Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Procurement
Releases 12.1 and 12.2
(inclusive of 12.0.2 – 12.2.12)
1. Disclaimer 12
2. Introduction 13
2.1. Purpose of Document 13
3. New and Changed Features in Procurement 14
3.1. Oracle iProcurement 14
3.1.1. Overview 14
3.1.2. Release 12.1.1 14
3.1.2.1. Change Management for Internal Requisitions 14
3.1.3. Release 12.1.2 14
3.1.3.1. Inline Commodity Classification 14
3.1.4. Release 12.1.3+ 15
3.1.4.1. Information Template Enhancements 15
3.1.4.2. Primary Favorite Charge Account Can Take Precedence over Employee Charge Account 15
3.1.4.3. Dual Budgetary Control Support 15
3.1.4.4. Attachment Support in Change Order Process 15
3.1.4.5. Account Generator Support in Requisition Import 15
3.1.4.6. Requisition Update PL/SQL API 15
3.1.4.7. Requisition Approval On the Go 15
3.1.4.8. Attachment Support in Desktop Receipts 16
3.1.4.9. Requisition Change Order Enhancements 16
3.1.4.10. Return of Selected Requisition Lines 16
3.1.4.11. Internal and External Descriptors 16
3.1.4.12. Custom Attributes for Direct Punchout 16
3.1.4.13. Search Capability for Smart Forms 16
3.1.5. Release 12.2 17
3.1.5.1. Automatic Updates to Encumbrance (General Ledger) Date 17
3.1.5.2. Visibility of Item Master Attachments in Item Search and Detail Pages 17
3.1.6. Release 12.2.4 17
3.1.6.1. One-Step Checkout 17
3.1.7. Release 12.2.5 17
3.1.7.1. Reuse of Smart Forms Across Operating Units 17
3.1.7.2. Retention of One-Time Addresses 17
3.1.7.3. Generation of Default Requisition Need-by Date 17
3.1.8. Release 12.2.6 18
3.1.8.1. Withdrawal of Requester-Initiated Change Requests 18
3.1.8.2. Support for Foreign Currency in Catalog Request 18
3.1.8.3. Spot Buy for Privileged Requesters 18
3.1.8.4. Enhanced Non-Catalog & Contractor Request Flows 18
3.1.9. Release 12.2.7 19
3.1.9.1. New Supplier Onboarding for Non-Catalog Request & Contractor Request 19
3.1.9.2. New Supplier Creation for Spot Buy Purchases 19
3.1.9.3. View Charge Account Details in the Requisition Approval Notification 19
3.1.9.4. Shopping Cart User Interface Improvements 19
3.1.9.5. New Requester Notifications for Purchase Order Status Updates 19
3.1.9.6. Web Services for Requisition Creation 20
3.1.10. Release 12.2.8 20
3.1.10.1. Option to Register a Supplier for Non-Catalog Request & Contractor Request 20
3.1.10.2. Option to Register a Supplier for Spot Buy Purchases 20
3.1.10.3. List Price for an Item in Requisition from Parent Organization 20
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document ii
3.1.10.4. Ability to Split Distributions in Catalog Requisitions 20
3.1.10.5. View ‘Full List’ of Requisitions to Receive for Predefined Days Bucket 20
3.1.11. Release 12.2.9 21
3.1.11.1. Line Number Generation while Requisition Import based on Need-By date 21
3.1.11.2. Improvements in iProcurement Receiving Pages 21
3.1.11.3. Multiple PO Numbers in Requisition Summary page 21
3.1.11.4. Ability to Identify Spot Buy Requisitions 21
3.1.11.5. Ability to Change Item Description in iProcurement 21
3.1.11.6. Ability to Search Requisition Lines Based on Internal Item Number 21
3.1.12. Release 12.2.10 21
3.1.12.1. Improved Store & Content Zone Search Options in Catalog Administration 21
3.1.12.2. Enhanced Spot Buy Configuration to Enable User Level Spend Threshold Limits 22
3.1.13. Release 12.2.12 22
3.1.13.1. API Support for Purchase Requisition Cancellation 22
3.1.13.2. Improved Handling of Source Document Line Number in the Requisition Import Program 22
3.1.13.3. Intragovernmental Requests to Track Commitments against GT&C 22
3.2. Oracle iProcurement Consumer-like Shopping 22
3.2.1. Overview 22
3.2.2. Release 12.2.8+ 23
3.2.2.1. Universal Catalogs Search 23
3.2.2.2. Advanced Filtering 23
3.2.2.3. Item Comparison 23
3.2.2.4. Ratings and Reviews for Items and Services 23
3.2.2.5. Preferred Item Indicators 23
3.2.3. Release 12.2.9+ 24
3.2.3.1. New Homepage for iProcurement Consumer-like Shopping 24
3.2.3.2. Relevance Ranking in Results page 24
3.2.4. Release 12.2.9++ 24
3.2.4.1. Homepage updates 24
3.2.4.2. Auto-Suggest matching catalog items for non-catalog requests 24
3.2.5. Release 12.2.10 25
3.2.5.1. Highly Rated Items 25
3.2.5.2. Employee Shopping Search Tracker 25
3.2.6. Release 12.2.11 25
3.2.6.1. Ability to require users to check for catalog suggestions 25
3.2.6.2. Pop-ups in Consumer-like shopping 25
3.2.7. Release 12.2.12+ 26
3.2.7.1. Improved Layout for the Employee Shopping Search Results 26
3.3. Oracle iProcurement Information Discovery Plus 26
3.3.1. Overview 26
3.3.2. Support Update 26
3.3.3. V3 26
3.3.3.1. Universal Catalogs Search 26
3.3.3.2. Advanced Filtering 27
3.3.3.3. Item Comparison 27
3.3.3.4. Ease of Implementation and Configuration 27
3.3.4. V6 27
3.3.4.1. Ratings and Reviews for Items and Services 27
3.3.4.2. Requester Feedback 27
3.3.4.3. Improved Homepage for Oracle iProcurement Information Discovery Plus 27
3.3.4.4. Price Break on Information Discovery Search Page 28
3.3.4.5. Multiple-Supplier Catalog Upload 28
3.3.5. V7 28
3.3.5.1. Homepages for Casual and Experienced Users 28
3.3.5.2. Preferred Item Indicators 28
3.3.5.3. Influence sort order Guided Buying 28
3.3.5.4. Requester Visibility into Procurement Operations 29
3.3.6. V8 29
3.3.6.1. Auto-Suggest Catalog Items 29
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document iii
3.3.6.2. Show Procurement Activities to the Requesters 29
3.3.7. V9 29
3.3.7.1. Homepage Improvements for iProcurement Information Discovery Plus 29
3.4. Oracle Mobile iProcurement for Oracle E-Business Suite 30
3.4.1. Discontinuation Notice 30
3.4.2. Overview 30
3.4.3. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0 30
3.4.3.1. Mobile Foundation Release 2.1 Updates 30
3.4.3.2. Accessibility Improvements 30
3.4.4. Mobile Release 3.0 – Client Version 1.2.0 31
3.4.4.1. Android Support 31
3.4.4.2. Mobile Foundation Release 3.0 Updates 31
3.4.5. Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0 31
3.4.5.1. Mobile Foundation Release 4.0 Updates 31
3.4.5.2. Translation Support 31
3.4.6. Mobile Release 5.0 – Client Version 1.4.0 31
3.4.6.1. Mobile Foundation Release 5.0 Updates 31
3.4.7. Mobile Release 6.0 – Client Version 1.5.0 31
3.4.7.1. Self-Service Receiving for Eligible Requisitions 31
3.4.7.2. 3.4.5.2. Enhanced Requisition Line Statuses and Icons 31
3.4.7.3. Mobile Foundation Release 6.0 Updates 32
3.4.8. Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0 32
3.4.8.1. Mobile Foundation Release 7.0 Updates 32
3.4.9. Mobile Release 8.0 32
3.4.9.1. Mobile Foundation Release 8.0 Updates 32
3.4.10. Mobile Release 9.0 32
3.4.10.1. Mobile Foundation Release 9.0 Updates 32
3.4.11. Mobile Release 9.1 32
3.4.11.1. Mobile Foundation Release 9.1 Updates 32
3.5. Oracle iSupplier Portal 32
3.5.1. Overview 32
3.5.2. Release 12.0.3 (RUP3) 33
3.5.2.1. Forward Port of JFMIP/FSIO from 11.5.10 to R12 for Federal Customers 33
3.5.3. Release 12.1.1 33
3.5.3.1. Dispute Resolution for G-Log Invoices 33
3.5.3.2. AP/AR Netting 34
3.5.3.3. Products and Services Search 34
3.5.3.4. Business Classification Recertification 34
3.5.3.5. Third Party Payments 34
3.5.4. Release 12.1.3 34
3.5.4.1. Work Confirmation Correction 34
3.5.5. Release 12.1.3+ 35
3.5.5.1. Support for Backdated Work Confirmation 35
3.5.5.2. Simplification of the Acknowledgement and Change Request Flow 35
3.5.5.3. ASN/ASBN Support for Outsourced Manufacturing Purchase Orders 35
3.5.5.4. Prospective Suppliers Upload Attachments During Registration 35
3.5.6. Release 12.2 35
3.5.6.1. Integration with Oracle Flow Manufacturing to View and Edit E-Kanbans 35
3.5.6.2. Capture of Additional Supplier Contact Details 35
3.5.7. Release 12.2.6 36
3.5.7.1. Cancelation of ASN Shipment Line Functionality for Suppliers 36
3.5.7.2. New ASN / ASBN Barcode Report for Suppliers 36
3.5.7.3. Enhancements to Work Confirmations 36
3.5.8. Release 12.2.8 37
3.5.8.1. Supplier Broker/Representative User Account 37
3.5.9. Release 12.2.9 37
3.5.9.1. Enhanced Password Security for iSupplier Portal Supplier Users 37
3.5.10. Release 12.2.10 37
3.5.10.1. Visibility to Related Contracts and Repository Deliverables 37
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document iv
3.5.10.2. Address Status for Supplier User 37
3.5.11. Release 12.2.11 38
3.5.11.1. Supplier Profile Change Request Approval/Rejection Notifications 38
3.6. Oracle Procurement Contracts 38
3.6.1. Overview 38
3.6.2. Release 12.0.2 (RUP2) 38
3.6.2.1. User-Defined Variables with PL/SQL Procedures as Source 38
3.6.3. Release 12.1.1 38
3.6.3.1. Structured Terms Authoring in Contract Repository 38
3.6.3.2. Secure Enterprise Search – Desupported 39
3.6.3.3. Deliverable Payment Holds 39
3.6.4. Release 12.1.2 40
3.6.4.1. Individual Clause Authoring in Microsoft Word 40
3.6.4.2. Project Manager Dashboard for Maintenance of Procurement Deliverables 40
3.6.5. Release 12.1.3+ 41
3.6.5.1. Multiple Templates for One Sourcing or Purchasing Document 41
3.6.5.2. APIs for Importing Templates, Rules, Questions and Constants 41
3.6.5.3. New Clause Descriptor Field 41
3.6.5.4. Clause Mandatory Attribute at Rule Level 41
3.6.5.5. Clause Section Placement by Contract Expert 42
