Update 21B

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Project-Driven Supply Chain

Project-Driven Supply Chain is an end-to-end, integrated solution across the Oracle Supply Chain Management and Oracle Project Management Cloud applications.  This solution is designed to support various business processes of manufacturing and asset-intensive companies.

You can use the Project-Driven Supply Chain solution to manage your supply chain processes in the context of projects without creating separate organizations for each project. You can also capture supply chain costs as project expenditures.

Create Supply in Back-to-Back Flows for Sales Orders That Include Project Details

Create a sales order that includes project details. You can now use supply that's specific to the project when you fulfill the item in a back-to-back flow. Send project details to the purchase order, transfer order, or work order. You can also collect expenditure details for the project in Oracle Project Financials Cloud.

Inventory Management

Relax Restrictions for Item Lot Attribute Changes for Additional Transactions

Relax restrictions for item lot attribute updates in additional transaction flows to improve flexibility when business requirements change.

View Lot Transaction Group, Lot Transaction Source, and Source Code in the Inventory Transactions Real Time Subject Area in OTBI

View Lot Transaction Group, Lot Transaction Source, and Source Code in the Inventory Transactions Real Time subject area in Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI).

Communicate Pick Confirm Information to External Systems Through a Business Event

Notify external systems of your pick confirm information through the use of a business event.

View the Source Document Number on the Review Item Supply and Demand Page

View the Source Document Number column when analyzing your supply and demand on the Review Item Supply and Demand page.

Product Recall Management

Locate Recalled Parts Transferred Across Business Units

Locate recalled parts that are sourced and transferred from different business units. This helps you to accurately locate parts for a recall notice.

Manage Product Recalls Using Enhanced User Interface

Filter using the Search option on the Manage Recall Parameters and Manage Regulatory Authorities pages to quickly find records you want to review or edit. Also, on the Manage Recall Notices, Review Notice, Review Duplicates, and Notice Details pages, you now see the recall notice number as the primary identifier of a recall notice, instead of the source document reference. This helps you to easily manage recall notices across the application.

Receiving

Default Lot and Serial Numbers from ASN or ASBN During Put Away

Default the lot and serial numbers that your supplier or warehouse users enter on the advance shipment notice (ASN) or advance shipment billing notice (ASBN) when putting your goods away into inventory.

Migrate ASN Integration with Oracle WMS Cloud from SOAP to REST Services

Migrate interfacing your advance shipment notices (ASNs) and advance shipment billing notices (ASBNs) from SOAP to REST services when integrating Oracle Inventory Management Cloud with Oracle WMS Cloud.

Provide Packing Details to an External Execution System Using a REST Resource

Use the Shipment Line, Packing Unit, and Outermost Packing Unit attributes in the Receipt Advice Lines REST resource to communicate additional details about a transfer order or return transfer order shipment to an external execution system.

View Manufacturer Name and Part Number from the Purchase Order in the Receiving Subject Areas in OTBI

View manufacturer name and part number from the purchase order in the Receiving subject areas in Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI).

View Lot and Serial Number Dimensions in the Receiving Subject Areas in OTBI

View the Lot and Serial Number dimensions in the following receiving subject areas within Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI): In-Transit Advanced Shipment Notifications Real Time, In-Transit Interorganization Inventory Transfers Real Time, In-Transit Shipments Real Time, and Transactions Real Time.

Intrastat Reporting

Update Intrastat Reporting for the United Kingdom's Exit from the European Union

Enable Intrastat reporting to support the regulatory changes mandated for the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.

NOTE: This feature was also made available in a monthly update of 21A and 20D.

Cost Management

Absorb Overheads by Transaction Type in Standard Costing

Determine whether overheads should be absorbed in standard cost accounting by transaction group and transactions types. This configuration allows you to account for overhead absorption for transactions, such as purchase order receipt, while not absorbing for other transactions, such as miscellaneous receipts or subinventory transfers.

Use a New OTBI Subject Area for COGS and Gross Margin

Use the New COGS and Gross Margin Details Real Time subject area in Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) to review your gross margin information for high volumes. In the Cost Accounting work area, use the Create Cost Accounting Distributions task to process cost reports before you use this subject area to create your reports.

Supply Chain Financial Orchestration

Document Sequencing Support for Intercompany Payables Invoices

Set up Payables document category while creating a financial orchestration flow to allow your business to uniquely sequence intercompany AP invoices.