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                    \n                                \n                                        \n                        \n                    \n            <h1\n        class=\"title title-hero\"\n                        >S\/4 Finance | The New COPA or Better Integration with FI<\/h1>\n    \n                                                                \n                                    \n                \n        <div class=\"editor\"\n        >\n        <ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n                                                    <span class=\"block-hero-article_tag\">News<\/span>\n                                                    <div class=\"block-hero-article_meta\">\n                                                    <span class=\"author-by\">\n                                R\u00e9dig\u00e9 par\n                                                                    <a class=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/en\/author\/agence2web\/\">agence2web<\/a>\n                                                            <\/span>\n                                                <span class=\"date\">1 March 2018<\/span>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n        \n<section     class=\"block-content block-content-image-2-meltone img-right media-standard\"\n        >\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n            <div class=\"grid_content\">\n                                \n                                \n                                        \n                        \n                    \n            <h2\n        class=\"title title-section\"\n                        >#1 \u2013 What Is It?<\/h2>\n    \n                                                    \n                                \n                                        \n                                \n                    \n            <h3\n        class=\"subtitle\"\n                        >When implementing the CO-PA module, it was always challenging to make the right choice between costing-based CO-PA and account-based CO-PA.<\/h3>\n    \n                                                            \n                                    \n                \n        <div class=\"editor\"\n        >\n        <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Costing-based CO-PA<\/strong> made it easier to create a cost of sales income statement, with more detailed data than general ledger accounts. The source of information was not based solely on financial accounting, but also on logistics and management control modules, thus enabling more relevant detail. However, reconciliation with financial accounting was more difficult.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Account-based CO-PA<\/strong>, on the other hand, allowed immediate reconciliation with financial accounting, but required analysis by account, which limited analysis of cost origins or detail on manufacturing variances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The income statement lines with account-based CO-PA are accounting natures (primary or secondary). Whereas the lines of an income statement with costing-based CO-PA are value fields (limited to 200) that are populated by accounting natures (primary or secondary) but also by SD pricing conditions, or by cost categories defined in CO-PC. <\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"grid_media grid_media-image fit-cover\">\n                            \n                                                                                                                                            \n                <picture >\n\n                                        <source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-1200x0-c-default.webp 1x, https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-2400x0-c-default.webp 2x\">\n\n                                        <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-800x0-c-default.webp 1x, https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-1600x0-c-default.webp 2x\">\n\n                                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-400x0-c-default.webp\"\n                         srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-400x0-c-default.webp 1x, https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image-9-800x0-c-default.webp 2x\"                         alt=\"Image (9)\"\n                          width=\"232\"                           height=\"233\"                                                                                loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                             >\n                <\/picture>\n                        \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section    \n        class=\"block-content block-content-text-meltone\"\n                >\n                <div class=\"block-content-text-meltone_deco\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <span class=\"deco deco--circle\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 361 361\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n    <circle cx=\"180.5\" cy=\"180.5\" r=\"180.5\" fill=\"#404672\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n            <span class=\"deco deco--arabesque\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 699 1104.12\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n    <path d=\"M490.629 52.3639C180.108 186.874 -55.8918 558.409 103.573 660.574C243.033 749.921 491.159 636.844 579.833 551.803C691.514 444.698 654.91 330.416 530.048 359.901C387.578 393.544 248.471 577.054 237.206 839.268C226.498 1088.51 463.222 968.525 637.798 774.562C641.376 770.588 648.324 775.163 645.893 779.926C608.135 853.903 537.488 996.6 530.048 1051.76\" stroke=\"#CED9FA\" stroke-width=\"104.701\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n            <div class=\"grid_content\">\n                                                    \n                                \n                                        \n                        \n                    \n            <h2\n        class=\"title title-section\"\n                        >#2 \u2013 Origins of the Income Statement by CO-PA Type<\/h2>\n    \n                                                            \n                                    \n                \n        <div class=\"editor\"\n        >\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tableau-1024x568-1.png\" alt=\"table\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even