Update 21B

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Overview

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

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Demand Management

Generate Forecast Starting from the Product Launch Date

Honor the product launch date specified and generate the statistical forecast starting from the launch date.

Purge Collected Measure Data Within a Selected Time Range

Delete collected measure data from the Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Planning data repository for a specified number of days or a specified time range. Use this capability to purge data that is no longer needed, clear existing data before doing a reload, or remove invalid data that was inadvertently loaded.

Show and Hide Levels for Filters on Tables and Graphs

Quickly and easily enable and disable the levels that appear on the filter bar for tables and graphs. Choose the filter levels to apply without changing the table or graph configuration.

Format Measures to Preserve User-Level Changes

Use the Format Measures action to make table or graph changes that are user-specific. If you're not the owner of the table or graph, then any measure formatting you define takes precedence over the owner's measure formatting and is visible only to you.

Import Data Into a Planning Table Using Batch Mode

Import a large volume of data from other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, to a planning table asynchronously, which enables you to work on other planning tasks while waiting for the data to load.

Extract Planning Measure Data from Plan Output

When analyzing a plan, you can use the action Export Plan Data to extract detailed supply chain planning multidimensional plan output data including measures and hierarchies to Oracle Universal Content Management. You can use this information for external reporting.

Configure Disaggregation Rules for Statistical Forecast

Disaggregate a statistical forecast generated at an aggregate level to selected item combinations. You can configure a user-defined measure to identify the item combinations to be forecasted.

Replenishment Planning

Maintain optimum inventory levels at each node of your supply chain to meet customer service targets at the lowest inventory cost. Use automated processes to maintain inventory policy parameters and improve customer service levels. These automated processes dynamically update the inventory to keep on hand and reduce costs by calculating the economic order quantity for replenishment when appropriate.

After you opt in to the feature named Replenishment Planning, you can use the features described in this section.

Purge Collected Measure Data Within a Selected Time Range

Delete collected measure data from the Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Planning data repository for a specified number of days or a specified time range. Use this capability to purge data that is no longer needed, clear existing data before doing a reload, or remove invalid data that was inadvertently loaded.

Show and Hide Levels for Filters on Tables and Graphs

Quickly and easily enable and disable the levels that appear on the filter bar for tables and graphs. Choose the filter levels to apply without changing the table or graph configuration.

Analyze the Effect of Past-Due Forecast on Forecast Consumption

Improve the ability to verify and understand forecast consumption results by looking at the new Past Due Gross Forecast measure.

Format Measures to Preserve User-Level Changes

Use the Format Measures action to make table or graph changes that are user-specific. If you're not the owner of the table or graph, then any measure formatting you define takes precedence over the owner's measure formatting and is visible only to you.

Import Data Into a Planning Table Using Batch Mode

Import a large volume of data from other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, to a planning table asynchronously, which enables you to work on other planning tasks while waiting for the data to load.

Extract Planning Measure Data from Plan Output

When analyzing a plan, you can use the action Export Plan Data to extract detailed supply chain planning multidimensional plan output data including measures and hierarchies to Oracle Universal Content Management. You can use this information for external reporting.

Extract Available Sources for an Item Organization Using a REST Service

Use a REST service to extract available upstream sources, and their attributes, associated with sourcing for a specific item organization.

Configure Disaggregation Rules for Statistical Forecast

Disaggregate a statistical forecast generated at an aggregate level to selected item combinations. You can configure a user-defined measure to identify the item combinations to be forecasted.

Manage Inventory Policy Assignments Using REST Services

Use REST services to add or modify inventory policy assignments and segment-level inventory policy parameters. In addition, you can extract, add, or modify policy overrides at the item-location level.

Manage Planning Demands and Planning Supplies in a Replenishment Plan Using REST Services

Use REST services to retrieve and update demand or supply data, such as sales orders, planned supplies, transfer orders, and purchase orders, and optionally create manual demands or planned orders, specific to a replenishment plan.

Supply Planning

Purge Collected Measure Data Within a Selected Time Range

Delete collected measure data from the Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Planning data repository for a specified number of days or a specified time range. Use this capability to purge data that is no longer needed, clear existing data before doing a reload, or remove invalid data that was inadvertently loaded.

Show and Hide Levels for Filters on Tables and Graphs

Quickly and easily enable and disable the levels that appear on the filter bar for tables and graphs. Choose the filter levels to apply without changing the table or graph configuration.

Configure the Precision of Resource Usage Calculations

Set the precision of resource usage calculations using a planning profile option, which enables you to accurately estimate resource requirements in large volume manufacturing situations. Previously the maximum precision was preset to 0.000001, and you couldn't change it.

