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Supply Chain Management (SCM) Boot Camp
Oracle Purchasing Chapter 4: RFQs & Quotations
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Chapter 4
RFQs & Quotations

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Request For Quotations (RFQs)

A request for quotation RFQ is a document you use to solicit
supplier quotations for goods or services.
You usually send a request for a quote to many suppliers to
ensure that you get the best price and items possible.
In Oracle Purchasing RFQs can be created (1) Manually or (2)
Auto- Create.
There are three types of RFQs
1.

Catalog: Used for high-volume items or items

2.

Standard: Used for items need only once or not very often, but
not necessarily for a specific, fixed quantity, location and date.

3.Bid: Used for a specific, fixes quantity, location and date.

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Request For Quotations (RFQs)

Type
Status
Due / Close Dates

RFQ Header

RFQ Lines

Qty / Price
Discount
Effective Dates

Price Breaks

Catalog / Standard

Currency
Terms
Note to SuppliIteType
Status
Due / Close Dates

Item / Description
Category
UOM

Shipments

Qty / Price
Need By
Tolerence

Bid

RFQ Structure

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Request For Quotations (RFQs)

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Quotations
A quotation is a statement of the price, terms and conditions
of sales a supplier offers you for an item or service.
A quotation usually includes a detailed description of goods
or services the supplier offers.
Suppliers consider quotations as an offer to sell when given in
response to an inquiry such as a request for quotation.
A quotation may be verbal or written.
When a supplier responds to a request for quotation (RFQ),
either verbal or written, you need to have a record the
quotation that are made in one of the following ways
1.You can manually enter the quotation in the system.
2.You can use the Copy Documents window to create quotations
directly from RFQs.
3.Use a SQL Loader script to load a flat file into the Purchase
Documents Open Interference.
4.Use the e-Commerce Gateway to load 832/PRICAT .
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Quotation Lifecycle
In Process: The initial status when you create the quotation.
Purchasing sends you notifications that the quotation is awaiting
completion.
Active: Choose this status when the quotation is complete and you
are ready to approve it. Only Active quotations can be approved.
Closed: When you enter a quotation, you provide an expiration
date for it. Purchasing sends you a notification when the quotation
approaches expiration using the warning delay you provided in the
quotation header. You can manually close the quotation to
acknowledge the notification. If you do not acknowledge the
notification by closing the quotation, the status of your quotation is
still active. Notifications will be sent to the buyer listed on the
quotation header. You cannot use closed quotation information on
purchase orders.

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Quotation Types
There are two types of Quotations.

The Catalog class supports price breaks. Catalog

quotations and standard quotations both have a class of
Catalog and can have price breaks entered for either of
them. You can copy them directly into a BPA to expedite
the order creation process.

The Bid class supports shipments. Bid quotations have a

class of Bid and have shipments entered. You can copy
then into either Standard or Planned Purchase Order

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Quotation Types

Type
Status
Quote
Due / Close Dates

Header

Quote Lines

Qty /
Price
Discount
Effective

Price Breaks

Currency
Terms
Note to Supplier

Item / Description
Category
UOM

Shipments

Catalog / Standard

Qty /
Price
Need By
Tolerenc

Bid

Quotation Structure

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Quotation

Catalog Quotation
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Quotation

Standard Quotation
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