List all the implementation steps for Oracle eAM module ?
1) Setting Up Organizations
2) Enabling Organizations for Enterprise Asset Management
3) Defining eAM Parameters
4) Setting Up Areas
5) Defining Departments and Resources
6) Defining Department Approvers
7) Defining Miscellaneous Documents
8) Defining Lookups including
- Activity Types
- Activity Causes
- Activity Sources
- Asset Activity Priorities
- Cost Category Codes
- Criticality Codes
- Asset Import Scope Codes
- Asset Import Statuses
- Contact Preferences
- Work Request Statuses
- Work Request Types
- Work Order and Work Request Priority Codes
- Work Order Reconciliation Codes
- Work Order Types
9) Setting Up Category Codes
10) Defining Asset Groups
11) Defining Activities
12) Activity Association Templates
13) Setting Up Attribute Groups
14) Defining Asset Documents
15) Defining Asset Numbers
16) Defining Asset Routes
17) Setting Up Asset Bills of Material
18) Defining Activities
19) Navigating the Activity Workbench
20) Defining Maintenance Routes
21) Setting Up Maintenance Bills of Material
22) Associating Asset Numbers with Activities
23) Creating Activity Templates
24) Defining Rebuildable Items
25) Defining Rebuildable Serial Numbers
26) Rebuildable Item/Activity Association
27) Defining Rebuildable Bills of Material
28) To set up a Non-Stock Direct Item
29) Project and Task Setup
30) Defining Meter Templates
31) Defining Meters
32) Associating Meter Templates with Asset Groups
33) Associating Meters with Asset Numbers
34) Defining Set Names
35) Defining a Preventive Maintenance Template
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Which responsibilities are automatically created during installation process of EAM ?
Which responsibilities are automatically created during installation process of EAM ?
When installing Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, the installation process automatically creates the following five responsibilities:
a) Oracle Enterprise Asset Management
b) Maintenance User Workbench
c) Maintenance Super User
d) Self-Service Work Requests
e) Self Service Time and Expenses
The 'Oracle Enterprise Asset Management' responsibility mentioned above is a super user responsibility. It includes the necessary functions to set up and implement Oracle Enterprise Asset Management.
When installing Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, the installation process automatically creates the following five responsibilities:
a) Oracle Enterprise Asset Management
b) Maintenance User Workbench
c) Maintenance Super User
d) Self-Service Work Requests
e) Self Service Time and Expenses
The 'Oracle Enterprise Asset Management' responsibility mentioned above is a super user responsibility. It includes the necessary functions to set up and implement Oracle Enterprise Asset Management.
Which are pre-requisites for installing EAM module ?
Which are pre-requisites for installing EAM module ?
a) Configuring Concurrent Managers and Printers
b) Set up Responsibilities and assigning responsibilities as per requirements
c) Setting up Workflow module if work request(s) require approval from a maintenance department user
a) Configuring Concurrent Managers and Printers
b) Set up Responsibilities and assigning responsibilities as per requirements
c) Setting up Workflow module if work request(s) require approval from a maintenance department user
Mandatory and Optional Oracle Applications modules for Oracle EAM
To work with EAM, which are the Mandatory and Optional Oracle Applications modules/products?
Mandatory modules are
a) Inventory
b) Bills of Material
c) Cost Management
d) Work in Process
e) Manufacturing Scheduling
f) Quality
g) Human Resource
Optional modules are
a) MS/MRP
b) Fixed Assets
c) Oracle Financials modules
d) iProcurement
e) Purchasing
f) Order management
g) Oracle Projects
h) Property Manager
i) Project Manufacturing
j) Time and labor
k) Oracle Service
Mandatory modules are
a) Inventory
b) Bills of Material
c) Cost Management
d) Work in Process
e) Manufacturing Scheduling
f) Quality
g) Human Resource
Optional modules are
a) MS/MRP
b) Fixed Assets
c) Oracle Financials modules
d) iProcurement
e) Purchasing
f) Order management
g) Oracle Projects
h) Property Manager
i) Project Manufacturing
j) Time and labor
k) Oracle Service
Monday, December 29, 2008
What is a kit ? How does it differ from PTO ?
What is a kit ? How does it differ from PTO ?
A kit is a PTO item which consists of a standard list of mandatory components (or included items) i.e standard bills of material which you pick, pack and ship when you process a customer sales order for that item. A kit is similar to a pick–to–order model because it has shippable components, but it has no available options to choose like PTO model and customer places a sales order directly by its item code number and not by using the configuration window (selecting from various options).
In Oracle Inventory module, kit item type and kit item template are pre-defined by Oracle and are supplied along with software.
An example of a product kit is a motor car maintenance kit which consists spanners, jack etc.It is quite possible that each kit component is in different stock keeping unit( SKU). The word ‘Kitting’ is used when you make a kit after picking it's components from subinventory/ies and pack it. For example making a bundle of a kit components is called kitting. In short, kit is a bundle of various mandatory components which a merchant /manufacturer sells as a master product.
A kit is a PTO item which consists of a standard list of mandatory components (or included items) i.e standard bills of material which you pick, pack and ship when you process a customer sales order for that item. A kit is similar to a pick–to–order model because it has shippable components, but it has no available options to choose like PTO model and customer places a sales order directly by its item code number and not by using the configuration window (selecting from various options).
In Oracle Inventory module, kit item type and kit item template are pre-defined by Oracle and are supplied along with software.
An example of a product kit is a motor car maintenance kit which consists spanners, jack etc.It is quite possible that each kit component is in different stock keeping unit( SKU). The word ‘Kitting’ is used when you make a kit after picking it's components from subinventory/ies and pack it. For example making a bundle of a kit components is called kitting. In short, kit is a bundle of various mandatory components which a merchant /manufacturer sells as a master product.
What is Configure to order (CTO) ?
What is Configure to order (CTO) ?
It is a method of manufacturing which allows you, or your customer, to choose a base product at the very moment of ordering and then configure all the variable parameters (features) associated with that product from defined/available options.
Based on these selections, configurable items on each quote or order typically generates the unique product configuration and manufacturing routing and/or bill of materials based on various features and options. Vendor/order receiving company subsequently builds that configuration dynamically upon receipt of the order. The ability of the vendor to make and deliver products customized to specific customer needs offers a powerful competitive edge over competitors.
CTO is an environment in which the product or service is assembled or kitted on receipt of the sales order. Oracle EBS supports the Configure to Order environment with a range of features in order entry, demand forecasting, master scheduling, production, shipping, and financial accounting.
Configure to Order includes Pick-to-Order (PTO) and Assemble-to-Order (ATO) items, models, and hybrids. It supports building configurations using other configurations as sub-assemblies (multi-level configure-to-order), internal and external sourcing of ATO models at any level in the BOM and supports multi-level PTO/ATO hybrids.
It is a method of manufacturing which allows you, or your customer, to choose a base product at the very moment of ordering and then configure all the variable parameters (features) associated with that product from defined/available options.
Based on these selections, configurable items on each quote or order typically generates the unique product configuration and manufacturing routing and/or bill of materials based on various features and options. Vendor/order receiving company subsequently builds that configuration dynamically upon receipt of the order. The ability of the vendor to make and deliver products customized to specific customer needs offers a powerful competitive edge over competitors.
CTO is an environment in which the product or service is assembled or kitted on receipt of the sales order. Oracle EBS supports the Configure to Order environment with a range of features in order entry, demand forecasting, master scheduling, production, shipping, and financial accounting.
Configure to Order includes Pick-to-Order (PTO) and Assemble-to-Order (ATO) items, models, and hybrids. It supports building configurations using other configurations as sub-assemblies (multi-level configure-to-order), internal and external sourcing of ATO models at any level in the BOM and supports multi-level PTO/ATO hybrids.
What is Pick to Order (PTO) ?
What is Pick to Order (PTO) ?
It is a configure-to-order environment where the options and included items in a PTO model (finished good) appear on pick slips after you receive the sales order from customer. Pickers gather the options (based on selection rules), the predefined shippable products parts/components or service from their predefined locations using pick slip and then ship the order. It is assumed that options and components quantity are readily available. It is an alternative to manufacturing the parent item on a work order and then shipping it. There is no additional value added after getting the customer order.
For Example: Computer System (CPU, Monitor and Printer) A pick to order model can have PTO option class, PTO items, ATO model, ATO Option class and ATO option items. There can not be any PTO model, PTO option class or PTO item under an ATO model. You want to manufacture a promotional laptop computer, you need laptop computer, dikettes, accessories and battery pack. Here, you define PL computer as PTO model, laptop computer as ATO model, battery pack, diskette and accessories as purchase items.
Standard, model and option class Bills of material, can include bills for pick-to-order bills, Pick-to-order is also an item attribute that you can apply to standard, model, and option class items. Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning does not support planning for pick-to-order models and option classes. Pick to Order (PTO) items have the Pick Component attribute set to Yes. Pick-to-order bills cannot have fractional component quantities if Oracle Order Management is installed. You cannot create routings for planning or pick-to-order items.
It is a configure-to-order environment where the options and included items in a PTO model (finished good) appear on pick slips after you receive the sales order from customer. Pickers gather the options (based on selection rules), the predefined shippable products parts/components or service from their predefined locations using pick slip and then ship the order. It is assumed that options and components quantity are readily available. It is an alternative to manufacturing the parent item on a work order and then shipping it. There is no additional value added after getting the customer order.
For Example: Computer System (CPU, Monitor and Printer) A pick to order model can have PTO option class, PTO items, ATO model, ATO Option class and ATO option items. There can not be any PTO model, PTO option class or PTO item under an ATO model. You want to manufacture a promotional laptop computer, you need laptop computer, dikettes, accessories and battery pack. Here, you define PL computer as PTO model, laptop computer as ATO model, battery pack, diskette and accessories as purchase items.