3.6.5.6. Deletion of Provisional Sections from Solicitation to Award 42
3.6.5.7. Instruction Text 42
3.6.5.8. Multi-Row Variables 42
3.6.5.9. Display of and Sort by Clause Number 42
3.6.5.10. Contract Expert Performance Improvements 43
3.6.5.11. Contract Expert History 43
3.6.5.12. Contract Expert Test Workbench 43
3.6.5.13. Delete Function for Multiple Clauses, Sections and Deliverables 43
3.6.5.14. Defaulting Rules for Contract Administrator 43
3.6.5.15. Purge Process for Repository Contracts 43
3.6.5.16. Microsoft Word Certification for Clause and Document Authoring 44
3.6.5.17. Repository Contracts Printing Enhancement 44
3.6.6. Release 12.2 44
3.6.6.1. Repository Contracts Configurability Enhancements 44
3.6.6.2. User-Defined Attribute Support for Deliverables 44
3.6.7. Release 12.2.4 44
3.6.7.1. Repository Contracts Printing Enhancement 44
3.6.7.2. Print UDA with Deliverables 44
3.6.8. Release 12.2.5 45
3.6.8.1. Update of User-Defined Attributes on Approved Contracts 45
3.6.9. Release 12.2.6 45
3.6.9.1. Related Contracts in Purchasing and Contract Repository 45
3.6.9.2. Contract Hierarchy 45
3.6.9.3. Advanced Search Enhancements for Contract Hierarchy 45
3.6.10. Release 12.2.7 46
3.6.10.1. Content Search 46
3.6.11. Release 12.2.10 46
3.6.11.1. Print Full Clause Text of Include by Reference Clauses 46
3.7. Oracle Purchasing 46
3.7.1. Overview 46
3.7.2. Release 12.0.2 (RUP2) 46
3.7.2.1. Integration with Oracle Transportation Management 46
3.7.2.2. APIs for Oracle iSetup 47
3.7.3. Release 12.0.6 (RUP6) 47
3.7.3.1. Contract Commitments Integration with Oracle Self-Service Purchasing (Oracle Public Sector Financials
International) 47
3.7.4. Release 12.1.1 47
3.7.4.1. Purchase Order Mass Update 47
3.7.4.2. Contract Reference from Any Supplier Site for GCPA 47
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document v
3.7.4.3. FPDS-NG Integration 48
3.7.5. Release 12.1.2 48
3.7.5.1. Purchase Order Pricing Enhancement 48
3.7.5.2. Project Security Within Oracle Purchasing 48
3.7.5.3. Procurement Web Services for Oracle Purchasing 48
3.7.6. Release 12.1.3 49
3.7.6.1. Oracle Landed Cost Management Integration 49
3.7.6.2. Asset Lifecycle Management Integration 49
3.7.7. Release 12.1.3+ 49
3.7.7.1. Encumbered Document Revisions Without Un-Reserving Funds 49
3.7.7.2. Approvals Management Engine for Purchase Order Approvals 49
3.7.7.3. Current and Pending Approvers in Action History Region 50
3.7.7.4. Withdrawal of Purchase Order After Submission for Approval 50
3.7.7.5. Configurable Notification in Purchase Order 50
3.7.7.6. Outside Processing Lines in Global Blanket Purchase Agreements 50
3.7.7.7. Support for Importing Complex Purchase Orders 50
3.7.7.8. New Approved Supplier List APIs 50
3.7.7.9. Buyer Work Center Session Preferences 51
3.7.7.10. Purchasing Document Open Interface Enhancements 51
3.7.7.11. Business Service Object (BSO) Web Service 51
3.7.7.12. Promised Date Calculation Based on Lead Time 51
3.7.7.13. Purchase Order Approval On the Go 51
3.7.7.14. Enabling GBPA in Supplier Scheduling 52
3.7.7.15. Support for Multiple Communication Modes in Purchasing Documents 52
3.7.8. Release 12.2 52
3.7.8.1. Automatic Updates to Encumbrance (General Ledger) Date 52
3.7.8.2. Support for Additional Extension Hooks 52
3.7.9. Release 12.2.4 52
3.7.9.1. Spreadsheet-Based Authoring of Purchase Order Lines 52
3.7.10. Release 12.2.5 53
3.7.10.1. Support for Oracle Process Manufacturing Outside Processing Items 53
3.7.10.2. Enhancements to Purchase Order Business Service Object Web Service 53
3.7.11. Release 12.2.6 53
3.7.11.1. Configurable Defaulting Rule for Acknowledgement Due Date 53
3.7.11.2. Promised Date and Shipment Date Synchronization for Drop Ship Orders 53
3.7.11.3. Purchase Order Approval Notification Enhancements 54
3.7.11.4. Notification of Purchase Order Creation 54
3.7.11.5. Related Contracts 54
3.7.12. Release 12.2.7 54
3.7.12.1. AutoCreate Multiple Requisitions to a Single Purchase Order 54
3.7.12.2. Validate BPA Line Amount Agreed During Order/Release Submission 55
3.7.12.3. Enhanced Control Over Purchase Order Approval Notification Actions 55
3.7.12.4. New requester notifications for Purchase Order status updates 55
3.7.12.5. Add all Lines of Requisition to the Order Document at Once 55
3.7.12.6. Content Search and Enhanced Advanced Search 55
3.7.13. Release 12.2.8 56
3.7.13.1. Maintain Notes from Buyer Work Center 56
3.7.13.2. Purchase order rejection notifications for requester 56
3.7.14. Release 12.2.9 56
3.7.14.1. User-Defined Attribute support for Purchase Orders 56
3.7.14.2. Ability to view and compare changes before approving Purchase Order Revision 56
3.7.15. Release 12.2.10 56
3.7.15.1. Improvements to Schedule Split Action for Professional Buyers 56
3.7.15.2. Ability to Populate VMI Flag in Manually Created Requisitions 56
3.7.15.3. Interface Intragovernmental Transactions to G-Invoicing 57
3.7.16. Release 12.2.11 57
3.7.16.1. Global Procurement to Support Project-based Procurement 57
3.7.16.2. Global and Local Document Styles 57
3.7.16.3. Operating Unit-based Attribute Templates 57
3.7.16.4. Operating Unit-Specific Information in Purchase Orders & Agreements 57
3.7.16.5. Pull Groups from G-Invoicing to support Intragovernmental Transactions 58
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document vi
3.7.16.6. Interface Intragovernmental Order Modifications to G-Invoicing 58
3.7.16.7. Pull and Push Performance Transactions and Display to User 58
3.7.16.8. G-Invoicing 4.1 Compatible Changes, Support DII and Originating Partner Indicator 58
3.7.16.9. Supplier Merge Process Extended to Cover Suppliers with Open Agreements across Organizations 58
3.7.17. Release 12.2.12 59
3.7.17.1. Streamlined Standard Purchase Order Creation from a Blanket Agreement 59
3.7.17.2. Ability to Add Alpha-Numeric Sequence Numbers to Purchase Orders and Agreements 59
3.7.17.3. Intragovernmental Requisitions using Requisition form 59
3.7.17.4. Simplified Creation of IGT Orders from IGT Requisitions 59
3.7.17.5. ‘Share with Servicing Agency’ Action Included in Approval Workflow 59
3.7.17.6. Support for Seller Facilitated Orders (SFO) 59
3.7.17.7. Support for Authoring of Intragovernmental Orders through the G-Invoicing System 60
3.7.17.8. Ability to Cancel IGT Order Line or Schedule 60
3.7.17.9. Ability to Close and Re-Open IGT Orders 60
3.7.17.10. Ability to View Groups Information and Check Request Status 60
3.7.17.11. Performance Transaction Integration with Receiving and Payables 60
3.8. Oracle Procurement Command Center 60
3.8.1. Overview 60
3.8.2. Release 12.2.9+ 61
3.8.2.1. Procurement Operations Dashboard 61
3.8.2.2. Indirect Procurement Dashboard 61
3.8.2.3. Supplier Analysis Dashboard 61
3.8.3. Release 12.2.9++ 61
3.8.3.1. Enhancements to Procurement Operations Dashboard 61
3.8.3.2. Enhancements to Indirect Procurement Dashboard 64
3.8.3.3. Enhanced Actions in the Supplier Analysis Dashboard 64
3.8.3.4. Item Analysis Dashboard 65
3.8.3.5. Strategic Sourcing Dashboard 66
3.8.4. Release 12.2.10 66
3.8.4.1. Employee Shopping Search Tracker 66
3.8.5. Release 12.2.11 66
3.8.5.1. Improvements to Assign Requisitions Action 66
3.8.6. Release 12.2.12 66
3.8.6.1. Contingent Labor Requisitions now available on Requisitions Dashboard 67
3.8.7. Release 12.2.12+ 67
3.8.7.1. Order Details Dashboard 67
3.8.7.2. Enhanced View of Negotiated Savings and Losses in Strategic Sourcing Dashboard 67
3.8.7.3. Separate Tag Clouds for Keywords Searched and Filters Applied in Shopping Search Tracker 67
3.1. Oracle Mobile Procurement for Oracle E-Business Suite 67
3.1.1. Discontinuation Notice 67
3.1.2. Overview 68
3.1.3. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0 68
3.1.3.1. Mobile Foundation 2.1 Updates 68
3.1.3.2. Accessibility Improvements 68
3.1.4. Mobile Release 3.0 – Client Version 1.2.0 68
3.1.4.1. Android Support 68
3.1.4.2. Mobile Foundation Release 3.0 Updates 69
3.1.5. Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0 69
3.1.5.1. Mobile Foundation Release 4.0 Updates 69
3.1.5.2. Translation Support 69
3.1.6. Mobile Release 5.0 – Client Version 1.4.0 69
3.1.6.1. Mobile Foundation Release 5.0 Updates 69
3.1.7. Mobile Release 6.0 – Client Version 1.5.0 69
3.1.7.1. Mobile Foundation Release 6.0 Updates 69
3.1.8. Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0 69
3.1.8.1. Mobile Foundation Release 7.0 Updates 69
3.2. Oracle Project Procurement Command Center 69
3.2.1. Overview 69
3.2.2. Release 12.2.9++ 70
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document vii
3.2.2.1. Procurement Plan Dashboard 70
3.2.2.2. Project Procurement Dashboard 70
3.2.2.3. Item Analysis Dashboard 70
3.2.2.4. Supplier Analysis Dashboard 70
3.2.3. Release 12.2.11 71
3.2.3.1. Near Real Time Updates to Project Procurement Command Center 71
3.3. Oracle Project Procurement Command Center Plus 71
3.3.1. Overview 71
3.3.2. Support Update 71
3.3.3. V5 72
3.4. Oracle Services Procurement 72
3.4.1. Overview 72
3.4.2. Release 12.1.1 72
3.4.2.1. Time Reporting and Contractor Assignment Flexibility 72
3.4.3. Release 12.1.2 73
3.4.3.1. Oracle Projects – Work Confirmations 73
3.4.4. Release 12.2.4 73
