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Narayanan Veeriah

Configuring Financial Accounting in SAP®

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Customizing financial accounting in SAP / Narayanan Veeriah. – 1st ed.

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ISBN-13: 978-1-59229-377-3

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1. SAP ERP. 2. Accounting–Computer programs.

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Acknowledgments .................................................................................... 21Preface ...................................................................................................... 23

1 Financial Accounting in SAP Financials ................................... 27

1.1 SAP Enterprise Resource Planning 6.0 ......................................... 271.2 SAP ERP Financials ..................................................................... 29

1.2.1 Key Functionality .......................................................... 301.2.2 Business Benefits ......................................................... 32

1.3 SAP ERP Financials Financial Accounting .................................... 321.3.1 What’s New .................................................................. 331.3.2 Components ................................................................. 35

1.4 Summary ................................................................................... 37

2 New General Ledger ................................................................. 39

2.1 New G/L Architecture ................................................................. 402.1.1 Totals Table .................................................................. 412.1.2 Ledger-Specific Line Items Tables ................................. 422.1.3 Table for Storing Valuations for Year-End Closing

in Selected Parallel Ledgers (BSEG_ADD) ...................... 422.2 New Features in New G/L ........................................................... 43

2.2.1 Ledger Concept ............................................................ 442.2.2 Functionality ................................................................. 46

2.3 Summary .................................................................................... 56

3 Customizing SAP ...................................................................... 57

3.1 The Implementation Guide ......................................................... 583.1.1 IMG Settings ................................................................. 583.1.2 IMG Variants ................................................................ 603.1.3 Logical Components of IMG ......................................... 61

3.2 Creating a Customizing Project ................................................... 633.3 Alternate Method to Customize Through IMG ............................ 683.4 Summary .................................................................................... 69

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4 Enterprise Structure .................................................................. 71

4.1 Organizational Units in Financial Accounting (FI) ........................ 724.2 Localize Sample Organizational Units .......................................... 734.3 Define Company ......................................................................... 774.4 Define Company Code ................................................................ 80

4.4.1 Create Company Code without Copying from an Existing Company Code ................................................ 82

4.4.2 Create Company Code by Copying an Existing Company Code ............................................................. 85

4.4.3 Assign Company Code to Company ............................... 884.5 Define Credit Control Area .......................................................... 89

4.5.1 Centralized Credit Management ................................... 904.5.2 Decentralized Credit Management ................................ 914.5.3 Mixed Credit Management .......................................... 914.5.4 Assign Company Code to Credit Control Area ............... 96

4.6 Define Business Area .................................................................. 974.7 Define Segments ......................................................................... 1004.8 Define Financial Management Area ............................................ 1034.9 Define Functional Area ............................................................... 1074.10 Define Controlling Area .............................................................. 109

4.10.1 Create New Controlling Area ........................................ 1104.10.2 Assign Controlling Area to Company Code .................... 113

4.11 Define Profit Centers .................................................................. 1154.12 Summary .................................................................................... 120

5 Financial Accounting Global Settings (New): Company Code Global Parameters ........................................................... 123

5.1 Activate New General Ledger Accounting ................................... 1235.2 Fiscal Year and Posting Periods .................................................... 125

5.2.1 Maintain Fiscal Year Variant (Maintain Shortened Fiscal Year) .................................................................... 130

5.2.2 Define Variants for Open Posting Periods ...................... 1355.2.3 Open and Close Posting Periods .................................... 137

5.3 Settings for Standard Fields ......................................................... 1405.3.1 Maintain Transaction Types for Consolidation ............... 1415.3.2 Activate Cost of Sales Accounting for Preparation ......... 1435.3.3 Enter Functional Area ................................................... 144

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5.4 Settings for Customer Fields ........................................................ 1455.4.1 Edit Coding Block ......................................................... 1455.4.2 Include Fields in Totals Table ......................................... 1485.4.3 Define Master Data Check ............................................ 1505.4.4 Include Customer Fields in Enjoy Transactions ............... 1525.4.5 Define Subscreens for Coding Blocks ............................. 153