Standard, model and option class Bills of material, can include bills for pick-to-order bills, Pick-to-order is also an item attribute that you can apply to standard, model, and option class items. Oracle Master Scheduling/MRP and Supply Chain Planning does not support planning for pick-to-order models and option classes. Pick to Order (PTO) items have the Pick Component attribute set to Yes. Pick-to-order bills cannot have fractional component quantities if Oracle Order Management is installed. You cannot create routings for planning or pick-to-order items.
What is Assemble-to-Order (ATO) Manufacturing ?
What is Assemble-to-Order (ATO) Manufacturing ?
ATO simplifies the process of manufacturing finished goods. These goods are standard products and are often configured by customers from Bills of material, where you can define available options for unique product configurations. Based on forecasting, subassemblies are manufactured prior to receiving the customer order and when the order is received, the stocked subassemblies and components are assembled to make the finished products. It is an environment where you open a final assembly order to assemble items that customers orders. It is manufacturing method/strategy which allows a product to be made or service to be available to meet the needs of a specific customer order. While producing finished goods on a large scale, this requires sophisticated planning processes which master schedules ATO models and options and then create work orders to build the unique configuration in WIP module while maintaining control of inventory, planning, cost accounting and Bills of Material. Planning process also anticipates changing demand for external or internal components or accessories and at the same time focuses on product customizations for individual customers.
WIP, Order Management and Shipping modules support building and shipping of ATO configurations. A discrete job is created from a configuration. An assemble to order item/assembly then can be linked to a sales order. Assemble-to-order is also an item attribute in Inventory module that you can apply to standard, model, and option class items. In Bills of Material module, a model bill can be either assemble-to-order or pick-to-order and an option class bill can be either assemble-to-order or pick-to-order. Assemble–to–Order Model (ATO Configuration) is a Model bill of material with optional items and option selection rules or Configuration manufactured from mandatory components and selected options, or purchased from a supplier. An ATO model can have ATO option class, ATO Option item, PTO Option Class and PTO Option item under it. ATO Model can be a finished good or it be a part of another bills i.e it is component on another bill. Assemble-to-Order Item is a Standard bill of material with mandatory standard components or Item manufactured from mandatory standard components, or purchased from a supplier.
For Example: Automobiles, computer manufacturing.
Suppose you want to produce a laptop computer. Then, it requires carrying case, key board, CPU, Monitor and Operating system. While defining a bills of material for laptop computer, you can define computer as ATO Model. A Model comes at the top of the configuration hierarchy, second comes the Option Class and then the Option item. Carrying case and keyboard are purchased items under the bill of laptop. CPU, monitor and Operating system are option classes and 386 processor and 486 processor are optional items under the option class CPU. Similarly ,you can have optional item under other option classes. It is quite possible that ATO Model itself is component on another bills of material.
ATO simplifies the process of manufacturing finished goods. These goods are standard products and are often configured by customers from Bills of material, where you can define available options for unique product configurations. Based on forecasting, subassemblies are manufactured prior to receiving the customer order and when the order is received, the stocked subassemblies and components are assembled to make the finished products. It is an environment where you open a final assembly order to assemble items that customers orders. It is manufacturing method/strategy which allows a product to be made or service to be available to meet the needs of a specific customer order. While producing finished goods on a large scale, this requires sophisticated planning processes which master schedules ATO models and options and then create work orders to build the unique configuration in WIP module while maintaining control of inventory, planning, cost accounting and Bills of Material. Planning process also anticipates changing demand for external or internal components or accessories and at the same time focuses on product customizations for individual customers.
WIP, Order Management and Shipping modules support building and shipping of ATO configurations. A discrete job is created from a configuration. An assemble to order item/assembly then can be linked to a sales order. Assemble-to-order is also an item attribute in Inventory module that you can apply to standard, model, and option class items. In Bills of Material module, a model bill can be either assemble-to-order or pick-to-order and an option class bill can be either assemble-to-order or pick-to-order. Assemble–to–Order Model (ATO Configuration) is a Model bill of material with optional items and option selection rules or Configuration manufactured from mandatory components and selected options, or purchased from a supplier. An ATO model can have ATO option class, ATO Option item, PTO Option Class and PTO Option item under it. ATO Model can be a finished good or it be a part of another bills i.e it is component on another bill. Assemble-to-Order Item is a Standard bill of material with mandatory standard components or Item manufactured from mandatory standard components, or purchased from a supplier.
For Example: Automobiles, computer manufacturing.
Suppose you want to produce a laptop computer. Then, it requires carrying case, key board, CPU, Monitor and Operating system. While defining a bills of material for laptop computer, you can define computer as ATO Model. A Model comes at the top of the configuration hierarchy, second comes the Option Class and then the Option item. Carrying case and keyboard are purchased items under the bill of laptop. CPU, monitor and Operating system are option classes and 386 processor and 486 processor are optional items under the option class CPU. Similarly ,you can have optional item under other option classes. It is quite possible that ATO Model itself is component on another bills of material.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM) module - An Introduction
What are aims, objects and benefits of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) module ?
1) An asset is an entity for which users can report problems. Assets can be cooling towers, cranes, buses, buildings, conveyors, or anything that needs work.
2) eAM creates and implements maintenance procedures for both assets and rebuildable Inventory items and takes care of comprehensive and routine maintenance requirements of asset intensive organizations. It effectively maintains assets such as vehicles, cranes and HVAC systems and rotable Inventory items such as motors and engines.
3) eAM enables users to optimally plan and schedule maintenance operations /activities with minimal disruptions to an organization’s operations and productions. It measures performance and optimizes maintenance operations. It tracks the performance of the assets and rebuildable inventory items by using meters, quality plans and conditioning systems.
4) By effectively monitoring operational data such as maintenance history, performance trends, meter readings, and operating conditions, organizations can proactively manage available resources such as inventory, equipment and skilled personnel to match them to asset maintenance demand.
5) Optimization of asset utilizations, scheduling and resources improves resource efficiency and enhances maintenance quality, maximizes resource availability including equipment and labor. Maintenance costs and work history are tracked at asset level.
6) Oracle eAM enables organizations to create and implement optimal and effective asset management strategies that can increase revenue and decrease costs. Both Preventive and Predictive Maintenance strategies are supported by eAM. It allows you to create alternate maintenance strategies for seasonal or production capacity changes. It supports sophisticated, condition-based maintenance strategies for property, plants and public infrastructure, improves operation performance, and with preventive and scheduled maintenance, increases safety, optimizes Scheduling and resource efficiency.
7) It eliminates the need for spreadsheets and disparate data repositories, by enabling companies to manage reactive, planned, preventive maintenance, and adopt a centralized, proactive strategy for managing asset maintenance across an enterprise.
8) Oracle eAM's single-instance design ensures best practices and quality compliance globally, eliminates excess and obsolete spare parts inventories, promotes environmental, health and safety policies, smoothes coordination of production and maintenance schedules and improves both the responsiveness and accuracy of contracted maintenance.
9) It bridges the gap between ERP/MRP solutions and Asset Maintenance for industries that rely heavily on Asset Maintenance Systems.
10) It is a lynchpin of the integrated workplace incorporating visual navigation for space planning and allocation, multi-channel service request processing, building systems maintenance and technology asset tracking.
11) eAM improves return on capital assets by integrating physical with financial aspects and supporting deep collaboration between project lifecycle and service lifecycle operations.
12) It integrates seamlessly with other modules of E-Business suite and is suitable for Metals/Mining, Manufacturing, Pulp/ Paper, Petrochemicals, Facilities and Education and many more assets.
1) An asset is an entity for which users can report problems. Assets can be cooling towers, cranes, buses, buildings, conveyors, or anything that needs work.
2) eAM creates and implements maintenance procedures for both assets and rebuildable Inventory items and takes care of comprehensive and routine maintenance requirements of asset intensive organizations. It effectively maintains assets such as vehicles, cranes and HVAC systems and rotable Inventory items such as motors and engines.
3) eAM enables users to optimally plan and schedule maintenance operations /activities with minimal disruptions to an organization’s operations and productions. It measures performance and optimizes maintenance operations. It tracks the performance of the assets and rebuildable inventory items by using meters, quality plans and conditioning systems.
4) By effectively monitoring operational data such as maintenance history, performance trends, meter readings, and operating conditions, organizations can proactively manage available resources such as inventory, equipment and skilled personnel to match them to asset maintenance demand.
5) Optimization of asset utilizations, scheduling and resources improves resource efficiency and enhances maintenance quality, maximizes resource availability including equipment and labor. Maintenance costs and work history are tracked at asset level.
6) Oracle eAM enables organizations to create and implement optimal and effective asset management strategies that can increase revenue and decrease costs. Both Preventive and Predictive Maintenance strategies are supported by eAM. It allows you to create alternate maintenance strategies for seasonal or production capacity changes. It supports sophisticated, condition-based maintenance strategies for property, plants and public infrastructure, improves operation performance, and with preventive and scheduled maintenance, increases safety, optimizes Scheduling and resource efficiency.
7) It eliminates the need for spreadsheets and disparate data repositories, by enabling companies to manage reactive, planned, preventive maintenance, and adopt a centralized, proactive strategy for managing asset maintenance across an enterprise.
8) Oracle eAM's single-instance design ensures best practices and quality compliance globally, eliminates excess and obsolete spare parts inventories, promotes environmental, health and safety policies, smoothes coordination of production and maintenance schedules and improves both the responsiveness and accuracy of contracted maintenance.
9) It bridges the gap between ERP/MRP solutions and Asset Maintenance for industries that rely heavily on Asset Maintenance Systems.
