Reference Guide: End-to-End JVA Optimisation Across SAP ECC & S/4HANA

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The SAP Joint Venture Accounting (JVA) Process Intelligence Accelerator provides end-to-end visibility into Joint Venture Accounting processes within SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA environments. The accelerator enables organisations to monitor, analyse, and optimise critical JVA activities, including Cash Calls, Vendor Invoice Posting, Cost Calculations & Settlements, Equity Adjustments, Suspense Processing, Foreign Currency Valuation, Cutback, Partner Netting, Billing, and Payments. Through pre-built process mining dashboards, KPIs, and analytics, organisations can identify bottlenecks, reduce processing delays, improve partner cost recovery, and enhance compliance across joint venture operations

System	SAP JVA
Process	Finance / Joint Venture Accounting
Use cases	To identify the bottlenecks in allocating costs accurately - When different JV agreements exist, allocating costs manually during the cutback process can be complicated To analyse the issues in cost recovery from Non-Operating Partners To identify the errors in executing different steps which will lead to rework of the activities To calculate the lead times between different activities and analyze the solutions to reduce the lead times
Industry	Oil & Gas
Line of business	Finance
Value driver	To allocate the costs accurately and send the invoices to partners on timely basis To recover the costs from Non-Operating Partners efficiently To automate the workflows To streamline financial operations and keep the oil flowing
Status	Available Partner offering by AG Consultancy & Apps Ltd.
Sizing information	Identify the number of entries in the following table & field for filtering: Table: JVS02 Field: CPUDT
Scope	To find core information about this accelerator and get partner contact details in SAP Signavio Process Explorer, see blog post

Dashboard KPI’s:

Analysis Objective	KPI Name	Type of KPI	Metric Description
Compliance & Risk Management	% of Late Payments from the Partners	Percentage	Provides systematic tracking for % of Late Payments from the Partners to support target goals within the compliance & risk management pillar.
Compliance & Risk Management	Cutback Reversals	Number	Provides systematic tracking for Cutback Reversals to support target goals within the compliance & risk management pillar.
Compliance & Risk Management	Number of Overdue Invoices	Number	Provides systematic tracking for Number of Overdue Invoices to support target goals within the compliance & risk management pillar.
Cost & Value Management	Total JV Value	Currency / Financial Value	Provides systematic tracking for Total JV Value to support target goals within the cost & value management pillar.
Operational Excellence	Automation Rate Overall	Percentage	Provides systematic tracking for Automation Rate Overall to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Automation Rate by Company Code	Percentage	Provides systematic tracking for Automation Rate by Company Code to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Automation Recommender	Data Table / Detail View	This table shows the most frequent transitions between events or states. This highlights flows of events, that are interesting Automation Use Cases when there is a high average Lead Time
Operational Excellence	Average Cycle Time	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for Average Cycle Time to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Case Details	Data Table / Detail View	Provides systematic tracking for Case Details to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Change Rate	Percentage	Provides systematic tracking for Change Rate to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: Cash Call Payment -> JV Cutback	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: Cash Call Payment -> JV Cutback to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: Cash Call Payment -> JV Cutback by Company Code	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: Cash Call Payment -> JV Cutback by Company Code to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: Cash Call Reclassification -> Cash Payment of Invoice	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: Cash Call Reclassification -> Cash Payment of Invoice to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: Cash Call Reclassification -> Cash Payment of Invoice by Company Code	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: Cash Call Reclassification -> Cash Payment of Invoice by Company Code to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: Cash Call Request -> Cash Call Payment	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: Cash Call Request -> Cash Call Payment to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: Cash Call Request -> Cash Call Payment by Company Code	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: Cash Call Request -> Cash Call Payment by Company Code to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: JV Cutback -> Cash Call Reclassification	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: JV Cutback -> Cash Call Reclassification to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	LT: JV Cutback-> Cash Call Reclassification by Company Code	Duration / Lead Time	Provides systematic tracking for LT: JV Cutback-> Cash Call Reclassification by Company Code to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Number of automated vs manual events sorted by event frequency	Bar Chart	Provides systematic tracking for Number of automated vs manual events sorted by event frequency to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Process Discovery	Process Flow Diagram	Provides systematic tracking for Process Discovery to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.
Operational Excellence	Total number of JV Documents	Number	Provides systematic tracking for Total number of JV Documents to support target goals within the operational excellence pillar.