Type: 0003
Sort String: 0003
CAPP Planner Group: 000
o Click the Costing tab and ignore the pop-up message and press ENTER.
o Change the cost center to your Assembly cost center (ASSY1###) and assign activity type B### to Setup and Labor in the Activities Overview. Click Save to complete the creation of the work center.