10) It is a lynchpin of the integrated workplace incorporating visual navigation for space planning and allocation, multi-channel service request processing, building systems maintenance and technology asset tracking.
11) eAM improves return on capital assets by integrating physical with financial aspects and supporting deep collaboration between project lifecycle and service lifecycle operations.
12) It integrates seamlessly with other modules of E-Business suite and is suitable for Metals/Mining, Manufacturing, Pulp/ Paper, Petrochemicals, Facilities and Education and many more assets.
Which are different types of discrete jobs ?
Which are different types of discrete jobs ?
There are 2 types of discrete jobs 1) Standard and 2) Non-Standard
Non Standard discrete jobs are further devided in to Non standard Asset jobs and non-standard expense jobs. Standard discrete jobs control the material, resources, and operations which are required to build an assembly and collect its manufacturing cost.
Some comparison is done as below:
1) Non-standard discrete jobs control material and collect costs for miscellaneous manufacturing activity. They may or may not build an assembly. This type of activity can include rework, field service repair, upgrade, disassembly, maintenance, engineering prototypes and other projects.
2) Non-standard jobs are more flexible than standard jobs. Because of this, they can be used to manage such different activities as rework, field service repair, upgrades, disassembly, maintenance, engineering prototypes and other miscellaneous projects.
3) MS/MRP module does not create planned orders or reschedule recommendations for non-standard jobs like standard jobs. You must manually define and reschedule non-standard jobs. However, if a non-standard job is assigned an assembly bill of material, a routing, or both, MS/MRP considers the job’s material requirements as demand and its assemblies as supply. Oracle Capacity module considers resource load for non-standard jobs.
4) MS/MRP does not deduct scrapped assemblies from the MRP net quantity, or deduct the MRP net quantity by the item shrinkage rate for non-standard jobs. As such, you must identify planned assembly shrinkage by entering an MRP net quantity that is less than the job quantity.
5) Non-standard expense jobs are period costed and are not subject to cost updates, whereas standard discrete and asset type non-standard jobs are job costed i.e. costed when job is closed and are automatically revalued by the cost update.
6) Non-standard discrete jobs do not earn overhead on completion. Instead material overhead at completion is posted directly to the subinventory material overhead account.
7) Work in Process does not implement engineering change orders (ECOs) on non-standard jobs like it does on standard jobs
8) You can use a bill and routing from another assembly in non-standard jobs. For example, you can set up a standard upgrade routing to use for a group of assemblies.
9) For non-standard jobs, you can define bill of material loops, that is, you can define the assembly itself as a requirement on its bill. This is useful for upgrade, disassembly, and repair activities.
10) You can return a greater quantity of assemblies to non-standard discrete jobs than you completed into inventory.
11) Non standard asset jobs create assets/assemblies and are job costed. For example repair jobs where as Non-standard expense jobs do not create any assets and are period costed,For example maintenance jobs. Due to this, you need to define separate WIP accounting class for each.
There are 2 types of discrete jobs 1) Standard and 2) Non-Standard
Non Standard discrete jobs are further devided in to Non standard Asset jobs and non-standard expense jobs. Standard discrete jobs control the material, resources, and operations which are required to build an assembly and collect its manufacturing cost.
Some comparison is done as below:
1) Non-standard discrete jobs control material and collect costs for miscellaneous manufacturing activity. They may or may not build an assembly. This type of activity can include rework, field service repair, upgrade, disassembly, maintenance, engineering prototypes and other projects.
2) Non-standard jobs are more flexible than standard jobs. Because of this, they can be used to manage such different activities as rework, field service repair, upgrades, disassembly, maintenance, engineering prototypes and other miscellaneous projects.
3) MS/MRP module does not create planned orders or reschedule recommendations for non-standard jobs like standard jobs. You must manually define and reschedule non-standard jobs. However, if a non-standard job is assigned an assembly bill of material, a routing, or both, MS/MRP considers the job’s material requirements as demand and its assemblies as supply. Oracle Capacity module considers resource load for non-standard jobs.
4) MS/MRP does not deduct scrapped assemblies from the MRP net quantity, or deduct the MRP net quantity by the item shrinkage rate for non-standard jobs. As such, you must identify planned assembly shrinkage by entering an MRP net quantity that is less than the job quantity.
5) Non-standard expense jobs are period costed and are not subject to cost updates, whereas standard discrete and asset type non-standard jobs are job costed i.e. costed when job is closed and are automatically revalued by the cost update.
6) Non-standard discrete jobs do not earn overhead on completion. Instead material overhead at completion is posted directly to the subinventory material overhead account.
7) Work in Process does not implement engineering change orders (ECOs) on non-standard jobs like it does on standard jobs
8) You can use a bill and routing from another assembly in non-standard jobs. For example, you can set up a standard upgrade routing to use for a group of assemblies.
9) For non-standard jobs, you can define bill of material loops, that is, you can define the assembly itself as a requirement on its bill. This is useful for upgrade, disassembly, and repair activities.
10) You can return a greater quantity of assemblies to non-standard discrete jobs than you completed into inventory.
11) Non standard asset jobs create assets/assemblies and are job costed. For example repair jobs where as Non-standard expense jobs do not create any assets and are period costed,For example maintenance jobs. Due to this, you need to define separate WIP accounting class for each.
Which are the different methods for creating Discrete jobs in Oracle WIP ?
Which are the different methods for creating Discrete jobs in Oracle WIP ?
You can create discrete jobs in the following ways:
a) Manually (both standard and non-standard discrete jobs)
b) Manually from a simulation of job (standard discrete jobs only)
c) Automatically using Oracle MRP module to plan your standard discrete production requirements
d) Automatically using Advanced Planning and Scheduling’s High Level Scheduling Engine to schedule jobs and import them into Work in Process
e) Automatically (standard discrete jobs only) from final assembly orders for specific customer configurations and/or standard assemble-to-order(ATO)/configure-to-order items
f) Using the Work Order Interface to import planned orders and updated planned order recommendations
You can create discrete jobs in the following ways:
a) Manually (both standard and non-standard discrete jobs)
b) Manually from a simulation of job (standard discrete jobs only)
c) Automatically using Oracle MRP module to plan your standard discrete production requirements
d) Automatically using Advanced Planning and Scheduling’s High Level Scheduling Engine to schedule jobs and import them into Work in Process
e) Automatically (standard discrete jobs only) from final assembly orders for specific customer configurations and/or standard assemble-to-order(ATO)/configure-to-order items
f) Using the Work Order Interface to import planned orders and updated planned order recommendations
WIP Profle option - WIP:configuration Reservation Level
When I link a sales order to a job in the Discrete Job screen, after I complete this Discrete Job I have my Finish good item reserved in a "Subinventory 1", but I need to transfer it to "Subinventory 2", but I can't transfer because the material is reserved. I use 2 subinventories because one is for inspection and the second is the Sales Subinventory. What should I do?
You may set the Profile Option WIP:configuration Reservation Level to 'Item'. It indicates that the completed configuration (Assemblies) will be reserved at organization level in the inventory without subinventory and locator information. In that case, you will be able to transfer materials from Inspection Subinventory to Sales Subinventory.
You may set the Profile Option WIP:configuration Reservation Level to 'Item'. It indicates that the completed configuration (Assemblies) will be reserved at organization level in the inventory without subinventory and locator information. In that case, you will be able to transfer materials from Inspection Subinventory to Sales Subinventory.
What is a Scheduled Group?
What is a Scheduled Group ?
A schedule group is group of flow schedules and discrete jobs which can be sequenced for the purpose of giving priority. Schedule groups are defined in the Define Schedule Groups window and can be optionally assigned to jobs, in the Discrete Jobs window, or to Flow schedules, in the Line Scheduling Workbench Options window. The schedule group assigned in the Line Scheduling Workbench Options window can be overridden in the Work Order-less Completions window, but only with a schedule group that is associated with a Flow schedule (an not associated with discrete job)
Sequencing is done by assigning a unique schedule number to each job or Flow schedule within a scheduled group.
You can assign flow schedules and discrete jobs to the schedule groups you define as per your requirement. Sequencing jobs and flow schedules within a schedule group makes it possible to prioritize, for example, by customer the jobs or Flow schedules being built on a specific production line.
You can update schedule groups but cannot delete schedule groups that are assigned to jobs and flow schedules. For example, you can create a Week01 schedule group to identify which jobs are to be released and built during the first week of your current production cycle.
A schedule group is group of flow schedules and discrete jobs which can be sequenced for the purpose of giving priority. Schedule groups are defined in the Define Schedule Groups window and can be optionally assigned to jobs, in the Discrete Jobs window, or to Flow schedules, in the Line Scheduling Workbench Options window. The schedule group assigned in the Line Scheduling Workbench Options window can be overridden in the Work Order-less Completions window, but only with a schedule group that is associated with a Flow schedule (an not associated with discrete job)
Sequencing is done by assigning a unique schedule number to each job or Flow schedule within a scheduled group.
You can assign flow schedules and discrete jobs to the schedule groups you define as per your requirement. Sequencing jobs and flow schedules within a schedule group makes it possible to prioritize, for example, by customer the jobs or Flow schedules being built on a specific production line.
You can update schedule groups but cannot delete schedule groups that are assigned to jobs and flow schedules. For example, you can create a Week01 schedule group to identify which jobs are to be released and built during the first week of your current production cycle.
What are shop floor statuses in Oracle WIP ?
What are shop floor statuses in Oracle WIP ?
You define shop floor statuses in WIP and assign these statuses to intraoperation steps of the work in process routing operations. Shop floor statuses can be used to control/stopping shop floor move transactions due to various reasons. For example there could be some quality problem in the materials being used in manufacturing. You can view these statuses during move transactions you can define as many shop floor statuses as are required.