3.4.4.1. Advances, Recoupment, and Retainage for Standard Purchase Orders 73
3.4.4.2. Support for Inventory Destinations in Complex Purchase Orders 73
3.4.5. Release 12.2.5 73
3.4.5.1. Job Standardization and Rate Cards for Hiring Contingent Laborers 73
3.4.6. Release 12.2.6 74
3.4.6.1. Support for Foreign Currency in Contractor Request 74
3.4.6.2. Enhancements to Work Confirmations 74
3.4.7. Release 12.2.10 74
3.4.7.1. Work Confirmation Processing using Approval Date 74
3.4.8. Release 12.2.11 74
3.4.8.1. Global Procurement Support for Complex Purchases 74
3.4.8.2. Global Procurement Support for Project-centric Complex Purchases 74
3.5. Oracle Sourcing 75
3.5.1. Overview 75
3.5.2. Release 12.1.1 75
3.5.2.1. Two Stage Evaluation of Requests for Quotation (RFQs) 75
3.5.2.2. Two-Stage RFQ and Surrogate Bids 75
3.5.2.3. Supplier Response PDF 75
3.5.2.4. Enhanced Spreadsheet Support 75
3.5.2.5. Countdown Clock 77
3.5.2.6. Price Tier Enhancements 77
3.5.2.7. Cost Factor Enhancements 77
3.5.3. Release 12.1.2 77
3.5.3.1. Earnest Money Deposit 77
3.5.4. Release 12.1.3 78
3.5.4.1. Requester Field in the Sourcing Header 78
3.5.4.2. Descriptive Flex fields in Oracle Sourcing Header 79
3.5.4.3. Landed Cost Management (LCM) Integration 79
3.5.5. Release 12.1.3+ 79
3.5.5.1. Online Discussions Attachments 79
3.5.5.2. Terms and Conditions Controls 80
3.5.5.3. Lot Price Summation 80
3.5.5.4. Remove Supervisor from Collaboration Team 80
3.5.5.5. Sort and Delete Suppliers from Invited Suppliers Page 80
3.5.5.6. Cancel Closed Negotiations 80
3.5.6. Release 12.2 80
3.5.6.1. Add Requisition Lines to a Draft Negotiation 80
3.5.6.2. Response Withdrawal 81
3.5.6.3. Track Amendment Acknowledgements 81
3.5.7. Release 12.2.2 81
3.5.7.1. Staggered Awards 81
3.5.7.2. Import of Price Breaks 81
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document viii
3.5.7.3. Negative Cost Factors 81
3.5.7.4. Sourcing APIs 82
3.5.8. Release 12.2.4 82
3.5.8.1. Mass Update of Buyers 82
3.5.8.2. Surrogate Quotes for Suppliers Without User Account 82
3.5.9. Release 12.2.5 82
3.5.9.1. Multiple Active Offers 82
3.5.9.2. Alternate Lines 82
3.5.9.3. Sourcing Initiatives 82
3.5.10. Release 12.2.6 83
3.5.10.1. Alternate Negotiation Terms 83
3.5.10.2. Enhancements to Sourcing Initiatives 83
3.5.10.3. Sourcing Collaborator Responsibility 84
3.5.11. Release 12.2.7 84
3.5.11.1. Flexible Default Outcome for Sourcing Document Builder 84
3.5.11.2. Add to existing Blanket Purchase Agreement 84
3.5.11.3. Content Search 84
3.5.11.4. Apply Templates on Draft Negotiations 84
3.5.12. Release 12.2.8 85
3.5.12.1. Re-award Negotiation 85
3.5.13. Release 12.2.9 85
3.5.13.1. Approvals Management Engine for Negotiation Approvals 85
3.5.13.2. Online Negotiation of Contract Terms with Suppliers 85
3.5.13.3. Default Sorting when Rank Indicator is Win/Lose 85
3.5.14. Release 12.2.10 85
3.5.14.1. Online Discussions Enhancements 85
3.5.15. Release 12.2.11 86
3.5.15.1. Maintain Requisition Line Numbers to Negotiations 86
3.5.15.2. Maintain Negotiation Line Numbers to Outcome Documents 86
3.6. Oracle Sourcing Optimization 86
3.6.1. Overview 86
3.6.2. Release 12.1.1 86
3.6.2.1. Oracle Sourcing Optimization Enhancements 86
3.6.2.2. Price Tier Optimization 87
3.6.2.3. Supplier Incentives 87
3.7. Oracle Spend Classification 88
3.7.1. Overview 88
3.7.2. Release 12.1.2 88
3.7.2.1. Integration with Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics 7.9.6 88
3.7.2.2. Knowledge Base Creation and Incremental Updates 89
3.7.2.3. Multiple Knowledge Bases 89
3.7.2.4. Easy to Use User Interface 89
3.7.2.5. Export and Import to Excel 89
3.7.2.6. Classification of Data into Multiple Taxonomies 90
3.7.2.7. Inline Commodity Classification 90
3.7.3. Release 12.2 90
3.7.3.1. Reclassification of Historical Data 90
3.7.3.2. Asynchronous Approval Flow 90
3.7.3.3. Enhanced Training Data Upload 90
3.7.3.4. Enhanced Tracking Capabilities 91
3.7.3.5. Improvements in Analyzing Batches and Excel to Export 91
3.7.3.6. Increased Flexibility in Resetting Data 91
3.7.3.7. Deletable Classification Batches 91
3.7.3.8. Run Classification on Selected Transactions 91
3.7.3.9. Simplified User Interface 91
3.7.3.10. Reset Prevention for Transactions in Classified, Unapproved Batches 92
3.8. Oracle Supplier Hub 92
3.8.1. Overview 92
3.8.2. Release 12.1.3 92
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3.9. Oracle Supplier Lifecycle Management 93
3.9.1. Overview 93
3.9.2. Release 12.1.1+ 93
3.9.2.1. 360° Supplier View 93
3.9.2.2. Supplier Search 93
3.9.2.3. Supplier Profile Management (Including Self-Service) 94
3.9.2.4. Extended Supplier Profile 94
3.9.2.5. Registration and On-Boarding of New Suppliers 94
3.9.2.6. Qualification Management 95
3.9.2.7. Compliance and Profile Audits 95
3.9.2.8. Performance Evaluation 95
3.9.2.9. Supplier Notifications 96
3.9.3. Release 12.1.3+ 96
3.9.3.1. Mandatory Internal Requirements 96
3.9.3.2. Contact–Address Association 96
3.9.3.3. Keyword Search 96
3.9.3.4. Default User Creation 96
3.9.3.5. Reinstatement of Rejected Supplier Requests 97
3.9.3.6. Registration Approval Workflow Enhancements 97
3.9.3.7. Streamlined Prospective Supplier Registration Process 97
3.9.3.8. Link to Prospective Supplier Registration Status 97
3.9.3.9. Pre-Qualification Template and Dependent Questions 97
3.9.4. Release 12.2.4 98
3.9.4.1. Registration Approval Workflow Enhancements 98
3.9.4.2. Approval History on Supplier Profile 98
3.9.5. Release 12.2.5 98
3.9.5.1. Automated Assessment Process 98
3.9.5.2. Dynamic Invitation List 98
3.9.5.3. Sequential and Parallel Routing of Scoring 99
3.9.5.4. Update Evaluation After Submission 99
3.9.6. Release 12.2.6 99
3.9.6.1. Support for Bind Variables in Products and Services Configuration 99
3.9.7. Release 12.2.7 99
3.9.7.1. Improved Automated Recurring Assessments 99
3.9.7.2. Contact Purpose, Address Purpose and Associated Notifications 99
3.9.7.3. Execute Dynamic Supplier Lists 100
3.9.7.4. Initiate Supplier Onboarding through Non-Catalog Requests and Spot-Buy Purchases 100
3.9.8. Release 12.2.9 100
3.9.8.1. Approvals Management Engine for Assessment Approvals 100
3.9.9. Release 12.2.10 100
3.9.9.1. Invoice Event for Recurring Assessments 100
3.9.9.2. Address Validation in Supplier Registration Pages 100
3.10. Oracle Business Network 101
3.10.1. Overview 101
3.10.2. Version 5.0 101
3.10.2.1. Consolidated Hub Administration 101
3.10.2.2. Production Routing Controls 101
3.10.2.3. UTF-8 Support 101
3.11. Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus 101
3.11.1. Overview 101
3.11.2. Support Update 102
3.11.3. V6 102
3.11.3.1. Procurement Operations Dashboard 102
3.11.3.2. Indirect Procurement Dashboard 103
3.11.3.3. Action Items 103
3.11.3.4. Item Analysis 103
3.11.3.5. Supplier Analysis 103
3.11.4. V7 104
3.11.4.1. New Strategic Sourcing Dashboard 104
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3.11.4.2. Support for Document Security 104
3.11.4.3. Support for Additional Supplier Performance Data Points 104
3.11.4.4. Web ADI Support for Bulk-Updating Purchase Orders 104
3.11.4.5. Buyer Notes (Action Items) Enhancements 104
3.11.4.6. User Experience Improvements 104
3.11.5. V8 105
3.11.5.1. Support for Partial Search 105
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1. Disclaimer
This Release Content Document (RCD) describes product features that are proposed for
the specified releases of the Oracle E-Business Suite. This document describes new or
changed functionality only. Existing functionality from prior releases is not described. It
is intended solely to help you assess the business benefits of upgrading to the specified
release of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
This document in any form, software or printed matter, contains proprietary information
that is the exclusive property of Oracle. Your access to and use of this confidential
material is subject to the terms and conditions of your Oracle Software License and
Service Agreement, which has been executed and with which you agree to comply. This
document and information contained herein may not be disclosed, copied, reproduced or
distributed to anyone outside Oracle without prior written consent of Oracle. This
document is not part of your license agreement nor can it be incorporated into any
contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
This document is for informational purposes only and is intended solely to assist you in
planning for the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon
in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described in this document remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
Due to the nature of the product architecture, it may not be possible to safely include all
features described in this document without risking significant destabilization of the code.
Note: In the images in this document, user details represent fictional sample users. Any
similarity between these fictional sample users and actual users is not intended.
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2. Introduction
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3. New and Changed Features in Procurement
