In PF2, the name of a profit center is critical for the reporting, the rules must be strictly followed.

PIF level


The name of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (F)

  • position 1-3        = first 3 characters of the Business Area (Sector code + Activity 1 code)

  • positions 4-5     = Spaces
  • positions 6-10   = PIF code (always in  Caps Lock ) + spaces to make it 5 chars
  • positions 11-14 = industrial origin code - see transaction ZPRI - in case of tolling in an external plant, use the one of the Syensqo plant responsible for the tolling
    • 9997 for product bought outside the group from third parties
    • 9991 - 9994 for Rhodia GBU for which we do not know the specific industrial origin 
  • position 15       = E (packed) or V (bulk) if a differentiation is made at that level.

  • positions 16-20 = free (not relevant for BFC)

Example

The name of the profit center F49JLAXXU1 is  349  JLA  3272E

  • Sector code = PLASTICS

  • Reporting Activity 1 code = 49 FLUOR MATERIALS
  • “empty”
  • PIF code   = JLA Tecnoflon
  • Industrial origin code = 3272 SOLVAY SPOL US

  • Packaging code = E Packed

  • “empty”





The long text of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (F)

  • Description of the PIF from table view ZZRT179V
  • Space - hyphen - space
  • City name of the establishment (EMEA… for 9991 - 9994 - and “3RD PARTIES” for industrial origin 9997)
  • Space - hyphen - space
  • “PACK” or “PACKED” // “BULK"

Note: If over the SAP 40-chars limit, abbreviate the names according to SLV traditions.




Activity 1 level


Example

The name of the profit center D3490 is  349

  • Sector code =  PLASTICS

  • Reporting Activity 1 code = 49 FLUOR MATERIALS
  • “empty”
  • not applicable
  • “empty”

The name of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (D)

  • position 1-3      = first 3 characters of the Business Area (Sector code + Activity 1 code) - essential as used by COPA / BW for automatic determination
  • positions 4-10    = Spaces
  • positions 11-14  = Industrial origin code (only for specifics cheops value item like “ARRET”)
  • position 15         = Spaces
  • positions 16-20  = Free (not relevant for BFC)

The long text of a reporting profit center used at PIF level (D)

  • Description from table ZZR_REPO_DIV taking the middle 2 characters from the Business Area (ex. profit center D9TN0 - search for “TN”).



Company level


The name of a reporting profit center used at company level (E)

  • positions 1-4     = Reporting company code

  • positions 5        = Space
  • positions 6 -20  = Company “Enterprise abbreviation” from transaction ZPRI

  • last 3 positions = "hyphen"+"Country code" (from transaction ZPRI)


Example

The name of the profit center E6288 is 6288 SFLX-DE

  • Reporting company code = 6288

  • “empty”
  • Enterprise abbreviation = SFLX
  • "Hyphen"
  • County = DE


The long text of a reporting profit center used at company level (E)

  • positions 1-4     = Reporting company code

  • positions 5        = Space
  • positions 6-20  = Company “Enterprise medium name” from transaction ZPRI



Company and object level


The name of a reporting profit center used at Company and object level (S)

  • positions 1-4     = Object company code
  • positions 5 = Space
    positions 6-20 = Company “Enterprise abbreviation” from transaction ZPRI in PRS

  • last 3 positions = "hyphen"+"Country code" (from transaction ZPRI)


Example

The name of the profit center SCHEF6329 is  6579 FIOP-BR

  • Object company code = 6579

  • “empty”
  • Enterprise abbreviation = FIOP
  • "Hyphen"
  • County = BR



The long text of a reporting profit center used at Company and object level (S)

  • positions 1-13     = PARTICIPATION

  • position 14          = Space

  • position 15 -18    = Object company code
  • positions 19         = Space
  • last positions      = Company “Enterprise medium name” from transaction ZPRI

Unlike reporting profit centers, the description of organizational profit center doesn't matter.

  • Short name - company code + space + plant “establishment abbreviation” from PF2 - ZPRI Display table ETAB (using the first 3 chars of the plant)
  • Long text - plant NAME1 from view V_T001W (if needed using standard SLV abbreviation for the site) + abbreviated NAME2 from V_T001W if making it clearer.

In WP2, the name of a profit center does not matter as it is not used in reporting. 

Plant level


The name of profit center created at plant level: 

  • PPPP = plant code
  • name of the profit center
  • VVVVV = value stream code

Example: 7666 divers Diphénols MEL - VZS05



Company code level


The name of profit center created at company level: 

  • PPPP = Generic plant code (=BFC GBU code + 00)
  • name of the profit center (by default the GBU name)
  • VVVVV = value stream code

Example: SI00 Silica - VSL01


3 Comments

  1. What about PF1 "non reporting" profit center 

    1. I found the rule in a procedure but it is not applied (I couldn't find an example that follows this rule in PF1). I don't remember why we need it ?

      1. We were trying to find a way to discriminate reporting cost center vs organizational report cost centers  to anticipate a solution of multi-GBU cost centers before implementing COPA in PF1