5.5 Field Status ................................................................................. 1535.5.1 Define Field Status Variants (FSVs) ................................ 1565.5.2 Assign Company Code to Field Status Variants .............. 158

5.6 Ledgers for G/L Accounting ......................................................... 1595.6.1 Define Ledgers for G/L Accounting ............................... 1605.6.2 Define Currencies of Leading Ledger ............................. 1615.6.3 Define and Activate Non-Leading Ledgers .................... 1645.6.4 Define Ledger Group .................................................... 1655.6.5 Display Scenarios for G/L Accounting ............................ 1675.6.6 Activate Cost of Sales Accounting ................................. 170

5.7 Parallel Accounting ..................................................................... 1715.7.1 Define Accounting Principles ........................................ 1715.7.2 Assign Accounting Principle to Ledger Groups .............. 1725.7.3 Assign Valuation Areas and Accounting Principles ......... 173

5.8 Real-Time Integration of CO with FI ............................................ 1755.8.1 Define Variants for Real-Time Integration ...................... 1765.8.2 Assign Variants for Real-Time Integration to

Company Codes ............................................................ 1785.9 Chart of Accounts ....................................................................... 178

5.9.1 Revise Chart of Accounts .............................................. 1805.9.2 Assign Company Code to Chart of Accounts .................. 182

5.10 Enter Company Code Global Parameters ..................................... 1835.11 Summary .................................................................................... 190

6 Financial Accounting Global Settings (New): Documents ....... 193

6.1 Document Components .............................................................. 1946.2 Document Types ......................................................................... 197

6.2.1 Define Document Types for Entry View ........................ 1996.2.2 Define Document Types for Entry View in Ledger ........ 2036.2.3 Define Document Types for General Ledger View ........ 203

6.3 Document Numbering ................................................................ 2046.3.1 Types of Number Assignment ........................................ 204

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6.3.2 Number Range Validity ................................................. 2056.3.3 Changing/Deleting Number Ranges .............................. 2066.3.4 Number Range for Reversal Documents ........................ 2066.3.5 Number Range for Special Documents .......................... 2076.3.6 Document Storage ........................................................ 2076.3.7 Define Document Number Ranges for Entry View ......... 207

6.4 Screen Variants for Document Entry ............................................ 2116.5 Document Change Rules ............................................................. 211

6.5.1 Document Change Rules, Document Header ................ 2116.5.2 Document Change Rules, Line Item .............................. 212

6.6 Posting Keys ............................................................................... 2136.7 Tolerance Groups ........................................................................ 215

6.7.1 Define Tolerance Groups for Employees ........................ 2166.7.2 Assign Users to Tolerance Groups .................................. 220

6.8 Define Texts for Line Items .......................................................... 2216.9 Default Values ............................................................................ 222

6.9.1 Define Default Values ................................................... 2236.9.2 Enable Fiscal Year Default ............................................. 2246.9.3 Default Value Date ....................................................... 2246.9.4 Change Message Control for Document Processing ....... 225

6.10 Document Parking ...................................................................... 2266.10.1 Change Posting Date for Parking Documents ................ 2266.10.2 Develop Enhancements for Parking Documents ............ 227

6.11 Validation and Substitution of Accounting Documents ................ 2286.11.1 Validation in Accounting Documents ............................ 2286.11.2 Substitution in Accounting Documents ......................... 231

6.12 Account Document Archiving ..................................................... 2326.12.1 Archiving, Account Type Life ......................................... 2326.12.2 Archiving, Document Life ............................................. 234

6.13 Summary ................................................................................... 235

7 Financial Accounting Global Settings (New): Tax and Correspondence ........................................................................ 237

7.1 Tax on Sales and Purchases ......................................................... 2387.1.1 Basic Settings ................................................................ 2397.1.2 Calculation ................................................................... 2557.1.3 Posting ......................................................................... 261

