Macro-Process: Costing / costing model architecture

Risk

Wrong fixed cost absorption in inventory, plant costing model do not comply with group rules   

Objective

FRA updates plant costing model 


Process description

Costing is necessary in financial reporting to determine cost of sales and inventory valuation.

Control description

FRA fills in template for standard rate calculations and assessment cycles and asks validation from GCCO and plant manager.

Former Controls

IAC 03.09.04.01

Control owner

FRA

Due date

November D10

Frequency

Control evidence

IAC 01.09 Costing model.xlsx

validated by GCCO and plant manager

Guideline

Prerequisite

  WP1 Worldwide

IAC Control

         
product costing

Area Controller (requester)

previous Operation(s): (warning)

Rules & Glossary: Costing - Rules Costing - Glossary Costing - SAP Operations

Risk : All materials aren't counted

Objective : FRA ensures that plant physical inventory procedure is updated every year, that physicak count coverage comply with group rules and that auditors can supervise physical inventory organized during Q4.

Process description : Physical inventory objective is to check the existence and ownership of inventories.

Control description : FRA :

  1. updates plant inventory procedure and cotrol compliance with group rules
  2. coordinates with Physical Inventory Manager (PIM) execution to reach defined targets at end of September and of December
  3. publishes last quarter physical inventory planning and require GCCO validation for exceptions to the rules defining the physicak coverage rate for year end. 

 

Guideline