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EBS - 12.2.10 - Release Content Document - PROCUREMENT
EBS - 12.2.10 - Release Content Document - PROCUREMENT
Procurement
Releases 12.1 and 12.2 (inclusive
of 12.0.2 – 12.2.10)
1. Disclaimer 11
2. Introduction 12
2.1. Purpose of Document 12
3. New and Changed Features in Procurement 13
3.1. Oracle iProcurement 13
3.1.1. Overview 13
3.1.2. Release 12.1.1 13
3.1.2.1. Change Management for Internal Requisitions 13
3.1.3. Release 12.1.2 13
3.1.3.1. Inline Commodity Classification 13
3.1.4. Release 12.1.3+ 14
3.1.4.1. Information Template Enhancements 14
3.1.4.2. Primary Favorite Charge Account Can Take Precedence over Employee Charge Account 14
3.1.4.3. Dual Budgetary Control Support 14
3.1.4.4. Attachment Support in Change Order Process 14
3.1.4.5. Account Generator Support in Requisition Import 14
3.1.4.6. Requisition Update PL/SQL API 14
3.1.4.7. Requisition Approval On the Go 14
3.1.4.8. Attachment Support in Desktop Receipts 15
3.1.4.9. Requisition Change Order Enhancements 15
3.1.4.10. Return of Selected Requisition Lines 15
3.1.4.11. Internal and External Descriptors 15
3.1.4.12. Custom Attributes for Direct Punchout 15
3.1.4.13. Search Capability for Smart Forms 15
3.1.5. Release 12.2 16
3.1.5.1. Automatic Updates to Encumbrance (General Ledger) Date 16
3.1.5.2. Visibility of Item Master Attachments in Item Search and Detail Pages 16
3.1.6. Release 12.2.4 16
3.1.6.1. One-Step Checkout 16
3.1.7. Release 12.2.5 16
3.1.7.1. Reuse of Smart Forms Across Operating Units 16
3.1.7.2. Retention of One-Time Addresses 16
3.1.7.3. Generation of Default Requisition Need-by Date 16
3.1.8. Release 12.2.6 17
3.1.8.1. Withdrawal of Requester-Initiated Change Requests 17
3.1.8.2. Support for Foreign Currency in Catalog Request 17
3.1.8.3. Spot Buy for Privileged Requesters 17
3.1.8.4. Enhanced Non-Catalog & Contractor Request Flows 17
3.1.9. Release 12.2.7 18
3.1.9.1. New Supplier Onboarding for Non-Catalog Request & Contractor Request 18
3.1.9.2. New Supplier Creation for Spot Buy Purchases 18
3.1.9.3. View Charge Account Details in the Requisition Approval Notification 18
3.1.9.4. Shopping Cart User Interface Improvements 18
3.1.9.5. New Requester Notifications for Purchase Order Status Updates 18
3.1.9.6. Web Services for Requisition Creation 19
3.1.10. Release 12.2.8 19
3.1.10.1. Option to Register a Supplier for Non-Catalog Request & Contractor Request 19
3.1.10.2. Option to Register a Supplier for Spot Buy Purchases 19
3.1.10.3. List Price for an Item in Requisition from Master Organization 19
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document ii
3.1.10.4. Ability to Split Distributions in Catalog Requisitions 19
3.1.10.5. View ‘Full List’ of Requisitions to Receive for Predefined Days Bucket 19
3.1.11. Release 12.2.9 20
3.1.11.1. Line Number Generation while Requisition Import based on Need-By date 20
3.1.11.2. Improvements in iProcurement Receiving Pages 20
3.1.11.3. Multiple PO Numbers in Requisition Summary page 20
3.1.11.4. Ability to Identify Spot Buy Requisitions 20
3.1.11.5. Ability to Change Item Description in iProcurement 20
3.1.11.6. Ability to Search Requisition Lines Based on Internal Item Number 20
3.1.12. Release 12.2.10 20
3.1.12.1. Improved Store & Content Zone Search Options in Catalog Administration 20
3.1.12.2. Enhanced Spot Buy Configuration to Enable User Level Spend Threshold Limits 21
3.2. Oracle iProcurement Consumer-like Shopping 21
3.2.1. Overview 21
3.2.2. Release 12.2.8+ 21
3.2.2.1. Universal Catalogs Search 21
3.2.2.2. Advanced Filtering 22
3.2.2.3. Item Comparison 22
3.2.2.4. Ratings and Reviews for Items and Services 22
3.2.2.5. Preferred Item Indicators 22
3.2.3. Release 12.2.9+ 22
3.2.3.1. New Homepage for iProcurement Consumer-like Shopping 22
3.2.3.2. Relevance Ranking in Results page 23
3.2.4. Release 12.2.9++ 23
3.2.4.1. Homepage updates 23
3.2.4.2. Auto-Suggest matching catalog items for non-catalog requests 23
3.2.5. Release 12.2.10 23
3.2.5.1. Highly Rated Items 23
3.2.5.2. Employee Shopping Search Tracker 23
3.3. Oracle iProcurement Information Discovery Plus 24
3.3.1. Overview 24
3.3.2. Support Update 24
3.3.3. V3 24
3.3.3.1. Universal Catalogs Search 24
3.3.3.2. Advanced Filtering 24
3.3.3.3. Item Comparison 24
3.3.3.4. Ease of Implementation and Configuration 24
3.3.4. V6 25
3.3.4.1. Ratings and Reviews for Items and Services 25
3.3.4.2. Requester Feedback 25
3.3.4.3. Improved Homepage for Oracle iProcurement Information Discovery Plus 25
3.3.4.4. Price Break on Information Discovery Search Page 25
3.3.4.5. Multiple-Supplier Catalog Upload 25
3.3.5. V7 26
3.3.5.1. Homepages for Casual and Experienced Users 26
3.3.5.2. Preferred Item Indicators 26
3.3.5.3. Influence sort order Guided Buying 26
3.3.5.4. Requester Visibility into Procurement Operations 26
3.3.6. V8 27
3.3.6.1. Auto-Suggest Catalog Items 27
3.3.6.2. Show Procurement Activities to the Requesters 27
3.3.7. V9 27
3.3.7.1. Homepage Improvements for iProcurement Information Discovery Plus 27
3.4. Oracle Mobile iProcurement for Oracle E-Business Suite 27
3.4.1. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0 27
3.4.1.1. Mobile Foundation Release 2.1 Updates 27
3.4.1.2. Accessibility Improvements 28
3.4.2. Mobile Release 3.0 – Client Version 1.2.0 28
3.4.2.1. Android Support 28
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document iii
3.4.2.2. Mobile Foundation Release 3.0 Updates 28
3.4.3. Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0 28
3.4.3.1. Mobile Foundation Release 4.0 Updates 28
3.4.3.2. Translation Support 28
3.4.4. Mobile Release 5.0 – Client Version 1.4.0 28
3.4.4.1. Mobile Foundation Release 5.0 Updates 28
3.4.5. Mobile Release 6.0 – Client Version 1.5.0 28
3.4.5.1. Self-Service Receiving for Eligible Requisitions 28
3.4.5.2. Enhanced Requisition Line Statuses and Icons 29
3.4.5.3. Mobile Foundation Release 6.0 Updates 29
3.4.6. Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0 29
3.4.6.1. Mobile Foundation Release 7.0 Updates 29
3.4.7. Mobile Release 8.0 29
3.4.7.1. Mobile Foundation Release 8.0 Updates 29
3.4.8. Mobile Release 9.0 29
3.4.8.1. Mobile Foundation Release 9.0 Updates 29
3.4.9. Mobile Release 9.1 29
3.4.9.1. Mobile Foundation Release 9.1 Updates 29
3.5. Oracle iSupplier Portal 29
3.5.1. Overview 29
3.5.2. Release 12.0.3 (RUP3) 30
3.5.2.1. Forward Port of JFMIP/FSIO from 11.5.10 to R12 for Federal Customers 30
3.5.3. Release 12.1.1 30
3.5.3.1. Dispute Resolution for G-Log Invoices 30
3.5.3.2. AP/AR Netting 31
3.5.3.3. Products and Services Search 31
3.5.3.4. Business Classification Recertification 31
3.5.3.5. Third Party Payments 31
3.5.4. Release 12.1.3 31
3.5.4.1. Work Confirmation Correction 31
3.5.5. Release 12.1.3+ 32
3.5.5.1. Support for Backdated Work Confirmation 32
3.5.5.2. Simplification of the Acknowledgement and Change Request Flow 32
3.5.5.3. ASN/ASBN Support for Outsourced Manufacturing Purchase Orders 32
3.5.5.4. Prospective Suppliers Upload Attachments During Registration 32
3.5.6. Release 12.2 32
3.5.6.1. Integration with Oracle Flow Manufacturing to View and Edit E-Kanbans 32
3.5.6.2. Capture of Additional Supplier Contact Details 32
3.5.7. Release 12.2.6 33
3.5.7.1. Cancelation of ASN Shipment Line Functionality for Suppliers 33
3.5.7.2. New ASN / ASBN Barcode Report for Suppliers 33
3.5.7.3. Enhancements to Work Confirmations 33
3.5.8. Release 12.2.8 34
3.5.8.1. Supplier Broker/Representative User Account 34
3.5.9. Release 12.2.9 34
3.5.9.1. Enhanced Password Security for iSupplier Portal Supplier Users 34
3.5.10. Release 12.2.10 34
3.5.10.1. Visibility to Related Contracts and Repository Deliverables 34
3.5.10.2. Address Status for Supplier User 34
3.6. Oracle Procurement Contracts 35
3.6.1. Overview 35
3.6.2. Release 12.0.2 (RUP2) 35
3.6.2.1. User-Defined Variables with PL/SQL Procedures as Source 35
3.6.3. Release 12.1.1 35
3.6.3.1. Structured Terms Authoring in Contract Repository 35
3.6.3.2. Secure Enterprise Search – Desupported 35
3.6.3.3. Deliverable Payment Holds 36