When assigned to an intraoperation step of an operation that is associated with a particular repetitive line and assembly, the status applies to all repetitive schedules building that assembly on that line. You can remove or unassign shop floor statuses once your problem is over.
You define shop floor statuses in WIP and assign these statuses to intraoperation steps of the work in process routing operations. Shop floor statuses can be used to control/stopping shop floor move transactions due to various reasons. For example there could be some quality problem in the materials being used in manufacturing. You can view these statuses during move transactions you can define as many shop floor statuses as are required.
When assigned to an intraoperation step of an operation that is associated with a particular repetitive line and assembly, the status applies to all repetitive schedules building that assembly on that line. You can remove or unassign shop floor statuses once your problem is over.
WIP accounting classes
What is WIP accounting class ?
Which are different accounting classes in WIP ?
Which different accounts are associated with it ?
An accounting class is a group of various General Ledger accounts which allows you to arrive at job cost, production cost and maintenance costs.
The following are different accounting classes in Oracle WIP:
1) Standard discrete
Standard discrete accounting classes can be used to group job costs for building subassemblies and finished goods on shop floor. You can define and attach this accounting classes so that you can separately value and report the costs associated with subassembly and finished goods production.
2) Asset non standard discrete
If you use non-standard discrete jobs to track production costs as assets, you can define and assign an accounting class with a type of asset non-standard. Asset non-standard discrete jobs are costed the same as standard discrete jobs. Valuation accounts are charged when material is issued to a job and final costs and variances are calculated and posted to the appropriate variance and valuation accounts when the job is closed.
3) Expense non-standard discrete
Non-standard discrete accounting classes can be used to group and report various types of non-standard production costs, such as field service repair. For example to track recurring expenses - machine maintenance or engineering projects- with non-standard jobs, you can define and assign an accounting class with a type ofexpense non-standard to these jobs. The valuation accounts carry the costs incurred on these expense jobs as an asset during the period and automatically writes them off to the variance accounts at period close.
4) Repetitive accounting class
Repetitive accounting classes are used to group production costs and must be assigned to each repetitive line/assembly association that is created. Every repetitive schedule for that assembly on that line uses these accounts.
5) Standard Lot based
Standard lot based jobs control the material, resources, and operations required to build an assembly and collect costs. When you build lot based jobs, the standard lot based accounting class is used to separately value and report costs associated with yielded production at each individual operation on the routing.
6) Expense non standard lot based
Expense non-standard lot based accoubting class jobs control material and collects costs for miscellaneous activity. These jobs are used for expense work orders for testing, prototypes, and rework where operation yield costing is not considered. You can perform all transactions (moves, jumps, scrap, splits, and update assemblies or routings) with the exception of job merge.
7) Maintenance accounting class
Maintenance accounting classes are used to group costs for work orders used in Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM) Module . For example, if you are creating work orders for plant maintenance activities, you can define your accounting classes to separately value and report the costs related to asset.
The following valuation and variance accounts are associated with each accounting class.
Valuation accounts
1) Material account
2) Material overhead
3) Resouce
4) Overhead
5) Outside Processing
Variance accounts
1) Material account
2) Material overhead
3) Resouce
4) Overhead
5) Outside Processing
6) Standard cost
7) Bridging
8) Expense
Standard cost account is applicable to only standard costing method and Bridging and Expense accounts are applicable to average costing method only. Rest all accounts are appliable to both standard and avergae costing methods.
Which are different accounting classes in WIP ?
Which different accounts are associated with it ?
An accounting class is a group of various General Ledger accounts which allows you to arrive at job cost, production cost and maintenance costs.
The following are different accounting classes in Oracle WIP:
1) Standard discrete
Standard discrete accounting classes can be used to group job costs for building subassemblies and finished goods on shop floor. You can define and attach this accounting classes so that you can separately value and report the costs associated with subassembly and finished goods production.
2) Asset non standard discrete
If you use non-standard discrete jobs to track production costs as assets, you can define and assign an accounting class with a type of asset non-standard. Asset non-standard discrete jobs are costed the same as standard discrete jobs. Valuation accounts are charged when material is issued to a job and final costs and variances are calculated and posted to the appropriate variance and valuation accounts when the job is closed.
3) Expense non-standard discrete
Non-standard discrete accounting classes can be used to group and report various types of non-standard production costs, such as field service repair. For example to track recurring expenses - machine maintenance or engineering projects- with non-standard jobs, you can define and assign an accounting class with a type ofexpense non-standard to these jobs. The valuation accounts carry the costs incurred on these expense jobs as an asset during the period and automatically writes them off to the variance accounts at period close.
4) Repetitive accounting class
Repetitive accounting classes are used to group production costs and must be assigned to each repetitive line/assembly association that is created. Every repetitive schedule for that assembly on that line uses these accounts.
5) Standard Lot based
Standard lot based jobs control the material, resources, and operations required to build an assembly and collect costs. When you build lot based jobs, the standard lot based accounting class is used to separately value and report costs associated with yielded production at each individual operation on the routing.
6) Expense non standard lot based
Expense non-standard lot based accoubting class jobs control material and collects costs for miscellaneous activity. These jobs are used for expense work orders for testing, prototypes, and rework where operation yield costing is not considered. You can perform all transactions (moves, jumps, scrap, splits, and update assemblies or routings) with the exception of job merge.
7) Maintenance accounting class
Maintenance accounting classes are used to group costs for work orders used in Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM) Module . For example, if you are creating work orders for plant maintenance activities, you can define your accounting classes to separately value and report the costs related to asset.
The following valuation and variance accounts are associated with each accounting class.
Valuation accounts
1) Material account
2) Material overhead
3) Resouce
4) Overhead
5) Outside Processing
Variance accounts
1) Material account
2) Material overhead
3) Resouce
4) Overhead
5) Outside Processing
6) Standard cost
7) Bridging
8) Expense
Standard cost account is applicable to only standard costing method and Bridging and Expense accounts are applicable to average costing method only. Rest all accounts are appliable to both standard and avergae costing methods.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Explain the field 'Respond to sales order changes' in Oracle WIP parameters ?
Explain the field 'Respond to sales order changes' in Oracle WIP parameters ?
This field is applicable to configure-to-Order (CTO) sales orders and their related discrete jobs. It determines whether and how the system responds to changes to CTO sales orders and their linked and reserved discrete jobs/work orders (Both standard and Non-standard).
You can set the following options if a configured item is de-linked from a sales order or sales order line placed on hold.
a) Never
The corresponding work order will not be placed on hold if you de-link the configured item from the sales order, or if the sales order is placed on hold.
b) Always
The work order will be placed on hold if you de-link the configured item from the sales order, or if the sales order is placed on hold.
c) When Linked 1 to 1
The work order will be placed on hold if it is the only work order reserved to
that sales order. If there are more than one work orders for the sales order, this will not happen. If you cancel sales order lines with ATO items, this parameter, is ignored by the system.
You cannot cancel jobs linked to sales orders without first undoing the links between them.
This field is applicable to configure-to-Order (CTO) sales orders and their related discrete jobs. It determines whether and how the system responds to changes to CTO sales orders and their linked and reserved discrete jobs/work orders (Both standard and Non-standard).
You can set the following options if a configured item is de-linked from a sales order or sales order line placed on hold.
a) Never
The corresponding work order will not be placed on hold if you de-link the configured item from the sales order, or if the sales order is placed on hold.
b) Always
The work order will be placed on hold if you de-link the configured item from the sales order, or if the sales order is placed on hold.
c) When Linked 1 to 1
The work order will be placed on hold if it is the only work order reserved to
that sales order. If there are more than one work orders for the sales order, this will not happen. If you cancel sales order lines with ATO items, this parameter, is ignored by the system.
You cannot cancel jobs linked to sales orders without first undoing the links between them.
Friday, December 26, 2008
What are intraoperation steps in Oracle WIP ?
What are intraoperation steps in Oracle WIP ?
There are 5 intra operation steps in WIP. The options are Queue, Run, To Move, Reject and Scrap. You can select intraoperation steps in WIP parameters by checking check boxes. It determines which intraoperation steps are enabled in WIP routing operations. The 'Queue' intraoperation step is automatically enabled for all operations and it cannot be disabled. The 'To Move' intraoperation step, even if disabled, is automatically enabled for the final operations in routings so that assemblies can be completed into inventory.
There are 5 intra operation steps in WIP. The options are Queue, Run, To Move, Reject and Scrap. You can select intraoperation steps in WIP parameters by checking check boxes. It determines which intraoperation steps are enabled in WIP routing operations. The 'Queue' intraoperation step is automatically enabled for all operations and it cannot be disabled. The 'To Move' intraoperation step, even if disabled, is automatically enabled for the final operations in routings so that assemblies can be completed into inventory.
What is Assemble-to-Order(ATO) Manufacturing ?
What is Assemble-to-Order(ATO) Manufacturing ?
You can define available options in Bills of Material for unique product configurations. You can master schedule models and options and then create work orders to build these unique product configuration in WIP while maintaining control of inventory, planning and cost accounting. Bills of Material, WIP and Order Management/Shipping modules support building and shipping of ATO configurations. A discrete job is created from a configuration or an assemble to order item and then can be linked to a sales order.
You can define available options in Bills of Material for unique product configurations. You can master schedule models and options and then create work orders to build these unique product configuration in WIP while maintaining control of inventory, planning and cost accounting. Bills of Material, WIP and Order Management/Shipping modules support building and shipping of ATO configurations. A discrete job is created from a configuration or an assemble to order item and then can be linked to a sales order.
What is Flow Manufacturing ?
