SAP ERP Financials and FICO Handbook

258 CHAPTER 6 FICO QUICK TOUR
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When the IO is statistical and you are posting FI transactions,
if you are assigning expenses to IO and cost centers, then the
real posting goes to the cost center and the statistical posting
happens to IO.
Real postings always happen to real IO.
Like assessment or distribution for cost centers, you transfer the
IO cost from IO to other cost objects through settlement. After
completion of the IO life cycle, you can settle IO to its original
cost center. In the case of external IO settlement, the settlement
process will create an FI posting.
You run order settlement to settle transfer IO cost to its final
destination. You can run settlement either at the period end or
at the end of the order life.
In the SAP R/3 system, you can settle IOs (CO component),
sales orders (SD component), projects (PS component), and
production orders with product cost collectors (PP component)
to profitability segments.
6.10 PA
PA provides various reports for analyzing the results of enterprise activities on
the external market. Through this module, you can determine how successful
the enterprise is in different market segments, i.e., products, divisions, and
customers.
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The PA module (CO-PA) is used to measure the profitability
of segments. A market segment may be a product, customer,
geographical area, company code, or business areas. This is a
good tool to monitor marketing activities with a market-oriented
approach.