SAP Asset Accounting Management

SAP Asset Accounting Management provides a lot of different functions.

1. Asset master data maintenance (asset classification, asset description, serial number, inventory number, depreciation terms, location, responsible party, etc.)
2. Asset lifecycle management (acquisition or construction, transfers, replacement, dispositions and retirements)
3. Asset inventory counts
4. Asset depreciation
5. Asset reporting

This document will walk you through various processes in Asset accounting management. You will first undestand everything about SAP asset management, Asset Master data, changing time dependent fields, asset master data for whole room concept, assets under construction or projects, inter company transfers, applying subsequent charges, capitalizing salaries and displaying and changing asset documents.

View/Download the tutorial on Asset accounting in SAP (2146).

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