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3.1.4. Release 12.1.3+
3.1.4.2. Primary Favorite Charge Account Can Take Precedence over Employee
Charge Account
Each employee can define Favorite Charge Accounts in iProcurement Preferences, and
can mark one of those accounts as the Primary Favorite. Oracle iProcurement uses a
series of rules to generate charge accounts during the checkout process. Under certain
circumstances, Oracle iProcurement gets the charge account from the employee record in
Human Resources. However, if a charge account is not specified in the employee record,
the Primary Favorite is used. If an employee needs the Primary Favorite to override the
charge account on their Human Resources record, they can now do so with the Override
Employee Charge Account preference in iProcurement.
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Users can quickly filter approval requests by sender or by subject, review header and line
details, review action history and comments, and respond with their approval or rejection
directly from their smartphone.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.3.
For a full description, refer to the E-Business Suite Applications Technology Release
Content Document.
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3.1.5. Release 12.2
3.1.5.2. Visibility of Item Master Attachments in Item Search and Detail Pages
When viewing the details of an item after having searched for that item in the store,
iProcurement users can now see attachments associated with the Item Master. This gives
users access to information such as design specifications, better equipping them to order
the right product.
3.1.6. Release 12.2.4
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3.1.8. Release 12.2.6
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3.1.9. Release 12.2.7
3.1.9.1. New Supplier Onboarding for Non-Catalog Request & Contractor Request
The user-experience for requesters wanting to suggest a new supplier to the procurement
team through a Non-Catalog Request or Contractor Request has been enhanced. While
creating the Non-Catalog Request or Contractor Request, the requester can send an email
to the supplier inviting him to register on the company’s portal. The supplier will have to
provide all information necessary for registration and will go through the standard
approval process within iSupplier Portal / Supplier Lifecycle Management. Once the
supplier has been on-boarded, the buyer can issue a PO to this new supplier to procure
the item or service requested through the Non-Catalog Request or the Contractor Request
process.
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receive updates that let them know when an item has been placed onto a Draft Purchase
Order and confirmation when that Purchase Order has been approved. Requesters can
also choose to opt-out of the notifications.
3.1.10.5. View ‘Full List’ of Requisitions to Receive for Predefined Days Bucket
The user-experience for requesters to view Requisitions to Receive has been enhanced.
Users can now control the data to load while launching the list of requisitions to receive.
This feature is enabled through a profile option and an administrator can specify the
number of days in the profile so that the data will be loaded accordingly.
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3.1.11. Release 12.2.9
3.1.11.1. Line Number Generation while Requisition Import based on Need-By date
A new profile option allows user to sort and generate requisition line numbers based on
need-by date, when the requisition data from ASCP or MRP inserted into Requisition
Import program. With this features, customers can correlate the line numbers vs shipment
numbers while creating purchase order releases. This will further help customers to track
demand based on need-by date.
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3.1.12.2. Enhanced Spot Buy Configuration to Enable User Level Spend
Threshold Limits
Spot buy requests are used generally for emergency purpose and the access to create this
kind of request will be given only for few users who have buying intent. So with this
enhancement administrator can specify threshold limits for the combination of category
and user. The user being the preparer of the requisition.
Spot buy requisition/requisition line from this enhancement onwards, would be validated
not only for 'spot buy access', 'threshold limit of category and user ' but also for the
condition that the preparer and requester are the same for the spot buy requisition line.
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• Item Comparison
• Ratings and Reviews for Items and Suppliers
• Preferred Item and Supplier Indicators
The Oracle iProcurement Consumer-like shopping feature is available at no additional
cost to licensed users of Oracle iProcurement. It can be applied to Release 12.2.4 and
above.
3.2.2. Release 12.2.8+
Oracle Enterprise Command Center technology used in conjunction with iProcurement
provides a powerful new approach to search, while retaining the robust policies, controls,
and integrations built into iProcurement.
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework
Release 12.2 V2.
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3.2.3. Release 12.2.9+
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework
Release 12.2 V3
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for which a catalog item selection is more appropriate, and provides preferred items or
services from recommended suppliers to requesters, increasing service levels while
reducing maverick spending.
In addition, if requesters cannot find a suitable matching catalog item and continue with
the submission of a Non-Catalog Request, they are prompted to send a message to their
Procurement team if they believe the item they are looking to buy should be available to
all users as part of a catalog.
3.2.5. Release 12.2.10
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center
Framework Release 12.2 V5
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3.2.7. Release 12.2.12+
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center
Framework Release 12.2 V10
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3.3.3.2. Advanced Filtering
Filters enable employees to target their choices. Default filters include Supplier Name,
Source Contract, and Shopping Category. Guided Navigation filters are displayed for
items that share similar category attributes. For example, Display Size may appear as a
filter when shopping for computer monitors.
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• Requesters can find recent requisitions on the homepage.
• Organizations can display purchasing policies to the requesters on the homepage.
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• This feature also helps requesters to pick items from negotiated agreements with
preferred suppliers. Catalogs from preferred suppliers are highlighted at the top
of the search results.
3.3.6. V8
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3.4. Oracle Mobile iProcurement for Oracle E-Business Suite
3.4.1. Discontinuation Notice
Oracle is discontinuing Oracle Mobile iProcurement for Oracle E-Business Suite as of
November 1, 2022. Oracle will support this app, but will not deliver any new updates to
the app.
• The app will remain on the Apple App Store and Google Play with the latest
client version delivered, as long as technically feasible. Apple and Google may
remove apps that no longer meet their technical requirements.
• The corresponding MAA file for the latest client version is available on the
Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
• Oracle will continue to deliver REST services for selected functionality in this
app for use in custom app development.
Customers who have installed this app will continue to receive technical support
including access to online support tools, knowledge bases, pre-existing fixes, and service
request resolution. As of November 1, 2022, error correction support will no longer be
available for this app.
Additionally, Oracle will not certify this app with any further operating system updates,
new devices, or new Oracle E-Business Suite releases after its discontinuation date.
Oracle will continue to assist you to the best of our ability; however, we are unable to
provide any new fixes.
3.4.2. Overview
With Oracle Mobile iProcurement for Oracle E-Business Suite, employees can monitor
their requisitions and take action on the go.
• Track requisitions for approval and delivery status.
• View requisition, approvers, lines, and shipments.
• Monitor alerts for approval rejections, returns, and shipment delays.
• Collaborate in transaction context using device features such as email, phone and
text.
Oracle Mobile iProcurement for Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with Oracle E-
Business Suite 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and above. To use this app, you must be a user of Oracle
iProcurement, with mobile services configured on the server side by your administrator.