What is Flow Manufacturing ?
Flow Manufacturing is an innovative manufacturing method which synchronizes production with customer demand.
The characteristics of flow processes are:
a) Straight and short product flow patterns
b) Make to order strategy
c) Single-piece production
d) Just-In-Time materials/pull/dependent demand scheduling
e) Short production cycle times
f) Highly flexible and responsive processes
g) Highly flexible machines and equipment
h) Quick changeover
i) Continuous flow work cells
j) Compressed space
k) Multi-skilled employees
l) Empowered employees
m) High first inspection - pass yields with major reductions in defects
Oracle Flow Manufacturing module supports the entire build-to-order manufacturing process which includes make-to-stock, configure-to-order, discrete-repetitive, assemble-to-order, and engineer-to-order manufacturing strategies and methods. It initiates schedules as soon as customer orders are received, and ensures shipment as soon as build is complete. Flow manufacturing employs pulls material using kanbans planning and backflushes material and costs upon completion. This in turn helps decrease inventories, optimize machine utilization, reduce response time to customer orders, and simplify shop floor activities.
Flow manufacturing production lines are designed to support the inter-mixed production of multiple products within a family on the same line at a constant rate. It can be used in Inventory module to replenish kanbans and in Work in Process to complete assemblies without having to create a job or a schedule (work order less job)
Flow Manufacturing is an innovative manufacturing method which synchronizes production with customer demand.
The characteristics of flow processes are:
a) Straight and short product flow patterns
b) Make to order strategy
c) Single-piece production
d) Just-In-Time materials/pull/dependent demand scheduling
e) Short production cycle times
f) Highly flexible and responsive processes
g) Highly flexible machines and equipment
h) Quick changeover
i) Continuous flow work cells
j) Compressed space
k) Multi-skilled employees
l) Empowered employees
m) High first inspection - pass yields with major reductions in defects
Oracle Flow Manufacturing module supports the entire build-to-order manufacturing process which includes make-to-stock, configure-to-order, discrete-repetitive, assemble-to-order, and engineer-to-order manufacturing strategies and methods. It initiates schedules as soon as customer orders are received, and ensures shipment as soon as build is complete. Flow manufacturing employs pulls material using kanbans planning and backflushes material and costs upon completion. This in turn helps decrease inventories, optimize machine utilization, reduce response time to customer orders, and simplify shop floor activities.
Flow manufacturing production lines are designed to support the inter-mixed production of multiple products within a family on the same line at a constant rate. It can be used in Inventory module to replenish kanbans and in Work in Process to complete assemblies without having to create a job or a schedule (work order less job)
What is Project Manufacturing ?
What is Project Manufacturing ?
Large contracts or projects received by the companies can not be completely fulfilled by process manufacturing or disrete or repetitive manufacturing methods. It requires a separate manufacturing method known as project manufacturing. Project manufacturing meets demand driven production requirements for large contracts or projects. It allows you to plan, schedule, process and cost against a specific contract or a group of contracts or project for a specific customer.
Oracle Project Manufacturing supports companies in the Engineer-To-Order, Make-To-Order manufacturing strategies and Aerospace and Defense industries. These industries plan, track, procure, and cost based on project, contract, or Seiban numbers.
If Oracle Projects is installed and the Project References Enabled and Project Control Level parameters are set in the Organization Parameters window in Inventory module, you can assign project and, if required, task references to planned orders, jobs, purchase orders, sales orders, miscellaneous transaction and other entities within Oracle Manufacturing. If the Project Cost Collection Enabled parameter is also set in inventory organization parameters, you can optionally collect and transfer manufacturing cost to Oracle Projects module. Project costs are tracked by project/task and expenditure type.
Large contracts or projects received by the companies can not be completely fulfilled by process manufacturing or disrete or repetitive manufacturing methods. It requires a separate manufacturing method known as project manufacturing. Project manufacturing meets demand driven production requirements for large contracts or projects. It allows you to plan, schedule, process and cost against a specific contract or a group of contracts or project for a specific customer.
Oracle Project Manufacturing supports companies in the Engineer-To-Order, Make-To-Order manufacturing strategies and Aerospace and Defense industries. These industries plan, track, procure, and cost based on project, contract, or Seiban numbers.
If Oracle Projects is installed and the Project References Enabled and Project Control Level parameters are set in the Organization Parameters window in Inventory module, you can assign project and, if required, task references to planned orders, jobs, purchase orders, sales orders, miscellaneous transaction and other entities within Oracle Manufacturing. If the Project Cost Collection Enabled parameter is also set in inventory organization parameters, you can optionally collect and transfer manufacturing cost to Oracle Projects module. Project costs are tracked by project/task and expenditure type.
Oracle WIP - Move transaction parameters
Explain move transaction parameters in Oracle WIP?
a) Require Scrap Account
This check box determines whether a scrap account is required when you use the Move Transactions window to move job and repetitive assemblies into and out of the Scrap intraoperation step of an operation. It also determines whether a scrap account is required when flow schedule assemblies are scrapped or returned from scrap through the Work Order-less Completions window. It is not madatory to keep scrap account. This parameter also determines how scrap transactions are processed. If you enter a scrap account, the system debits this account and credits the job or schedule elemental accounts through the operation at which the assemblies are scrapped. If you enter a reversing scrap transaction, the system credits this account and debits the job or schedule elemental accounts through the operation at which the assemblies are returned. If you do not provide a scrap account, the cost of scrap remains in the
job or schedule until job or period close and is then written off as a variance.
b) Allow Creation of New Operations
This check box determines whether you can or cannot add a new operation to a discrete job work in process routing during a move transaction. For example, you may want to add an operation to keep track of rework which you were not expecting.
c) Allow Moves Over No Move Shop Floor Statuses
This check box decides whether moves are disallowed if an intraoperation step that disallows moves exists at an autocharge operation and intraoperation step between the Setting Up From and To operations or at intervening intraoperation step at the From and To operations if they are direct charge. If an intraoperation step that disallows moves is found, a warning message is displayed and the move is disallowed. Allow Skipping Over No Move Statuses security function can be set to override no move shop floor statuses. Direct charge operations between the From and To Operations are not considered when the system checks for no move shop floor statuses. Scrap and Reject intraoperation steps at autocharge operations are also not considered.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
WIP Parameters - Backflush Transactions, Lot number generation
Which parameters affect backflush Transactions?
a) Supply Subinventory
b) Supply Locator
c) Lot Selection Method
d) Alternate Lot Selection Method
e) Lot Verification
f) Release Backflush Components
g) Allow Quantity Changes During Backflush
How lot numbers are assigned to discrete jobs?
a) By Job Name: Lot numbers are based on the job name you enter when you define the job. This is the default.
b) Based on Inventory Rules: Lot numbers are based on the lot number rules which you defined in Inventory parameters in Inventory module
a) Supply Subinventory
b) Supply Locator
c) Lot Selection Method
d) Alternate Lot Selection Method
e) Lot Verification
f) Release Backflush Components
g) Allow Quantity Changes During Backflush
How lot numbers are assigned to discrete jobs?
a) By Job Name: Lot numbers are based on the job name you enter when you define the job. This is the default.
b) Based on Inventory Rules: Lot numbers are based on the lot number rules which you defined in Inventory parameters in Inventory module
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
What is Backflush?
What is meant by backflush? When exactly backflush happens?
How can we detect that backflush is happening?
In Bills of Material module when you create a bill for any assembly or sub assembly or a finished good, you define component supply type for each component in a bill. These supply types are push, operation pull, assembly pull, Bulk, vendor/supplier, phantom etc. This Bills of material is used in Work in Process module for manufacturing a job. When you manufacture an assembly, it requires components at the shop floor as per the list given in a bill. If your supply type of a component is Push you have to manually issue components to shop floor for manufacturing process but if the supply type of a component is either assembly pull or operation pull, you need not to issue components manually to the shop floor but when a particular operation or an assembly is completed during manufacturing ie during move transactions or completion transactions, Oracle application system automatically backflushes components from the supply subinventory and locator Here ,backflushing means deduction( reducing) of required quantity from Inventory on hand quantity. In case of push supply type you have to deliver materials to shopfloor and deduct quantity yourself .Incase of backflushing you have to delivery materials to shopfloor and need not deduct quantity yourself but system( Oracle Applications) automatically deducts quantity from subinventory-locator on hand quantity when any assembly or an operation is completed in WIP module manufacturing process.
Once any assembly is completed in WIP, please go to inventory module and check the subinventory and locator quantity for the item for which assembly is completed. You will observe that on hand quantity has reduced .If total was 100 numbers and 10 numbers are pulled, by WIP assembly or operation pull, balance will be 90 numbers.
How can we detect that backflush is happening?
In Bills of Material module when you create a bill for any assembly or sub assembly or a finished good, you define component supply type for each component in a bill. These supply types are push, operation pull, assembly pull, Bulk, vendor/supplier, phantom etc. This Bills of material is used in Work in Process module for manufacturing a job. When you manufacture an assembly, it requires components at the shop floor as per the list given in a bill. If your supply type of a component is Push you have to manually issue components to shop floor for manufacturing process but if the supply type of a component is either assembly pull or operation pull, you need not to issue components manually to the shop floor but when a particular operation or an assembly is completed during manufacturing ie during move transactions or completion transactions, Oracle application system automatically backflushes components from the supply subinventory and locator Here ,backflushing means deduction( reducing) of required quantity from Inventory on hand quantity. In case of push supply type you have to deliver materials to shopfloor and deduct quantity yourself .Incase of backflushing you have to delivery materials to shopfloor and need not deduct quantity yourself but system( Oracle Applications) automatically deducts quantity from subinventory-locator on hand quantity when any assembly or an operation is completed in WIP module manufacturing process.
