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:

Date	Product	Feature	Notes
17 MAY 2021	Supply Chain Collaboration	Export Aggregate Order Forecasts and Commits to Spreadsheets from the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits Page	Updated document. Made this an opt in feature.
19 MAR 2021			Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

SECURITY AND NEW FEATURES

The Role section of each feature identifies the security privilege and job role required to use the feature. If feature setup is required, then the Application Implementation Consultant job role is required to perform the setup, unless otherwise indicated. (If a feature doesn't include a Role section, then no security changes are required to use the feature.)

If you have created job roles, then you can use this information to add new privileges to those roles as needed. For details about how to compare your configured job roles to predefined job roles and add security artifacts to your configured job roles, see the Security Console and Roles and Role Assignments chapters in the Oracle SCM Cloud: Securing SCM guide on the Oracle Help Center.

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Pre-Update and Post-Update Tasks

Depending on the features you're using in your Cloud applications, you may be required to perform certain steps immediately before or after your quarterly update. For details of these pre-update and post-update steps and the product areas that are affected, refer to Oracle SCM Cloud: Performing Your Quarterly Update (doc ID 2337485.1) on My Oracle Support.

Optional Uptake of New Features (Opt In)

Oracle Cloud Applications delivers new updates every quarter. This means every three months you'll receive new functionality to help you efficiently and effectively manage your business. Some features are delivered Enabled meaning they are immediately available to end users. Other features are delivered Disabled meaning you have to take action to make available. Features delivered Disabled can be activated for end users by stepping through the following instructions using the following privileges:

• Review Applications Offering (ASM_REVIEW_APPLICATIONS_OFFERINGS_PRIV)
• Configure Oracle Fusion Applications Offering (ASM_CONFIGURE_OFFERING_PRIV)

Here’s how you opt in to new features:

1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > New Features.
2. On the Features Overview page, select your offering to review new features specific to it. Or, you can leave the default selection All Enabled Offerings to review new features for all offerings.
3. On the New Features tab, review the new features and check the opt-in status of the feature in the Enabled column. If a feature has already been enabled, you will see a check mark. Otherwise, you will see an icon to enable the feature.
4. Click the icon in the Enabled column and complete the steps to enable the feature.

In some cases, you might want to opt in to a feature that's not listed in the New Features work area. Here's how to opt in:

1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > Offerings.
2. On the Offerings page, select your offering, and then click Opt In Features.
3. On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features (pencil) icon for the offering, or for the functional area that includes your feature.
4. On the Edit Features page, complete the steps to enable the feature.

For more information and detailed instructions on opting in to new features for your offering, see Offering Configuration.

Opt In Expiration

Occasionally, features delivered Disabled via Opt In may be enabled automatically in a future update. This is known as an Opt In Expiration. If your cloud service has any Opt In Expirations you will see a related tab in this document. Click on that tab to see when the feature was originally delivered Disabled, and when the Opt In will expire, potentially automatically enabling the feature. You can also click here to see features with Opt In Expirations across all Oracle Cloud Applications.

Feature Summary

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

Use this feature to make sure the project expenditures that you see in inventory are accurate. If you create a sales order that includes project details in Order Management, then Supply Chain Orchestration will include your project details on the purchase order, transfer order, or work order. You can then receive or finish the item in project-specific inventory in your back-to-back flows.

Here's how it works.

1. You create a sales order in Order Management cloud that includes project details.
2. Order Management sends a supply request that includes project details to Supply Chain Orchestration.
3. Supply Chain Orchestration gets a supply recommendation from Global Order Promising according to the sourcing rules that you set up for your back-to-back fulfillment for the item.
4. Supply Chain Orchestration uses the supply recommendation to create a supply order.
5. Supply Chain Orchestration sends a request to create supply for a purchase order, transfer order, work order, or on-hand reservation.
6. Order Management sends the sales order details to Inventory Management.
7. Inventory Management creates shipment lines to fulfill the item.
8. Your back-to-back fulfillment uses a buy, make, transfer, or on-hand flow to create supply.

There are some unique differences for each of these flows.

