The content deals with the implementation of production and logistics in an ERP system and its integration into management accounting. The system used is SAP S/4Hana. The following areas are covered:

• As an introduction, a simple process in sales: Quote, order, delivery and invoice introducing operational processes, master data and customizing in S/4Hana.
• Cost center planning and activity price calculation;
• Master data for the MRP process: Organizational structure, materials master and material planning, product structure;
• Work centers, linkage between cost accounting and production/logistics, capacity planning;
• Routings;
• Sales and operations planning, deriving sales projections and independent demand;
• MRP, planned production orders and purchase requisitions;
• Master data in procurement, info records, vendor assignment of purchase requisitions, purchase order processing;
• Production orders: Creating, calculating and checking production orders, executing production orders to the finished product.

The system is taken from an almost "empty" state and taken to a state, where production orders can be meaningfully processed. Nearly all master data needed will be created by students and they will learn to customize the system. Each student will work in his/her own plant. 

This will be strengthened by an independent case study students have to process in groups of two emulating a real-world implementation project and operations in S/4. 

To support the planning process of an ERP system implementation, students will use two information system design methods: Entity Relationship Modelling and Event-driven Process Chains. Web trainers are provided to facilitate the learning process. 

Students understand the structure of an ERP system with the example S/4Hana. 

Students can carry out a standard implementation of S/4 in cost accounting, materials management and production planning/execution including the relevant customizing.

Students have an understanding of ERP system implementation and customizing in general irrespective of the system used.

Students can plan an implementation project in the field using Entity Relationship Modelling and Event-driven Process Chains.

According to the examination regulation full attendance is intended for a PI. Absence in one (2 hour) unit is tolerated if a proper reason is given.

Every student implements the business case in a separate virtual plant in SAP S/4Hana. Students perform all steps that would be implemented also in a standard real-world implementation project:

• Cost accounting - planning cycle: Implementation of cost accounting for a production environment, implementation of the value flow in a company (allocations, surcharges, activity inputs) in SAP;
• Master data for the MRP process: Organizational structure, materials master and material planning, product structure, cost center planning and work centers, linkage between cost accounting and production/logistics, work centers, initialization of capacity planning, definition of routings;
• Sales and operations planning, derivation of independent demand, levelling techniques and MRP;
• Master data in procurement, processing the purchase requisitions produced by the MRP run and deriving purchase orders, delivery and materials management;
• Production planning and control: Entering and checking production orders, capacity planning and smoothing, process-oriented customizing with respect to scheduling, availability check, oder calculation and order confirmation;
• Cost accounting - actual costs: Production and procurement activities create actual costs enabling plan/actual analyses;
• Sales logistics and revenue accounting: Order processing, price determination, inventory management. In all steps, students are confronted with a business case and have to implement the case in SAP S/4Hana, that is, the system has to be customized to the given case.

Web materials are available at https://erp.wu.ac.at 

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