3.6.4. Release 12.1.2 37
3.6.4.1. Individual Clause Authoring in Microsoft Word 37
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document iv
3.6.4.2. Project Manager Dashboard for Maintenance of Procurement Deliverables 37
3.6.5. Release 12.1.3+ 38
3.6.5.1. Multiple Templates for One Sourcing or Purchasing Document 38
3.6.5.2. APIs for Importing Templates, Rules, Questions and Constants 38
3.6.5.3. New Clause Descriptor Field 38
3.6.5.4. Clause Mandatory Attribute at Rule Level 38
3.6.5.5. Clause Section Placement by Contract Expert 38
3.6.5.6. Deletion of Provisional Sections from Solicitation to Award 39
3.6.5.7. Instruction Text 39
3.6.5.8. Multi-Row Variables 39
3.6.5.9. Display of and Sort by Clause Number 39
3.6.5.10. Contract Expert Performance Improvements 39
3.6.5.11. Contract Expert History 39
3.6.5.12. Contract Expert Test Workbench 40
3.6.5.13. Delete Function for Multiple Clauses, Sections and Deliverables 40
3.6.5.14. Defaulting Rules for Contract Administrator 40
3.6.5.15. Purge Process for Repository Contracts 40
3.6.5.16. Microsoft Word Certification for Clause and Document Authoring 40
3.6.5.17. Repository Contracts Printing Enhancement 41
3.6.6. Release 12.2 41
3.6.6.1. Repository Contracts Configurability Enhancements 41
3.6.6.2. User-Defined Attribute Support for Deliverables 41
3.6.7. Release 12.2.4 41
3.6.7.1. Repository Contracts Printing Enhancement 41
3.6.7.2. Print UDA with Deliverables 41
3.6.8. Release 12.2.5 41
3.6.8.1. Update of User-Defined Attributes on Approved Contracts 41
3.6.9. Release 12.2.6 42
3.6.9.1. Related Contracts in Purchasing and Contract Repository 42
3.6.9.2. Contract Hierarchy 42
3.6.9.3. Advanced Search Enhancements for Contract Hierarchy 42
3.6.10. Release 12.2.7 42
3.6.10.1. Content Search 42
3.6.11. Release 12.2.10 43
3.6.11.1. Print Full Clause Text of Include by Reference Clauses 43
3.7. Oracle Purchasing 43
3.7.1. Overview 43
3.7.2. Release 12.0.2 (RUP2) 43
3.7.2.1. Integration with Oracle Transportation Management 43
3.7.2.2. APIs for Oracle iSetup 44
3.7.3. Release 12.0.6 (RUP6) 44
3.7.3.1. Contract Commitments Integration with Oracle Self-Service Purchasing (Oracle Public Sector Financials
International) 44
3.7.4. Release 12.1.1 44
3.7.4.1. Purchase Order Mass Update 44
3.7.4.2. Contract Reference from Any Supplier Site for GCPA 44
3.7.4.3. FPDS-NG Integration 44
3.7.5. Release 12.1.2 45
3.7.5.1. Purchase Order Pricing Enhancement 45
3.7.5.2. Project Security Within Oracle Purchasing 45
3.7.5.3. Procurement Web Services for Oracle Purchasing 45
3.7.6. Release 12.1.3 45
3.7.6.1. Oracle Landed Cost Management Integration 45
3.7.6.2. Asset Lifecycle Management Integration 46
3.7.7. Release 12.1.3+ 46
3.7.7.1. Encumbered Document Revisions Without Un-Reserving Funds 46
3.7.7.2. Approvals Management Engine for Purchase Order Approvals 46
3.7.7.3. Current and Pending Approvers in Action History Region 46
3.7.7.4. Withdrawal of Purchase Order After Submission for Approval 47
3.7.7.5. Configurable Notification in Purchase Order 47
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document v
3.7.7.6. Outside Processing Lines in Global Blanket Purchase Agreements 47
3.7.7.7. Support for Importing Complex Purchase Orders 47
3.7.7.8. New Approved Supplier List APIs 47
3.7.7.9. Buyer Work Center Session Preferences 47
3.7.7.10. Purchasing Document Open Interface Enhancements 47
3.7.7.11. Business Service Object (BSO) Web Service 48
3.7.7.12. Promised Date Calculation Based on Lead Time 48
3.7.7.13. Purchase Order Approval On the Go 48
3.7.7.14. Enabling GBPA in Supplier Scheduling 48
3.7.7.15. Support for Multiple Communication Modes in Purchasing Documents 49
3.7.8. Release 12.2 49
3.7.8.1. Automatic Updates to Encumbrance (General Ledger) Date 49
3.7.8.2. Support for Additional Extension Hooks 49
3.7.9. Release 12.2.4 49
3.7.9.1. Spreadsheet-Based Authoring of Purchase Order Lines 49
3.7.10. Release 12.2.5 49
3.7.10.1. Support for Oracle Process Manufacturing Outside Processing Items 49
3.7.10.2. Enhancements to Purchase Order Business Service Object Web Service 50
3.7.11. Release 12.2.6 50
3.7.11.1. Configurable Defaulting Rule for Acknowledgement Due Date 50
3.7.11.2. Promised Date and Shipment Date Synchronization for Drop Ship Orders 50
3.7.11.3. Purchase Order Approval Notification Enhancements 50
3.7.11.4. Notification of Purchase Order Creation 51
3.7.11.5. Related Contracts 51
3.7.12. Release 12.2.7 51
3.7.12.1. AutoCreate Multiple Requisitions to a Single Purchase Order 51
3.7.12.2. Validate BPA Line Amount Agreed During Order/Release Submission 51
3.7.12.3. Enhanced Control Over Purchase Order Approval Notification Actions 52
3.7.12.4. New requester notifications for Purchase Order status updates 52
3.7.12.5. Add all Lines of Requisition to the Order Document at Once 52
3.7.12.6. Content Search and Enhanced Advanced Search 52
3.7.13. Release 12.2.8 52
3.7.13.1. Maintain Notes from Buyer Work Center 52
3.7.13.2. Purchase order rejection notifications for requester 53
3.7.14. Release 12.2.9 53
3.7.14.1. User-Defined Attribute support for Purchase Orders 53
3.7.14.2. Ability to view and compare changes before approving Purchase Order Revision 53
3.7.15. Release 12.2.10 53
3.7.15.1. Improvements to Schedule Split Action for Professional Buyers 53
3.7.15.2. Ability to Populate VMI Flag in Manually Created Requisitions 53
3.7.15.3. Interface Intragovernmental Transactions to G-Invoicing 53
3.8. Oracle Procurement Command Center 54
3.8.1. Overview 54
3.8.2. Release 12.2.9+ 54
3.8.2.1. Procurement Operations Dashboard 54
3.8.2.2. Indirect Procurement Dashboard 54
3.8.2.3. Supplier Analysis Dashboard 54
3.8.3. Release 12.2.9++ 55
3.8.3.1. Enhancements to Procurement Operations Dashboard 55
3.8.3.2. Enhancements to Indirect Procurement Dashboard 57
3.8.3.3. Enhanced Actions in the Supplier Analysis Dashboard 57
3.8.3.4. Item Analysis Dashboard 59
3.8.3.5. Strategic Sourcing Dashboard 59
3.8.4. Release 12.2.10 59
3.8.4.1. Employee Shopping Search Tracker 59
3.9. Oracle Mobile Procurement for Oracle E-Business Suite 59
3.9.1. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0 60
3.9.1.1. Mobile Foundation 2.1 Updates 60
3.9.1.2. Accessibility Improvements 60
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document vi
3.9.2. Mobile Release 3.0 – Client Version 1.2.0 60
3.9.2.1. Android Support 60
3.9.2.2. Mobile Foundation Release 3.0 Updates 60
3.9.3. Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0 60
3.9.3.1. Mobile Foundation Release 4.0 Updates 60
3.9.3.2. Translation Support 60
3.9.4. Mobile Release 5.0 – Client Version 1.4.0 61
3.9.4.1. Mobile Foundation Release 5.0 Updates 61
3.9.5. Mobile Release 6.0 – Client Version 1.5.0 61
3.9.5.1. Mobile Foundation Release 6.0 Updates 61
3.9.6. Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0 61
3.9.6.1. Mobile Foundation Release 7.0 Updates 61
3.9.7. Mobile Release 8.0 61
3.10. Oracle Project Procurement Command Center 62
3.10.1. Overview 62
3.10.2. Release 12.2.9++ 62
3.10.2.1. Procurement Plan Dashboard 62
3.10.2.2. Project Procurement Dashboard 62
3.10.2.3. Item Analysis Dashboard 62
3.10.2.4. Supplier Analysis Dashboard 63
3.11. Oracle Project Procurement Command Center Plus 63
3.11.1. Overview 63
3.11.2. Support Update 63
3.11.3. V5 63
3.12. Oracle Services Procurement 64
3.12.1. Overview 64
3.12.2. Release 12.1.1 64
3.12.2.1. Time Reporting and Contractor Assignment Flexibility 64
3.12.3. Release 12.1.2 64
3.12.3.1. Oracle Projects – Work Confirmations 64
3.12.4. Release 12.2.4 64
3.12.4.1. Advances, Recoupment, and Retainage for Standard Purchase Orders 64
3.12.4.2. Support for Inventory Destinations in Complex Purchase Orders 65
3.12.5. Release 12.2.5 65
3.12.5.1. Job Standardization and Rate Cards for Hiring Contingent Laborers 65
3.12.6. Release 12.2.6 65
3.12.6.1. Support for Foreign Currency in Contractor Request 65
3.12.6.2. Enhancements to Work Confirmations 65
3.12.7. Release 12.2.10 66
3.12.7.1. Work Confirmation Processing using Approval Date 66
3.13. Oracle Sourcing 66
