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Purpose
This document provides an overview of features and enhancements included in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 and applicable updates. It is
intended solely to help you assess the business benefits of upgrading your existing Oracle Products to this release, or implementing completely
new Oracle developed products, and planning your I.T. Projects.

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nor can it be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates.

This document is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for informational purposes only and solely to assist you in
planning for the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. Release information contained in this document is not a firm
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Due to the nature of the product architecture, it may not be possible to safely include all features described in this document without risking
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R12.2.9++ TOI: Implement and Use Purchasing
- Oracle Procurement Command Center

Applications Development

Oracle Corporation

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Program Agenda

• Solution Overview
• Functional Overview
• Implementation Overview
• Additional Resources

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Solution Overview

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Procurement Command Center
Optimize procurement operations, catalog management and supplier relationships

• Prioritize work, discover and resolve problems with


dashboards that offer 360° view of procurement
activities
– Take corrective action on exceptions before they affect
business
– Use powerful insights to drive timely and well-informed
decision making
• Respond to requester feedback with catalog updates
to maintain high service levels and contract use
– Gain insights from requester feedback to improve catalog
content
– Identify opportunities for increased contract spend by
gaining insights from off-contract spend (including
iExpense)
• Manage supply risk by viewing purchasing activities in
aggregate
– Use performance criteria and extended supplier profile to
zero in on the best set of suppliers to meet business
objectives
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Procurement Command Center
Dashboards
• Procurement Operations (Requisitions, Orders, Agreements)
• Sourcing
• Indirect Procurement
• Supplier Analysis
• Item Analysis

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Functional Overview
Procurement Command Center

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Procurement Operations - Requisitions
Functional Overview
Target Role: Buyer, Category Manager
Objective: Ensure all requisitions are fulfilled in timely manner;
Tasks
• Manage work queue by acting on requisitions based on priority
• Check if requisition line can be fulfilled using an existing catalog
• Find the best supplier for the request
• Manage workload by assigning / reassigning requisitions within the team

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Procurement Operations - Orders
Functional Overview
Target Role: Buyer
Objective: Take corrective action on exceptions before they affect business
Tasks
• Work with suppliers to get shipments and deliverables on time
• Manage work queue by prioritizing orders based on status, pending change requests etc.
• Review time spent on different lifecycle of orders and take actions to reduce it

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Procurement Operations - Agreements
Functional Overview
Target Role: Buyer
Objective: Maintain agreements and best prices for the organization
Tasks
• Negotiate agreements which are over utilized
• Act on extending expiring agreements with potential negotiation of prices
• Review agreements with low utilization in an effort to reduce off-contract spend

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Sourcing
Functional Overview
Target Role: Buyer, Sourcing Manager
Objective: View aggregate information from sourcing negotiations and track them effectively to
achieve strategic objectives
Tasks
• Track negotiation cycle-times and savings achieved on each negotiation
• Identify work-load of each buyer/sourcing team
• Track and analyze planned vs negotiated savings of completed negotiations
• Track total negotiation cycle time for each negotiation phase based on the total amount

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Indirect Procurement
Functional Overview
Target Role: Buyer, Category Manager
Objective: Respond to requester feedback with catalog updates to maintain high service levels
and contract use
Tasks
• Improve catalog content by reviewing item and supplier ratings
• Act of requester feedback to improve the complete procurement process
• Identify opportunities for increased contract spend by gaining insights from off-contract
spend

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Supplier Analysis
Functional Overview
Target Role: Buyer, Sourcing Experts
Objective: Manage supply risk by viewing purchasing activities in aggregate
Tasks
• Use performance criteria and extended supplier profile to zero in on the best set of suppliers
to meet business objectives
• Use procurement history, and relationship to select the best fit supplier

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Item Analysis Dashboard
Functional Overview
Target Role: Project Team, Requesters, Buyer
Objective: Manage risk selecting items from catalog based on procurement history
Tasks
• Use performance criteria and purchasing history to select items that meet business objectives
• Compare items based on supply source, approved supplier lists, and existing agreements

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Demo : Disposition Urgent Requisitions More Effectively
Process Flow

Review Demand
Prioritize
• An engineer in New York is grappling with a Requisitions
and Analyze
faulty crane. He needs a part to get the Supply Base
crane fixed. Since the crane is critical for his
project, he raises an urgent requisition.