though costing-based CO-PA made reconciliation with financial accounting more difficult, it was often appreciated <em><strong>for its level of margin detail<\/strong><\/em><strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another \u201cdebatable\u201d point of costing-based CO-PA was that the cost of sales was only picked up in CO-PA when revenue was recognized, which caused issues when invoicing came the following month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section    \n        class=\"block-content block-content-text-meltone no-deco\"\n                >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n            <div class=\"grid_content\">\n                                                    \n                                \n                                        \n                        \n                    \n            <h2\n        class=\"title title-section\"\n                        >#3 \u2013 Fortunately, all these troubles have been resolved with S4 Finance! Hang on tight!<\/h2>\n    \n                                                            \n                                    \n                \n        <div class=\"editor\"\n        >\n        <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation has changed; we are now facing <em><strong>better integration between financial accounting and material management<\/strong><\/em>, thus enabling a direct link between CO-PC and FI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is now possible <strong><em>to break down the cost of sales by cost origin at the time of goods issue posting<\/em><\/strong>. Manufacturing variances, which were previously posted only in aggregate, are now posted in detail by manufacturing variance categories. For this, some configuration settings are necessary, some general ledger accounts need to be created, but the result is conclusive.  <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">MeltOne Advisory conducted the exercise in an industrial context:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How? Through the most compelling way possible, namely <strong>a demo on our S\/4 Hana system!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To whet your appetite, a simplified presentation of the major purchasing, production and sales macro-processes, coupled with the reporting needs generally found in industry (experience speaking)!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45640 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Processus-1-1024x308-1.png\" alt=\"Process\" width=\"1209\" height=\"364\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As experts on the topic, we focused on two major changes brought by <strong>S4 Finance <\/strong> <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">cost of sales detailed by cost origin,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">detail of variance categories.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808080;\">OK? 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The material document resulting from an outbound delivery contains more accounting documents than in ECC (2 accounting documents, 2 controlling documents, and 1 Material Ledger document). <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45613 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/premiere-screen.png\" alt=\"first screen\" width=\"897\" height=\"561\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The first accounting document corresponds to the standard goods issue posting (Stock Account 35* \/ Stock Change Account 713*).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45642 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/second-screen-1.png\" alt=\"second screen\" width=\"834\" height=\"308\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The second accounting document contains an accounting schema in which the stock change is reversed and then reposted in detail by cost origin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45643 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/troisieme-screen-2.png\" alt=\"third screen\" width=\"834\" height=\"283\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It\u2019s magical and instantaneous<\/strong>: the cost of sales is now detailed by cost origin in accounting, enabling a relevant gross margin analysis without jeopardizing reconciliation with accounting! Controllers can pop the champagne! <\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">B \u2013 Manufacturing Variance Categories:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The accounting posting of manufacturing variances calculated during order settlement in CO-PC resulted in an accounting document with the total variance (and the detail by cost category was only visible in costing-based CO-PA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>With S4 Finance<\/strong>, the detail of variance categories is posted, thus enabling better readability and analysis. The system is identical to that of cost of sales; the price variance account (Key PRD) is debited and credited, giving way to the detail of defined variance categories. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45615 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meltone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/quatrieme-screen.png\" alt=\"fourth screen\" width=\"879\" height=\"394\"><\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    \n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section    \n        class=\"block-content block-content-text-meltone is-dark\"\n        data-halo        >\n                    <span class=\"halo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"grid\">\n            <div class=\"grid_content\">\n                                                    \n                                \n                                        \n                        \n                    \n            <h2\n        class=\"title title-section\"\n                        >#4 \u2013 In Conclusion?<\/h2>\n    \n                                                            \n                                    \n                \n        <div class=\"editor\"\n        >\n        <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">S4 Finance therefore has all the advantages of both types of COPA, account-based AND costing-based! Immediate reconciliation that also includes cost details! 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