SAP Flexible Real Estate Management

Table of Contents Chapter 1: Overview of Real estate Industry, Evolution of industry, trends Chapter Goal: Provide Brief overview of Real estate business, IT challenges and need of strong and integrated business solution Chapter will give the details of why Real estate business needs a comprehensive IT solution and benefits of implementing REFX . Sub -Topics * Overview, evolution of Industry, Trends, IT Landscapes* Management of real estate, Space management * Challenges with existing available solutions * Need of integrated ERP solution Chapter 2: Master data Objects Chapter Goal: Elaborate master data concepts and different Real estate views provided by SAP .This chapter teaches you how to configure master data. Sub - Topics: * Architectural View/Usage view * Business Entity* Land/Building* Rental Object a) Pooled space b) Rental Space c) Rental Unit* Business Partner and their roles Chapter 3: Real Estate Contracts Chapter Goal: Explain different types of Real estate contracts, Carry out and explain the c ontract management, describe the necessary steps in contract management Sub - Topics: * Overview, Term, Security deposit agreements * Critical dates with Reason * Lease In contracts* Lease Out contracts Chapter 4: Accounting Chapter Goal: Explain account determination and process of periodic posting .This chapter teaches you how to configure accounting in REFX implementation Sub - Topics: * Periodic Posting of Contracts* Vacancy for Rental Objects * Reversal of Periodic posting of contracts * Accrual/Deferral postings * Account Determination Chapter 5: Business Integration Chapter Goal: Explain how SAP REFX is integrated with SAP Asset Accounting, SAP Plant and Maintenance ,SAP Project systems ,SAP CRM and Document Management systems Sub - Topics: * Integration with Asset Accounting* Integration with PM, PS and CRM* Integration with DMS * Integration of CAD and GIS Chapter 6: Business Integration Chapter Goal: Explain the service charge settlement process, factors influencing i t and describe the posting procedures. Sub - Topics: * Infrastructure of service charge settlement * Posting of allocable cost * Execution of service charge settlement Reversal of Periodic posting of contracts * Posting procedures Chapter 7: Sales based contracts Chapter Goal: Explain options available for Sales based contracts, steps required to carry out sales based settlement, different options available. Sub - Topics: * Business scenario* Sales rule and reporting rule * Settlement steps. Chapter 8: Industry best practices Chapter Goal: Explain Industry best practices for implementation/rollout and maintenance of SAP REFX, Team composition and skillset required, Competency building Sub - Topics: * Best practices for implementation/Rollout* Team composition and skill matrix required* Competency building Chapter 9: Transformation impact of SAP REFX implementation Chapter Goal: Explain transformation impact on business post REFX implementation and impact of new dimension products like S4 HANA, Big data, Mobility, analytics, social media on SAP REFX. Sub - Topics: * Business transformation * New dimension products * Business case justification for Investment Chapter 10: Step by step guide for configuring and implementing SAP REFX This will provide a complete business scenario for REFX with step by step guide for configuring system. It also covers master data creation process in detail. Objective is to enable reader to configure REFX with the help of detailed screen shots and explanation provided.