Once any assembly is completed in WIP, please go to inventory module and check the subinventory and locator quantity for the item for which assembly is completed. You will observe that on hand quantity has reduced .If total was 100 numbers and 10 numbers are pulled, by WIP assembly or operation pull, balance will be 90 numbers.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Workflow Backgroud Process parameters
Workflow Backgroud Process parameters
What is Process Deferred =Yes, Process Timed Out= No ?
When the Workflow Engine initiates and performs a process in any Oracle applications module, it completes all necessary activities before continuing to the next eligible activity. In some cases, an activity being processed may require a large amount of processing resource or time to complete. Workflow module lets you manage the load on the Workflow Engine by setting up supplemental engines (known as background engine) to run these costly activities as background tasks. In these cases, the costly activity is deferred by the Workflow Engine and later it is run by a background engine. The main Workflow Engine can then continue to the next available activity, which may occur on some other parallel branch of the process.
A Background Engine is a supplemental Workflow Engine that processes deferred or timed out activities or stuck processes.(Proceses which are stuck because of workflow errors)
The above is possible only if you select the option "Process Deffered". Optinally, you can select the option "Process Timed out"=Yes if required.
What is Process Deferred =Yes, Process Timed Out= No ?
When the Workflow Engine initiates and performs a process in any Oracle applications module, it completes all necessary activities before continuing to the next eligible activity. In some cases, an activity being processed may require a large amount of processing resource or time to complete. Workflow module lets you manage the load on the Workflow Engine by setting up supplemental engines (known as background engine) to run these costly activities as background tasks. In these cases, the costly activity is deferred by the Workflow Engine and later it is run by a background engine. The main Workflow Engine can then continue to the next available activity, which may occur on some other parallel branch of the process.
A Background Engine is a supplemental Workflow Engine that processes deferred or timed out activities or stuck processes.(Proceses which are stuck because of workflow errors)
The above is possible only if you select the option "Process Deffered". Optinally, you can select the option "Process Timed out"=Yes if required.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Oracle WIP related Item attributes
Describe WIP related Item attributes ?
a) Build in WIP
If you check this attribute, it indicates whether to create discrete jobs or repetitive assemblies in Work in Process module. This attribute must be turned off if the Inventory Item attribute is turned off or if the BOM item Type attribute is not set to Standard. You can not manufacture any item if item is not an inventory item and BOM item type is not standard. This attribute is optionally set by the Item Status code in inventory module
b) Supply Type
You can select a supply type attribute for components when you define an item in Item Master Organization. Supply types decides the method of supplying component materials to discrete jobs and repetitive job/schedules in WIP module. It also controls how materials are planned in MS/MRP module and how materials are costed in Cost Management module
c) Supply Subinventory
This attribute is controlled at the Organization level only. When you define an item in Item Master Organization, you can enter the primary subinventory from which to issue (push) or backflush (pull) an item to work in process during manufacturing.
d) Supply Locator
This attribute is controlled at the Organization level only. When you define an item in Item Master Organization, you can enter the supply locator from which to issue (push) or backflush (pull) an item to work in process. You can also define a WIP supply locator for any bill that uses this item; the bill supply locator overrides the supply locator which you define in Item Master Organization form. It is necesary to enter a WIP supply subinventory before you can enter a supply locator.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Oracle in Focus
Menswear brand Turtle has selected Oracle e-Business Suite R12 (Oracle Applications) to manage its operations in India
Oracle Financial Services Software (formerly known as i-flex solutions), a majority owned subsidiary of Oracle, on Wednesday announced Saudi Home Loans (SHL), the first fully specialized Islamic home finance company in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, had gone live on Oracle Daybreak
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC),the Saudi utility giant will run Oracle ERP, Supply Chain and Asset Management applications in 30 plants spread across 17 locations
Al Othaim Holding, the largest grocery retailer in Saudi Arabia, selected Oracle as its strategic IT vendor Computer Sales
Redington India Ltd has announced that the Company has entered into a Distributor Agreement with M/s. Oracle India Pvt. Ltd for distribution of their range of products in India.
Wipro Infotech, the India and West Asian IT business division of Wipro, has opened a new application support centre in Hyderabad which will offer a new service – FAST-R (Flexible Application SupporT-Remotely) – to the company's customers in India
Cognizant has won a $50-100 million contract from one of its existing customers last month, which is among the top five American pharma companies
SEED Infotech, India’s one of the leading technology training provider in association with Global Transformation Technologies (GTT) partnering with Qingdao Software Park, China had launched SEED IT Education China Limited
Wipro Technologies has teamed up with Oracle to launch a new “innovative solutions lab” at Wipro’s Electronic City Facility in Bangalore
Regal Beloit Corporation, a manufacturer of electrical and mechanical motion control products, has deployed Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
Oracle Korea today announced that LG Electronics has successfully implemented the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 in 6 countries worldwide.
*Above is a collection of news highlights gathered from various sources for information purposes only. Please verify with concerned before using the above information in any kind of research, decision or documents.
Oracle Financial Services Software (formerly known as i-flex solutions), a majority owned subsidiary of Oracle, on Wednesday announced Saudi Home Loans (SHL), the first fully specialized Islamic home finance company in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, had gone live on Oracle Daybreak
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC),the Saudi utility giant will run Oracle ERP, Supply Chain and Asset Management applications in 30 plants spread across 17 locations
Al Othaim Holding, the largest grocery retailer in Saudi Arabia, selected Oracle as its strategic IT vendor Computer Sales
Redington India Ltd has announced that the Company has entered into a Distributor Agreement with M/s. Oracle India Pvt. Ltd for distribution of their range of products in India.
Wipro Infotech, the India and West Asian IT business division of Wipro, has opened a new application support centre in Hyderabad which will offer a new service – FAST-R (Flexible Application SupporT-Remotely) – to the company's customers in India
Cognizant has won a $50-100 million contract from one of its existing customers last month, which is among the top five American pharma companies
SEED Infotech, India’s one of the leading technology training provider in association with Global Transformation Technologies (GTT) partnering with Qingdao Software Park, China had launched SEED IT Education China Limited
Wipro Technologies has teamed up with Oracle to launch a new “innovative solutions lab” at Wipro’s Electronic City Facility in Bangalore
Regal Beloit Corporation, a manufacturer of electrical and mechanical motion control products, has deployed Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
Oracle Korea today announced that LG Electronics has successfully implemented the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 in 6 countries worldwide.
*Above is a collection of news highlights gathered from various sources for information purposes only. Please verify with concerned before using the above information in any kind of research, decision or documents.
2M@applearn - Member of the Month - December 2008
Member of the Month - December 2008
Pleased to announce that Vidyutkumar Desai is applearn 'member of the month' for December 2008. Vidyutkumar is a Bachelor of Textile Technology and DMS (Diploma in Management Studies).
With core expertise in Oracle Supply Chain and Manufacturing modules - Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management, Shipping, Bills of Material, Engineering, Work in Process, MS/MRP, Quality, EAM and Costing to name a few. Backed by 20 years industry experience, Vidyutkumar has @8 years experience in Oracle. His contribution to applearn community has been very helpful.
He likes listening to music, career guidence, touring, interecting with people and knowledge sharing. Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Hong Kong are some of his favourite places. Vidyutkumar has the below slogans as his favourites:
a) Vasudheiva kutumbakam which means 'The world is one (my) family'
b) A will will find a way
c) Time and tide wait for none
d) Make hay while the sun shines
e) I am with you till you do not want me in any way, any more.
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Supply Types in Oracle WIP
Explain the concept of Supply types in Oracle WIP? Describe each supply type in detail?
Supply types decides the method of supplying component materials to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules in WIP module. It also controls how materials are planned in MS/MRP module and how materials are costed in Cost Management module.
You can assign supply types to the items when you define in Inventory module. You can also assign supply types to components when you create bills of material in Bills of Material and Engineering modules. The following is a list of the WIP supply types and the way they work:
a) Push
Push components can be manually issued directly to discrete jobs and repetitive schedule as per requirements. You can specify the subinventory for items in Item definition form or in Bills or define default subinventory in WIP parameters form. Work in Process defaults the supply subinventory associated with the component.
b) Operation Pull:
Operation pull components that are assigned to backflush operations, are automatically backflushed (pulled) from inventory and issued to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules when assemblies are moved and completed at that operation i.e. when you complete backflush operations. Also, operation pull component that have not been backflushed because they are assigned to non-backflush operations prior to the backflush operation are also backflushed.
The Components are pulled from the supply subinventory assigned to the component. You cannot assign this supply type to an assenbly without a routing or a non-standard discrete job without a routing. You can assign this supply type to assemblies that have routings with no operations or when the routing has disabled operations. However, all components with a supply type of operation pull are automatically changed to assembly pull.
c) Assembly pull:
Assembly Pull components are issued (backflushed) to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules when you complete all operations on assemblies in Work in Process. They are pulled from the supply subinventory assigned to the component requirement.
If you want to assign pull components to a bill of material or job that is not associated with a routing, you must assign an Assembly Pull supply type, rather than operation pull supply type. You cannot assign this supply type to a non-standard discrete job if you have not specified an assembly or bill of material reference for that non standard discrete job.
d) Based on Bill:
When you define a discrete job or a repetitive line/assembly association in WIP, the supply type for the assembly defaults to Based on Bill and assembly components are supplied based upon their bill of material supply types. You can change the defaulted Based on Bill supply type that is assigned to jobs and schedules as you define them. The Based on Bill supply type is WIP specific.
