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Whats new in R12 Purchasing?

Agenda: Buyers Workbench Centre Document management iProcurement enhancements Approval Support Web-based features

Requisition & Purchase Order Management

Buyers Workbench Centre:

Intuitive User Interface Streamlined Workflow Flexible Personalization

Intuitive User Interface

A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information
Access Purchasing Documents in a Few Clicks

Intuitive User Interface

A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information

Hyperlink To Related Documents

Intuitive User Interface

A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information

Use Documents Modification Tools Seamlessly

Intuitive User Interface

A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information

Create New Documents Easily

Intuitive User Interface

Views Provide Immediate Access to Relevant Information

Personalized Views are Easily Created to Meet Individual, Operating Unit, or Organization Needs.

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View
Select Personalize

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View
Duplicate an Existing View or Create a View Using Your Criteria.

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View

Defaults

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View
Specify Sorting Preferences

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View
Apply Relevant Filters

Intuitive User Interface

Create a Personalized View
Seeded Views Cannot be Altered through the Interface Newly Rendered Fields Are Visible After Being Enabled in the Application

Intuitive User Interface

Finding Specific Requisition Types
Forms Require Additional, Non-Intuitive Steps Views Quickly Provide Search Results

Intuitive User Interface

Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select AutoCreate

Intuitive User Interface

Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select the Status Tab

Intuitive User Interface

Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions
Change Urgent To Yes

Select Find

Intuitive User Interface

Using a View to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select the Urgent Requisition View And Go.

Intuitive User Interface

Using a View to Find Urgent Requisitions

Intuitive User Interface

Use Views to Quickly Find Multiple Document Types

Late Requisitions Unassigned Requisitions Requisitions Requiring an RFQ Suggested Supplier Requisitions for Goods Requisitions for Services New Suppliers Criteria You Specify with a Personalized View

Streamlined Workflow
Modify Documents Easily
Integrated Tools Allow Intuitive, Easy Document Modification Streamlined Work Processes Increase Productivity

Streamlined Workflow Modify Documents Easily

Add To/Create New Documents Return to Requestor Reassign to Another Buyer Replace with a Catalog Item* Replace with Your Favorites* Split the Requisition * New Features in Release 12

Streamlined Workflows
Return Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Streamlined Workflows
Return Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Streamlined Workflow
Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Select the Unassigned Requisitions View

Streamlined Workflow
Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Streamlined Workflow
Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Specify New Buyer & Apply Changes

Streamlined Workflow
Splitting a Requisition
The Original Line is Split Into Additional Lines Previously Split Lines Can Be Split Again When Needed Splitting More Than Two Ways is Possible Using Forms The Original Line Item Is Flagged As Modified and Does Not Reflect on the Books

Streamlined Workflow
Split a Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Select the Split Icon on the Desired Requisitions Line

Streamlined Workflow
Split a Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Enter New Quantities and Save

Streamlined Workflow
Replace With a Catalog Item/Catalog Favorite
Select Replace with Catalog Item Icon

Flexible Personalization
Customizable to Meet Business Needs
Built on Same Framework as iProcurement, iService, iExpense, etc. Show Result Fields Relevant to individual Procedures Hide Irrelevant Result Fields Create Custom Views with Specific Information

Requisition Management
Release 12 offers more efficient ways to manage demand Views provide access to relevant information Integrated tools streamline workflow processes Customization offers a tailored interface to meet business needs

iProcurement Enhancements
Improved Content Management Enhanced catalog authoring Supplier authored content thru iSupplier Difference summary for catalog changes Unified catalog Approval, revision control & archive for catalog data global agreements Content security

Advanced Approval Support

Expanded & enhanced integration with Oracle Approvals Management Position based hierarchy approvals Parallel approvals FYI notifications

New Web-based Setups

Tolerance setups

New Web-based Setups (Contd)

Other enhancements
Multi Org Access Control (MOAC) Document publishing E-Business Tax More

Questions?

Thank you!

Andy Stakiw astakiw@impacservices.com