3.4.3. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0
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3.4.4. Mobile Release 3.0 – Client Version 1.2.0
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3.4.7.3. Mobile Foundation Release 6.0 Updates
• Enhanced user security with two-factor authentication
• Ability to open external links in the app
• Ability to easily clear user credential fields in the Sign-In page
• Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF)
2.3.1
3.4.8. Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0
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3.5.2. Release 12.0.3 (RUP3)
3.5.2.1. Forward Port of JFMIP/FSIO from 11.5.10 to R12 for Federal Customers
This feature addresses the delta between Release 11.5.10 functionality and Release 12
functionality, related to meeting the requirements given by JFMIP in the year 2004 for
iSupplier Portal. The following iSupplier Portal pages are impacted:
Supplier Search Page
The DUNS number is available at the supplier-site level for CCR suppliers. A user can
retrieve distinct supplier records while performing the search using the DUNS number.
Organization Page
A CCR Supplier indicator is provided on the Organization page. If the supplier is a CCR
supplier, then the Taxpayer ID, DUNS Number and SIC attributes, and Bank Account tab
are rendered view-only.
Manage Sites Page and Update Address Page
In the Update Address page for CCR suppliers, the attributes Country, Address Lines,
City, State, Postal Code, Province, DUNS Number, and Pay Site are view-only.
For Federal Financials installations, a new attribute, DUNS Number, is displayed in the
Identification tab on the Manage Sites page. If the supplier site is a CCR supplier site, the
user cannot update this field.
The new icon View CCR Supplier allows the user to access the General Information page
from the federal application to view CCR supplier-site-specific data.
Tax Details Page
A new indicative comment on the Tax Details page identifies the tax details of a CCR
vendor.
Bank Details Page
A CCR indicator appears when the assignment level is Supplier Site, and if the site is a
CCR site. For a CCR site, it is not possible to add new bank accounts, to modify any
bank, branch or account information, to change the priority of bank accounts, or to update
a bank account number.
Invoice Management Page
A descriptive comment, CCR Site, appears on the Invoice Management page.
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3.5.3.2. AP/AR Netting
It is a common business practice in many industries to both purchase products or services
from and sell products or services to the same trading partner. In cases like this
companies often offset payable and receivable invoices so that only the net difference is
paid or received. This saves both trading partners the expenses associated with making
multiple payments.
Users of iSupplier Portal now have visibility into the AP/AR netting activity, so they can
easily see which invoices will be paid standalone, which invoices will be offset against
receivable transactions, and which groups of invoices will be paid by a single payment.
On the View Invoices and Payments pages, if a particular invoice has been netted, the
users can see the netted amount and the reckoning currency. Furthermore, the users can
drill down to the Netting Report, which shows all transactions that are a part of the
netting batch.
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authority to make corrections as needed. Buyers that are granted this authority can make
corrections to approved work confirmations.
3.5.6.1. Integration with Oracle Flow Manufacturing to View and Edit E-Kanbans
Oracle iSupplier Portal integrates with the E-Kanban feature of Oracle Flow
Manufacturing. Suppliers can now use iSupplier Portal to view a summary of their E-
Kanbans and update the status on their E-Kanbans.
For more information, consult the Manufacturing RCD.
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3.5.7. Release 12.2.6
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Errors for a failed work confirmation can be viewed through the Purchasing Professional
Buyers Work Center and the iSupplier Portal internal view.
View Attachments During Work Confirmation Creation
The buyer can associate To Receiver attachments at the pay-item level during the
authoring of Complex purchase order documents. The creators and approvers of work
confirmations can view the To Receiver attachments in the purchase order.
Viewing of To Receiver attachments during Work Confirmation creation is possible
through the Purchasing Professional Buyers Work Center and iSupplier Portal internal
view.
An Oracle Services Procurement license is required to use the Work Confirmations
functionality provided within the Advanced Procurement suite of applications.
3.5.8. Release 12.2.8
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3.5.11. Release 12.2.11
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Structured terms authoring promotes standards-based contract authoring and reduces the
overall time-to-contract. Risks associated with non-standard contracts are mitigated by
ensuring that approvers have visibility into all policy violations.
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the due date for a deliverable that is within the defined payment hold terms. Project
managers can also use the Subcontractor Payment Management Workbench to manage
deliverables. A Payment Hold Status and Payment Indicator allow users to quickly see
whether all deliverables have been met and determine whether payments can be made to
the subcontractor. Project managers can override the automatic payment holds caused by
overdue purchase order deliverables.
Support for Pay when Paid Scenarios
Many construction firms adhere to a Pay when Paid policy for subcontract agreements in
order to manage cash flow for a project. Specifically, construction companies will hold
the payment of subcontractor bills until the construction firm has been paid by the
customer. Now, a Pay when Paid payment term may be specified for a subcontract to
automatically place holds on all subcontractor invoices under that subcontract until the
corresponding customer payment is received.
A new Subcontract Payment Controls workbench allows the project manager to manage
these holds, with visibility into both the customer invoices and the associated
subcontractor invoices. The project manager is alerted by workflow notifications once the
customer payment is received and can then automatically or manually release the
corresponding subcontractor invoices. The associations between the customer invoices
and the subcontractor invoices may be automatically maintained based on the billing of
project expenditures in the case of a cost-plus contract, or manually maintained for a
fixed price contract.
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of non-compliance. For example, if a subcontractor fails to provide an insurance
certificate according to the subcontract terms, holds are automatically placed on incoming
invoices based on the contractual deliverable. When the subcontractor complies with the
terms, the hold is released.
Also in Release 12.1.1, a new Payment Controls Workbench in Oracle Projects allows the
project manager to view a checklist of all subcontract deliverables to assist in evaluating
the subcontractor status prior to releasing monthly progress payments.
Project managers are frequently responsible for subcontractor management. In Release
12.1.2, the Payment Controls Workbench has been enhanced to allow project managers to
directly update subcontract deliverables. A project manager with proper security
privileges can update existing deliverables or define new deliverables to track future
subcontractor obligations. A project manager can also apply payment holds even when
the Pay when Paid attribute has not been checked.
This feature has a prerequisite of Oracle Projects.
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the template-level setup will be used to determine whether a clause suggested by Contract
Expert should be added as mandatory or optional.
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3.6.5.10. Contract Expert Performance Improvements
The Contract Expert engine now provides improved performance for the complete flow
including a faster user interface and better formatting of the question and answer fields.
There is no change to the Contract Expert process itself.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.3.
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3.6.5.16. Microsoft Word Certification for Clause and Document Authoring
The following versions of Microsoft Word have been certified for clause authoring and
the contract terms synchronization process for document authoring:
• MS Word 2010
• MS Word 2013
• MS Word 2016
Note that the Microsoft version used for editing can be any of the above as long as the
document is saved as Microsoft Word 2003 XML format for uploading into the
application.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.
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3.6.8. Release 12.2.5
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A Show Hierarchy link in the search results displays related contracts.
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Management, and Oracle Purchasing.
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Additionally, a profile option has been added to allow a requisition or standard purchase
order to reference a GCPA from any supplier site when the GCPA is being amended. By
default, the profile option is set to No to preserve current behavior.
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• Requisition: Create Requisition, Delete Requisition, Query Requisition, Update
Requisition.
These web services support requisitions in Oracle iProcurement as well as in Oracle
Purchasing.
3.7.6. Release 12.1.3
Oracle Landed Cost Management (LCM) gives organizations visibility into their
extended supply chain costs including transportation, handling fees, regulatory duties,
and taxes, and helps them determine the landed cost of material for transactional
purposes. This enables organizations to have better control over procurement costs, to
maximize profits, to increase competitiveness, and to ensure that complex trade activities
are compliant with regulatory mandates.
This integration allows Oracle Purchasing users to simulate landed costs at the creation of
purchase orders, enabling better procurement decisions based on the estimated landed
cost of the items.
In Release 12.1.2, the implementation of encumbrance reversal for Oracle Supply Chain
Management was limited to Inventory and Expense Receiving transactions. In Release
12.1.3, this functionality has been extended to purchase orders with a destination of Shop
Floor, for which the distributions will be created under WIP transactions. Oracle
Purchasing supports encumbering funds for purchase orders that are generated from
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (with a shop floor destination) during the approval
process.
All public sector organizations, including municipal, state, provincial, and federal
government organizations, are required to encumber or reserve funds that have been
committed to a supply purchase order. Therefore, prior to approval of any purchasing
document, the available funds must be checked and reserved against the available budget
for the specified account code combination. This enhancement is key for budgetary
control.
3.7.7. Release 12.1.3+
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for approving purchase order documents. Enterprises can use the predefined AME
transaction type and purchase order workflow process or they can create a custom
transaction type and workflow process based on their business requirements. Buyers can
add ad hoc approvers and electronic signatories using the Approval Options page. The
AME process can also be used to add multiple reviewers and electronic signatories to the
approval hierarchy.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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3.7.7.9. Buyer Work Center Session Preferences
Oracle Purchasing now provides user preferences for setting default values in the Buyer
Work Center. Default values for various attributes can be specified in the Preferences
page of the Buyer Work Center for quick and easy creation of purchase orders. These
values are used when a new purchase order is created, thereby reducing repeated data
entry.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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For a full description, refer to the E-Business Suite Applications Technology Release
Content Document.
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levels. This spreadsheet-based authoring uses Web ADI setup for users to specify the
columns and their order sequence of display for authoring the purchase order.
3.7.10. Release 12.2.5
3.7.11.2. Promised Date and Shipment Date Synchronization for Drop Ship
Orders
Drop shipment enables companies to optimize order fulfillment to customers, reduce
costs, and maintain a competitive advantage. In this process, a company sells products to
its customers, but does not directly stock and/or distribute the products; rather the
company serves as a sales agent and delegates the manufacturing and/or distribution of
the product to outsourced suppliers, who in turn deliver it directly to the customer.
