Transcript New Features in Oracle Purchasing

New Features in Oracle
Purchasing 11.5.7
Presenter: Derk Weinheimer
Phone: 404-435-5029
Agenda
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Q&A
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Note: Release information taken from the
11i Product Release Notes provided by
Oracle Corporation.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Global Supervisor Support for Document
Approvals
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Ability to route and forward requisitions to
individuals in different business groups or
operating units to support a global
enterprise
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Enhancements to Email PO
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In Family Pack E, Oracle PO added e-mail as a
method of communicating with suppliers – and
workflow was modified to automatically e-mail the
PO once it was approved.
Now, buyers can send PO T&C’s as attachments in
the email body, and can have separate files for
T&C’s in different languages.
E-mail size limitations have also been addressed,
and is now restricted only by size of e-mail server.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Extend Single Source Sourcing Rules
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Using the Purchasing Documents Open
Interface, buyers can now automatically
extend sourcing rules based on imported
blanket agreements effectivity dates.
Allowed only if item is sourced from a
single supplier
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Autocreate Blanket Release when UOMs are
Different
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Requesters can now requisition items against
blanket purchase agreements in units of measure
which are different from those on the blanket.
During release creation, the requisition quantities
are converted to the blanket line’s UOM based on
defined UOM conversions.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Import Supplier Lot Numbers Through
Receiving Open Interface
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Businesses now have the ability to import
and reference supplier lot number
information in shipments and receipts
imported through the Receiving Open
Interface.
Includes transactions originating through
EDI and ASN’s.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Enhanced Project Contract Integration
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Users can now view Project Contracts
information in the Requisition Summary
form and the Purchasing Summary form
(This feature only available if have Oracle
Project Contracts installed).
Can enter contract number and version at
the line level of requisitions, quotations,
and purchase order documents.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
License Plate Number Support
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Oracle Purchasing has been enhanced to
allow users to perform returns and
corrections in Oracle Purchasing with full
visibility to the License Plate Number
information residing in Oracle WMS
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Supplier Lead Time in Quote Analysis
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Purchasing users can now make more
analytical decisions using the Analyze
Quotations functionality based on lead
time, as well as such factors as quality,
pricing, reliability, etc.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Multi-lingual support for Unit of Measure
Code
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Users can enter and view the UOM code in the
language of their session.
Example: if PO is created by a user who’s session
language is English, the UOM is displayed in
English. Later if the same document is viewed by
another user who’s session language is French,
the UOM will be displayed in French.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Automatic Creation of Debit Memos
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Oracle Purchasing now allows you to
automatically create debit memos from
Return to Supplier transactions.
As long as an invoice exists in the system,
an unapproved debit memo will be
automatically created in Oracle Payables.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Purchasing Documents Open Interface
Enhancements
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Ability to import the following with the
Purchasing Documents Open Interface:
 Blanket Purchase Agreements
 Catalog Quotations
 Standard Purchase Orders
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Electronic Data Interchange Flag
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If you are using EDI as a method to
communicate purchase orders or blanket
purchase agreements to suppliers, you can
now see a check box in the Approve
Documents window indicating that the
supplier site is setup for EDI.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Distribution Window Enhancements
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The following reference information has
been added to the Distributions window:
 Line Number
 Item Number
 Item Description
 Shipment Number
 Ship-to Organization
 Ship-to Location
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Projects and Task Enhancements
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Oracle Purchasing now copies project and
task information when creating a purchase
order by copying a quotation.
The user can also now search by project or
task in the Find Requisitions and Find
Purchase Order Summary windows.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Printed Purchase Order Report
Enhancements
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The option to exclude cancelled lines when
printing purchase orders or purchase
agreements.
The option to print releases with only the
agreement header alongside the release
information.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Enhanced Integration with Order
Management
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The following enhancements have been
made for better integration with OM:
 RMA Purge. When you purge RMA information
in Oracle OM, the corresponding receiving data
is purged from Oracle Purchasing.
 Internal Orders Across Sets of Books. Internal
Sales Orders can now be created and viewed in
the OU corresponding to the source org.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Tax integration Enhancements
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Tax handling has been enhanced with the
addition of Input Tax Groups, which can be
set up to automatically calculate tax
amounts for any number of tax codes
applicable to a purchase order shipment or
an invoice distribution line.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Euro Business Support for Purchasing
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The Oracle Euro Support for Purchasing
upgrade process allows you to convert
open purchase orders of any type, using
the conversion rules your business has
already established.
New Features in Release 11.5.7
Questions?