Reorganizing Profit Centers in SAP

As of ECC 6 EHP 5, SAP rolled out a functionality which allows for reorganization of the profit center on the core SAP objects in the Logistics and Accounting functions.



This includes changing profit centers on Materials, Sales Orders, Cost Centers, Orders, Projects, AR, AP, and GL Open Items. With this functionality companies can update the core data in their SAP ERP systems to enable financial reporting which better aligns with how they manage their business today versus 10-15 years ago when they first implemented SAP. Learn how SPX Flow used this functionality to transform their financial reporting and enable full financial statements which align with a new management structure.


FI/CO expert Dawn Watts to discusses:
An overview of how the functionality works
The technical requirements to utilize the functionality
Steps to reorganize profit centers in ECC 6
A review of a typical derivation hierarchy used for the
profit center reorganization
A review of a typical project timeline for a profit center reorganization
Lessons learned from participation in two full life cycles of the profit center reorganization


Dawn Watts is a talented SAP Subject Matter Expert who has led support and implementations of SAP functions in Finance and Controlling for over 17 years. She has a breadth of experience partnering with finance and logistics organizations to solve complex problems for manufacturing companies in the telecommunications, medical devices, flooring, industrial, and energy industries.