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There are scenarios in which suppliers can meet the requirements of a purchase order if
some modifications are made to the shipment schedule. Suppliers may have
circumstances, such as capacity constraints that change their required production
schedule, that allow them to meet requirements only if delivery dates are changed. The
adjustment is indicated in changes to the promised date.
Now companies and their suppliers can make changes to the promised date; the changed
promised date will be validated and if valid, the modified promised date in the purchase
order document will be defaulted as the Schedule Ship/Arrival Date in the sales order.
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Key benefits include:
• Group similar requirements and create single purchase order so that buyers can
have better visibility and track the purchase order more effectively
• Optimize price in case of a release against a blanket agreement having a price
break on Quantity.
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3.7.13. Release 12.2.8
3.7.14.2. Ability to view and compare changes before approving Purchase Order
Revision
Buyers can now compare the changes made in current unapproved revision with previous
revisions.
Approvers can review changes made in current revision before approving the revision.
They can do this from the approval notification.
3.7.15. Release 12.2.10
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3.7.15.3. Interface Intragovernmental Transactions to G-Invoicing
G-Invoicing (G-INV) is a web-based application created to efficiently manage
Intragovernmental (Intragov) Buy/Sell transactions between two federal agencies from
the agreement of the General Terms & Conditions (GT&Cs) to the IPAC payment
notification. The United States Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service
offers this G-Invoicing to all Federal agencies.
G-Invoicing solution in CLM or core Purchasing help agencies to exchange GT&C,
Orders and attachment information to and from G-Invoicing using REST services
specified by FIDS (Federal Intragovernmental Data Standards).
GT&C (General Terms & Conditions) is an Intra-agency agreement between requesting
agency and servicing agency that will be created in G-Invoicing application and can be
imported/pulled into CLM or Core Purchasing.
IGT Order (Intragovernmental Order) is a fiscal obligation between agencies that can be
initiated in CLM or core Purchasing and send/push to G-Invoicing for servicing agency
to review and approval. Once the order is accepted, the servicing agency information will
be pulled and synced to the existing order.
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3.7.16.5. Pull Groups from G-Invoicing to support Intragovernmental
Transactions
Within the Treasury G-Invoicing system, Organization groups have been introduced to
allow Federal Program Agencies (FPAs) to setup a hierarchical agency structure rather
than the traditional flat model. Contract Lifecycle Management pulls these groups,
related information and usage while accessing the Intragovernmental transactions (IGT)
that are sent or received with the G-Invoicing system. Groups can be created as securing
attributes, allowing validation of intragovernmental transactions.
a. Advance
b. Delivered or Performed
c. Deferred Payment
Contract Lifecyle Management pulls the performance transactions that have been pushed
into the G-Invoicing system from a Servicing Agency and displays all the related
information. The Requesting Agency user can record ‘Received’ or ‘Accepted’ quantity
against delivered performance and push the received or accepted performance details
back to the G-Invoicing system.
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3.7.17. Release 12.2.12
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3.7.17.7. Support for Authoring of Intragovernmental Orders through the
G-Invoicing System
The existing Intragovernmental Orders interface program has been enhanced to allow
automatic creation of IGT orders that have been authored and approved in the G-
Invoicing system. Federal agencies can now configure the interface program to pull any
of their approved orders from G-Invoicing so that when the approved order is pulled into
Purchasing, the obligation entries will be posted automatically. The performance
transactions also can be pulled for these orders.
Administrators need to set the ‘Create and approve IGT orders’ to either E-Business Suite
or G-Invoicing as appropriate in the G-Invoicing options page.
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insights to discover, prioritize, and resolve issues before they affect business, to identify
cost saving opportunities, to improve customer satisfaction, and to improve category
management.
Oracle Procurement Command Center feature leverages the Enterprise Command Center
framework technology and is available at no additional cost to licensed users of Oracle
Purchasing. It can be applied to Release 12.2.4 and above.
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• Find the best suppliers for requisitions.
• Create RFQs or purchase orders for requisitions.
The following table describes the actions that can be taken on one or more of the
documents listed in the results tables.
Lines Add to Select one or more requisition lines and add them to
Document the Document Builder to create a RFQ or a purchase
Builder order. Only requisitions with a status of In Pool can
be added to the Document Builder. If the requisition
is sourced to a suggested supplier or multiple
suggested suppliers, then suppliers are also added to
the Document Builder along with the requisitions.
In the Orders tab, select one or more rows and click the Options icon to perform the
following actions on the selection.
Orders Place on Hold Use this action to place the selected orders on
hold.
Use this action to remove hold on the selected
Orders Remove Hold
orders.
Orders Cancel Order Use this action to cancel the selected orders.
Use this action to place a freeze on the
Orders Freeze
selected orders.
Orders Unfreeze Use this action to remove freeze on the
selected orders.
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Use this action to review the status of multiple
Orders View Bulk Update
updated purchase orders using the View Bulk
Status
Update Requests page. See Managing Bulk
Update of Procurement Data Using Oracle
Web ADI for more information.
Use this action to add or modify multiple
Lines Bulk Update Lines
purchase order lines at a time using the Oracle
Web Applications Desktop Integrator (Web
ADI) integration with Microsoft Excel. See
Managing Bulk Update of Procurement Data
Using Oracle Web ADI for more information.
Use this action to review the status of multiple
Lines View Bulk Update
updated purchase order lines using the View
Status
Bulk Update Requests page. See Managing
Bulk Update of Procurement Data Using
Oracle Web ADI for more information.
Use this action to cancel the selected
Schedules Cancel Shipment
shipments. When you select this action, the
Cancel page for order or orders appears to
complete the task.
Utilize additional metrics to determine supplier and order performance. Use metrics like
On-Time Delivery, Quality Rating, and Price Compliance to determine the procurement
health.
Buyers can take several actions on the Order right from the command center. These
actions can be taken on one or more Orders. Actions like Freeze, UnFreeze, Place on
Hold, Remove from Hold, Cancel Order, Cancel Shipment etc.
In addition to this, now buyers can utilize the Oracle Web Applications Desktop
Integrator (Web ADI) integration with Microsoft Excel to update one or more Orders or
Order lines.
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Use this action to add or modify multiple
Agreements Bulk Update
agreements using the Oracle Web
Header
Applications Desktop Integrator (Web ADI)
integration with Microsoft Excel. See
Managing Bulk Update of Procurement Data
Using Oracle Web ADI for more information.
Use this action to review the status of multiple
Agreements View Bulk Update
updated agreements using the View Bulk
Status
Update Requests page. See Managing Bulk
Update of Procurement Data Using Oracle
Web ADI for more information.
Buyers can take several actions on the Agreements right from the command center. These
actions can be taken on one or more Agreements. Actions like Freeze, UnFreeze, Place
on Hold, Remove from Hold, Cancel Agreement.
In addition to this, now buyers can utilize the Oracle Web Applications Desktop
Integrator (Web ADI) integration with Microsoft Excel to update one or more
Agreements.
Buyers can reduce their work queue by closing Reviews and Feedback they have
actioned on. They can do that directly from the dashboard by taking the action at row
level for a review or feedback.
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Add to Negotiation: This action is applicable to buyers using the Procurement Command
Center. The first step of this action is to click the link icon in the Analyze Supplier
column for a requisition line in the Requisitions dashboard. Use this action to add
suppliers to a negotiation.
If you try this action without having a requisition line in context, then the dashboard
displays an error. If the requisition line is valid, then you can add the requisition line to
the negotiation along with the supplier.
The following table describes the actions available when you select the Options icon in
the results tables. Select one or more rows and click the Options icon to act on your
selection.
Buyers can now add Suppliers and Agreements as Source of Supply to plan lines.
Requisition lines can directly be added to existing Purchase orders and Negotiations.
Document builder is now available in supplier analysis, buyers can add suppliers and
agreements to it and continue with document creation.
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3.8.3.5. Strategic Sourcing Dashboard
Buyers and procurement managers can use the Strategic Sourcing dashboard to view
aggregate information from sourcing negotiations to track and mitigate risks in achieving
strategic objectives. They can:
• Search across negotiations and drill down to the underlying document, or
navigate to other dashboards of the Procurement Command Center in the context
of a purchasing document
• Track negotiation cycle-times and savings achieved on each negotiation
• Identify work load of buyers and sourcing team
3.8.4. Release 12.2.10
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework
Release 12.2 V5
A new dashboard has been introduced to display all of the search activity carried out by
employees during shopping sessions in the iProcurement Consumer-Like Shopping
pages. This dashboard provides detailed insight into the searches, refinements and
filtering used by users to locate catalog content that they then add to their shopping cart.
The dashboard information is intended to help Buyers and Catalog Administrators to
better understand user shopping behavior and to use this insight to help refine and update
the content made available to employees. As well as highlighting overall usage of the
shopping application, the dashboard will help answer key questions for content
administrators;
o Are there goods/services that employees are trying to find that are unavailable in
the existing catalog content?
o Are there goods/services that employees struggle to find even with the new search
capability?
By leveraging these insights, catalog administrators will be able to better manage their
existing content and plan for the addition of new content.
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3.8.6.1. Contingent Labor Requisitions now available on Requisitions Dashboard
The Requisitions dashboard has been extended to support contingent labor requisitions
whether they are assigned or unassigned. This allows the buyer to review all the work
related to dispositioning the requisitions in a single place.
3.8.7. Release 12.2.12+
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework
Release 12.2 V10.
