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The Result (Reporting) Profit Centers are the basis for Group reporting

All elements for BFC statement are extracted from the Profit centers (except NETV, QTV and TPT which are extracted from CO-Profitability Analysis -> CO-PA). To make this extraction work (through interfaces), all objects in CO must be assigned to a profit center;
  • Material (plant level, Costing view)
  • Cost centers
  • CO orders
  • PM orders
  • PP orders
  • Cost collectors
  • WBS
The Result Profit centers are depending on the Profit center group “CHEFCHEOPS”. These profit centers are generally assigned to all the ERP companies;
The non reporting Profit Center are in group “CHEF_CNTRL

In WP1 the profit center is used to:

Assign the following variances to the P&L (COPA)

  • Variances on purchase
  • Inventory differences
  • Variances on transfer
  • Variances on process order
  • Revaluation variances

Split the Working Capital by enterprise

  • Split the accounts payable and the stocks by CGU (Cash Generating Unit)

Calculate some indicators of the industrial dashboard and identify by Value Stream

  • Inventories
  • Variable costs (the actual ones posted through process order)
  • Fixed costs (from the direct production costs center)
  • Freight on sales costs (from the P&L and freight on sales cost centers)
  • Accounts payable

Profit center master are displayed with KE53


PIF level

Standard codification

The codification of a reporting profit center used at PIF level:

  • Letter F
  • Activity 1 code - 2 characters of the Reporting Division from SM30 table V_134G, Division code (check in Material Master Data (MM03), tab Basic Data 1, the field Division) + Plant code, to get the correct Business Area.
  • PIF code - Use the first 5 characters of the PIF code (complete with “X” to reach 5 characters). To identify the correct code, go to T-code MM03 → Basic Data 1 tab, check the Prod. Hierarchy field. In SM30 table ZZRT179V, confirm that the Prod. Hierarchy code is marked with an “X” in the Flag PIF column. 
  • Country of origin - 1 character for the country code of the industrial origin, i.e. where the goods are manufactured - see appendix for the codes.

  • A - Austria

    B - Belgium

    C - Switzerland

    D - Germany

    E - Spain

    F - France

    G - Great Britain - UK

    H - China

    I - Italy

    J - Japan

    K - Korea

    L - India

    M - Mexico

    N - Netherlands

    O - Russia (possible extension to other countries)

    P - Portugal

    Q - Not used

    R - Brazil

    S - Finland (possible extension to other countries)

    T - Thailand

    U - USA

    V - Argentina

    W - Not used

    X - Improperly used for some “3rd parties” and some other strange ones

    Y - Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Chile and other miscellaneous countries

    Z - Inovyn Martorell - other / future use to determine

    1 - Rhodia EMEA region (only for “green” GBU - when production center is not specifically known)  - corresponding to industrial origin 9991

    2 - Rhodia NAM region (only for “green” GBU - idem) - corresponding to industrial origin 9992

    3 - Rhodia LATAM region (only for “green” GBU - idem) - corresponding to industrial origin 9993

    4 - Rhodia APAC region (only for “green” GBU - idem) - corresponding to industrial origin 9994

    9 - Third parties - corresponding to industrial origin 9997

  • Code packaging - 1 character (normally a digit) to differentiate - normally odd for packed and even for bulk.

These profit centers are used for postings at the lower level of detail : PIF + industrial origin.



Activity 1 level

Standard codification

The codification of a reporting profit center used at Activity 1 level

    • D + Business Area
      • Letter D
        Business Area
      • Sector code
      • Activity 1 code
      • Free

These profit centers are used for posting at “company code” + “BFC Activity 1” level. Should wait until the Business Area has been created by APDM and is available in PF2_020 before creating the D* profit center.



Profit centers at company & company/object levels should not be used anymore 

Before the project SPS (COPA in PF2) there were 2 other types of reporting profit centers:

At company level

They were used for posting at “company code” level for which there was no subdivision between GBU or BFC Activities.  

The codification of a reporting profit center used at Company code level was:

  • Letter E
  • Company code

At company & object level

These profit centers represent the shares of the company hold by other Solvay companies. Can be created for any Solvay companies, operating in the ERP Solvay or not.

The codification of a reporting profit center used at Company code and object level was:

  • Letters SCHEF
  • Company code

Reporting profit centers at company & company/object levels should not be used anymore 


Standard codification

The codification of an organizational profit center 

  • Letter C
  • Plant code

Codification - Standard codification

The codification of a profit center is 

  • Company code or plant code
  • Letter 
  • Last 4 digits of the IECRA



The recommended practice is to put a Profit Center with "plant" codification in the Master Data of a "plant" Cost Center

Example

Codification of a profit center for Novecare in the plant 8091 Zhuhai

 

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 = 3  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 = 3  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


The person responsible of a cost center is accountable for the elements allocated in the cost center

The companies using SRM7 for purchasing should have a SRM7 user ID (=BIP user ID) entered in this field, starting with 5, such as 50000000


When creating a new cost center, you need to select the correct code using the following matrix (star). 

=> You can filter by GBU/Function, name or position to find the code to be used. 


Find out more about SRM7

Rules - Cost Center Responsible - FAQ


(star) if the link is not working you can also use the file (same data source)

The category is a letter, it depends on the type of cost center.
CategoryWP2PF2

F

Direct production cost centers - all cost centers related to workshops - codification : PPPP-1xxxPlant cost sections related to direct production costs
H

Other cost centers started with the plant code but not direct production

Plant cost sections related to indirect production costs, such as:

  • Other fixed costs not included in inventory value (e.g.: warehousing, commercial shipping, engineering,…)
  • Variable costs not included in inventory value (e.g.: tolling on raw materials).
W
All cost centers starting with the company codeAll other cases
E
Exceptional category used in the USA for tax purpose "Vertex" (thus limited to companies in the USA and duly justified by the controller)

Other categories are historically present in SAP. They can no longer be used


[ Cost center hierarchy in PF2 ] [ Cost center hierarchy in WP2 ]

Cost center hierarchy in PF2

The code of the standard hierarchy in PF2 is KCHEF_HIER and it is structured in 2 main sub-groups:

  • CC_ORGANIS

  • CC_CHEOPS

The group CC_CHEOPS was used for reporting cost centers. These cost centers are not used anymore.

In other words the group CC_CHEOPS should not be used anymore and all active cost centers should now be included in the group CC_ORGANIS.



The group CC_ORGANIS is only harmonized until the plant level, afterwards it is free for every site.

CC_ORGANIS
  • XX - Country
    • E_CCCC - Company
      • CCCC_PP - Site
        • PPP - Plant 
          • Cost center 1
          • Cost center 2


XX = Country code

CCCC = Company code

PPP = plant code 

PP = First 2 digits of the plant code







Cost center hierarchy in WP2

In WP2, there is one standard hierarchy per Controlling Area

The structure must follow the standard rule:

Zxxx = Controlling Area

PPPP = Plant code

CCCC = Company code 

GB = GBU code 

  • CB - Corporate Business Services
  • CM - Composite Materials
  • CS - Novecare
  • OG - Oil & Gas
  • PA - Aroma Performance
  • SP - Specialty Polymers
  • TS - Technology Solutions


The group PPPP-FUNCT is only used by the GBU Novecare


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