3.13.1. Overview 66
3.13.2. Release 12.1.1 66
3.13.2.1. Two Stage Evaluation of Requests for Quotation (RFQs) 66
3.13.2.2. Two-Stage RFQ and Surrogate Bids 66
3.13.2.3. Supplier Response PDF 67
3.13.2.4. Enhanced Spreadsheet Support 67
3.13.2.5. Countdown Clock 68
3.13.2.6. Price Tier Enhancements 68
3.13.2.7. Cost Factor Enhancements 69
3.13.3. Release 12.1.2 69
3.13.3.1. Earnest Money Deposit 69
3.13.4. Release 12.1.3 70
3.13.4.1. Requester Field in the Sourcing Header 70
3.13.4.2. Descriptive Flex fields in Oracle Sourcing Header 70
3.13.4.3. Landed Cost Management (LCM) Integration 71
3.13.5. Release 12.1.3+ 71
3.13.5.1. Online Discussions Attachments 71
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document vii
3.13.5.2. Terms and Conditions Controls 71
3.13.5.3. Lot Price Summation 71
3.13.5.4. Remove Supervisor from Collaboration Team 71
3.13.5.5. Sort and Delete Suppliers from Invited Suppliers Page 72
3.13.5.6. Cancel Closed Negotiations 72
3.13.6. Release 12.2 72
3.13.6.1. Add Requisition Lines to a Draft Negotiation 72
3.13.6.2. Response Withdrawal 72
3.13.6.3. Track Amendment Acknowledgements 72
3.13.7. Release 12.2.2 72
3.13.7.1. Staggered Awards 72
3.13.7.2. Import of Price Breaks 73
3.13.7.3. Negative Cost Factors 73
3.13.7.4. Sourcing APIs 73
3.13.8. Release 12.2.4 73
3.13.8.1. Mass Update of Buyers 73
3.13.8.2. Surrogate Quotes for Suppliers Without User Account 73
3.13.9. Release 12.2.5 73
3.13.9.1. Multiple Active Offers 73
3.13.9.2. Alternate Lines 74
3.13.9.3. Sourcing Initiatives 74
3.13.10. Release 12.2.6 74
3.13.10.1. Alternate Negotiation Terms 74
3.13.10.2. Enhancements to Sourcing Initiatives 74
3.13.10.3. Sourcing Collaborator Responsibility 75
3.13.11. Release 12.2.7 75
3.13.11.1. Flexible Default Outcome for Sourcing Document Builder 75
3.13.11.2. Add to existing Blanket Purchase Agreement 75
3.13.11.3. Content Search 76
3.13.11.4. Apply Templates on Draft Negotiations 76
3.13.12. Release 12.2.8 76
3.13.12.1. Re-award Negotiation 76
3.13.13. Release 12.2.9 76
3.13.13.1. Approvals Management Engine for Negotiation Approvals 76
3.13.13.2. Online Negotiation of Contract Terms with Suppliers 76
3.13.13.3. Default Sorting when Rank Indicator is Win/Lose 77
3.13.14. Release 12.2.10 77
3.13.14.1. Online Discussions Enhancements 77
3.14. Oracle Sourcing Optimization 77
3.14.1. Overview 77
3.14.2. Release 12.1.1 77
3.14.2.1. Oracle Sourcing Optimization Enhancements 77
3.14.2.2. Price Tier Optimization 78
3.14.2.3. Supplier Incentives 78
3.15. Oracle Spend Classification 79
3.15.1. Overview 79
3.15.2. Release 12.1.2 79
3.15.2.1. Integration with Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics 7.9.6 79
3.15.2.2. Knowledge Base Creation and Incremental Updates 80
3.15.2.3. Multiple Knowledge Bases 80
3.15.2.4. Easy to Use User Interface 80
3.15.2.5. Export and Import to Excel 80
3.15.2.6. Classification of Data into Multiple Taxonomies 81
3.15.2.7. Inline Commodity Classification 81
3.15.3. Release 12.2 81
3.15.3.1. Reclassification of Historical Data 81
3.15.3.2. Asynchronous Approval Flow 81
3.15.3.3. Enhanced Training Data Upload 81
3.15.3.4. Enhanced Tracking Capabilities 82
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document viii
3.15.3.5. Improvements in Analyzing Batches and Excel to Export 82
3.15.3.6. Increased Flexibility in Resetting Data 82
3.15.3.7. Deletable Classification Batches 82
3.15.3.8. Run Classification on Selected Transactions 82
3.15.3.9. Simplified User Interface 82
3.15.3.10. Reset Prevention for Transactions in Classified, Unapproved Batches 83
3.16. Oracle Supplier Hub 83
3.16.1. Overview 83
3.16.2. Release 12.1.3 83
3.17. Oracle Supplier Lifecycle Management 84
3.17.1. Overview 84
3.17.2. Release 12.1.1+ 84
3.17.2.1. 360° Supplier View 84
3.17.2.2. Supplier Search 84
3.17.2.3. Supplier Profile Management (Including Self-Service) 85
3.17.2.4. Extended Supplier Profile 85
3.17.2.5. Registration and On-Boarding of New Suppliers 85
3.17.2.6. Qualification Management 86
3.17.2.7. Compliance and Profile Audits 86
3.17.2.8. Performance Evaluation 86
3.17.2.9. Supplier Notifications 87
3.17.3. Release 12.1.3+ 87
3.17.3.1. Mandatory Internal Requirements 87
3.17.3.2. Contact–Address Association 87
3.17.3.3. Keyword Search 87
3.17.3.4. Default User Creation 87
3.17.3.5. Reinstatement of Rejected Supplier Requests 88
3.17.3.6. Registration Approval Workflow Enhancements 88
3.17.3.7. Streamlined Prospective Supplier Registration Process 88
3.17.3.8. Link to Prospective Supplier Registration Status 88
3.17.3.9. Pre-Qualification Template and Dependent Questions 88
3.17.4. Release 12.2.4 89
3.17.4.1. Registration Approval Workflow Enhancements 89
3.17.4.2. Approval History on Supplier Profile 89
3.17.5. Release 12.2.5 89
3.17.5.1. Automated Assessment Process 89
3.17.5.2. Dynamic Invitation List 89
3.17.5.3. Sequential and Parallel Routing of Scoring 90
3.17.5.4. Update Evaluation After Submission 90
3.17.6. Release 12.2.6 90
3.17.6.1. Support for Bind Variables in Products and Services Configuration 90
3.17.7. Release 12.2.7 90
3.17.7.1. Improved Automated Recurring Assessments 90
3.17.7.2. Contact Purpose, Address Purpose and Associated Notifications 90
3.17.7.3. Execute Dynamic Supplier Lists 91
3.17.7.4. Initiate Supplier Onboarding through Non-Catalog Requests and Spot-Buy Purchases 91
3.17.8. Release 12.2.9 91
3.17.8.1. Approvals Management Engine for Assessment Approvals 91
3.17.9. Release 12.2.10 91
3.17.9.1. Invoice Event for Recurring Assessments 91
3.17.9.2. Address Validation in Supplier Registration Pages 91
3.18. Oracle Business Network 92
3.18.1. Overview 92
3.18.2. Version 5.0 92
3.18.2.1. Consolidated Hub Administration 92
3.18.2.2. Production Routing Controls 92
3.18.2.3. UTF-8 Support 92
3.19. Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus 92
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3.19.1. Overview 92
3.19.2. Support Update 93
3.19.3. V6 93
3.19.3.1. Procurement Operations Dashboard 93
3.19.3.2. Indirect Procurement Dashboard 94
3.19.3.3. Action Items 94
3.19.3.4. Item Analysis 94
3.19.3.5. Supplier Analysis 94
3.19.4. V7 95
3.19.4.1. New Strategic Sourcing Dashboard 95
3.19.4.2. Support for Document Security 95
3.19.4.3. Support for Additional Supplier Performance Data Points 95
3.19.4.4. Web ADI Support for Bulk-Updating Purchase Orders 95
3.19.4.5. Buyer Notes (Action Items) Enhancements 95
3.19.4.6. User Experience Improvements 95
3.19.5. V8 96
3.19.5.1. Support for Partial Search 96
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1. Disclaimer
This Release Content Document (RCD) describes product features that are proposed for
the specified releases of the Oracle E-Business Suite. This document describes new or
changed functionality only. Existing functionality from prior releases is not described. It
is intended solely to help you assess the business benefits of upgrading to the specified
release of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
This document in any form, software or printed matter, contains proprietary information
that is the exclusive property of Oracle. Your access to and use of this confidential
material is subject to the terms and conditions of your Oracle Software License and
Service Agreement, which has been executed and with which you agree to comply. This
document and information contained herein may not be disclosed, copied, reproduced or
distributed to anyone outside Oracle without prior written consent of Oracle. This
document is not part of your license agreement nor can it be incorporated into any
contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
This document is for informational purposes only and is intended solely to assist you in
planning for the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon
in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described in this document remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
Due to the nature of the product architecture, it may not be possible to safely include all
