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Whats new in R12 Purchasing?

Agenda: y Buyers Workbench Centre y Document management y iProcurement enhancements y Approval Support y Web-based features

Requisition & Purchase Order Management y Buyers Workbench Centre:

y Intuitive User Interface y Streamlined Workflow y Flexible Personalization

Intuitive User Interface

y A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information
Access Purchasing Documents in a Few Clicks

Intuitive User Interface

y A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information

Hyperlink To Related Documents

Intuitive User Interface

y A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information

Use Documents Modification Tools Seamlessly

Intuitive User Interface

y A New Buyers Work Center Provides a New Central Location For Purchasing Information

Create New Documents Easily

Intuitive User Interface

y Views Provide Immediate Access to Relevant Information

Personalized Views are Easily Created to Meet Individual, Operating Unit, or Organization Needs.

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View
Select Personalize

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View
Duplicate an Existing View or Create a View Using Your Criteria.

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View

Defaults

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View
Specify Sorting Preferences

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View
Apply Relevant Filters

Intuitive User Interface

y Create a Personalized View
y Seeded Views Cannot be Altered through the Interface y Newly Rendered Fields Are Visible After Being Enabled in the Application

Intuitive User Interface

y Finding Specific Requisition Types
y Forms Require Additional, Non-Intuitive Steps y Views Quickly Provide Search Results

Intuitive User Interface

y Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select AutoCreate

Intuitive User Interface

y Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select the Status Tab

Intuitive User Interface

y Using Forms to Find Urgent Requisitions
Change Urgent To Yes

Select Find

Intuitive User Interface

y Using a View to Find Urgent Requisitions

Select the Urgent Requisition View And Go.

Intuitive User Interface

y Using a View to Find Urgent Requisitions

Intuitive User Interface

y Use Views to Quickly Find Multiple Document Types

y Late Requisitions y Unassigned Requisitions y Requisitions Requiring an RFQ y Suggested Supplier y Requisitions for Goods y Requisitions for Services y New Suppliers y Criteria You Specify with a Personalized View

Streamlined Workflow
y Modify Documents Easily
y Integrated Tools Allow Intuitive, Easy Document Modification y Streamlined Work Processes Increase Productivity

Streamlined Workflow y Modify Documents Easily

Add To/Create New Documents Return to Requestor Reassign to Another Buyer Replace with a Catalog Item* Replace with Your Favorites* Split the Requisition * New Features in Release 12

Streamlined Workflows
y Return Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Streamlined Workflows
y Return Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Streamlined Workflow
y Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Select the Unassigned Requisitions View

Streamlined Workflow
y Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Streamlined Workflow
y Reassign Unassigned Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Specify New Buyer & Apply Changes

Streamlined Workflow
y Splitting a Requisition
y The Original Line is Split Into Additional Lines Previously Split Lines Can Be Split Again When Needed Splitting More Than Two Ways is Possible Using Forms y The Original Line Item Is Flagged As Modified and Does Not Reflect on the Books

Streamlined Workflow
y Split a Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Select the Split Icon on the Desired Requisitions Line

Streamlined Workflow
y Split a Requisition Using the Buyers Work Center

Enter New Quantities and Save

Streamlined Workflow
y Replace With a Catalog Item/Catalog Favorite
Select Replace with Catalog Item Icon

Flexible Personalization
y Customizable to Meet Business Needs
y Built on Same Framework as iProcurement, iService, iExpense, etc. y Show Result Fields Relevant to individual Procedures y Hide Irrelevant Result Fields y Create Custom Views with Specific Information

Requisition Management
y Release 12 offers more efficient ways to manage demand y Views provide access to relevant information y Integrated tools streamline workflow processes y Customization offers a tailored interface to meet business needs

iProcurement Enhancements
Improved Content Management y Enhanced catalog authoring y Supplier authored content thru iSupplier y Difference summary for catalog changes y Unified catalog y Approval, revision control & archive for catalog data global agreements y Content security

Advanced Approval Support

Expanded & enhanced integration with Oracle Approvals Management y Position based hierarchy approvals y Parallel approvals y FYI notifications

New Web-based Setups

Tolerance setups

New Web-based Setups (Contd)

Other enhancements
y y y y Multi Org Access Control (MOAC) Document publishing E-Business Tax More

Questions?

Thank you!

Andy Stakiw astakiw@impacservices.com