iProcurement Questions

Question1) What is mean by Self Service Web Based Application? Answer1) User can directly login and place the order without any help.

PPT Point: Oracle Catalog Utilization Types: 1. Local Content extracted from oracle Purchasing or Uploaded 2. Punchout Supplier or Market Place (Item from external sites)

3. Transparent Punchout - Requestor Shops External site in the

background and returns matching items

4. Informational - Instructions , policies & links for ordering items and

services that may not be supported by other catalog types

Raise Requisitions for items already existing as a part of Item Master Raise Requisitions from external sources even for items which presently do not exist in inventory.

Question2) If we use punchout and select the item from supplier site. Then that item may not be available in our Item Master then how we create the PO and how we do the receiving? Answer2)

Question) How do we differentiate between internal requisition and Purchase Requisition?

Question3) What are Informational Catalog? Answer3)

PPT Point:

Realms: Category realms To restrict Categories (ICX_POR_REALM_ID) Item Source Realms

Question4) How to restrict Item Source Realms?

PPT Point:

Catalogs from internal sources includes the following: 1. Items from the Item Master 2. Requisition Templates 3. Blanket Purchase Orders 4. Quotations 5. Approved Supplier Lists

Question5) What is the use of BPO, Quotations and ASL in Catalog. I do not see these in catalog. Answer5)

PPT Point: Non-Catalogue Requests: 1. Used to request the following types of items :

2. Goods billed by quantity (per unit) 3. Services billed by quantity (rate) 4. Goods or services billed at a fixed amount

Question6) What is the use of Non-Catalogue Request ? To Request Expense Items?