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Oracle Procurement Contracts
Oracle Procurement Contracts
ORACLE PROCUREMENT
CONTRACTS
KEY FEATURES
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uch as incompatible clauses terms vary from corporate standards. With Oracle Procurement Contracts,
and unpopulated contract
variables organizations can define policies that mandate the use of specific clauses or bar
• Approve new contracts revision of others. Administrators can define standard options and approved
efficiently through a alternates, while incompatible clauses are prevented. Policy rules ensure the quality
configurable approval
hierarchy of the contract document and reduce the need for expensive legal or administrative
• Route contracts with non- intervention during the authoring process.
standard terms for special
approval
Expert-Based Authoring Produces Compliant Contracts
• Review contract deviations
and justification during Oracle Procurement Contracts uses a technology called “Contract Expert” to ensure
approval standards compliance during authoring. It automatically adds clauses based on key
• Quickly create new contracts
contract information such as item category and payment terms. It also prompts users
by copying existing
documents with relevant questions, and then adds needed clauses based on the answers.
Security privileges strictly control the level of authoring access—restricting basic
Negotiation
• Negotiate contract terms with users to pre-approved clauses while allowing experts to modify clauses or even
suppliers online remove mandatory clauses. If needed, users can download contracts to Microsoft
• Define provisions and
Word for offline redlining. Whether originated by a buying organization or a
deliverables to govern the
contract negotiation process supplier, contract documents (Microsoft Word documents, images, etc.) can be
• Enable suppliers to propose uploaded and stored as the contract of record.
changes and fill-in contract
variables as part of their bids
• Easily re-negotiate existing
Reduce Time-to-Contract
contracts Cut negotiation cycle times with a flexible workflow and revision process that
Signatures makes legal and commercial terms immediately visible to selected parties.
• Track supplier commitment
through manual signatures or
Parallel Negotiation Of Commercial And Legal Terms Reduces Redlining And
electronic signatures (FDA 21 Cycle Time
CFR Part 11 compliant)
Contracting often stalls during redlining that follows negotiation of commercial
• Secure signed documents in
evidence store to prevent
terms. This introduces substantial business risk. It also weakens buying
future disputes organizations’ negotiation position as the internal pressure to commence the
• Easily review detailed
purchase increases. By using Oracle, legal and procurement groups can work
signature history
together to ensure coordinated action and seamless handoffs. Experts from legal
Printing
departments can use structured terms authoring to create contract drafts- without
• Generate contract document
in Microsoft© Word or logging into procurement applications. These drafts are automatically made
Adobe© PDF format available to procurement organizations so that legal terms can be negotiated in
• Create single contract
coordination with prices, dates and other commercial terms. Post-award redlining is
document with a cover page,
long-term agreements/RFx dramatically reduced because default contract terms were established at the
and detailed contract terms beginning of the RFQ process, allowing suppliers to bid with full knowledge of both
• Implement multiple look-and-
commercial and legal terms. This transparency keeps the contract process on track
feel standards through
configurable document layout and reduces lag time between award and signed agreement.
• Compliance and Deliverable
Flexible Workflow Expedites Approval and Signature
Tracking
• Enforce pricing and other Oracle Procurement Contracts routes the contract through a streamlined approval
negotiated terms and process workflow that fast-tracks standard terms while flagging non-standard clauses for
payments through E-Business
special approval. Contracts that have cleared all internal approvals can be routed for
Suite applications
• Define contract deliverables the supplier’s signature via mail, fax or email. Suppliers may sign on a hardcopy or
with clear internal and with an electronic signature. The system archives signed contracts and supporting
external ownership to ensure
documents in a secured evidence store and maintains complete approval and
accountability
• Enable suppliers and internal signature history.
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owners to complete Streamlined Amendment Process Avoids Time Consuming, Costly Disputes
deliverables through online
collaboration A comprehensive revision process maintains a complete audit trail that prevents
• Negotiate escalation unpleasant and costly disputes about what was agreed to and when. Suppliers are
approach upfront to ensure required to acknowledge amendments and, if required, can sign amendments
proper compliance
• Review real time deliverable
digitally or manually. Both parties can easily compare changes between revisions.
status online before Suppliers can request changes to contract terms online, and contract owners can
authorizing payments implement or reject revision requests. Both approved and rejected requests are
• Receive alerts on important
retained in the revision history.
due dates, either one time or
recurring
Drive Contract Compliance
Amendment
• Approve amendments to Throughout the contract lifecycle, stakeholders can review the contract details and
signed contracts based on track compliance.
configurable workflow
hierarchy Integrated Contracts Enforce Operational Compliance
• Optionally enhance
Because Oracle Procurement Contracts is an integral part of Oracle Advanced
accountability by requiring
signatures Procurement, contracts are consistently executed through Oracle Purchasing,
• Review and approve requests Payables and other E-Business Suite applications. Contract terms negotiated
for amendments submitted by
through Oracle Sourcing automatically generate the resulting contracts for
suppliers
• Monitor detailed revision execution. Once signed, users can immediately receive the goods or services against
history online these contracts. Contract administrators may associate the contracts with projects
• Review contract change
tracked in Oracle Projects and monitor overall project cost. Supplier invoices are
details of previous revisions
validated against the negotiated pricing before making a payment. With Oracle
Procurement Contracts, users can easily implement and execute their contracts
throughout the organization.
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KEY BENEFITS
Oracle E-Business Suite — The Complete Solution
CREATE AND ENFORCE Oracle E-Business Suite enables companies to efficiently manage customer
BETTER PURCHASING
processes, manufacture products, ship orders, collect payments, and more—all from
CONTRACTS BY
• Defining enterprise
applications that are built on a unified information architecture. This information
standards and policies; architecture provides a single definition of customers, suppliers, employees, and
then create quality
products—all aspects of the business. Whether one module or the entire Suite is
contracts faster, and with
less risk implemented, Oracle E-Business Suite enables procurement professionals to share
• Reduce time-to-contract unified information across the enterprise and make smarter decisions with better
with a flexible process that
information.
facilitates legal and
commercial term
negotiation, providing
visibility to selected
parties
• Drive contract compliance
from stakeholders,
including operational
compliance, contract
deliverables, and supplier
performance
RELATED PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES:
Oracle Advanced
Procurement includes
additional complimentary
solutions that provide
valuable integration to
Procurement Contracts
• Sourcing
• Purchasing
• iProcurement
• Services Procurement
• iSupplier Portal
• Payables
• Daily Business
Intelligence
RELATED SERVICES
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