Buy

• Supply Chain Orchestration creates a purchase requisition that includes project details from the sales order.
• Oracle Procurement converts the requisition into a purchase order with project details.
• Inventory Management receives the item and adds it to inventory that's specific for the project.
• You can't update the project attributes on a back-to-back purchase order.

Make

• Supply Chain Orchestration creates a back-to-back work order that includes project details form the sales order.

• Manufacturing completes the production and adds the item to the inventory that's specific for the project.

• You can't update the project and task on the work order that's reserved for the sales order, but you can update other project attributes for a work order that isn't released.

Transfer

• Supply Chain Orchestration sends a back-to-back transfer order request that includes project details from the sales order to Inventory Management.

• Inventory Management creates a transfer order that includes the project details, then interfaces the transfer order details to the warehouse.

• The warehouse manager uses the project details that are on the transfer order to identify the project-specific inventory to fulfill the item, then picks and ships the item.

• You can't update project attributes on the transfer order.

On-hand

• You can use the on-hand flow when on-hand supply is available in the fulfillment warehouse that you use for the back-to-back item.

• Global Order Promising sends a recommendation to Supply Chain Orchestration to reserve on-hand supply if on-hand inventory is found in the fulfillment warehouse.

• Supply Chain Orchestration uses project details from the sales order to reserve on-hand supply for the back-to-back order.

Inventory Management reserves the on-hand supply.

Use this feature to make sure the project expenditures that you see in inventory are accurate. Your purchase order, transfer order, or work order can now include project details from the sales order. Inventory Management uses these details to fulfill the item from inventory that's specific for the project, so you can accurately apply the cost that you incur for carrying inventory to each project.

If you don't use this feature, then Inventory Management uses common inventory to fulfill the item, and costs get averaged for all items that are in common inventory regardless of whether they are part of a project. This situation can result in project expenditures that aren't accurate because costs aren't specific to the project, and it might affect your project margins.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 21D

Tips And Considerations

• Global Order Promising doesn't consider project details.

• Use the Supply Chain Availability promising mode when you set up your available-to-promise (ATP) rule for each item that you fulfill in a back-to-back flow.

• Consider excluding on-hand supply for your back-to-back item. This will help to avoid a reservation failure for your project-specific inventory.

Key Resources

• For more information on this feature, refer to the following guide, available on the Oracle Help Center:
  • Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

• Watch Execute Project-Specific Back-to-Back Fulfillment Release Training

Role Information

Users with any of the following predefined job roles are automatically able to participate in the project-driven supply chain process:

• Project Administrator (ORA_PJF_PROJECT_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB)
• Supply Chain Application Administrator (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB)
• Order Entry Specialist (ORA_FOM_ORDER_ENTRY_SPECIALIST_JOB)
• Order Manager (ORA_DOO_ORDER_MANAGER_JOB)
• Supply Chain Operations Manager (ORA_DOS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_OPERATIONS_MANAGER_JOB)
• Warehouse Operator (ORA_INV_WAREHOUSE_OPERATOR_JOB)
• Warehouse Manager (ORA_INV_WAREHOUSE_MANAGER_JOB)
• Inventory Manager (ORA_INV_WAREHOUSE_MANAGER_JOB)
• Manufacturing Engineer (ORA_WIS_MANUFACTURING_ENGINEER_JOB)
• Production Supervisor (ORA_WIE_PRODUCTION_SUPERVISOR_JOB)
• Production Operator (ORA_WIE_PRODUCTION_OPERATOR_JOB)
• Procurement Manager (ORA_PO_PROCUREMENT_MANAGER_JOB)
• Buyer (ORA_PO_BUYER_JOB)Cost Accountant (ORA_CST_COST_ACCOUNTANT)
• Project Accountant (ORA_PJF_PROJECT_ACCOUNTANT_JOB)
• Project Manager (ORA_PJF_PROJECT_MANAGER_JOB)
• Project Billing Specialist (ORA_PJF_PROJECT_BILLING_SPECIALIST_JOB)

If you're maintaining your own configured job roles: no new privileges were introduced to support the Execution of Project-Specific Back-to-Back Fulfillment feature.

