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Displaying Activity Type Prices in SAP (KP27): Reviewing Internal Cost Rates and Planning Accuracy

Welcome to this session on displaying Activity Type Prices in SAP using transaction KP27. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to view the planned prices assigned to Activity Types — a cornerstone of cost allocation and production planning in the SAP Controlling (CO) module. You’ll walk step-by-step through how to access the display screen, enter required parameters such as Controlling Area, Planning Version, Periods, Fiscal Year, Cost Center, and Activity Type, and interpret the price information that determines how internal work is costed across departments. Activity Type pricing ensures that internal services — from machine time and labor hours to maintenance and administrative efforts — are costed accurately and consistently within your organization. Without this structure, financial reporting and cost allocations would lack transparency and comparability. Using PepsiCo as a real-world example, you’ll see how global plants use Activity Type pricing to align financial control with operational reality. By the end of this session, you’ll be able to confidently display, interpret, and validate Activity Type prices in SAP, supporting budget planning, internal reporting, and accurate cost management across your organization. 📘 What You’ve Learned 1️⃣ Understand the purpose of Activity Type prices in SAP Controlling (CO) and their role in cost allocation and production planning. 2️⃣ Learn to navigate to the Activity Type Price Display screen using the SAP menu path or transaction code KP27. 3️⃣ Recognize the significance of entering the correct Controlling Area (e.g., 1000) to ensure data consistency across cost centers. 4️⃣ Enter and interpret the Version field, understanding how planning versions (such as 0 for standard plans) allow for multiple budgeting and simulation scenarios. 5️⃣ Specify the From Period and To Period fields to define the exact fiscal periods for which prices should be displayed (e.g., periods 1–12 for a full year). 6️⃣ Input the Fiscal Year to align your analysis with the organization’s financial reporting cycle. 7️⃣ Identify and enter the Cost Center linked to the Activity Type to ensure the pricing information corresponds to the correct operational area. 8️⃣ Enter the Activity Type code (e.g., LABOR or MACH_HR) to retrieve relevant pricing details for specific internal activities. 9️⃣ Understand how each input field (Controlling Area, Version, Period, Cost Center, Activity Type) works together to produce meaningful and accurate cost data. 🔟 Learn how to review the Activity Type Price column, which displays the planned internal rate for each activity type. 1️⃣1️⃣ Interpret how the displayed price represents the standard internal cost per unit (e.g., cost per labor hour or machine hour). 1️⃣2️⃣ Recognize how these rates influence cost allocations, internal settlements, and product costing during manufacturing and service operations. 1️⃣3️⃣ Explore how to compare prices across periods or versions to monitor trends and assess budget accuracy. 1️⃣4️⃣ Understand how reviewing these prices supports cost transparency, resource efficiency, and internal reporting accuracy. 1️⃣5️⃣ Apply these insights to validate activity-based costing, improve budgeting precision, and enhance overall financial management in SAP. 👥 Who It’s For ❶ Finance and Controlling (CO) professionals responsible for internal cost allocation, activity-based costing, and planning accuracy. ❷ Production planners and operations managers who rely on Activity Type rates for production order costing and efficiency analysis. ❸ Cost analysts and management accountants looking to align operational effort with accurate cost measurement. ❹ SAP CO consultants, power users, and learners aiming to deepen their understanding of activity pricing and internal cost management. ❺ Budget and performance managers who use Activity Type prices to plan, forecast, and analyze organizational efficiency. 🏁 Summary In this session, you learned how to display and interpret Activity Type prices in SAP using transaction KP27 — a key step in ensuring transparency and accuracy in cost allocation and production planning. You explored how to enter key parameters such as Version, Period, Fiscal Year, Cost Center, and Activity Type, and reviewed how SAP displays the standard internal price for activities like machine hours or labor time. The Pepsi example illustrated how global operations rely on accurate Activity Type pricing to maintain efficiency and consistency — from tracking machine utilization in Brazil to managing maintenance efforts in North America and comparing operational costs across Europe. #SAPERP #SAPTraining #SAPLearning #SAPModules #EnterpriseResourcePlanning #DigitalTransformation #SAPForBeginners #SAPImplementation #ERPSolutions #ERP #SAP #ECC #sappp #sappptraining #sappptutorialforbeginners #sapppcourse