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End-to-End SAP Business Cycle

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  1. Plan-to-Maintain (PM) Create notifications and maintenance orders for assets. Schedule work, assign labor, and plan materials. 2. Source-to-Pay (MM) Generate reservations and purchase requisitions for spare parts and services. Manage goods issues and receipts. 3. Record-to-Report (FI/CO) Post costs from labor, materials, and services. Settle to cost centers, WBS, or assets for financial reporting. 4. Hire-to-Retire (SuccessFactors) Provide workforce data and certifications for scheduling. Feed labor confirmations into cost accounting. 5. Plan-to-Produce (SCM) Align production schedules with maintenance windows. Update inventory and supply chain based on equipment status. 🗂️Master Data & Transaction Data (plants, equipment, materials, and vendors) flows across all modules, ensuring integration and accurate reporting.
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Cost in SAP PM (S/4HANA) — The Only Explanation You Actually Need

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In PM, everyone talks about cost… but very few consultants truly understand how cost moves inside a maintenance order. If you want to be taken seriously in S/4HANA projects, you need to know the three cost layers and how they behave. Here’s the clean crisp clear version 👇 ⸻ 1️⃣ Estimated Cost This is the planner’s guess. Typed manually in the order header. Used for: • approvals • budgeting discussions • rough idea before starting work No SAP calculation. Just experience. ⸻ 2️⃣ Planned Cost This is SAP’s calculated cost based on what you add to the order: • Components (material price) • Operations (activity type × hours) • Service lines (info record / SRV price) Planned cost updates automatically when the order structure changes. This is the first “realistic” number. ⸻ 3️⃣ Actual Cost This is what actually happened in the plant: • Material issue (GI) → cost hits the order • Labor confirmation → hours × activity rate • Vendor invoice (MIRO) → external service • Overheads → cos...
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