Collaboration Messaging Framework

Business-to-business (B2B) messaging is a key component of collaborative relationships and can increase the quality, quantity, and frequency of information that can be exchanged between trading partners.  However, the differences in B2B standards, technical capabilities of trading partners, and the diversity of trading partners can make this costly to establish and maintain.  Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility Cloud manages B2B communications with trading partners by leveraging the Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework, a next-generation B2B messaging platform that maps and routes standards-based B2B messages through a B2B solution provider, on-premise B2B application, or direct to the trading partner.  Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework is a common infrastructure component that is included with all Oracle Cloud Applications environments at no additional charge.  It is also tightly integrated with Oracle Cloud Applications, making it easy for Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud customers to set up and manage multiple trading partner connections.

Automate Processing of Inbound Order B2B Messages

Use the new Initiate Load Interface File for Import process on receipt of orders option to automatically load inbound orders into the interface tables for Oracle Order Management Cloud.

This option is available after you click Configure Additional Details for the PROCESS_PO_IN, CHANGE_PO_IN, and CANCEL_PO_IN documents on the Manage Collaboration Messaging Configuration page > Business Process Setup tab.

Initiate Load Interface File for Import Process on Receipt of Orders

This feature lets you automatically load orders into the interface tables for Oracle Order Management Cloud using the Load Interface File for Import scheduled process.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Consider the frequency and volume of your inbound orders when selecting this option because there may be an impact on performance for high-volume and high-frequency inbound orders.

Key Resources

Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature:
  • Manage Collaboration Messaging Configuration (CMK_MANAGE_COLLAB_MESG_CONFIG_PRIV)

Exchange Messages with Oracle Business Network Using the cXML B2B Protocol

For all new customers, cXML is the messaging standard for exchanging messages with Oracle Business Network. New predefined cXML message definitions are available for purchase orders, change orders, invoices and shipment.

An additional predefined message definition for cancel purchase orders, OBN-cXML-1-2-008-CancelOrderRequest-Out, is also provided.

To use these message definitions, you have to set up your trading partners with an Oracle Business Network service provider and associate with specific suppliers using the Manage Supplier B2B Configuration task.

You can make modifications to the message definitions if you need to change the order information you exchange with suppliers on the Oracle Business Network that accept cXML payloads.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • Manage Service Provider (CMK_MANAGE_SERVICE_PROVIDER_PRIV)
  • Manage B2B Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)
  • Manage B2B Supplier Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_SUPPLIER_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)

Manage B2B Messages to Synchronize External Supply Information with Supply Chain Planning

The Oracle B2B Supply Planning Data message is used to receive data from external organizations and in Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud the information is processed to synchronize on-hand balances, purchase orders, and work order details with Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud and Oracle Supply Chain Planning Cloud.

The Supply Planning Data message is part of the Supply Chain Operations business process setup. After you enable the Supply Chain Operations business process, the Supply Planning Data document is available for setup.

The predefined message definition for supply planning data is ORACLE_1.0_B2B_ SUPPLY_PLANNING_DATA_IN.

Supply Planning Data Message Definition

This new message allows external organizations to send you supply data that enhances your end-to-end supply visibility and allow you to react quickly to any upstream supply chain disruptions.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

• Oracle SCM Cloud Using Supply Chain Collaboration guide available on the Oracle Help Center

• For more information on synchronizing external supply Information with supply chain planning, watch Synchronize Supply Data Collected from External Organizations with Oracle Supply Planning Cloud Readiness Training

Role Information

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • Manage Service Provider (CMK_MANAGE_SERVICE_PROVIDER_PRIV)
  • Manage B2B Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)
  • Manage B2B Supplier Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_SUPPLIER_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)
  • Manage Collaboration Messaging History (CMK_COLLAB_MESG_HISTORY_PRIV)

Supply Chain Orchestration

Cancel Supply Lines for Work Orders That Involve Outside Processing

Keep your supply lines up to date with your work orders during outside processing. If Oracle Fusion Purchasing hasn't created a requisition for or cancels the purchase order for a work order, then you can use the Supply Orchestration work area to cancel the supply line that fulfills the work order. Canceling the supply line allows manufacturing to resend the request.

Resend supply requests for supply lines that involve outside processing.