features described in this document without risking significant destabilization of the code.
Note: In the images in this document, user details represent fictional sample users. Any
similarity between these fictional sample users and actual users is not intended.
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2. Introduction
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3. New and Changed Features in Procurement
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3.1.4. Release 12.1.3+
3.1.4.2. Primary Favorite Charge Account Can Take Precedence over Employee
Charge Account
Each employee can define Favorite Charge Accounts in iProcurement Preferences, and
can mark one of those accounts as the Primary Favorite. Oracle iProcurement uses a
series of rules to generate charge accounts during the checkout process. Under certain
circumstances, Oracle iProcurement gets the charge account from the employee record in
Human Resources. However, if a charge account is not specified in the employee record,
the Primary Favorite is used. If an employee needs the Primary Favorite to override the
charge account on their Human Resources record, they can now do so with the Override
Employee Charge Account preference in iProcurement.
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Users can quickly filter approval requests by sender or by subject, review header and line
details, review action history and comments, and respond with their approval or rejection
directly from their smartphone.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.3.
For a full description, refer to the E-Business Suite Applications Technology Release
Content Document.
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3.1.5. Release 12.2
3.1.5.2. Visibility of Item Master Attachments in Item Search and Detail Pages
When viewing the details of an item after having searched for that item in the store,
iProcurement users can now see attachments associated with the Item Master. This gives
users access to information such as design specifications, better equipping them to order
the right product.
3.1.6. Release 12.2.4
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3.1.8. Release 12.2.6
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3.1.9. Release 12.2.7
3.1.9.1. New Supplier Onboarding for Non-Catalog Request & Contractor Request
The user-experience for requesters wanting to suggest a new supplier to the procurement
team through a Non-Catalog Request or Contractor Request has been enhanced. While
creating the Non-Catalog Request or Contractor Request, the requester can send an email
to the supplier inviting him to register on the company’s portal. The supplier will have to
provide all information necessary for registration and will go through the standard
approval process within iSupplier Portal / Supplier Lifecycle Management. Once the
supplier has been on-boarded, the buyer can issue a PO to this new supplier to procure
the item or service requested through the Non-Catalog Request or the Contractor Request
process.
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receive updates that let them know when an item has been placed onto a Draft Purchase
Order and confirmation when that Purchase Order has been approved. Requesters can
also choose to opt-out of the notifications.
3.1.10.5. View ‘Full List’ of Requisitions to Receive for Predefined Days Bucket
The user-experience for requesters to view Requisitions to Receive has been enhanced.
Users can now control the data to load while launching the list of requisitions to receive.
This feature is enabled through a profile option and an administrator can specify the
number of days in the profile so that the data will be loaded accordingly.
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3.1.11. Release 12.2.9
3.1.11.1. Line Number Generation while Requisition Import based on Need-By date
A new profile option allows user to sort and generate requisition line numbers based on
need-by date, when the requisition data from ASCP or MRP inserted into Requisition
Import program. With this features, customers can correlate the line numbers vs shipment
numbers while creating purchase order releases. This will further help customers to track
demand based on need-by date.
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3.1.12.2. Enhanced Spot Buy Configuration to Enable User Level Spend
Threshold Limits
Spot buy requests are used generally for emergency purpose and the access to create this
kind of request will be given only for few users who have buying intent. So with this
enhancement administrator can specify threshold limits for the combination of category
and user. The user being the preparer of the requisition.
Spot buy requisition/requisition line from this enhancement onwards, would be validated
not only for 'spot buy access', 'threshold limit of category and user ' but also for the
condition that the preparer and requester are the same for the spot buy requisition line.
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3.2.2.2. Advanced Filtering
Filters enable employees to target their choices. Default filters include Supplier Name,
Source Contract, and Shopping Category. Guided Navigation filters are displayed for
items that share similar category attributes. For example, Display Size may appear as a
filter when shopping for computer monitors.
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3.2.3.2. Relevance Ranking in Results page
When requesters search for a particular keyword/term, the Frequency Relevance Ranking
feature ensures that the items with most number of occurrences of the particular
keyword/term appear first in the results table.
When the relevance score is a tie for a set of records, then items with the highest
cumulative weightage based on promotion factor given for descriptor will appear first on
the results page.
The default sort in the results page is relevance, but requesters can sort items based on
other attributes like price, item rating, and supplier rating etc.
3.2.4. Release 12.2.9++
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework
Release 12.2 V4
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3.3. Oracle iProcurement Information Discovery Plus
3.3.1. Overview
Employee search against catalogs is one of the most critical activities in iProcurement,
influencing adoption, user satisfaction, and the amount of buying activity that can be
automated. Oracle Information Discovery technology used in conjunction with
iProcurement provides a powerful new approach to search, while retaining the robust
policies, controls, and integrations built into iProcurement.
Expanded catalogs can be loaded to capture contract savings without adding complexity
to the shopping experience. Maverick spending is reduced and non-catalog requisitions
for catalog items are minimized, further streamlining the process and reducing
procurement involvement.
Oracle Information Discovery functionality replaces the classic iProcurement homepage.
The shopping cart and subsequent checkout with integration, accounting, and approvals
remain unchanged. Key product features are described below.
3.3.2. Support Update
Oracle Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery Plus products
will end on December 31, 2021.
Effective January 1, 2022, both 12.1 and 12.2 versions of the Oracle E-Business Suite
Information Discovery Plus products will move into Sustaining Support.
Similar capabilities are available at no additional cost in Oracle Enterprise Command
Centers and other standard Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 functionality.
For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications
3.3.3. V3
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to navigate to the supplier’s item page for further information. Navigation to the
supplier’s item page may be required for items that have add-on configuration, volatile
availability, calculated pricing, or specification sheets that employees must reference
prior to making a purchase decision.