7.2 Withholding Tax ......................................................................... 263

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7.2.1 Activate Extended Withholding Tax .............................. 2657.2.2 Basic Settings ................................................................ 2657.2.3 Calculation ................................................................... 2687.2.4 Posting ......................................................................... 2827.2.5 Certificate Numbering for Withholding Tax ................... 2847.2.6 Report .......................................................................... 2877.2.7 Withholding Tax Changeover ........................................ 291

7.3 Correspondence .......................................................................... 2957.3.1 Using Correspondence Types ........................................ 2957.3.2 Assign Programs for Correspondence Types ................... 2967.3.3 Define Sender Details for Correspondence Form ........... 2977.3.4 Determine Call-Up Functions ........................................ 2987.3.5 Develop Enhancements for Correspondence ................. 298

7.4 Summary .................................................................................... 299

8 General Ledger Accounting (New) ............................................ 301

8.1 G/L Account Master Data ........................................................... 3018.1.1 Preparations ................................................................. 3038.1.2 G/L Account Creation and Processing ........................... 309

8.2 Business Transactions .................................................................. 3238.2.1 Adjustment Posting and Reversal .................................. 3238.2.2 Bank Account Interest Calculation ................................ 3258.2.3 Prepare Cross-Company Code Transactions ................... 3398.2.4 Document Splitting ....................................................... 3428.2.5 Manual Accrual ............................................................. 3518.2.6 Open Item Clearing ...................................................... 366

8.3 Periodic Processing ..................................................................... 3768.3.1 Planning ....................................................................... 3768.3.2 Closing Operations ....................................................... 382

8.4 Tools ........................................................................................... 3878.5 Reporting ................................................................................... 3888.6 Summary .................................................................................... 390

9 Accounts Payable (FI-A/P) ........................................................ 391

9.1 Vendor Master Data ................................................................... 3929.1.1 Function and Structure ................................................. 3929.1.2 Preparatory Settings to Create Master Data .................. 393

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9.1.3 Creation of Vendor Master Records .............................. 3989.2 Business Transactions .................................................................. 401

9.2.1 Maintain Terms of Payment .......................................... 4019.2.2 Define Cash Discount Base for Incoming Invoices ......... 4059.2.3 Release for Payment ..................................................... 405

9.3 Outgoing Payments .................................................................... 4139.3.1 Global Settings ............................................................. 4149.3.2 Manual Outgoing Payments .......................................... 4189.3.3 Automatic Outgoing Payments .................................... 4249.3.4 Define Payment Forms .................................................. 445

9.4 Reporting ................................................................................... 4479.5 Summary .................................................................................... 449

10 Accounts Receivable (FI-A/R) ................................................... 451

10.1 Customer Account Master Data .................................................. 45210.1.1 Structure ....................................................................... 45210.1.2 Prepare for Creating Customer Masters ......................... 45310.1.3 Create Customer Master Records .................................. 458

10.2 Business Transactions .................................................................. 46210.2.1 Maintain Terms of Payment .......................................... 46210.2.2 Define Cash Discount Base for Outgoing Invoices ......... 46310.2.3 Define Tax Accounts for Outgoing Invoices ................... 46310.2.4 Incoming Payments ....................................................... 46410.2.5 Payments with Payment Cards ...................................... 46810.2.6 Down Payment Received .............................................. 470

10.3 Credit Management ................................................................... 47210.3.1 Assign Permitted Credit Control Areas to Company

Code ............................................................................. 47310.3.2 Define Preliminary Settings for Credit Management ...... 47310.3.3 Define Groups .............................................................. 47510.3.4 Define Risk Categories .................................................. 47610.3.5 Define Credit Representative Groups ............................ 47710.3.6 Define Credit Representatives ....................................... 47810.3.7 Define Intervals for Days in Arrears in Credit

Management ................................................................ 47910.3.8 Credit Check: Static and Dynamic ................................ 480

10.4 Interest Calculation ..................................................................... 48110.4.1 Prepare Interest on Arrears Calculation ......................... 482

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10.4.2 Prepare Item Interest Calculation .................................. 48410.5 Dunning ..................................................................................... 485