Steps to Enable

Make the feature accessible by assigning or updating privileges and/or job roles. Details are provided in the Role section below.

No set up is necessary. The Supply Chain Operations Manager job role comes predefined with a new Cancel Supply Lines privilege that allows you to use this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Try it.

1. Go to the Supply Orchestration work area, then click Tasks > Manage Supply Lines.
2. On the Manage Supply Lines page, in the search results, click a link in the Supply Order Number column.
3. On the Supply Order Details page, click the supply line you need to cancel, then click Cancel Supply Line.

NOTE:

• You can only cancel a line that involves outside processing, and when Purchasing hasn't created a purchase requisition for the supply or cancels the purchase order for the work order that creates supply. If the line doesn't meet these conditions, then the Cancel Supply Line action isn't available.

• If you have created any custom roles that reference the Supply Chain Operations Manager role, then you must add the new Cancel Supply Lines privilege to your custom role.

Role Information

• Supply Chain Operations Manager

Supply Chain Collaboration

Today’s global supply chains increase manufacturers’ reliance on suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other trading partners. To be successful, companies must synchronize their activities across multiple tiers of trading parties. Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud enables companies to jointly plan supply, gain visibility into trading partner data, coordinate contract manufacturing execution, and measure performance across their trading networks. Trading partners are actively involved in the decision-making process, so they can exchange early warning signs and collaboratively resolve supply chain issues. Depending on the size and technical sophistication of each supplier, your company can interact using a portal-based user interface, standards-based B2B messages, or web services. Customers can also tailor Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud’s flexible, predefined business processes to their unique requirements. Enhanced collaboration results in more dynamic trading relationships, as well as increased reliability and efficiency of supply.

Export Aggregate Order Forecasts and Commits to Spreadsheets from the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits Page

Using the Export to Excel option in the Action menu, you can download order forecasts and commits displayed at an aggregate level in the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page to Microsoft Excel. This enables you to use the aggregate level data for offline data analysis.

You can perform offline data analysis by exporting aggregate level order forecasts and commits to a spreadsheet.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 21D

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Supply Chain Collaboration Planner (ORA_VCS_SUPPLY_COLLAB_PLANNER)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Enterprise User (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_ENTERPRISE)

• Supplier users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature in Supplier Portal:
  • Supplier Demand Planner (ORA_POS_SUPPLIER_DEMAND_PLANNER)

• Supplier users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature in Supplier Portal:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Supplier (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_SUPPLIER)

Specify a Date Range for Spreadsheet Downloads

Prior to this update, you could only download order forecasts and purchase order measures at the day level using a vertical layout format. With this update, you can download and commit to order forecasts in the aggregation level of your choice.

You can use the horizontal format when downloading order forecasts at the day level by specifying a horizon start date and end date. This will enable you to download the order forecasts, commits, and purchasing measures at day level for the period specified. 

The updated Download Forecasts dialog provides supply collaboration planners and supplier demand planners with the ability to select Day as an option for the aggregation level when the horizontal layout is selected. It also provides them with the ability to select Between as an option for horizon when either vertical or horizontal is selected for the layout.

Manage Order Forecasts and Commits: Download Forecasts

The updated Forecast Download Defaults section in Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings provides enterprise administrators with the ability to default Day as an option for the aggregation level when the horizontal layout is selected. It also provides them with the ability to select Between as an option for the horizon when either vertical or horizontal is selected for the layout.

Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings: Forecast Download Defaults

Improve your planning productivity by downloading order forecasts and commits in your preferred range and format.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 21D

Tips And Considerations

Selecting Day as the aggregation level when downloading in a horizontal layout limits your options for horizon to Between, only. The upper limit is set to 90 days by default, but you can increase the default by updating the FORECAST_DL_HORIZONTAL_DAYS_UPPER_LIMIT setting using collaborationParameters REST. Increasing the default may impact performance when downloading order forecasts in a horizontal layout aggregated daily. There is no upper limit when downloading order forecasts in a vertical layout or when aggregating weekly. Consider your business use case to determine your optimal settings.