3.3.4. V6
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catalog upload is supported only for catalogs that are transferred through Oracle business
network to Oracle Information Discovery.
3.3.5. V7
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3.3.6. V8
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• Diagnostics improvements
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3.4.5.2. Enhanced Requisition Line Statuses and Icons
Requesters see improved requisition status messages and icons. For requisitions that are
beyond the need-by date and are not yet received, a new status called Awaiting Your
Receipt is used. Several new icons are used to visually indicate the status of each
requisition or requisition line.
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Advanced Procurement, the integrated suite that dramatically cuts all supply management
costs.
3.5.2. Release 12.0.3 (RUP3)
3.5.2.1. Forward Port of JFMIP/FSIO from 11.5.10 to R12 for Federal Customers
This feature addresses the delta between Release 11.5.10 functionality and Release 12
functionality, related to meeting the requirements given by JFMIP in the year 2004 for
iSupplier Portal. The following iSupplier Portal pages are impacted:
Supplier Search Page
The DUNS number is available at the supplier-site level for CCR suppliers. A user can
retrieve distinct supplier records while performing the search using the DUNS number.
Organization Page
A CCR Supplier indicator is provided on the Organization page. If the supplier is a CCR
supplier, then the Taxpayer ID, DUNS Number and SIC attributes, and Bank Account tab
are rendered view-only.
Manage Sites Page and Update Address Page
In the Update Address page for CCR suppliers, the attributes Country, Address Lines,
City, State, Postal Code, Province, DUNS Number, and Pay Site are view-only.
For Federal Financials installations, a new attribute, DUNS Number, is displayed in the
Identification tab on the Manage Sites page. If the supplier site is a CCR supplier site, the
user cannot update this field.
The new icon View CCR Supplier allows the user to access the General Information page
from the federal application to view CCR supplier-site-specific data.
Tax Details Page
A new indicative comment on the Tax Details page identifies the tax details of a CCR
vendor.
Bank Details Page
A CCR indicator appears when the assignment level is Supplier Site, and if the site is a
CCR site. For a CCR site, it is not possible to add new bank accounts, to modify any
bank, branch or account information, to change the priority of bank accounts, or to update
a bank account number.
Invoice Management Page
A descriptive comment, CCR Site, appears on the Invoice Management page.
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3.5.3.2. AP/AR Netting
It is a common business practice in many industries to both purchase products or services
from and sell products or services to the same trading partner. In cases like this
companies often offset payable and receivable invoices so that only the net difference is
paid or received. This saves both trading partners the expenses associated with making
multiple payments.
Users of iSupplier Portal now have visibility into the AP/AR netting activity, so they can
easily see which invoices will be paid standalone, which invoices will be offset against
receivable transactions, and which groups of invoices will be paid by a single payment.
On the View Invoices and Payments pages, if a particular invoice has been netted, the
users can see the netted amount and the reckoning currency. Furthermore, the users can
drill down to the Netting Report, which shows all transactions that are a part of the
netting batch.
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authority to make corrections as needed. Buyers that are granted this authority can make
corrections to approved work confirmations.
3.5.6.1. Integration with Oracle Flow Manufacturing to View and Edit E-Kanbans
Oracle iSupplier Portal integrates with the E-Kanban feature of Oracle Flow
Manufacturing. Suppliers can now use iSupplier Portal to view a summary of their E-
Kanbans and update the status on their E-Kanbans.
For more information, consult the Manufacturing RCD.
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3.5.7. Release 12.2.6
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Errors for a failed work confirmation can be viewed through the Purchasing Professional
Buyers Work Center and the iSupplier Portal internal view.
View Attachments During Work Confirmation Creation
The buyer can associate To Receiver attachments at the pay-item level during the
authoring of Complex purchase order documents. The creators and approvers of work
confirmations can view the To Receiver attachments in the purchase order.
Viewing of To Receiver attachments during Work Confirmation creation is possible
through the Purchasing Professional Buyers Work Center and iSupplier Portal internal
view.
An Oracle Services Procurement license is required to use the Work Confirmations
functionality provided within the Advanced Procurement suite of applications.
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3.6. Oracle Procurement Contracts
3.6.1. Overview
Oracle Procurement Contracts is the enterprise application that creates and enforces
better purchasing contracts. It is a key component of Oracle Advanced Procurement, the
integrated suite that dramatically cuts supply management costs.
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Secure Enterprise Search provides flexibility to match user-entered keywords to both
structured text such as contract terms and unstructured text such as that contained in
attached documents. Additional structured contract attributes may be used to further
refine the search, and include: contract number, contract name, supplier/customer/party
name, contract status, start date, and end date.
This feature requires licensing of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES).
Integration with search using Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) is no longer
supported. A native Oracle Text approach is now being used for content including
Repository Contracts and Purchasing documents with contract terms. For more
information see the Release 12.2.7 Oracle Procurement Contracts feature “Content
Search and Enhanced Advanced Search”. This search functionality does not require
licensing of SES.
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automatically place holds on all subcontractor invoices under that subcontract until the
corresponding customer payment is received.
A new Subcontract Payment Controls workbench allows the project manager to manage
these holds, with visibility into both the customer invoices and the associated
subcontractor invoices. The project manager is alerted by workflow notifications once the
customer payment is received and can then automatically or manually release the
corresponding subcontractor invoices. The associations between the customer invoices
and the subcontractor invoices may be automatically maintained based on the billing of
project expenditures in the case of a cost-plus contract, or manually maintained for a
fixed price contract.
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subcontractor obligations. A project manager can also apply payment holds even when
the Pay when Paid attribute has not been checked.
This feature has a prerequisite of Oracle Projects.
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3.6.5.6. Deletion of Provisional Sections from Solicitation to Award
There are some clauses that are specific to a sourcing (solicitation) document and should
not move onto the final contract. These are called provisional clauses. Now, the user can
indicate that certain sections are provisional. Provisional sections and their clauses do not
flow to the award document when the award contract is created from the solicitation
document.
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simplifies audit requirements and provides details about the responses and changes in
different revisions and amendments.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.
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With Content Search users can identify text matches by searching in the contract wording
itself. As an alternative to Advanced Search, Content Search allows users to search using
text or Supplier Name or Contract Name strings to locate all contracts where there is a
textual match. Each contract file with a match display a snippet, displaying words prior
and after the first instance of matched text. Contract files can be downloaded directly for
further investigation. Sample use cases:
• List all contracts and negotiations involving a supplier with a name beginning
with: Vision
• Find contracts with suppliers located in France
• Show whether contract #73030 or any of its contract documents contains the
string “network access”
Scope of indexed documents make this feature useful to Procurement Buyers, Contract
Administrators, and Managers. The scope includes:
• Contract Repository (All contracts, including Intent of Sell, Buy, and Other)
• Purchasing documents with contract terms: Global Blanket Purchase
Agreements, Contract Purchase Agreements, and Purchase Orders.
• Sourcing negotiations with contract terms
• Contract Documents files
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Visible in-transit statuses
Inbound carrier selection
Inbound in-transit statuses
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3.7.5. Release 12.1.2
Oracle Landed Cost Management (LCM) gives organizations visibility into their
extended supply chain costs including transportation, handling fees, regulatory duties,
and taxes, and helps them determine the landed cost of material for transactional
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purposes. This enables organizations to have better control over procurement costs, to
maximize profits, to increase competitiveness, and to ensure that complex trade activities
are compliant with regulatory mandates.
This integration allows Oracle Purchasing users to simulate landed costs at the creation of
purchase orders, enabling better procurement decisions based on the estimated landed
cost of the items.
In Release 12.1.2, the implementation of encumbrance reversal for Oracle Supply Chain
Management was limited to Inventory and Expense Receiving transactions. In Release
12.1.3, this functionality has been extended to purchase orders with a destination of Shop
Floor, for which the distributions will be created under WIP transactions. Oracle
Purchasing supports encumbering funds for purchase orders that are generated from
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (with a shop floor destination) during the approval
process.
All public sector organizations, including municipal, state, provincial, and federal
government organizations, are required to encumber or reserve funds that have been
committed to a supply purchase order. Therefore, prior to approval of any purchasing
document, the available funds must be checked and reserved against the available budget
for the specified account code combination. This enhancement is key for budgetary
control.
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Action History. The system also tracks reminders sent to the approver. If there is no
response from an approver after two reminders, the approval process times out, a
Timeout action is recorded, and the approver’s supervisor is notified.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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• Import the requisition reference numbers of purchase documents.
• Import the global blanket purchase agreement and GCPA reference numbers in
purchase documents.
• Utilize Advance Pricing setup when importing purchase documents.