Compare Search for


Suppliers Suppliers

Add to Document
Builder and
Create Order
Review Urgent Requisitions
Review urgent requisitions

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Prioritize Work Queue
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

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Analyze Supplier
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

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Supplier Analysis Dashboard
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

Compare supplier based on


procurement history

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Compare Suppliers
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

Compare supplier based on


procurement history

Compare supplier based on


performance

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Add to Document Builder
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

Compare supplier based on


procurement history

Compare supplier based on


performance

Click add to document builder


to select this supplier

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Review and Submit Purchase Order
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

Compare supplier based on


procurement history

Compare supplier based on


performance

Click add to document builder


to select this supplier

Create purchase order

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Review Agreements
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

Compare supplier based on


procurement history

Compare supplier based on


performance

Click add to document builder


to select this supplier

Create purchase order

Check if any agreements exist


for this supplier

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Review Negotiations in Strategic Sourcing Dashboard
Review urgent requisitions

Prioritize by Need-By Date

Click analyze supplier to


navigate to supplier analysis

Compare supplier based on


procurement history

Compare supplier based on


performance

Click add to document builder


to select this supplier

Create purchase order

Check if any agreements exist


for this supplier
Contact buyer with history
with the supplier to raise new
sourcing event

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Demo : Use powerful filters and associations to get
relevant data
Process Flow

• Flyover connecting our Boston warehouse


is under repairs. We do not know yet when Identify
the traffic conditions will become normal. affected Identify Impact
Orders

Take Action
Refine Orders
Refine orders with
Boston warehouse

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Filter Open Orders
Refine orders with
Boston warehouse

Further refine to look


at open orders

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Take Bulk Action
Refine orders with
Boston warehouse

Further refine to look


at open orders

Select the orders and


place them on hold

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Inform Suppliers
Refine orders with
Boston warehouse

Further refine to look


at open orders

Select the orders and


place them on hold

Reach out to
suppliers to hold the
deliveries

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Backing Requisitions
Refine orders with
Boston warehouse

Further refine to look


at open orders

Select the orders and


place them on hold

Reach out to
suppliers to hold the
deliveries

Click on
Requisitions tab.
Refinements carry
forward from orders
to requisitions

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Inform Requesters
Refine orders with
Boston warehouse

Further refine to look


at open orders

Select the orders and


place them on hold

Reach out to
suppliers to hold the
deliveries

Click on
Requisitions tab.
Refinements carry
forward from orders
to requisitions

Inform the
requesters about
delay

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Demo : Use Reviews and Ratings to Refine Catalog
Process Flow

• Supplier - Office Supplies has large volume


of PO’s for a particular item. While Identify supplier Understand what
requesters are quite happy with the items, with poor requesters are
they’re unhappy about the late deliveries. reviews saying

Review
Update
agreement and
Agreement
determine action
Average
Supplier Rating
Observe Average Supplier Rating and Cloud Tags is low

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Average
Supplier Rating
Identify Supplier with Poor Reviews is low

Review by
Supplier in Reviews
and Ratings chart

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Average
Supplier Rating
Check On Time Delivery Rating is low

Review by
Supplier in Reviews
and Ratings chart

Review Ontime
Delivery % (from PO
data) for particular
supplier

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Average
Supplier Rating
See What Reviewers are Saying is low

Review by
Supplier in Reviews
and Ratings chart

Review Ontime
Delivery % (from PO
data) for particular
supplier

Understand what the


reviewers are saying

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Average
Supplier Rating
Identify Agreements for this Supplier/Item is low

Review by
Supplier in Reviews
and Ratings chart

Review Ontime
Delivery % (from PO
data) for particular
supplier

Understand what the


reviewers are saying

Goto Catalog Items


and note the
Agreement number
for this item

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Average
Supplier Rating
Lead Time on Agreement is Low is low

Review by
Supplier in Reviews
and Ratings chart

Review Ontime
Delivery % (from PO
data) for particular
supplier

Understand what the


reviewers are saying

Goto Catalog Items


and note the
Agreement number
for this item

Review Agreement
and notice Lead
Time on the
agreement is only 2
days

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Average
Supplier Rating
View and Update Lead Time on the Agreement is low

