Profit center to be used in PF1

The profit center to be used in the master data of a cost center is the organizational profit center of the plant.


Profit center to be used in WP1

The profit center to be used in the master data of a cost center in WP1 must be chosen carefully as it is used for several purposes :

  • Fixed costs dashboard
  • Industrial dashboard
  • Working Capital

Two controls must be performed when assigning a profit center to a cost center :

1. The GBU & the value stream

The profit center that is assigned to a cost center is used to identify to which GBU & value stream the cost center belongs. The profit center used must be included in the right value stream & GBU.


Usually a specific value stream is used for production cost centers (PPPP-1xxx & PPPP-2xxx) and a non allocated value stream is used for other cost centers.

2. The department of the profit center

  • A profit center with a department = plant code is assigned to production cost centers (PPPP-1xxx & PPPP-2xxx)
  • A profit center with a department = GBU plant is assigned to other cost centers especially for SG&A, R&I...