Plan Based on Workday Patterns in a Resource Calendar

For planning calculations, consider the more granular workday patterns in a resource calendar, instead of the manufacturing calendar of the inventory organization where the resource resides.

Plan to Request Date

Plan considering the request date on orders, rather than the schedule date, to evaluate the possibility to improve customer satisfaction.

Offset Dependent Demand Due Dates When Planning in Aggregate Time Buckets

When planning multilevel supply chain bills in aggregate time buckets, specify at which bill levels dependent demands must be offset into the previous aggregate time bucket. This capability ensures that subassemblies and components of manufacturing assemblies with lengthy cumulative manufacturing lead times are manufactured and procured on time in the correct aggregate time bucket.

Manage Simulation Changes for Supplier Items Using a REST Service

Use a REST service to add, change, or delete supplier item-specific information, such as lead times and order modifiers, in the context of simulation sets.

Format Measures to Preserve User-Level Changes

Use the Format Measures action to make table or graph changes that are user-specific. If you're not the owner of the table or graph, then any measure formatting you define takes precedence over the owner's measure formatting and is visible only to you.

Import Data Into a Planning Table Using Batch Mode

Import a large volume of data from other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, to a planning table asynchronously, which enables you to work on other planning tasks while waiting for the data to load.

Extract Planning Measure Data from Plan Output

When analyzing a plan, you can use the action Export Plan Data to extract detailed supply chain planning multidimensional plan output data including measures and hierarchies to Oracle Universal Content Management. You can use this information for external reporting.

Extract Available Sources for an Item Organization Using a REST Service

Use a REST service to extract available upstream sources, and their attributes, associated with sourcing for a specific item organization.

Order Backlog Management

Reschedule your order backlog by prioritizing orders based on flexible demand priority rules. You can simulate the effect of different rules to find the best combination of scheduled dates and sources based upon the latest supply information, and release the updated orders to order management systems for execution.

After you opt in to the feature named Order Backlog Management, you can use the features described in this section.

Extract Available Sources for an Item Organization Using a REST Service

Use a REST service to extract available upstream sources, and their attributes, associated with sourcing for a specific item organization.

Generate Data Files to Diagnose Backlog Management Technical and Configuration Issues

As part of your plan run, you now have the option to generate data files that will help administration and support staff diagnose any technical or configurations issues.

Production Scheduling

Generate feasible factory schedules that maximize shop floor throughput and return on investment in resources and labor. You can calculate, manage, and monitor realistic schedules that the shop floor can execute on, while optimizing the usage of critical resources and meeting customer demand on time as best as possible.

Configure Setups for Production Scheduling

Manage changeover rules and attribute value colors to configure your production scheduling process.

Manage Maintenance Work Orders

Schedule maintenance work orders in Oracle Cloud Production Scheduling to align them to shop floor maintenance strategy.

Project-Driven Supply Chain

Project-Driven Supply Chain is an end-to-end, integrated solution across the Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud 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.

After you opt in to the feature named Project-Driven Supply Chain, you can use the feature described in this section.

Plan Safety Stock Using Days of Cover

Apply the days of cover safety stock strategy for items in a project-driven supply plan. Safety stock is maintained at the common level, not at the project-specific level.

Sales and Operations Planning

Simulate with Safety Stock Measure Data from Supply Planning

Use safety stock information obtained from supply plans to simulate aggregate planning scenarios in sales and operations plans.

Purge Collected Measure Data Within a Selected Time Range

Delete collected measure data from the Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Planning data repository for a specified number of days or a specified time range. Use this capability to purge data that is no longer needed, clear existing data before doing a reload, or remove invalid data that was inadvertently loaded.

Show and Hide Levels for Filters on Tables and Graphs

Quickly and easily enable and disable the levels that appear on the filter bar for tables and graphs. Choose the filter levels to apply without changing the table or graph configuration.

Format Measures to Preserve User-Level Changes

Use the Format Measures action to make table or graph changes that are user-specific. If you're not the owner of the table or graph, then any measure formatting you define takes precedence over the owner's measure formatting and is visible only to you.

Import Data Into a Planning Table Using Batch Mode

Import a large volume of data from other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, to a planning table asynchronously, which enables you to work on other planning tasks while waiting for the data to load.

Extract Planning Measure Data from Plan Output

When analyzing a plan, you can use the action Export Plan Data to extract detailed supply chain planning multidimensional plan output data including measures and hierarchies to Oracle Universal Content Management. You can use this information for external reporting.

Manage Simulation Changes for Supplier Items Using a REST Service

Use a REST service to add, change, or delete supplier item-specific information, such as lead times and order modifiers, in the context of simulation sets.

Extract Available Sources for an Item Organization Using a REST Service

Use a REST service to extract available upstream sources, and their attributes, associated with sourcing for a specific item organization.