Big enough to know.

Small enough to know better.

 Whats new in R12 Purchasing?

Agenda:
Buyers Workbench Centre
Document management
iProcurement enhancements
Approval Support
Web-based features

 Requisition & Purchase Order
Management
Buyers Workbench Centre:
Intuitive User Interface
Streamlined Workflow
Flexible Personalization

 Intuitive User Interface

A New Buyers Work Center Provides a
New
Central Location For Purchasing Information

Access Purchasing
Documents in a Few Clicks

 Intuitive User Interface
A New Buyers Work Center Provides a
New
Central Location For Purchasing Information

Hyperlink To Related Documents

 Intuitive User Interface
A New Buyers Work Center Provides a
New
Central Location For Purchasing Information

Use Documents Modification Tools

Seamlessly

 Intuitive User Interface
A New Buyers Work Center Provides a
New
Central Location For Purchasing Information

Create New Documents Easily

 Intuitive User Interface

Views Provide Immediate Access to Relevant

Information

Personalized Views are Easily

Created to Meet Individual,
Operating Unit, or
Organization Needs.

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View

Select Personalize

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View
Duplicate an Existing View or
Create a View Using Your Criteria.

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View

Defaults

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View
Specify Sorting Preferences

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View
Apply Relevant Filters

 Intuitive User Interface
Create a Personalized View
Seeded Views Cannot be Altered through the
Interface
Newly Rendered Fields Are Visible After Being
Enabled in the Application

 Intuitive User Interface
Finding Specific Requisition Types
Forms Require Additional, Non-Intuitive Steps
Views Quickly Provide Search Results

 Intuitive User Interface
Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select AutoCreate

 Intuitive User Interface
Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select the Status Tab

 Intuitive User Interface
Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Change Urgent To Yes

Select Find

 Intuitive User Interface
Using a View to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select the Urgent Requisition View

And Go.

 Intuitive User Interface
Using a View to Find Urgent Requisitions

 Intuitive User Interface
Use Views to Quickly Find Multiple
Document Types
Late Requisitions
Unassigned Requisitions
Requisitions Requiring an RFQ
Suggested Supplier
Requisitions for Goods
Requisitions for Services
New Suppliers
Criteria You Specify with a Personalized View

 Streamlined Workflow
Modify Documents Easily
Integrated Tools Allow Intuitive, Easy Document
Modification
Streamlined Work Processes Increase Productivity

 Streamlined Workflow
Modify Documents Easily
Add To/Create New Documents
Return to Requestor
Reassign to Another Buyer

Replace with a Catalog Item*

Replace with Your Favorites*
Split the Requisition

* New Features in Release 12

 Streamlined Workflows
Return Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

 Streamlined Workflows
Return Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

 Streamlined Workflow

Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers

Work Center

Select the Unassigned Requisitions View

 Streamlined Workflow

Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers

Work Center

 Streamlined Workflow

Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers

Work Center

Specify New Buyer & Apply Changes

 Streamlined Workflow
Splitting a Requisition
The Original Line is Split Into Additional Lines
Previously Split Lines Can Be Split Again When
Needed
Splitting More Than Two Ways is Possible Using
Forms
The Original Line Item Is Flagged As Modified and Does
Not Reflect on the Books

 Streamlined Workflow
Split a Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Select the Split Icon on the

Desired Requisitions Line

 Streamlined Workflow
Split a Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Enter New Quantities and Save

 Streamlined Workflow
Replace With a Catalog Item/Catalog Favorite

Select Replace with Catalog Item Icon

 Flexible Personalization
Customizable to Meet Business Needs
Built on Same Framework as iProcurement,
iService, iExpense, etc.
Show Result Fields Relevant to individual
Procedures
Hide Irrelevant Result Fields
Create Custom Views with Specific Information

 Requisition Management

Release 12 offers more efficient ways to

manage demand
Views provide access to relevant
information
Integrated tools streamline workflow
processes
Customization offers a tailored interface to
meet business needs

 iProcurement Enhancements

Improved Content Management

Enhanced catalog authoring
Supplier authored content thru iSupplier
Difference summary for catalog changes
Unified catalog
Approval, revision control & archive for
catalog data global agreements
Content security

 Advanced Approval Support

Expanded & enhanced integration with Oracle

Approvals Management
Position based hierarchy approvals
Parallel approvals
FYI notifications

 New Web-based Setups
Tolerance setups

 New Web-based Setups (Contd)


 Other enhancements

Multi Org Access Control (MOAC)

Document publishing
E-Business Tax
More

 Questions?

 Thank you!

Andy Stakiw
astakiw@impacservices.com