10.5.1 Define Dunning Keys ................................................... 48810.5.2 Define Dunning Block Reasons ..................................... 48910.5.3 Define Dunning Forms .................................................. 49010.5.4 Define Dunning Procedures .......................................... 49110.5.5 Define Dunning Areas ................................................... 50210.5.6 Generate List for Dunning Configuration ....................... 503

10.6 Reporting ................................................................................... 50410.7 Summary .................................................................................... 505

11 Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) ................. 507

11.1 Organizational Units ................................................................... 50811.1.1 Set Up Company Code for Contract Accounts

Receivable and Payable ................................................. 50811.1.2 Define Company Code Groups ...................................... 51011.1.3 Assign Company Codes to Company Code Groups ........ 510

11.2 Basic Functions ........................................................................... 51111.2.1 Activate Additional Checks for Master Data Changes

to a Business Partner ..................................................... 51111.2.2 Contract Accounts ........................................................ 51211.2.3 Postings and Documents ............................................... 51611.2.4 Open Item Management ............................................... 52011.2.5 Check Management ...................................................... 522

11.3 Business Transactions .................................................................. 52311.3.1 Payments ...................................................................... 52311.3.2 Interest Calculation ....................................................... 52611.3.3 Define Dunning Procedure ........................................... 52811.3.4 Configure Returns Reasons ........................................... 528

11.4 Integration .................................................................................. 52911.4.1 Define Posting Specifications for General Ledger

Transfer ......................................................................... 52911.4.2 Sales and Distribution ................................................... 53011.4.3 Cash Management ........................................................ 531

11.5 Information System ..................................................................... 53311.6 Summary .................................................................................... 533

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12 Bank Accounting (FI-BL) ........................................................... 535

12.1 Bank Master Data ....................................................................... 53512.1.1 Bank Directory .............................................................. 53512.1.2 House Banks ................................................................. 53712.1.3 Define a Business Partner’s Bank ................................... 54312.1.4 Define Lockboxes for House Banks ................................ 543

12.2 Bank Chains ................................................................................ 54512.2.1 Define Scenario ............................................................ 54612.2.2 Activate Scenario .......................................................... 54712.2.3 Create General Bank Chain ............................................ 54712.2.4 Define Partner-Specific Bank Chains .............................. 548

12.3 Business Transactions .................................................................. 54812.3.1 Manual Bank Statement ................................................ 54912.3.2 Electronic Bank Statement ............................................ 55412.3.3 Lockbox Processing ....................................................... 55712.3.4 Cash Journal ................................................................. 560

12.4 Summary .................................................................................... 565

13 Asset Accounting (FI-AA) ......................................................... 567

13.1 Organization Structures ............................................................... 56813.1.1 Check Country-Specific Settings .................................... 56913.1.2 Chart of Depreciation ................................................... 570

13.2 Structuring Fixed Assets in FI-AA ................................................ 57613.3 Asset Classes ............................................................................... 579

13.3.1 Generate Asset Classes from G/L Accounts (One-to-One) ............................................................... 579

13.3.2 Manual Creation of Asset Classes .................................. 58213.4 Valuation .................................................................................... 588

13.4.1 Define Depreciation Areas ............................................ 58913.4.2 Specify Transfer of APC Values ...................................... 59313.4.3 Specify Transfer of Depreciation Terms .......................... 59413.4.4 Set up Areas for Parallel Valuation ................................ 59513.4.5 Define Depreciation Areas for Foreign Currencies ......... 59613.4.6 Specify the Use of Parallel Currencies ............................ 59613.4.7 Determine Depreciation Areas in the Asset Class .......... 597

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13.4.8 Specify Maximum Amount for Low-Value Assets and Asset Classes .......................................................... 598

13.4.9 Specify Rounding of Net Book Value and/or Depreciation ................................................................. 599

13.4.10 Specify Changeover Amount ......................................... 60013.4.11 Specify Memo Value ..................................................... 601

13.5 Integrating FI-AA with the General Ledger (FI-G/L) ..................... 60213.5.1 Define How Depreciation Areas Post to G/L .................. 60313.5.2 Assign G/L Accounts ..................................................... 60313.5.3 Specify Posting Keys for Asset Posting ........................... 60513.5.4 Assign Input Tax Indicator for Non-Taxable