• Import contract agreements using the Import Contract Purchase Agreements
concurrent program.
Users can also provide contract purchase agreement references while using the
AutoCreate process to create purchase orders.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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• Viewing of supplier schedules in iSupplier Portal for firm orders created referencing
GBPAs
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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3.7.10.2. Enhancements to Purchase Order Business Service Object Web Service
The Purchase Order Business Service Object (BSO) web service has been enhanced to
include:
• Query of a purchase order document
• The control actions Cancel, Close, Open, Close for Invoice/Open for Invoice, Close
for Receiving/Open for Receiving, Finally Close, Freeze/Unfreeze, Place on Hold/
Release and Delete
• The update of a value to NULL with the help of special constants
In addition, the following Oracle Services Procurement features added in 12.2.4 are also
now supported through web services as well:
o Creating purchase orders with both schedules and pay items
o Linking Schedules to pay items
o Giving Advance as percentage
3.7.11. Release 12.2.6
3.7.11.2. Promised Date and Shipment Date Synchronization for Drop Ship
Orders
Drop shipment enables companies to optimize order fulfillment to customers, reduce
costs, and maintain a competitive advantage. In this process, a company sells products to
its customers, but does not directly stock and/or distribute the products; rather the
company serves as a sales agent and delegates the manufacturing and/or distribution of
the product to outsourced suppliers, who in turn deliver it directly to the customer.
There are scenarios in which suppliers can meet the requirements of a purchase order if
some modifications are made to the shipment schedule. Suppliers may have
circumstances, such as capacity constraints that change their required production
schedule, that allow them to meet requirements only if delivery dates are changed. The
adjustment is indicated in changes to the promised date.
Now companies and their suppliers can make changes to the promised date; the changed
promised date will be validated and if valid, the modified promised date in the purchase
order document will be defaulted as the Schedule Ship/Arrival Date in the sales order.
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Key features include viewing all types of header attachments and the charge account of
the purchase order line in approval, reviewer, signer and purchase order approval
reminder notifications.
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amount agreed amount for 'computer accessories' and 'laptop' as $5000USD and
$1000USD respectively.
With the new enhancement, system prevents users to create Purchase Order with amount
more than 5,000 USD against agreement line 1 (i.e. computer's accessories) and it
prevents users to create Purchase Order with amount more than 1,000 USD against
agreement line 2 (Laptop).
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3.7.13.2. Purchase order rejection notifications for requester
Requesters can opt to receive notifications that provide status updates for the Purchase
Orders generated for the items on their requisitions. They can receive updates when the
requested item is placed onto a draft purchase order and confirmation when the purchase
order is approved. With this enhancement, requesters will receive updates that let them
know when an item that has been placed onto a Purchase Order is rejected.
3.7.14. Release 12.2.9
3.7.14.2. Ability to view and compare changes before approving Purchase Order
Revision
Buyers can now compare the changes made in current unapproved revision with previous
revisions.
Approvers can review changes made in current revision before approving the revision.
They can do this from the approval notification.
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IGT Order (Intragovernmental Order) is a fiscal obligation between agencies that can be
initiated in CLM or core Purchasing and send/push to G-Invoicing for servicing agency
to review and approval. Once the order is accepted, the servicing agency information will
be pulled and synced to the existing order.
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criteria and extended supplier profile to zero in on the best set of suppliers to meet
business objectives.
The following table describes the actions that can be taken on one or more of the
documents listed in the results tables.
Lines Add to Select one or more requisition lines and add them to
Document the Document Builder to create a RFQ or a purchase
Builder order. Only requisitions with a status of In Pool can
be added to the Document Builder. If the requisition
is sourced to a suggested supplier or multiple
suggested suppliers, then suppliers are also added to
the Document Builder along with the requisitions.
In the Orders tab, select one or more rows and click the Options icon to perform the
following actions on the selection.
Orders Place on Hold Use this action to place the selected orders on
hold.
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Use this action to remove hold on the selected
Orders Remove Hold
orders.
Orders Cancel Order Use this action to cancel the selected orders.
Use this action to place a freeze on the
Orders Freeze
selected orders.
Orders Unfreeze Use this action to remove freeze on the
selected orders.
Utilize additional metrics to determine supplier and order performance. Use metrics like
On-Time Delivery, Quality Rating, and Price Compliance to determine the procurement
health.
Buyers can take several actions on the Order right from the command center. These
actions can be taken on one or more Orders. Actions like Freeze, UnFreeze, Place on
Hold, Remove from Hold, Cancel Order, Cancel Shipment etc.
In addition to this, now buyers can utilize the Oracle Web Applications Desktop
Integrator (Web ADI) integration with Microsoft Excel to update one or more Orders or
Order lines.
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Result Table Action Description
Buyers can reduce their work queue by closing Reviews and Feedback they have
actioned on. They can do that directly from the dashboard by taking the action at row
level for a review or feedback.
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Add as Sources of Supply: This action is applicable to buyers using Project Procurement
Command Center and is used to analyze suppliers for a plan line and then add them as
sources of supply.
2. Purchase Orders (Result Table)
Add to PO: This action is applicable to buyers using the Procurement Command Center.
The first step of this action is to click the link icon in the Analyze Supplier column for a
requisition line in the Requisitions dashboard. Use this action to add suppliers to purchase
orders.
3. Agreements (Result Table)
The Add as Sources of Supply action is applicable to project buyers using the Project
Procurement Command Center. When you click the link icon in the Add as Sources of
Supply column for an agreement line, the Create Sources of Supply page appears.
4. Negotiations (Result Table)
Add to Negotiation: This action is applicable to buyers using the Procurement Command
Center. The first step of this action is to click the link icon in the Analyze Supplier
column for a requisition line in the Requisitions dashboard. Use this action to add
suppliers to a negotiation.
If you try this action without having a requisition line in context, then the dashboard
displays an error. If the requisition line is valid, then you can add the requisition line to
the negotiation along with the supplier.
The following table describes the actions available when you select the Options icon in
the results tables. Select one or more rows and click the Options icon to act on your
selection.
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not available, then the dashboard displays an
error.
Buyers can now add Suppliers and Agreements as Source of Supply to plan lines.
Requisition lines can directly be added to existing Purchase orders and Negotiations.
Document builder is now available in supplier analysis, buyers can add suppliers and
agreements to it and continue with document creation.
A new dashboard has been introduced to display all of the search activity carried out by
employees during shopping sessions in the iProcurement Consumer-Like Shopping
pages. This dashboard provides detailed insight into the searches, refinements and
filtering used by users to locate catalog content that they then add to their shopping cart.
The dashboard information is intended to help Buyers and Catalog Administrators to
better understand user shopping behavior and to use this insight to help refine and update
the content made available to employees. As well as highlighting overall usage of the
shopping application, the dashboard will help answer key questions for content
administrators;
o Are there goods/services that employees are trying to find that are unavailable in
the existing catalog content?
o Are there goods/services that employees struggle to find even with the new search
capability?
By leveraging these insights, catalog administrators will be able to better manage their
existing content and plan for the addition of new content.
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• Track purchase orders requiring attention (in a status of On Hold, Rejected,
Delayed, Pending Approval) and drill into details
• Search purchase orders based on key attributes (Supplier, Item, Requester, Buyer,
dates)
• Monitor alerts for shipment delays
• Collaborate in transaction context using device features like email, phone and
text.
Oracle Mobile Procurement for Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with Oracle E-
Business Suite 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and above. To use this app, you must be a user of Oracle
Purchasing, with mobile services configured on the server side by your administrator.
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3.9.4. Mobile Release 5.0 – Client Version 1.4.0
Additionally, Oracle will not certify this app with any further operating system updates,
new devices, or new Oracle E-Business Suite releases beyond Release 12.2.7. Oracle will
continue to assist you to the best of our ability; however, we are unable to provide any
new fixes.
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3.10. Oracle Project Procurement Command Center
3.10.1. Overview
With Oracle Project Procurement Command Center, project teams, project managers, and
project buyers can establish and measure strategic project objectives and drive project
procurement planning, decision-making, and execution throughout the project lifecycle.
The command center brings together project and procurement information that is critical
to aligning strategy with planning and execution.
The Oracle Project Procurement Command Center feature is available at no additional
cost to licensed users of any Oracle Purchasing or Oracle Projects module. It can be
applied to Release 12.2.4 and above.
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3.10.2.4. Supplier Analysis Dashboard
The Supplier Analysis dashboard provides an aggregate view of all purchasing activities,
thus enabling buyers to manage supply risk. It provides access to performance criteria
and extended supplier profile details to zero in on the best set of suppliers to meet
business objectives. View Oracle Procurement Command Center for more details on
supplier analysis.
