New Features in Oracle Purchasing Presenter: Derk Weinheimer Phone:

Agenda New Features in Release Q & A Note: Release information taken from the 11i Product Release Notes provided by Oracle Corporation.

New Features in Release Global Supervisor Support for Document Approvals Ability to route and forward requisitions to individuals in different business groups or operating units to support a global enterprise

New Features in Release Enhancements to PO In Family Pack E, Oracle PO added as a method of communicating with suppliers – and workflow was modified to automatically the PO once it was approved. Now, buyers can send PO T&C ’ s as attachments in the body, and can have separate files for T&C ’ s in different languages. size limitations have also been addressed, and is now restricted only by size of server.

New Features in Release Extend Single Source Sourcing Rules 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 Autocreate Blanket Release when UOMs are Different 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 Import Supplier Lot Numbers Through Receiving Open Interface 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 Enhanced Project Contract Integration 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 License Plate Number Support 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 Supplier Lead Time in Quote Analysis 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 Multi-lingual support for Unit of Measure Code 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 Automatic Creation of Debit Memos 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 Purchasing Documents Open Interface Enhancements Ability to import the following with the Purchasing Documents Open Interface:  Blanket Purchase Agreements  Catalog Quotations  Standard Purchase Orders

New Features in Release Electronic Data Interchange Flag 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 Distribution Window Enhancements 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 Projects and Task Enhancements 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 Printed Purchase Order Report Enhancements 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 Enhanced Integration with Order Management 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 Tax integration Enhancements 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 Euro Business Support for Purchasing 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.

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