If the supply type for a job or line/assembly association is changed, the new supply type is applied to all component material requirements. For example, if you change the supply type of a job assembly from Based on Bill to Assembly Pull, the supply types of all assembly components are changed to Assembly pull. You can update the supply types of individual material requirements using the Material Requirements window in WIP
The system automatically changes components with a supply type of Operation Pull to Assembly Pull, when the Based on Bill supply type is applied to a job or repetitive job/ schedule that has a bill of material but has no a routing or operations.
e) Bulk:
Bulk component requirements can be viewed and are displayed on reports and inquiry forms (that display components requirements) when you include Bulk components on a bill of material. They can be used to communicate to the shop floor that bulk components must be used but need not be transacted. You can choose specific components in the type field of WIP material transaction form for issuing bulk components.
Bulk components are not backflushed nor do they default when issuing all components for an assembly. You can, however, manually issue specific bulk components to a discrete job or repetitive schedule. This supply type is selected for components like screws,nuts,bolts,nails,etc where it is difficult and may not be necessary to transact the exact quantity used.
f) Supplier/Vendor:
Supplier component requirements can be included on bills of material. Requirements for supplier components are created when you define discrete jobs and repetitive schedules in Work in Process. Supplier component requirements can be viewed and are displayed on reports. They provide information on the component materials that your suppliers provide but need not be transacted. Supplier components are not backflushed nor do they default when issuing all components for an assembly. You can, however, manually issue specific supplier components to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules/job.
g) Phantoms:
Phantom components can be assigned to bill of material component subassemblies and subassembly items in BOM and Engineering. Components of phantom subassemblies are used as if they were tied directly to the parent assembly. Phantom supply types cannot be assigned to jobs and repetitive lines/assembly associations in Work in Process. When model or option class bills are components to another bill of material, that component supply type is phantom.
Phantoms behave normally when they are top level assemblies, such as when master scheduled or manufactured on a discrete job. As subassemblies, they lose their distinct identity and become a collection of their components. Phantom components (not the phantom itself) are included on discrete jobs and repetitive job/schedules and are listed on the Discrete Job and Repetitive Schedule Pick List Reports.
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Supply types decides the method of supplying component materials to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules in WIP module. It also controls how materials are planned in MS/MRP module and how materials are costed in Cost Management module.
You can assign supply types to the items when you define in Inventory module. You can also assign supply types to components when you create bills of material in Bills of Material and Engineering modules. The following is a list of the WIP supply types and the way they work:
a) Push
Push components can be manually issued directly to discrete jobs and repetitive schedule as per requirements. You can specify the subinventory for items in Item definition form or in Bills or define default subinventory in WIP parameters form. Work in Process defaults the supply subinventory associated with the component.
b) Operation Pull:
Operation pull components that are assigned to backflush operations, are automatically backflushed (pulled) from inventory and issued to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules when assemblies are moved and completed at that operation i.e. when you complete backflush operations. Also, operation pull component that have not been backflushed because they are assigned to non-backflush operations prior to the backflush operation are also backflushed.
The Components are pulled from the supply subinventory assigned to the component. You cannot assign this supply type to an assenbly without a routing or a non-standard discrete job without a routing. You can assign this supply type to assemblies that have routings with no operations or when the routing has disabled operations. However, all components with a supply type of operation pull are automatically changed to assembly pull.
c) Assembly pull:
Assembly Pull components are issued (backflushed) to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules when you complete all operations on assemblies in Work in Process. They are pulled from the supply subinventory assigned to the component requirement.
If you want to assign pull components to a bill of material or job that is not associated with a routing, you must assign an Assembly Pull supply type, rather than operation pull supply type. You cannot assign this supply type to a non-standard discrete job if you have not specified an assembly or bill of material reference for that non standard discrete job.
d) Based on Bill:
When you define a discrete job or a repetitive line/assembly association in WIP, the supply type for the assembly defaults to Based on Bill and assembly components are supplied based upon their bill of material supply types. You can change the defaulted Based on Bill supply type that is assigned to jobs and schedules as you define them. The Based on Bill supply type is WIP specific.
If the supply type for a job or line/assembly association is changed, the new supply type is applied to all component material requirements. For example, if you change the supply type of a job assembly from Based on Bill to Assembly Pull, the supply types of all assembly components are changed to Assembly pull. You can update the supply types of individual material requirements using the Material Requirements window in WIP
The system automatically changes components with a supply type of Operation Pull to Assembly Pull, when the Based on Bill supply type is applied to a job or repetitive job/ schedule that has a bill of material but has no a routing or operations.
e) Bulk:
Bulk component requirements can be viewed and are displayed on reports and inquiry forms (that display components requirements) when you include Bulk components on a bill of material. They can be used to communicate to the shop floor that bulk components must be used but need not be transacted. You can choose specific components in the type field of WIP material transaction form for issuing bulk components.
Bulk components are not backflushed nor do they default when issuing all components for an assembly. You can, however, manually issue specific bulk components to a discrete job or repetitive schedule. This supply type is selected for components like screws,nuts,bolts,nails,etc where it is difficult and may not be necessary to transact the exact quantity used.
f) Supplier/Vendor:
Supplier component requirements can be included on bills of material. Requirements for supplier components are created when you define discrete jobs and repetitive schedules in Work in Process. Supplier component requirements can be viewed and are displayed on reports. They provide information on the component materials that your suppliers provide but need not be transacted. Supplier components are not backflushed nor do they default when issuing all components for an assembly. You can, however, manually issue specific supplier components to discrete jobs and repetitive schedules/job.
g) Phantoms:
Phantom components can be assigned to bill of material component subassemblies and subassembly items in BOM and Engineering. Components of phantom subassemblies are used as if they were tied directly to the parent assembly. Phantom supply types cannot be assigned to jobs and repetitive lines/assembly associations in Work in Process. When model or option class bills are components to another bill of material, that component supply type is phantom.
Phantoms behave normally when they are top level assemblies, such as when master scheduled or manufactured on a discrete job. As subassemblies, they lose their distinct identity and become a collection of their components. Phantom components (not the phantom itself) are included on discrete jobs and repetitive job/schedules and are listed on the Discrete Job and Repetitive Schedule Pick List Reports.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Oracle WIP setups & Open Interface
Why do you need to define WIP parameters?
You can use WIP parameters to define modes of operation and to assign default values for various work in process functions. You can only define one set of WIP parameters per inventory organization.
Which are optional implementation steps for WIP?
Define Production Lines
Define Repetitive Assemblies
Define Scheduled Groups
Define Employees
Define Employee Labor Rates
Define Shop floor Statuses
Define Job and Schedule documents
Define Operation Documents
Defining Report sets
What all can you import in WIP module?
a) Import move transactions from data collection devices, factory floor machines or controllers using the Open Move Transaction Interface
b) Import material transactions (component issue/return, assembly completion/return, replenishment) from data collection devices, custom data entry forms, and other manufacturing inventory systems using the Open Inventory Transaction Interface
c) Import resource transactions from data collection devices and labor tracking systems using the Open Resource Cost Transaction Interface
d) Import planned orders, update recommendations, and planned repetitive schedules directly from external sources using the Work Order Interface
e) Update scheduling dates at the operation or resource level using the Work Order Interface
You can use WIP parameters to define modes of operation and to assign default values for various work in process functions. You can only define one set of WIP parameters per inventory organization.
Which are optional implementation steps for WIP?
Define Production Lines
Define Repetitive Assemblies
Define Scheduled Groups
Define Employees
Define Employee Labor Rates
Define Shop floor Statuses
Define Job and Schedule documents
Define Operation Documents
Defining Report sets
What all can you import in WIP module?
a) Import move transactions from data collection devices, factory floor machines or controllers using the Open Move Transaction Interface
b) Import material transactions (component issue/return, assembly completion/return, replenishment) from data collection devices, custom data entry forms, and other manufacturing inventory systems using the Open Inventory Transaction Interface
c) Import resource transactions from data collection devices and labor tracking systems using the Open Resource Cost Transaction Interface
d) Import planned orders, update recommendations, and planned repetitive schedules directly from external sources using the Work Order Interface
e) Update scheduling dates at the operation or resource level using the Work Order Interface
What is Process Manufacturing?
What is Process Manufacturing?
Process manufacturing is different from Discrete manufacturing.
Manufacturing is not in discrete batches but is a process of pressing/mixing/chemical processing/heating/boiling liquid/semi liquid/solid and powder or raw materials. Once you manufacture a product by using process manufacturing, the output can not be brought to it's original basic form.
For example orange juice with sugar added cannot be put back in to the Orange and Sugar seperately. On the other hand a computer manufactured by a discrete manufacturing process can be disassembled and the parts can be returned to stock to a large extent. Examples of process manufacturing are food products, beverages, paints & coatings, chemicals, specialty chemicals , pharmaceuticals, consumer packaged goods, Bulk drug pharmaceuticals, Nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and biotechnology industries. In Process Manufacturing, there are ingredients and not parts; there are formulas and not bill of materials; and bulk, not Unit of measure Each
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
Different manufacturing strategies
Which are different manufacturing strategies?
There are 4 manufacturing strategies
a) Make to stock(MTS)
b) Make to Order(MTO)
c) Assemble to Order(ATO)
d) Engineer to order(ETO)
In MTS, stock is created by companies for items without receiving an order from customer. Examples are manufacturing of refrigerators, washing nachines and Television sets. They are manufactured in a flow shop based on master schedule and stocked in finished goods subinventory until they are shipped to a cutomer.
MTO are manufactured after receiving customer order, which means customer is willing to accept longer delivery period. The examples are commercial dish washers and refrigerators for hotels. These items are produced in a flow shop or in job shop depending up on the range of product families produced by the factory. In order to reduce lead time the factory often uses ready components to manufacture a product.
