Update 22C

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Overview

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Procurement Common

Common Procurement

Integrate and Extend Procurement Using REST Services

In this update, Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement and Oracle Fusion Cloud Self Service Procurement deliver new and modified REST APIs to enable and simplify integration with external systems.

Collaboration Messaging Framework

Collaboration Messaging Framework

Retrieve Large Purchase Order Payloads for B2B Messaging

Configure Oracle Collaboration Messaging to process very large outbound purchase orders when B2B communication is initiated. The payload for a very large purchase order is retrieved in smaller parts from Oracle Purchasing and then combined and delivered as one purchase order, resulting in improved performance.

NOTE: This feature was also made available in the May monthly update of 22B.

Send UBL PEPPOL Invoice Responses to Suppliers

Use the Universal Business Language (UBL) Application Response message to send Pan-European Public Procurement Online (PEPPOL) Business Interoperability Specifications Invoice Response 3.0 messages to suppliers using PEPPOL access points.

Procurement

Complex Work Procurement

Complex Work Procurement is an end-to-end integrated solution across the Oracle Procurement Cloud, Oracle Financials Cloud, and Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud applications. This solution is designed to model procurement of complex contracts in industries such as construction, consulting, and professional services. Complex work contracts tend to have high dollar values and long lead times, and are governed by complex payment terms. You can use Complex Work Procurement to manage various aspects of the acquisition processes involved in procuring complex work.

View Work Confirmation Summary in the Order Life Cycle

View work confirmations summary in the order life cycle for progress payment schedules. In update 22B, the Purchase Order Life Cycle and Schedule Life Cycle pages could only show details of the receipt generated from an approved work confirmation. In this update, these pages now show additional information such as work performed in the current period, work approved in earlier periods, total work completed, and remaining balances for the progress payment schedules.

Purchasing

Use the Deliver-to Inventory Organization Time Zone When Fulfilling Supply Chain Demand

Use the time zone specified on the inventory organization definition for deriving the local time zone for delivery and shipping locations. With this feature, Oracle Order Management back-to-back sales orders, Oracle Supply Planning, and Oracle Manufacturing can communicate the requested delivery or shipping dates to Procurement in the time zone of the deliver-to and ship-to organizations. This ensures that the requested dates on purchase requisitions aren’t past dates as per the time zone specified in the deliver-to organization in the upstream applications.

Add New Approved Back-to-Back Requisitions to Open Purchase Orders

Add new approved back-to-back purchase requisition lines to existing open purchase orders.  In 20A, requisition lines tied to sales orders couldn't be added to existing open purchase orders. In this update, this restriction is lifted for requisition lines tied to back-to-back sales orders.

U.S. Federal Purchase Order Attributes

Assign U.S. Federal attributes on purchase orders for Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS) and Data Act Reporting.

External Purchase Prices

Map a Source UOM to Different UOM Codes

Configure UOMs by mapping the same source UOM to different UOM codes for different source suppliers.

Manage Prices for the Same Manufacturer Part Number from Different Manufacturers

Manage different external purchase prices for the same manufacturer part number from different manufacturers by treating them as different manufacturer part numbers.

Import Supplier Parts for Lines with Item Number Without Defining a Trading Partner Relationship

Import supplier part numbers for external purchase prices with item numbers that don’t have a trading partner relationship defined. Now, defining a trading partner relationship for the supplier part numbers for internal items isn’t mandatory, and such supplier part numbers are included in the purchase agreements.

Configure Supplier Site Mapping with Procurement BU

Configure supplier site mapping for a source supplier by assigning the source supplier value to multiple supplier sites where the supplier sites belong to different procurement business units.

Derive Line Type from Configure Procurement Business Function Setup

Derive the line type for purchase agreements created by external purchase prices from the default line type defined in the Configure Procurement Business Function task. This task in the Setup and Maintenance work area is a part of the Procurement offering in the Procurement Foundation functional area.

Item Replacement

Review Purchase Orders Impacted by Mass Replacement

Review the summary of purchase order lines that have undergone mass replacement for a replacement task. You can also view the replacement action taken against each line and the replacement line details as a historical reference.

Supplier Model

Configure Sender Name and Email in Supplier Management Notifications

Configure the From name and email address in supplier notifications so they're recognized as coming from your organization. You can monitor out-of-office emails from suppliers by receiving auto-replies, and bounce-back emails if delivery to a supplier contact isn't successful. Avoid registration related notifications landing in the spam folder of your suppliers.

Maintain Multiple Supplier Emails for Communicating Purchase Orders

Maintain multiple email recipients on supplier sites for communicating purchase orders. These emails are automatically added to a purchase order with no manual intervention.

Sourcing

Configure Sender Name and Email in Sourcing Notifications

Configure the From name and email address in supplier notifications so they're recognized as coming from your organization. You can monitor out-of-office emails from suppliers by receiving auto-replies, and bounce-back emails if delivery to a supplier contact isn't successful. Take prompt follow-up action for time-sensitive supplier notifications like invitation or award.

Send Invitation Email to Supplier Contacts with No User Account

Ensure that negotiations are communicated to supplier contacts that don't have a supplier portal user account. The negotiation invitation and PDF will now be emailed to any selected supplier contact.

Supplier Qualification Management

Access Initiatives Using Deep Links

New deep links provide easy navigation directly to initiatives without using the menu structure. You can use these links in a variety of ways, such as in business intelligence reports and third-party application pages.

Configure Sender Name and Email in Supplier Qualification Notifications

Configure the From name and email address in supplier notifications so they're recognized as coming from your organization. You can monitor out-of-office emails from suppliers by receiving auto-replies, and bounce-back emails if delivery to a supplier contact isn't successful. Reduce potential delays or miscommunications on time-sensitive supplier notifications such as respond to questionnaire.

Spend Classification

Create a New Data Set from an Existing One

Copy an existing data set to create a new data set. This action is available for user generated data sets and not for seeded data sets, such as Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Invoices, and Expenses. This reduces the effort that would otherwise be spent uploading using an FBDI template. Additionally, you can now edit the purpose of an existing data set from the data sets tab.

Track Progress of the Classification Process for a Batch

Estimate the time in which the classification process is expected to be completed. The batch summary now shows a visual percentage indicator that refreshes periodically to track progress of the classification process.

Create Focused Sample Training Sets

Refine and create a focused sample training set with the Create Sample Training Set action. The filters, transaction dates and business unit provide a guided flow for creating a sample training set with clear indicators and help for default and advanced settings.

Determine the Batch Source and Transaction Period Within a Batch

Use the timestamps of the earliest and latest records that are now available in the batch details, to help you determine the time period of the transactions in a batch. The name of the data set from which the batch was created is also available as part of the batch details.

Procurement Contracts

Notify When Contracts Are Shared in the Supplier Portal

Contract managers can notify suppliers when they share the contract for their review. Suppliers receive notifications by email and can view contract notifications in Oracle Supplier Portal. Having uploaded their updates, suppliers can notify the contract manager that the contract is ready for review directly from the Manage Contracts task in the Supplier Portal. As a result, communication between your organization and your suppliers is streamlined, and you can work together to process negotiation rounds more efficiently.

Use DocuSign OAuth 2.0 Authentication When Signing Contracts

Sign contracts electronically with OAuth 2.0 authentication. OAuth 2.0 provides better security and reduces the compliance risks associated with liability and privacy law.