PRM - Profitability Management

Requirement

ECP Start

Aims

• To learn about the module specific functions of PRM
• Construction of business- and marketing controlling in a fictitious company
• Definition and installation of contribution margin reports

Participants

Employees and experts of controlling, accountancy and marketing/sales

Contents

• Definition of general ledger accounts/ secondary accounts
• Definition of turnover units
• Cost drivers
• Record type organization/voucher maintenance

Fixed Costs Assignment

Transfer of fixed costs from the cost centers- (CCM) or cost unit accounting (COM)

CS3 Allocations

Absorption of fixed costs according to specific evaluation criterions - as for example articles, article groups etc.

Direct costing planning

• Presentation of the integration into the front-end system
• Construction of a planning-bill
• Valuation of quantity data

Actual direct costing

• Presentation of the integrationinto the front-end system
• Take-over of actual-quantities/ -values
• Valuation of the quantity data

Reports/Controlling

• Construction of user defined contribution margin reports
• Construction of the evaluation hierarchy concerning the marketing point of view
• Cost variance analysis
• Set-up of administration-index numbers
• Report selections
• Call- up of reports after different criterions
• Drill-down method
• Object-comparison-reports (for example hitlists regarding customers, customer groups, articles)

Duration

3 days