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3.12. Oracle Services Procurement
3.12.1. Overview
Oracle Services Procurement is the application that enables complete control and
oversight for services spending. It is a key component of Oracle Advanced Procurement,
the integrated suite that dramatically cuts all supply management costs.
Oracle Services Procurement further streamlines all aspects of the acquisition process for
complex services, including:
• Negotiation of service contracts with an emphasis on terms related to contract
financing and progress payment arrangements
• Tracking of work progress against the agreed-upon schedule in the contract
• Processing of payment requests
By supporting real time online collaboration involving key stakeholders throughout the
lifecycle, organizations can significantly improve the acquisition process of services
spend.
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Users can also specify recoupment rates for the advances, which can be used to recoup
the advances paid while matching invoices against these purchase order lines.
The standard purchase order has also been enhanced to support the retainage
functionality. Users can specify retainage as an amount or percentage, which will be
retained for later release when invoices are matched against these shipments.
3.12.5.1. Job Standardization and Rate Cards for Hiring Contingent Laborers
Hiring managers and Oracle Purchasing users can now view the rate card that provides
the details of a job and the standard rate that they should be paying for the job. The users
will also be able to view the differential rates based on rate uplifts, offshore/onshore
rates, markup-driven rates and location-driven rates. Key benefits include:
• Job standardization through support for rate card and standard rates for each job
• Benchmarking of job rates for specific jobs
• Ability to automatically identify preferred suppliers based on the hiring needs
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3.12.7. Release 12.2.10
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3.13.2.3. Supplier Response PDF
Organizations often need to keep a physical record of a supplier’s bid response for audit,
reference, or offline review. Oracle Sourcing Release 12.1.1 adds the ability to generate a
PDF file of a supplier’s response, which allows the supplier to print the PDF for draft and
submitted bids. Buyers can also print the supplier bids to review responses offline or for
internal record-keeping.
Response – Lines
Bid Total
Calculated
Instantly
Line Filter
Predefined
List of
Link to Values
Scoring
Worksheet
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Analysis – Lines
Overall Savings
Calculated Instantly
Side-by-Side
Bid
Comparison
Perform
What-If
Analysis
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3.13.2.7. Cost Factor Enhancements
Cost factors allow buyers to model the total cost of a product or service. Cost factors
operate under one of three pricing basis: (1) per unit cost (2) percentage of the unit price
(3) fixed amount for the line.
This enhancement improves the calculation of the per unit total cost when fixed amount
cost factors are used and the buyer awards a supplier a quantity that is either equal to or
lower than the response quantity. Previously, Oracle Sourcing used the response quantity
to calculate the per unit total cost; now the formula utilizes the award quantity to
distribute the fixed amount cost factor, resulting in a more accurate award amount
calculation.
3.13.3. Release 12.1.2
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3.13.4. Release 12.1.3
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3.13.4.3. Landed Cost Management (LCM) Integration
From a strategic sourcing perspective, Oracle Sourcing has offered some visibility into
the potential costs associated with product acquisition. However, at purchase order
creation, users need even more refined insight. The integration of Oracle Sourcing with
Oracle Landed Cost Management (LCM) enables users to make better tactical decisions
about how to source an item. Additionally, it gives an organization better and earlier
visibility into potential liabilities. For more expensive items such as heavier or bulkier
goods, users can run through multiple scenarios and compare the potential results before
firming up the estimate. Then, once they prepare to receive an item, they can use this
estimate as the basis for that receipt.
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3.13.5.5. Sort and Delete Suppliers from Invited Suppliers Page
In previous releases, the Invited Suppliers page allowed deletion of invited suppliers one
record at a time. Now, multiple suppliers may be removed at once. In addition, suppliers
can now be sorted alphabetically by supplier name for easier navigation to the desired
supplier record.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.5.
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process allows the buyer to award different lines at different points in time. New awards
can be used to create a new purchase order or agreement in Oracle Purchasing.
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3.13.9.2. Alternate Lines
A buyer can now allow a supplier responding to a negotiation to provide alternate lines
for specific negotiation lines. The supplier can specify whether the alternate lines are for
an existing negotiation line or for the negotiation itself. The supplier can specify one-to-
one, one-to-many and many-to-one relationships between the alternate lines and the
existing negotiation lines. The buyer can review the alternate lines within the response
document and evaluate them during analysis. The buyer can award the alternate lines and
determine if those lines are linked to any backing purchase requisitions, thus allocating
the appropriate fund source from the purchase requisition line distributions, resulting in
the appropriate purchase requisition split.
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dependencies when, for instance, a task is activated before a prerequisite task is
completed, or when a task with one or more dependent tasks is delayed or placed
on hold.
• To increase compliance in task progress reporting, an initiative owner can specify
how often the progress on a task should be reported. Tasks on which progress has
not been reported within the stipulated time will be highlighted. Reminder
notifications automatically notify task owners when task progress is not reported
frequently enough.
• Additional initiative and task status is captured. For instance, if an initiative is
delayed, the initiative owner can review its status and add a message that
indicates how to overcome the delay using steps taken downstream.
• Strategic objectives can now have a start value and a target value. Use these
values to set the pace to achieve a strategic goal. Assign strategic objectives to
initiatives to measure the success of each initiative in achieving the goal set by
the objective.
• The Initiatives tab has been enhanced for improved user experience. It is now
easier for users to review overdue tasks for an initiative directly from the
initiative. Users will also see contextual messages when viewing an initiative or
task.
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3.13.11.3. Content Search
For customers using Procurement Contracts, new search features offer search against all
contracts in Purchasing, Contract Repository, and Sourcing in one location. With Content
Search users now have additional power to locate text matches in contract wording
itself. Content Search allows users to search using text strings or Supplier Name strings
to locate all contracts where there is a textual match. Each contract file with a match
display a snippet, displaying words prior and after the first instance of matched
text. Content Search includes Contract Repository and Purchasing documents and
Sourcing negotiations that contain contract terms.
For more information see Content Search and Enhanced Advanced Search features under
Procurement Contracts.
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Oracle Sourcing now provides the ability for suppliers to download, redline and upload
the contract terms when creating a Response/Bid/Quote for a corresponding
RFI/RFQ/Auction. Suppliers can alternatively directly edit the clauses in the contract
terms section or can add new clauses.
Buyers have the ability to review the contract terms red lined by the supplier by
generating a report that will provide a quick overview of all changes done to the contract
terms by the supplier.
Enable buyers to send common messages to suppliers and collaborative team members as
well as reply to their own messages. Attachments category is made message recipient
dependent. Attachments will now be carried forward during replies. Amendments to
include the original online discussion of the source document, which means that the
discussion threads will be copied on to the amendment during amendment creation. The
message text format has been improved and sorted based on date, time and message
owner.
Suppliers to have the ability to send private messages to the owner of the
document/buyer.
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Buyers can now determine a constraint priority for award optimization by indicating the
importance of each constraint. Setting up priorities enables the optimization engine to
identify which constraints can be automatically relaxed when no other solution exists. By
automatically relaxing a constraint, the engine may find an acceptable solution, saving
the buyer time and avoiding an iterative process of optimization.
The cost of a constraint is the difference in price, cost, or score that occurs in an
optimized award solution compared to what would be achievable were that constraint
removed. Buyers typically want to evaluate the cost of adherence to a particular business
constraint. That is, by how much did the constraint results in a more expensive award?
Upon optimizing a scenario, Oracle Sourcing simplifies the cost-of-constraint analysis by
allowing buyers to select a constraint to evaluate, and returning the cost associated with
that constraint.
Buyers can view award optimization scenarios side by side to compare the results of
different optimization approaches. Buyers will select scenarios that they want to compare
and Oracle Sourcing will show the award amounts and savings for those scenarios. When
reviewing optimization results, buyers can see the effects of changes made to the
optimization criteria and weightings
With quantity-based constraints, buyers can now indicate award allocation not only in
terms of award amount, but also in terms of award quantity, allowing for more control
over the optimization constraints. For example, a constraint might specify that 15% of all
units should be awarded to minority-owned suppliers.
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3.15. Oracle Spend Classification
3.15.1. Overview
One of the biggest benefits from business intelligence applications that analyze spend
derives from the consolidation of spend data from multiple sources. Whether from many
sources or just one, it is generally true that spending data is inadequately categorized for
use by procurement. One reason is an emphasis on recording accounting information,
which often reveals little of the purchasing category. In most organizations, a majority of
spend data is not categorized, is categorized incorrectly, or is categorized as
miscellaneous. This leads to a skewed picture of the breakdown of spend, resulting in
poor visibility to identify saving opportunities.
Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics (P&SA) includes adaptors that load data from
many sources, including Oracle E-Business Suite 11i9, 11i10, R12, Oracle PeopleSoft
Enterprise 8.9, 9.0, legacy, and other sources.
Spend Classification processes the data contained in P&SA and predicts appropriate
category information for each invoice line. To be able to make predictions, Spend
Classification uses existing categorized data from PS&A as a knowledge base. Features
in Spend Classification allow data stewards to test and validate the learning performance,
ensuring the knowledge base is performing classification at adequate levels. Once the
knowledge base has been built, the product can be used to classify spend data residing in
P&SA.
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Classification predicts purchasing categories for spend lines, it reassigns categories in
P&SA, where it has a high confidence rating of a successful match.
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3.15.2.6. Classification of Data into Multiple Taxonomies
Spend Classification can categorize spend data into multiple category taxonomies.
Category taxonomies that are supported include:
• The category setup in a source financials system
• UNSPSC
• Three additional custom category taxonomies
There is no restriction on the number of levels defined for a category hierarchy.
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The datasets that are uploaded can be deleted on the Configuration, Manage Datasets tab.
This enables users to free up database space by purging large datasets that are no longer
in use.
Users can now delete classification batches that are no longer required for any business
function, such as a batch created after an unsuccessful classification run.
Prior to this feature, when a classification run was initiated, the application created a
single batch and picked up all eligible transactions. This sometimes created a huge
classification batch.
Now users can specify the set of transactions that need to be classified, leading to
manageable batch sizes. Smaller batches lead to improved query performance, reduced
download time, quicker batch analysis, and faster approval and reset.
Spend Classification now comes with a simplified user interface. Most key functions
such as creating a knowledge base, enriching a knowledge base, and initiating a
classification run are centrally organized around the Dataset entity. In addition, users can
now view the entire history of actions performed in the context of each entity.
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3.15.3.10. Reset Prevention for Transactions in Classified, Unapproved Batches
The ability to reset dataset transactions that were part of a classified but unapproved
batch was possible in earlier releases. However, this could be confusing because once the
batch was approved, all transactions within the batch were stamped with the predicted
category codes.
Now the application ignores resetting transactions that are part of a classified,
unapproved batch.
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• Supplier Data Publication and Synchronization
Full details about the current capabilities of Oracle Supplier Hub can be found in the
Master Data Management RCD.
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Advanced Search criteria and display formats can be personalized both at the
administrator level and at the business-user level.
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3.17.2.6. Qualification Management
For many organizations, the processes for assessing new supplier relationships are
cumbersome and inefficient. In an effort to ensure that business gets done, companies
often support multiple channels for receiving new supplier requests and then follow a
very limited or haphazard procedure to review supplier credentials. Oftentimes, this is a
poorly coordinated manual process that requires tasks to be sequenced and tracked across
multiple departments as credit checks are carried out, customer references called, quality
standards reviewed, and production facilities inspected.
Supplier Lifecycle Management leverages the Approval Management Engine to enable
companies to generate customized approval flows for supplier requests and registrations.
The details for each new supplier can be passed to multiple stakeholders across many
departments within the buying organization. Approvers are notified when they are
required to review a request and can check graphically the overall approval status for a
given request.
As part of the approval routing, Supplier Lifecycle Management includes the
qualification information collected from the supplier as well as incremental feedback
provided by business users who assess the request. This allows basic supplier profile and
qualification details to be gathered, deliverables like insurance certificates and Code of
Conduct documents to be stored, and products-and-services information to be recorded
within the qualification packet.
The buying organization can apply business rules that will customize the approval flow
based on details in the request.
When a registration request is approved or rejected, the supplier is automatically notified
by email. Following approval, the qualification details provided by a supplier become
part of their profile, which can be updated at a later date.
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3.17.2.9. Supplier Notifications
To assist with supplier communication, Supplier Lifecycle Management provides tools to
allow notifications to be selectively communicated to a company’s supply base.
Administrators enter notification information and then use search tools to generate the list
of suppliers to receive the message.
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3.17.3.5. Reinstatement of Rejected Supplier Requests
Prior to this release, if a supplier registration request was rejected, it was not possible to
make updates to the registration request and resubmit the request. Therefore, if a buying
organization wanted to reconsider the supplier later, the supplier had to re-register.
Now buying organizations can reconsider rejected suppliers by re-opening earlier rejected
requests and asking for specific additional details from suppliers. Suppliers do need to go
through the registration process again, thus saving them time and effort. This also allows
the buying organization to work closely and efficiently with suppliers to handle their
registration requests.
This feature is also provided for iSupplier Portal.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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on their responses to previous questions, thus making the entire questionnaire presented
to a supplier during the registration process relevant to them.
This feature is also provided for iSupplier Portal.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.5.
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3.17.5.3. Sequential and Parallel Routing of Scoring
Sequential and parallel routing of the scoring of suppliers allows one to determine the
order in which the various scoring teams should provide their scores. Whereas some
teams can provide scores at the same time (parallel), others can do so only after some
initial assessments have been made. The parallel and sequential routing of scoring is
based on pre-defined conditions in Supplier Lifecycle Management. This functionality is
helpful if, for instance, a supplier should be rejected if they fail to attain a minimum score
in a certain section. If this happens, then the supplier is rejected at that stage and no other
teams are required to enter their scores, thus eliminating unnecessary work.
Oracle SLM now provides the overall scoring picture for a supplier by displaying the
aggregate scores at the supplier level, whereas previously, the scores were aggregated
only at the response level.
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3.17.7.3. Execute Dynamic Supplier Lists
Prior to this enhancement, users used the update flow to view the list of suppliers
included in a Dynamic Supplier List. This enhancement provides users with the ability to
invoke a Dynamic Supplier List easily with the click of a button. Additionally, users will
be able to see the Date and Time of the last execution of the list along with the number of
suppliers that were returned in the last execution. This information is useful when
associating a Dynamic Supplier List to an Assessment.
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3.18. Oracle Business Network
In October 2019, the Oracle Supplier Network platform was rebranded to the
Oracle Business Network.
3.18.1. Overview
The Oracle Business Network (OBN) enables Oracle Purchasing customers and their
suppliers to accelerate collaboration and deliver significant efficiency savings by
conducting business electronically. Buying organizations can achieve quick cost savings
by leveraging the community of enabled suppliers on OBN, where thousands of XML
transactions are exchanged daily.
An Oracle-run service utilizing an internet-based hub transaction model, OBN provides a
wide range of features that are designed to ease the challenges of electronic messaging.
• Single Connection: OBN is a messaging hub, so each organization need only
setup a single connection to get access to the community of buyers and suppliers.
• Multiple Document and Transformation Support: The buying organization and its
suppliers can exchange purchase orders, purchase order acknowledgments,
purchase order change requests, advanced shipment notices, and invoices that can
be automatically converted between OAG and cXML formats.
• Self-Testing: Trading partners do not have to coordinate connectivity testing.
Instead, OBN allows each partner to utilize a test hub to send and receive sample
documents to validate their connection.
• Supplier Punch-in access to multiple customer Oracle iSupplier Portal
applications.
3.18.2. Version 5.0
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Advanced Procurement, the integrated suite that dramatically cuts supply management
costs.
Procurement teams across industries need to transform their function from being support-
focused to assuming value creation. Procurement alignment with other business functions
can be a key enabler for business success by providing the supplier expertise and
partnerships necessary to differentiate a company’s offerings from the competition.
Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus equips you with tools to support this
transformation within your company. Using the power of Oracle Information Discovery,
Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus provides buyers with relevant insights to
discover, prioritize, and resolve issues before they affect business, to identify cost saving
opportunities, to improve customer satisfaction, and to improve category management.
3.19.2. Support Update
Oracle Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery Plus products
will end on December 31, 2021.
Effective January 1, 2022, both 12.1 and 12.2 versions of the Oracle E-Business Suite
Information Discovery Plus products will move into Sustaining Support.
Similar capabilities are available at no additional cost in Oracle Enterprise Command
Centers and other standard Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 functionality.
For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications
3.19.3. V6
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Buyers can respond more quickly to purchase order and agreement performance by
monitoring these documents beyond the bounds of procurement. Buyers can track
ordered, shipped, received, and invoiced quantities and amounts, can quickly zero in on
invoice holds and overdue payments, and can track procurement contracts deliverables.
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3.19.4. V7
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• Clickable metrics panels allow for immediate action on documents that have
exceptions.
• More drilldown and integration actions allow seamless movement across
dashboards to zero in on to specific documents that need action.
• Tag clouds on the Indirect Procurement Dashboard give users better insight on
catalog reviews.
3.19.5. V8
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