3.8.7.3. Separate Tag Clouds for Keywords Searched and Filters Applied in
Shopping Search Tracker
To improve the insights it provides, the tag cloud on the Employee Shopping Search
Tracker dashboard page has been split into two separate regions. The “Keywords
Searched” tag cloud and the “Filters Applied” tag cloud allow buyers to distinguish
between different types of user search activity, in order that they can better understand
how employees try to find content during their shopping sessions. These insights can be
used to help improve the ‘findability’ of existing catalog content, or may highlight the
types of items or services that need to be made available within iProcurement.
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• The app will remain on the Apple App Store and Google Play with the latest
client version delivered, as long as technically feasible. Apple and Google may
remove apps that no longer meet their technical requirements.
• The corresponding MAA file for the latest client version is available on the
Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.
• Oracle will continue to deliver REST services for selected functionality in this
app for use in custom app development.
Customers who have installed this app will continue to receive technical support
including access to online support tools, knowledge bases, pre-existing fixes, and service
request resolution. As of August 3, 2018, error correction support will no longer be
available for this app.
Additionally, Oracle will not certify this app with any further operating system updates,
new devices, or new Oracle E-Business Suite releases after its discontinuation date.
Oracle will continue to assist you to the best of our ability; however, we are unable to
provide any new fixes.
3.1.2. Overview
With Oracle Mobile Procurement for Oracle E-Business Suite, buyers and Oracle
Purchasing users can monitor purchase orders and take actions on the go.
• Track purchase orders requiring attention (in a status of On Hold, Rejected,
Delayed, Pending Approval) and drill into details
• Search purchase orders based on key attributes (Supplier, Item, Requester, Buyer,
dates)
• Monitor alerts for shipment delays
• Collaborate in transaction context using device features like email, phone and
text.
Oracle Mobile Procurement for Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with Oracle E-
Business Suite 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and above. To use this app, you must be a user of Oracle
Purchasing, with mobile services configured on the server side by your administrator.
3.1.3. Mobile Release 2.1 – Client Version 1.1.0
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3.1.4.2. Mobile Foundation Release 3.0 Updates
• Changes to support both iOS and Android on the same client code
• Ability to update the server URL from the Connection Details page
3.1.5. Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0
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The command center brings together project and procurement information that is critical
to aligning strategy with planning and execution.
The Oracle Project Procurement Command Center feature is available at no additional
cost to licensed users of any Oracle Purchasing or Oracle Projects module. It can be
applied to Release 12.2.4 and above.
3.2.2. Release 12.2.9++
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework
Release 12.2 V4
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business objectives. View Oracle Procurement Command Center for more details on
supplier analysis.
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Similar capabilities are available at no additional cost in Oracle Enterprise Command
Centers and other standard Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 functionality.
For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications
3.3.3. V5
Oracle Project Procurement Command Center Plus provides the following features:
• Enable Projects for Procurement Planning
• Create and Manage Project Procurement Plan
• Project Management Command Center View
• Project Buyer Command Center View
• Item Analysis
• Supplier Analysis
Full details about the current capabilities of Oracle Project Procurement Command
Center Plus can be found in the Projects RCD.
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• Enabling the worker to charge time to multiple projects referenced on a purchase
order line associated with the worker’s HR assignment.
3.4.3. Release 12.1.2
3.4.5.1. Job Standardization and Rate Cards for Hiring Contingent Laborers
Hiring managers and Oracle Purchasing users can now view the rate card that provides
the details of a job and the standard rate that they should be paying for the job. The users
will also be able to view the differential rates based on rate uplifts, offshore/onshore
rates, markup-driven rates and location-driven rates. Key benefits include:
• Job standardization through support for rate card and standard rates for each job
• Benchmarking of job rates for specific jobs
• Ability to automatically identify preferred suppliers based on the hiring needs
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3.4.6. Release 12.2.6
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3.5. Oracle Sourcing
3.5.1. Overview
Oracle Sourcing is the enterprise application that improves the effectiveness and
efficiency of strategic sourcing. It is a key component of Oracle Advanced Procurement,
the integrated suite that dramatically cuts all supply management costs.
Oracle Sourcing enables buyers to source more of the organization’s spend at lower total
cost. Oracle Sourcing creates immediate savings through rapid deployment and ensures
long-term savings with consistent execution and compliance.
3.5.2. Release 12.1.1
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supplier response creation, analysis, and award. Buyers and suppliers can download all
the information in a single spreadsheet, simplifying the loading and maintaining of
spreadsheets for a negotiation.
Analysis – Lines
Overall Savings
Calculated Instantly
Side-by-Side
Bid
Comparison
Perform
What-If
Analysis
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analysis of different award scenarios, and view side-by-side comparison of all elements
of supplier responses.
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• Cash
• Check (Cheque)
• Demand Draft
• Bank Guarantee
• Corporate EMD
Corporate EMD is a practice in which a supplier deposits a large amount of money with
the buying company and the EMD is adjusted against this amount.
EMD can be received by the EMD administrator through a new responsibility made
available for EMD transactions, or can be paid online by the supplier (Corporate EMD).
The EMD administrator can exempt a supplier from paying EMD, or refund or forfeit the
EMD amount, depending on the business policies.
There is an out-of-the-box integration with Oracle Financials, so that the receipt, forfeit
and refund of EMD can leverage Oracle Receivables and Oracle Payables. For customers
not using Oracle Financials, there is a non-integrated EMD deployment process where
the company can still use the EMD feature in Oracle Sourcing. There are reports
available for the buying organization to validate the EMD status and details for different
negotiations and suppliers.
This feature in Oracle Sourcing ensures that the end-to-end sourcing process for the
buying organization can be performed using Oracle Sourcing, and customers need not
rely on processes outside the application to complete their sourcing negotiations. This
shortens the sourcing cycle, which otherwise can lead to delays in receiving and returning
the EMD amount and reduce the productivity of the buying organization due to manual
checks and coordination. Also, all EMD-related information is retained in the application
and can be leveraged for future reference and audit requirements.
3.5.4. Release 12.1.3
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3.5.4.2. Descriptive Flex fields in Oracle Sourcing Header
Often, buyers have a need to provide additional information on the header page such as
information about the contract value or the final project approver. There are two types of
headers attributes: those visible to only to a buyer who has access to negotiation, and
those visible to both the buyer and the supplier. As shown in the figure below, there are
two descriptive flexfields in the negotiation header page that can capture these attributes:
• Additional Header Attributes (Buyer Only)
• Additional Header Attributes (Buyer & Supplier)
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3.5.5.2. Terms and Conditions Controls
The Terms and Conditions display can now be controlled by the sourcing administrator
with new settings. The page can be displayed to a bidder as required by the organization’s
business policies:
• Before creating an offer
• Before accessing the negotiation document
• Never
The explicit supplier acceptance of terms and conditions can be captured before allowing
the supplier to proceed further.
To accommodate specific terms and conditions across business entities, the system allows
for terms and conditions to be created for each Operating Unit. Finally, attachments to
terms and conditions enable the inclusion of additional information.
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requisition lines and create a new draft negotiation using the Document Builder.
However, buyers may want to add some additional requisition lines to the negotiation.
With this release, buyers can use Demand Workbench to select requisition lines, provide
the negotiation number, and add lines to the negotiation. Alternatively, buyers can
navigate to the Demand Workbench page from within a draft negotiation by selecting the
requisition lines from the Lines tab. This enables buyers to add demand to the draft
negotiation during the negotiation creation process.
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3.5.7.4. Sourcing APIs
Many sources of demand can automatically populate a negotiation in Oracle Sourcing
with relevant, integrated data. Organizations can now leverage an API to directly create a
draft negotiation document through direct data upload of information available outside
the system. The API can be used to create RFIs, RFQs, and auctions in Draft status.
3.5.8. Release 12.2.4
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• Use extensive workflows and notifications to drive each task and initiative to
completion, and meet the objectives set by the organization.
• Use pre-defined initiative templates and task lists to quickly create and drive
initiatives.
3.5.10. Release 12.2.6
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3.5.10.3. Sourcing Collaborator Responsibility
The Sourcing Collaborator responsibility simplifies administration of the “Procurement
Collaborator” license. Procurement Collaborator licenses business users for Sourcing,
excluding only the ability to create a new negotiation. For example, the standard
Sourcing Collaborator responsibility allows users to define requirements, add lines,
participate on a scoring team, and create a negotiation award.
3.5.11. Release 12.2.7
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• On draft negotiations, such as created through copy or document builder
• Creating a RFX from a Purchasing BPA (renegotiating an agreement)
3.5.12. Release 12.2.8
Oracle Sourcing now provides the ability for suppliers to download, redline and upload
the contract terms when creating a Response/Bid/Quote for a corresponding
RFI/RFQ/Auction. Suppliers can alternatively directly edit the clauses in the contract
terms section or can add new clauses.
Buyers have the ability to review the contract terms red lined by the supplier by
generating a report that will provide a quick overview of all changes done to the contract
terms by the supplier.
Enable buyers to send common messages to suppliers and collaborative team members as
well as reply to their own messages. Attachments category is made message recipient
dependent. Attachments will now be carried forward during replies. Amendments to
include the original online discussion of the source document, which means that the
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discussion threads will be copied on to the amendment during amendment creation. The
message text format has been improved and sorted based on date, time and message
owner.
Suppliers to have the ability to send private messages to the owner of the
document/buyer.
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identify which constraints can be automatically relaxed when no other solution exists. By
automatically relaxing a constraint, the engine may find an acceptable solution, saving
the buyer time and avoiding an iterative process of optimization.
The cost of a constraint is the difference in price, cost, or score that occurs in an
optimized award solution compared to what would be achievable were that constraint
removed. Buyers typically want to evaluate the cost of adherence to a particular business
constraint. That is, by how much did the constraint results in a more expensive award?
Upon optimizing a scenario, Oracle Sourcing simplifies the cost-of-constraint analysis by
allowing buyers to select a constraint to evaluate, and returning the cost associated with
that constraint.