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Supply Chain Collaboration Planner (ORA_VCS_SUPPLY_COLLAB_PLANNER)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Enterprise User (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_ENTERPRISE)

• Supplier users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature in Supplier Portal:
  • Supplier Demand Planner (ORA_POS_SUPPLIER_DEMAND_PLANNER)

• Supplier users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature in Supplier Portal:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Supplier (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_SUPPLIER)

Configuration

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to configure this feature:
  • Supply Chain Application Administrator (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to configure this feature:
  • Manage Collaboration Settings (VCS_MANAGE_SCC_SETTINGS_PRIV)

Delete an Order Forecast for a Collaboration Relationship Using a REST Service

Typically, you publish order forecasts to your suppliers on a defined cadence, termed collaboration cycle. Sometimes, you may inadvertently publish an incorrect order forecast for a collaboration relationship to the supplier. In such scenarios, you republish the order forecast in between collaboration cycles. However, the erroneous order forecast published for a collaboration relationship will still be visible to the supplier. With this update, you can use the Collaboration Order Forecast History and Collaboration Order Forecast REST services to delete the erroneous order forecasts.

You can use the Collaboration Order Forecast History and Collaboration Order Forecast REST services to delete erroneous order forecasts and ensure the demand statement published to the supplier is correct.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides, available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > REST API. If you're new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

For Collaboration Order Forecast History REST service:

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Supply Chain Integration Specialist (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_INTEGRATION_SPECIALIST)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature:
  • Purge Historical Collaboration Records (VCS_PURGE_HISTORICAL_RECORD)

For Collaboration Order Forecast REST service:

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Supply Chain Integration Specialist (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_INTEGRATION_SPECIALIST)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature:
  • Delete Collaboration Order Forecasts (VCS_DELETE_COLLAB_ORDER_FORECAST)

NOTE: Users can only delete what they can view. For example, if a user has both Delete Collaboration Order Forecasts and View Order Forecast privileges, they can only delete order forecasts they have data security access to view. However, if a user has both Delete Collaboration Order Forecasts and Manage Collaboration Order Forecasts using a Web Service privileges, they can delete any order forecast.

Use Business Unit Resolution Rules for External Plans

A supplier site can serve multiple procurement business units. This can lead to ambiguities when assigning the correct business to a collaboration relationship to collaborate on order forecasts and supplier commits.

With this update, you can indicate the procurement business unit to be used for externally sourced collaboration plans. On the Manage Supply Collaboration Network page, you can select Business Unit Resolution Rules and search by organizations, suppliers, or supplier sites for the procurement business unit to use. You can associate only a valid procurement business unit that already exists for the specific supplier and supplier site in Oracle Procurement Cloud. You can also use the Collaboration Business Unit Resolution Rules REST service to set the procurement business unit.

The new Manage Supply Collaboration Network: Business Unit Resolution Rules page helps enterprise administrators manage business unit resolution rules for externally managed plans. You can search using attributes such as Organization, Supplier, Supplier Site, Procurement BU, Source System, Created Date, and Created By.

Manage Supply Collaboration Network: Business Unit Resolution Rules

To ensure smooth business operations, you can use the business unit resolution rules to assign a unique procurement business unit for externally sourced collaboration plans.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

• If your supplier data model has unique supplier site names across all procurement business units, meaning the same supplier site name for a single supplier is not assigned to multiple procurement business units, there is no need for you to create any business unit resolution rules.

• If your new business unit resolution rules resolve your supplier site names to different procurement business units for existing order forecasts you may will need to:
  • Create new collaboration relationships prior to publishing a new cycle, or convert relationship candidates post publishing a new cycle.
  • Evaluate the impact your Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) historical supplier performance and waterfall reports. This new procurement business unit association for a given order forecast could disrupt your reports since you are now resolving to a new supplier site and business unit.

• You will also need to consider the impact to your suppliers’ data access. If you control supplier data access at the supplier site level, you will need to determine if any new business unit resolution rules will resolve supplier sites to a different procurement business unit and adjust supplier data access as needed.

Key Resources

• Watch Use Business Unit Resolution Rules for External Plans Readiness Training

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Supply Chain Application Administrator (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access this feature:
  • Mange Supply Planning Network Relationships (VCS_MANAGE_SUPPLY_RELATIONSHIPS)