Update 20A

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 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.

In this update, the Project-Driven Supply Chain solution is comprised of 11 features. The first nine features are part of the Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud applications, and the last two features are part of the Oracle Project Management Cloud applications:

• Segregate and Manage Project-Specific Inventory
• Receive Project-Specific Supply
• Pick Project-Specific Inventory
• Ship Project-Specific Inventory
• Transfer Project-Specific Inventory 
• Purchase Project-Specific Inventory
• Execute Project-Specific Manufacturing
• Perform Project-Specific Maintenance
• Execute Project-Striped Supply Chain Without Oracle Project Financials 
• Capture Project-Driven Supply Chain Material and Manufacturing Costs (Oracle Project Management Cloud feature)
• Capture and Capitalize Project-Driven Supply Chain Asset Maintenance Costs (Oracle Project Management Cloud feature)

The Project-Driven Supply Chain features in Oracle Procurement Cloud are described in this document.

Purchase Project-Specific Inventory

Create project-specific purchase requisitions and orders, create project commitments, and receive goods into project-specific inventory. Send material costs to the project as project expenditure.

Transfer Project-Specific Inventory

Transfer project-owned inventory from one inventory organization to another. Also, transfer inventory from a common inventory pool to project inventory, and send the cost of material to a project as an expenditure to the project.

Cross-Product Procurement Enhancements

Integrate and Extend Procurement Using REST Services

In this update, Oracle Procurement Cloud delivers modified REST APIs to enable and simplify integration with external systems.

Purchasing

Configure Page Number Display for Purchasing Document PDFs

Use the RTF template to configure the format and position of page numbers on your purchasing documents instead of using application-generated defaults.

Retroactive Pricing for Configure-to-Order Purchase Orders

Apply model and option price changes retroactively to purchase orders for configured items.

Add New Approved Requisitions to Existing Open Purchase Orders

Add new approved purchase requisition lines to existing open purchase orders. You can now add a requisition line to an existing open purchase order instead of creating a separate purchase order for the requisition.

Capture Supplier Discounts on Purchase Order Lines

Capture discounts from the base price of goods and services. You can specify discounts either in percentage or in amount, and you can specify a reason for the discount. In 19D, discount information could be entered only through the user interface. In this update, discount information can also be captured when you import orders from external applications. You can also include discount information in order PDFs and outbound B2B messages

Review and Recover B2B Electronic Supplier Communication Exceptions Using the Transaction Administration Console

Monitor and review failed B2B electronic supplier communication transactions. Using the Transaction Administration Console, you can recover failed transactions after reviewing the fault details. As an application administrator, you can now respond faster whenever a fault occurs, without needing to involve support, development, and operations.

Self Service Procurement

Upload the Packaging String Attribute Through the Agreement Loader Process

Upload the Packaging String attribute through the Agreement Loader process for description-based lines.

Shop for Master Items and Items Available on Blanket Agreements from a Punchout Site

Integrate a punchout catalog with an external marketplace. As a procurement requester, you can now shop for master items and agreement-based catalog items from a punchout site using a familiar user interface.

Use Oracle Content and Experience Cloud for Hosting Catalog Images

Use Oracle Content and Experience Cloud, a cloud-based content storage solution from Oracle, to upload images and use these images to set up catalogs in Oracle Self Service Procurement Cloud.

Sourcing

Enforce Sourcing Eligibility for Suppliers in Negotiations

Ensure suppliers are qualified as sourcing-eligible to participate in negotiations. Gain better control of supply base and procurement process compliance.

Download Requirement Attachments Organized by Sections

Download requirement attachments organized in a directory by sections, for improved document management.

Improve Visibility and Control for Linked Supplier Contracts

Improve negotiation and award approval rules with new contract-related approval attributes. Also, with new usability enhancements, you can drill down from the contract to the source negotiation, and track all purchasing documents and contracts created from the negotiation, in one place.

Update Scores on Behalf of a Team Member

Update requirement scores on behalf of another team member using either an offline scoring spreadsheet, which is available as of update 19D, or by entering scores online.

Supplier Qualification Management

Assess Supplier Eligibility for Sourcing

Assess whether a supplier is eligible to participate in sourcing negotiations.  Your assessment outcome determines the supplier’s eligibility status which is enforced during the sourcing process.

Default Qualification Owner by Procurement BU

Assign a specific qualification owner as default for different procurement business units when qualifying a supplier.

Supplier Model

Create Supplier User Accounts on Supplier Contact Import

Create supplier user accounts en masse and assign user roles as part of supplier contact import.

Validate Tax Registration Number Format in Supplier Registration

Ensure that the tax registration numbers meet the country-specific format requirements during supplier registration. You won't be allowed to submit a registration request with a tax registration number in an invalid format.

Improve Approval Rules for Internal Changes on Supplier Bank Accounts

Use additional approval attributes, such as Procurement BU, for supplier bank account change approvals. When you define approval rules for bank account changes by internal users, you can add these attributes to the rule conditions.