Acquisitions .................................................................. 60513.5.5 Change the Field Status Variant of the Asset G/L

Accounts ...................................................................... 60513.5.6 Specify Financial Statement Version for Asset Reports ... 60613.5.7 Specify Document Type for Posting Depreciation .......... 60713.5.8 Specify Intervals and Posting Rules ................................ 60813.5.9 Activate Account Assignment Objects ........................... 61013.5.10 Specify Account Assignment Types for Account

Assignment Objects ...................................................... 61113.6 Depreciation ............................................................................... 613

13.6.1 Depreciation Keys ......................................................... 61413.6.2 Maintain Depreciation Key ........................................... 61713.6.3 Ordinary Depreciation .................................................. 62113.6.4 Special Depreciation ..................................................... 62213.6.5 Unplanned Depreciation ............................................... 622

13.7 Special Valuation ........................................................................ 62313.7.1 Reserves for Special Depreciation .................................. 62313.7.2 Interest ......................................................................... 62413.7.3 Revaluation of Fixed Assets ........................................... 625

13.8 Master Data: Screen Layout ........................................................ 62713.8.1 Define Screen Layout for Asset Master Data ................. 62813.8.2 Define Screen Layout for Asset Depreciation Areas ....... 63013.8.3 Specify Tab Layout for Asset Master Record ................. 631

13.9 Transactions ................................................................................ 63213.9.1 Define Transaction Types .............................................. 63213.9.2 Define Account Assignment Category for Asset

Purchase Orders ............................................................ 63313.9.3 Assign Accounts ............................................................ 634

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13.9.4 Allow Down Payment Transaction Types in Asset Classes .......................................................................... 635

13.9.5 Capitalization of Assets Under Construction .................. 63513.10 Asset Data Transfer ..................................................................... 637

13.10.1 Set Company Code Status ............................................. 63713.10.2 Specify the Sequence of Depreciation Areas .................. 63813.10.3 Data Transfer Parameters .............................................. 63813.10.4 Automatic Data Transfer ............................................... 64013.10.5 Manual Online Transfer ................................................. 64113.10.6 Legacy Data Transfer using Microsoft Excel ................... 641

13.11 Preparing for Production Startup ................................................. 64213.11.1 Maintain Authorizations ............................................... 64213.11.2 Assign Workflow Tasks .................................................. 64313.11.3 Check Consistency ........................................................ 64513.11.4 Overview for Experts .................................................... 64613.11.5 Production Startup ....................................................... 646

13.12 Information System ..................................................................... 64913.12.1 Define Sort Versions for Asset Reports .......................... 65013.12.2 Define Simulation Variants for Depreciation Reports ..... 65113.12.3 Asset History Sheet ....................................................... 651

13.13 Summary .................................................................................... 653

14 Consolidation Preparation (New) ............................................. 655

14.1 General Specifications ................................................................. 65614.1.1 Assign Scenarios and Customer Fields to Ledgers .......... 65614.1.2 G/L and FS Charts of Accounts ...................................... 65714.1.3 Transaction Types .......................................................... 662

14.2 Company Consolidation .............................................................. 66514.2.1 Master Data Assignments ............................................. 66514.2.2 Maintain Document Types for Transaction Processing ... 667

14.3 Summary .................................................................................... 668

15 Lease Accounting (FI-LA) .......................................................... 669

15.1 Lease Accounting Engine (FI-LAE) ............................................... 67015.2 Basic Settings .............................................................................. 672

15.2.1 Assign Accounting Principles to Company Code ............ 672

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15.2.2 Create Company Code Grouping Key ............................ 67315.2.3 Assign Company Code to Grouping Key ........................ 67315.2.4 Assign Interest Calculation Method to Company Code ... 67415.2.5 Specify Dates for Postings ............................................. 675

