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Best Practices in Algorithm Lifecycle
Management

Rakesh Arora, Oracle Pricing Cloud

Priya Gopal, Oracle Pricing Cloud
January 22, 2020

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Topics

• Algorithm Lifecycle Management

• Algorithms Overview
• Algorithm Extensions
• Control Uptake of Algorithm Updates
• Observations
• Recommendations
• Additional Resources
• Q&A

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Topics

• Algorithm Lifecycle Management

• Algorithms Overview
• Algorithm Extensions
• Control Uptake of Algorithm Updates
• Observations
• Recommendations
• Additional Resources
• Q&A

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Algorithms Overview

• Sequence of programmable steps

• Set of algorithms to create a process workflow
• Provides a uniform extensibility mechanism

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Algorithms Overview: Price Execution

Derive Calculate Calculate

Pricing Apply Calculate Calculate Margin
List Taxes
Strategy Price Discounts Net Price

Priced Order
Price Execution Process
Order

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Algorithm Extensions

• Extend algorithms to implement specific pricing requirements

• Review functional requirements
• Evaluate where changes are needed
• Create or modify algorithm by creating a new version
• Document the algorithm extension

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 Control Uptake of Pricing Algorithm Updates: Overview

• Decide when to uptake new

pricing features Current Extended
Algorithms
• Algorithms that were extended (Version >1)
will continue to work after the
update Current Algorithms
(Version=1)
• Promote pricing algorithms to
uptake algorithm updates New Algorithms (Version=0)

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Control Uptake of Pricing Algorithm Updates

Reconcile Promote Publish Test

• Reconcile • Run Actions -> • Publish Current • System Testing

changes on to a ‘Promote All’ Extended
draft version Algorithms
created from new
algorithm
(version=0).
Repeat this for
each of the
extended
algorithm.

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Life with Algorithm lifecycle

• Smoother transition to the next release

• No disruption to the existing processes
• Able to perform reconcile and promote of algorithms, when ready

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Topics

• Algorithm Lifecycle Management

• Algorithms Overview
• Algorithm Extensions
• Control Uptake of Algorithm Updates
• Observations
• Recommendations
• Additional Resources
• Q&A

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Observations

• Customers are updating and reconciling algorithms after every

update within 2 weeks upgrade window
• Customers reconcile and promote algorithms last in 18D and did
not repeat until 19D

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Topics

• Algorithm Lifecycle Management

• Algorithms Overview
• Algorithm Extensions
• Control Uptake of Algorithm Updates
• Observations
• Recommendations
• Additional Resources
• Q&A

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Recommendations

• After update, ensure business flow works without reconcile

• Document algorithm extensions
• Test cases to validate business flows
• Are algorithm extensions still relevant?

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Recommendations

• No longer bound by 2 week window unless business demands

• Review version 0 of extended algorithm for any changes?
• Reconciliation can be skipped, if no additional changes
• In Test POD
• Reconcile extended algorithms and Promote All
• Validate business flow
• Migrate change to production

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Topics

• Algorithm Lifecycle Management

• Algorithms Overview
• Algorithm Extensions
• Control Uptake of Algorithm Updates
• Observations
• Recommendations
• Additional Resources
• Q&A

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Additional Resources
• Pricing Cloud Release Readiness Training
https://cloud.oracle.com/en_US/order-management-cloud/training
• Administering Pricing User Guide
https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/supply-chain-management/19b/faupr/index.html
• Pricing Customer Connect Sessions
Pricing Customer Connect Sessions

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Summary
• Improved management of pricing algorithm updates
• Existing pricing processes continue to run after update with no
impact from the latest update
• More flexibility for users to determine when to uptake new
features from an update

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Q&A

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