Buyers can view award optimization scenarios side by side to compare the results of
different optimization approaches. Buyers will select scenarios that they want to compare
and Oracle Sourcing will show the award amounts and savings for those scenarios. When
reviewing optimization results, buyers can see the effects of changes made to the
optimization criteria and weightings
With quantity-based constraints, buyers can now indicate award allocation not only in
terms of award amount, but also in terms of award quantity, allowing for more control
over the optimization constraints. For example, a constraint might specify that 15% of all
units should be awarded to minority-owned suppliers.
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3.7. Oracle Spend Classification
3.7.1. Overview
One of the biggest benefits from business intelligence applications that analyze spend
derives from the consolidation of spend data from multiple sources. Whether from many
sources or just one, it is generally true that spending data is inadequately categorized for
use by procurement. One reason is an emphasis on recording accounting information,
which often reveals little of the purchasing category. In most organizations, a majority of
spend data is not categorized, is categorized incorrectly, or is categorized as
miscellaneous. This leads to a skewed picture of the breakdown of spend, resulting in
poor visibility to identify saving opportunities.
Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics (P&SA) includes adaptors that load data from
many sources, including Oracle E-Business Suite 11i9, 11i10, R12, Oracle PeopleSoft
Enterprise 8.9, 9.0, legacy, and other sources.
Spend Classification processes the data contained in P&SA and predicts appropriate
category information for each invoice line. To be able to make predictions, Spend
Classification uses existing categorized data from PS&A as a knowledge base. Features
in Spend Classification allow data stewards to test and validate the learning performance,
ensuring the knowledge base is performing classification at adequate levels. Once the
knowledge base has been built, the product can be used to classify spend data residing in
P&SA.
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Classification predicts purchasing categories for spend lines, it reassigns categories in
P&SA, where it has a high confidence rating of a successful match.
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3.7.2.6. Classification of Data into Multiple Taxonomies
Spend Classification can categorize spend data into multiple category taxonomies.
Category taxonomies that are supported include:
• The category setup in a source financials system
• UNSPSC
• Three additional custom category taxonomies
There is no restriction on the number of levels defined for a category hierarchy.
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The datasets that are uploaded can be deleted on the Configuration, Manage Datasets tab.
This enables users to free up database space by purging large datasets that are no longer
in use.
Users can now delete classification batches that are no longer required for any business
function, such as a batch created after an unsuccessful classification run.
Prior to this feature, when a classification run was initiated, the application created a
single batch and picked up all eligible transactions. This sometimes created a huge
classification batch.
Now users can specify the set of transactions that need to be classified, leading to
manageable batch sizes. Smaller batches lead to improved query performance, reduced
download time, quicker batch analysis, and faster approval and reset.
Spend Classification now comes with a simplified user interface. Most key functions
such as creating a knowledge base, enriching a knowledge base, and initiating a
classification run are centrally organized around the Dataset entity. In addition, users can
now view the entire history of actions performed in the context of each entity.
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3.7.3.10. Reset Prevention for Transactions in Classified, Unapproved Batches
The ability to reset dataset transactions that were part of a classified but unapproved
batch was possible in earlier releases. However, this could be confusing because once the
batch was approved, all transactions within the batch were stamped with the predicted
category codes.
Now the application ignores resetting transactions that are part of a classified,
unapproved batch.
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• Supplier Data Publication and Synchronization
Full details about the current capabilities of Oracle Supplier Hub can be found in the
Master Data Management RCD.
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Advanced Search criteria and display formats can be personalized both at the
administrator level and at the business-user level.
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3.9.2.6. Qualification Management
For many organizations, the processes for assessing new supplier relationships are
cumbersome and inefficient. In an effort to ensure that business gets done, companies
often support multiple channels for receiving new supplier requests and then follow a
very limited or haphazard procedure to review supplier credentials. Oftentimes, this is a
poorly coordinated manual process that requires tasks to be sequenced and tracked across
multiple departments as credit checks are carried out, customer references called, quality
standards reviewed, and production facilities inspected.
Supplier Lifecycle Management leverages the Approval Management Engine to enable
companies to generate customized approval flows for supplier requests and registrations.
The details for each new supplier can be passed to multiple stakeholders across many
departments within the buying organization. Approvers are notified when they are
required to review a request and can check graphically the overall approval status for a
given request.
As part of the approval routing, Supplier Lifecycle Management includes the
qualification information collected from the supplier as well as incremental feedback
provided by business users who assess the request. This allows basic supplier profile and
qualification details to be gathered, deliverables like insurance certificates and Code of
Conduct documents to be stored, and products-and-services information to be recorded
within the qualification packet.
The buying organization can apply business rules that will customize the approval flow
based on details in the request.
When a registration request is approved or rejected, the supplier is automatically notified
by email. Following approval, the qualification details provided by a supplier become
part of their profile, which can be updated at a later date.
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3.9.2.9. Supplier Notifications
To assist with supplier communication, Supplier Lifecycle Management provides tools to
allow notifications to be selectively communicated to a company’s supply base.
Administrators enter notification information and then use search tools to generate the list
of suppliers to receive the message.
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3.9.3.5. Reinstatement of Rejected Supplier Requests
Prior to this release, if a supplier registration request was rejected, it was not possible to
make updates to the registration request and resubmit the request. Therefore, if a buying
organization wanted to reconsider the supplier later, the supplier had to re-register.
Now buying organizations can reconsider rejected suppliers by re-opening earlier rejected
requests and asking for specific additional details from suppliers. Suppliers do need to go
through the registration process again, thus saving them time and effort. This also allows
the buying organization to work closely and efficiently with suppliers to handle their
registration requests.
This feature is also provided for iSupplier Portal.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.4.
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on their responses to previous questions, thus making the entire questionnaire presented
to a supplier during the registration process relevant to them.
This feature is also provided for iSupplier Portal.
This feature is forward-ported to 12.2.5.
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3.9.5.3. Sequential and Parallel Routing of Scoring
Sequential and parallel routing of the scoring of suppliers allows one to determine the
order in which the various scoring teams should provide their scores. Whereas some
teams can provide scores at the same time (parallel), others can do so only after some
initial assessments have been made. The parallel and sequential routing of scoring is
based on pre-defined conditions in Supplier Lifecycle Management. This functionality is
helpful if, for instance, a supplier should be rejected if they fail to attain a minimum score
in a certain section. If this happens, then the supplier is rejected at that stage and no other
teams are required to enter their scores, thus eliminating unnecessary work.
Oracle SLM now provides the overall scoring picture for a supplier by displaying the
aggregate scores at the supplier level, whereas previously, the scores were aggregated
only at the response level.
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3.9.7.3. Execute Dynamic Supplier Lists
Prior to this enhancement, users used the update flow to view the list of suppliers
included in a Dynamic Supplier List. This enhancement provides users with the ability to
invoke a Dynamic Supplier List easily with the click of a button. Additionally, users will
be able to see the Date and Time of the last execution of the list along with the number of
suppliers that were returned in the last execution. This information is useful when
associating a Dynamic Supplier List to an Assessment.
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3.10. Oracle Business Network
In October 2019, the Oracle Supplier Network platform was rebranded to the
Oracle Business Network.
3.10.1. Overview
The Oracle Business Network (OBN) enables Oracle Purchasing customers and their
suppliers to accelerate collaboration and deliver significant efficiency savings by
conducting business electronically. Buying organizations can achieve quick cost savings
by leveraging the community of enabled suppliers on OBN, where thousands of XML
transactions are exchanged daily.
An Oracle-run service utilizing an internet-based hub transaction model, OBN provides a
wide range of features that are designed to ease the challenges of electronic messaging.
• Single Connection: OBN is a messaging hub, so each organization need only
setup a single connection to get access to the community of buyers and suppliers.
• Multiple Document and Transformation Support: The buying organization and its
suppliers can exchange purchase orders, purchase order acknowledgments,
purchase order change requests, advanced shipment notices, and invoices that can
be automatically converted between OAG and cXML formats.
• Self-Testing: Trading partners do not have to coordinate connectivity testing.
Instead, OBN allows each partner to utilize a test hub to send and receive sample
documents to validate their connection.
• Supplier Punch-in access to multiple customer Oracle iSupplier Portal
applications.
3.10.2. Version 5.0
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Advanced Procurement, the integrated suite that dramatically cuts supply management
costs.
Procurement teams across industries need to transform their function from being support-
focused to assuming value creation. Procurement alignment with other business functions
can be a key enabler for business success by providing the supplier expertise and
partnerships necessary to differentiate a company’s offerings from the competition.
Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus equips you with tools to support this
transformation within your company. Using the power of Oracle Information Discovery,
Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus provides buyers with relevant insights to
discover, prioritize, and resolve issues before they affect business, to identify cost saving
opportunities, to improve customer satisfaction, and to improve category management.
3.11.2. Support Update
Oracle Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery Plus products
will end on December 31, 2021.
Effective January 1, 2022, both 12.1 and 12.2 versions of the Oracle E-Business Suite
Information Discovery Plus products will move into Sustaining Support.
Similar capabilities are available at no additional cost in Oracle Enterprise Command
Centers and other standard Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 functionality.
For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications
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Buyers can respond more quickly to purchase order and agreement performance by
monitoring these documents beyond the bounds of procurement. Buyers can track
ordered, shipped, received, and invoiced quantities and amounts, can quickly zero in on
invoice holds and overdue payments, and can track procurement contracts deliverables.
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• Clickable metrics panels allow for immediate action on documents that have
exceptions.
• More drilldown and integration actions allow seamless movement across
dashboards to zero in on to specific documents that need action.
• Tag clouds on the Indirect Procurement Dashboard give users better insight on
catalog reviews.
3.11.5. V8
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