{"id":11473,"date":"2016-11-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/?p=11473"},"modified":"2022-08-26T14:21:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:21:07","slug":"process-analytics-for-sap-current-asset-transactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/en\/blog\/process-analytics-for-sap-current-asset-transactions\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP data analytics for fixed asset depreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part IV of the series: \u201cDigitization of auditing SAP Fixed Asset and Inventory Processes\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This blog post presents&nbsp;<em>three interesting indicators<\/em>&nbsp;for detecting process weaknesses in the area of fixed asset depreciation in SAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/auditing-sap-processes-for-fixed-asset-and-inventory?lang=en\">Auditing SAP processes in fixed asset and inventory<\/a><br>2.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/master-data-audit-of-sap-fixed-assets?lang=en\">Master Data audit of SAP fixed assets<\/a><br>3.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/how-to-audit-fixed-assets-procurement-in-sap?lang=en\">How to audit&nbsp;fixed assets procurement in SAP<\/a><br><strong>4. SAP data analytics for fixed asset depreciation<\/strong><br>5.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/auditing-fixed-asset-retirement-in-sap?lang=en\">Auditing fixed asset retirement in SAP<\/a><br>6.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/process-analytics-for-sap-current-asset-transactions?lang=en\">Process analytics for SAP current asset transactions<\/a><br>7.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/segregation-of-duties-in-sap-asset-management?lang=en\">Segregation of Duties in SAP asset management<\/a><br>8.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/fixed-asset-data-structure-in-sap?lang=en\">Fixed asset data structure in SAP<\/a><br>9.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zapliance.com\/blog\/professional-judgement-in-auditing-sap-fixed-assets?lang=en\">Professional Judgement&nbsp;in auditing SAP fixed&nbsp;assets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three TOP indicators for depreciation in SAP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As already mentioned, every indicator is&nbsp;associated with a&nbsp;process, a&nbsp;process area, an&nbsp;audit objective and a&nbsp;risk respectively.&nbsp;In the following, three selected indicators in&nbsp;the area of fixed asset depreciation are presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether I have designed and implemented 22&nbsp;indicators for the fixed asset&nbsp;process. You can download the details about all fixed asset indicators here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/2492072\/22125eec-b6be-42f6-81b0-6fd4dca87c0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/2492072\/22125eec-b6be-42f6-81b0-6fd4dca87c0b.png\" alt=\"Download pdf\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fixed asset depreciation more than 50% of activation value<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This indicator aims at identifying compliance and correctness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is the risk that inappropriate depreciation leads to improper P&amp;L effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The criteria for this indicator is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document has been marked due to a depreciation (Table ANLC, Fields NAFAG + AAFAG + SAFAG) of a fixed asset with an amount of &gt;50% of the capitalization amount (Table ANLC, Field KANSW+ANSWL) in one year. Beware: the marked document is not necessarily the document that lead to the &gt;50% depreciation or contains the complete depreciation value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fixed asset appreciation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This indicator aims at identifying compliance and correctness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a risk that fixed assets were appreciated to high.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The criteria for this indicator is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document has been marked due to appreciation of a fixed asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fixed asset with a negative book value<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This indicator aims at identifying compliance and correctness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is the risk of incorrect depreciation calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The criteria for this indicator is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document has been marked because it\u2019s referencing a fixed asset with a negative book value in present or in its history. 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