15.3 Value Determination ................................................................... 67615.3.1 Settings for Value Transfer ............................................. 67615.3.2 Value Determination using Determination Method ....... 68015.3.3 Value Determination using Substitution ........................ 681

15.4 Complete Mandatory Settings in Customizing ............................. 68215.5 Reports ....................................................................................... 68315.6 Summary .................................................................................... 684

16 Travel Management (FI-TV) ...................................................... 685

16.1 Travel Management Process Flow ............................................... 68616.2 Set Up Travel Management ......................................................... 68816.3 Set Up Trip Number Ranges ........................................................ 69016.4 Travel Request ............................................................................ 692

16.4.1 Define Other Travel Services ......................................... 69316.4.2 Define Travel Mediums and Estimated Costs to

Be Approved ................................................................. 69416.5 Travel Planning ........................................................................... 696

16.5.1 Master Data .................................................................. 69616.5.2 Rates and Discounts ..................................................... 70116.5.3 Trip Rules and Profiles ................................................... 70416.5.4 Travel Policy .................................................................. 70716.5.5 Process Control ............................................................. 711

16.6 Travel Expenses ........................................................................... 71316.6.1 Master Data .................................................................. 71416.6.2 Trip Reimbursement Amounts ....................................... 71816.6.3 Wage Types for Interfaces ............................................. 72016.6.4 Transfer to Accounting .................................................. 722

16.7 Employee Self-Service (ESS) ........................................................ 72416.8 Integration of Travel Planning and Travel Expenses ...................... 725

16.8.1 Activate Request/Plan/Expense Report in Travel Manager and for Web Dynpro ...................................... 725

16.8.2 Activate Integration: Travel Planning—Travel Expenses ... 72616.9 Integration of Travel Management and Payroll ............................ 726

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16.10 Reports ....................................................................................... 72716.11 Summary .................................................................................... 728

17 SAP Upgrade and Migration ..................................................... 731

17.1 SAP Upgrade .............................................................................. 73117.1.1 Technical and Functional Upgrade ................................. 73217.1.2 SAP Enhancement Packages, SAP Support Packages,

and SAP Support Package Stacks .................................. 73217.2 Upgrade Strategy ........................................................................ 73417.3 Role of SAP Solution Manager in an SAP Upgrade ...................... 73517.4 Upgrade Tools ............................................................................. 736

17.4.1 Tools for Upgrades/Enhancement Package Implementation ............................................................ 736

17.4.2 Technical Upgrade/Implementation Tools ...................... 73817.4.3 Change Management Tools ........................................... 73917.4.4 Testing Tools ................................................................. 740

17.5 Upgrade Process ......................................................................... 74117.5.1 System Preparation ....................................................... 74117.5.2 SPDD Adjustments ....................................................... 74217.5.3 System Upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 ................................... 74417.5.4 SPAU Adjustments ........................................................ 74417.5.5 ABAP Remediation of Custom Developments ............... 74617.5.6 Testing and Issue Resolution ......................................... 74617.5.7 Cut-Over and Go-Live ................................................... 74617.5.8 Post Go-Live Support .................................................... 747

17.6 Best Practices .............................................................................. 74717.7 Pitfalls and Issues ........................................................................ 74817.8 Migration ................................................................................... 74917.9 Summary .................................................................................... 750

18 Miscellaneous ........................................................................... 751

18.1 Factory Calendar ......................................................................... 75118.1.1 Define Factory Calendar per Currency ........................... 75518.1.2 Assign Factory Calendar to Plants ................................. 75518.1.3 Factory Calendar and Room Reservation Management ... 756

18.2 Schedule Manager ...................................................................... 756

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18.2.1 The User Interface ......................................................... 75718.2.2 Individual Functions ..................................................... 760

18.3 Closing Cockpit ........................................................................... 76218.3.1 Schedule Manager vs. Closing Cockpit .......................... 76218.3.2 Components ................................................................. 76318.3.3 Transactions .................................................................. 76318.3.4 Configuration: Process Flow .......................................... 764

18.4 Conclusion .................................................................................. 769

The Author ................................................................................................ 771Index ......................................................................................................... 773

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