Review by
Supplier in Reviews
and Ratings chart

Review Ontime
Delivery % (from PO
data) for particular
supplier

Understand what the


reviewers are saying

Goto Catalog Items


and note the
Agreement number
for this item
Review Agreement
and notice Lead
Time on the
agreement is only 2
days

User may choose to


View agreement and
update lead time

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View and Update Lead Time on OA Page

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Demo : Identify Strategic Suppliers and Track Negotiated
Savings
Process Flow
• Buyer responsible for company wide
Negotiations identifies suppliers with
highest awarded quotes/bids and tracks Identify supplier with highest
Review ‘Awarded Quotes/Bids
the overall Projected vs Negotiated Savings by Supplier’ chart
awarded quotes and refine by
that supplier
across Negotiations for those suppliers

Review the Projected vs


Negotiated Savings chart to
see if there have been
Negotiation Savings

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Navigate to Performance Tab
Click on the
Performance tab on
Sourcing dashboard

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Review ‘Awarded Quotes/Bids by Supplier’ Chart
Click on the
Performance tab on
Sourcing dashboard

Review ‘Awarded
Quotes/Bids by Supplier’
chart and click on the
highest awarded supplier
to refine

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Review Projected vs Negotiated Savings for the Supplier
Click on the
Performance tab on
Sourcing dashboard

Review ‘Awarded
Quotes/Bids by Supplier’
chart and click on the
highest awarded supplier
to refine

Review Projected Savings


vs Negotiated Savings
chart to track RFx savings

** Projected Savings = (sum(target-value*quantity))


** Negotiated Savings (sum(winning-bid-price*winning-bid-quantity))
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Implementation Overview

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Oracle Procurement Command Center
Setup Flow

Complete Oracle Purchasing Setup


(Oracle Purchasing User Guide)

Function Based Security: RBAC


(Role Based Access Control)

Data Security
(Security by Organization Access )

Data Upload Control


(Profile Option)

Data Upload to Procurement Command Center

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Oracle Procurement Command Center
RBAC Setup

Access Role Grant Name Permission Set


PO PCC ECC Role PO PCC ECC Grant PO PCC Permission
Set

Procurement Operations (Requisitions, Orders, Agreements), Sourcing, Indirect Procurement,


Supplier Analysis, Item Analysis Dashboards will be visible only to those users who have been
granted PO PCC ECC Role.

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Oracle Procurement Command Center
Setup Flow – Data Security

• Data available in the pages is subject to the same Data Security approach as
core E-Business applications
• Document security is subject to the same approach as core E-Business
applications
• Procurement Operations, Indirect Procurement and Sourcing have both
Organization and Document security while Supplier Analysis has organization
security alone

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Oracle Procurement Command Center
Setup Flow – Data Upload Control - Profile Option

Profile Option Name Description


PO: Item and Supplier This site and application level profile determines the date from
Analysis Data-load Cut-off which transactional data would be extracted for loading on
(YYYY/MM/DD) Procurement Command Centre

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Oracle Procurement Command Center
Setup Flow – Data Load
• Data Load Program
– Procurement Operations – PO PCC
ECC Data Load
– Supplier Analysis - PO ECC Supplier
Analysis Data Load
– Sourcing - PO ECC Strategic
Sourcing Data Load
• Load Type
– Full Load
• Updates all the data in the
dashboard data sets
• Should be run upon request
– Incremental Load
• Can be scheduled to run
frequently upon business need
• This brings in new/updated
information only
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Oracle Procurement Command Center
Implementation Tips and Best Practices

• Determine the appropriate date and time to schedule the Procurement


Command Center data load (full load) based on business needs
– Should be outside normal business hours
• Determine the appropriate time and frequency to schedule the Procurement
command center data load (incremental load)
– Should be on a daily basis

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Additional Resources

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Additional Resources
• Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle.com
• https://www.oracle.com/ebs
• Oracle E-Business Suite Learning Subscription – Free Direct From
Development Videos
• https://learn.oracle.com/subscriptions/ebs
• Oracle E-Business Suite Learning Center on Oracle.com – Free TOI Training
• https://www.oracle.com/ebs-learn
• Oracle Product Documentation on Oracle.com
• https://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html
• Oracle Enterprise Command Centers Quick Start Guide
• https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/applications/ebusiness/ebs-enterprise-command-center-quick-start-guide.pdf

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Applications Development

Oracle Corporation

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