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What is controlling area?

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Question added by Atif Mehmood , HOD IT , Board Of Management Sundar Industrial Estate- Govt of Pakistan
Date Posted: 2016/02/11
Mohamed Ibrahim Abou Elmaaty
by Mohamed Ibrahim Abou Elmaaty , SAP MM Support , وزارة الاتصالات - الهيئة القومية للبريد

 

Organizational unit in an organization that represents a closed system used for cost accounting purposes. A controlling area may contain one or more company codes, which can operate in different currencies, if required. The company codes within a controlling area must all use the same operational chart of accounts.

All internal allocation transactions refer only to objects from the same controlling area

JEETENDRA TYAGI
by JEETENDRA TYAGI , SAP Project Manager , Accenture Consuting India Pvt. Ltd.

Controlling Area is the organisational structure in CO Module and it's on the TOP of the company code. In controlling area we can assign any number of company codes, 

Lennon Gula Ndebele
by Lennon Gula Ndebele , Financial Administrator , SASOL OIL

It is the central organisational structure in CO and is used in cost centre accounting.

satheesh kumar Govindarajulu
by satheesh kumar Govindarajulu , SAP MM Consultant , Sumtwo Softwares Pvt Ltd

An organizational unit within a company, used to represent a closed system for cost accounting purposes.

 

sachin khandagale
by sachin khandagale , mechanical technician , Arabian Sugar Company (B.SC) Bahrain

The controling area is the highest organizational level within CO. It must exist before Cost Center Accounting (CCA) can be used

Jaishri Navani
by Jaishri Navani , Finance Manager , West Zone Fresh Supermarket LLC

Controlling area is an central organisational strucutre in controlling (CO) and is used in cost accounting. Cost centers and product hierarchy and profit centers/profitability segments are used to classify the controlling area.

Salmeen Sheikh
by Salmeen Sheikh , team leader , Agriauto stamping company

Purchasing and production line.

 

 

Thiyagu R S
by Thiyagu R S , ERP FIELD , TRISTAR FORMULATION PVT LTD

ERP means entry resource planning production,store,accounts maintance using ERP software purchase and production line using all company management details ERP stored