In ATO, stock of existing items is kept on hand but they are sub assemblies, not the finished product. The company uses final assembly orders to put the finished product together according to specifications of the customer order. This involves some extra lead time but not as much as MTO. Private aircrafts, commercial trucks and computers are the examples of ATO. ATO items may be produced either in flow shop or job shop. ATO offers many variations in standard product because of the choices the customers have in deciding final product from options provided .
ETO item is built on the customer product specifications such as large commercial aircrafts. Such product can not be produces according to existing specifications of the company because some engineering skill is required to incorporate customer specifications in to the design of the final product. Companies using this manufacturing strategy, always quote longer lead time .The engineering and manufacturing costs involved are also high and are tracked for each order separately.
There are 4 manufacturing strategies
a) Make to stock(MTS)
b) Make to Order(MTO)
c) Assemble to Order(ATO)
d) Engineer to order(ETO)
In MTS, stock is created by companies for items without receiving an order from customer. Examples are manufacturing of refrigerators, washing nachines and Television sets. They are manufactured in a flow shop based on master schedule and stocked in finished goods subinventory until they are shipped to a cutomer.
MTO are manufactured after receiving customer order, which means customer is willing to accept longer delivery period. The examples are commercial dish washers and refrigerators for hotels. These items are produced in a flow shop or in job shop depending up on the range of product families produced by the factory. In order to reduce lead time the factory often uses ready components to manufacture a product.
In ATO, stock of existing items is kept on hand but they are sub assemblies, not the finished product. The company uses final assembly orders to put the finished product together according to specifications of the customer order. This involves some extra lead time but not as much as MTO. Private aircrafts, commercial trucks and computers are the examples of ATO. ATO items may be produced either in flow shop or job shop. ATO offers many variations in standard product because of the choices the customers have in deciding final product from options provided .
ETO item is built on the customer product specifications such as large commercial aircrafts. Such product can not be produces according to existing specifications of the company because some engineering skill is required to incorporate customer specifications in to the design of the final product. Companies using this manufacturing strategy, always quote longer lead time .The engineering and manufacturing costs involved are also high and are tracked for each order separately.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
What is Discrete Manufacturing?
What is Discrete Manufacturing?
1) Discrete manufacturing is a manufacturing process in which distinct items/products(which you can easily count, see and touch) are built or manufactured in discrete batches on manufacturing floor. It creates physical products which go directly to business and consumers, and assemblies that are used by other manufacturers. The resulting product is easily identifiable. It is different from process manufacturing where products are undifferentiated (can not tell the difference between one product and another) such as oil, natural gas and salt.
2) A typical characteristic of discrete manufacturing is the frequent switching from one manufactured product to another. The products are typically manufactured in individually defined lots, the sequence of work centers through production varying for each one of these. Costs are calculated on the basis of orders and individual lots.
3) Discrete manufacturing is also characterized by individual or separate unit production. Units can be produced in low volume with very high complexity or high volumes of low complexity. Low volume/high complexity production results in the need for an extremely flexible manufacturing system that can improve quality and time-to-market speed while cutting costs. High volume/low complexity production puts high premiums on inventory controls, lead times and reducing or limiting materials costs and waste
4) Discrete manufacturing typically involves the sequence of work centers through which the products can pass during production. This sequence can be varied as per requirement. The order of work centers is determined in routings, which can often be very complex. There can be waiting times between the individual work centers. Also, semi-finished products are frequently placed in interim storage prior to further processing
5) In discrete manufacturing, component materials are staged with specific reference to the individual production lots. Completion confirmations for the various steps and processes document the work progress and enable fine-tune controlling.
Examples are Transportation equipment, Automobiles, toys, Computer and accessories and electronic products, consumer electronics, furniture, Lego Blocks, Appliances and other house hold items, Industrial and electrical equipment, Medical equipment and supplies, Fabricated metal, furniture, recycling, pencil ,light bulb, telephone, bicycle, fuel pump, miscellaneous manufacturing as well as "big ticket” consumer and commercial goods like cars and airplanes, semi conductors, outfitting with industrial products, machine and plant engineering, right through to shipbuilding and aircraft construction. Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. Discrete manufacturing systems typically deal with digital inputs to programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) that cause motors and robotic devices to be activated. Fabricated Metal Products, Industrial and Commercial Machinery.
1) Discrete manufacturing is a manufacturing process in which distinct items/products(which you can easily count, see and touch) are built or manufactured in discrete batches on manufacturing floor. It creates physical products which go directly to business and consumers, and assemblies that are used by other manufacturers. The resulting product is easily identifiable. It is different from process manufacturing where products are undifferentiated (can not tell the difference between one product and another) such as oil, natural gas and salt.
2) A typical characteristic of discrete manufacturing is the frequent switching from one manufactured product to another. The products are typically manufactured in individually defined lots, the sequence of work centers through production varying for each one of these. Costs are calculated on the basis of orders and individual lots.
3) Discrete manufacturing is also characterized by individual or separate unit production. Units can be produced in low volume with very high complexity or high volumes of low complexity. Low volume/high complexity production results in the need for an extremely flexible manufacturing system that can improve quality and time-to-market speed while cutting costs. High volume/low complexity production puts high premiums on inventory controls, lead times and reducing or limiting materials costs and waste
4) Discrete manufacturing typically involves the sequence of work centers through which the products can pass during production. This sequence can be varied as per requirement. The order of work centers is determined in routings, which can often be very complex. There can be waiting times between the individual work centers. Also, semi-finished products are frequently placed in interim storage prior to further processing
5) In discrete manufacturing, component materials are staged with specific reference to the individual production lots. Completion confirmations for the various steps and processes document the work progress and enable fine-tune controlling.
Examples are Transportation equipment, Automobiles, toys, Computer and accessories and electronic products, consumer electronics, furniture, Lego Blocks, Appliances and other house hold items, Industrial and electrical equipment, Medical equipment and supplies, Fabricated metal, furniture, recycling, pencil ,light bulb, telephone, bicycle, fuel pump, miscellaneous manufacturing as well as "big ticket” consumer and commercial goods like cars and airplanes, semi conductors, outfitting with industrial products, machine and plant engineering, right through to shipbuilding and aircraft construction. Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. Discrete manufacturing systems typically deal with digital inputs to programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and programmable automation controllers (PACs) that cause motors and robotic devices to be activated. Fabricated Metal Products, Industrial and Commercial Machinery.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Oracle Inventory - Interview questions & answers
1) Which are required steps in Inventory module set up?
Answer:
a) All the 6 key flexfields i.e Items, Item Catalog, Account Alias, Sales Order, Locator and Item Category
b) Organizations
c) Change Organizations
d) Intercompany Relations
e) Unit of Measure Classes
f)Subunventories
g)Item Attribute Controls, Categories
h)Default Category set
i)Item Statuses
j) Cost types
k)Profile Options
l)Inventory Accounting Periods
2) What do you mean by Required with Defaults Steps?
Answer:
Required Step With Defaults means that the setup functionality comes with pre-seeded, default values in the database; however, you should review those defaults /default values and decide whether to change them to suit your business needs
3)Which are Required with Defaults Steps in Inventory module?
Answer:
There are no such steps in Inventory module
4)There is no stock locator control in your Inventory organization.Do you still need to configure it?
Answer:
You need not to configure the flexfield in a specific way but you must still compile the Stock Locators key Flexfield because all Oracle Inventory transaction and on-hand inquiries and reports require a frozen flexfield definition
5) What is the use of a picking rule?
Answer:
When you pick release a sales order in Order Management module , Order Shipping Execution module ( which is a part of Order Management) submits requests to Oracle Inventory module which uses the information given in picking rule to give priority to pick units of an items and then it generates pick lists for sales orders
6) Can you apply material overheads to Average Costing Organization?
Answer:
No, you can not apply it to Average Costing Organization. However you can apply it to Standard Costing Organization
7) What is a Transaction Action?
Answer:
A transaction action is a predefined method of changing the quantity and/or location and/or cost of an item. It is used in Transaction Type form
8) How many Predefined Transaction Actions are available in Inventory module?
Answer:
You may use one of six predefined transaction actions: --issue from stores, subinventory transfer, direct organization transfer, intransit shipment, cost update and receipt into stores.
9)Can you do Inventory transactions in prior periods?
Answer:
Yes, you can do by setting the profile option INV: Transaction Date validation to Provide warning when date in past period or Allow date in any open period. It allows entry of a past date
10) Can you change customer item name or Item after you save it?
Answer:
Yes, you can change it if you have set the profile option INV: Updatable Customer Item to Yes and INV: Updatable item to Yes respectively
Answer:
a) All the 6 key flexfields i.e Items, Item Catalog, Account Alias, Sales Order, Locator and Item Category
b) Organizations
c) Change Organizations
d) Intercompany Relations
e) Unit of Measure Classes
f)Subunventories
g)Item Attribute Controls, Categories
h)Default Category set
i)Item Statuses
j) Cost types
k)Profile Options
l)Inventory Accounting Periods
2) What do you mean by Required with Defaults Steps?
Answer:
Required Step With Defaults means that the setup functionality comes with pre-seeded, default values in the database; however, you should review those defaults /default values and decide whether to change them to suit your business needs
3)Which are Required with Defaults Steps in Inventory module?
Answer:
There are no such steps in Inventory module
4)There is no stock locator control in your Inventory organization.Do you still need to configure it?
Answer:
You need not to configure the flexfield in a specific way but you must still compile the Stock Locators key Flexfield because all Oracle Inventory transaction and on-hand inquiries and reports require a frozen flexfield definition
5) What is the use of a picking rule?
Answer:
When you pick release a sales order in Order Management module , Order Shipping Execution module ( which is a part of Order Management) submits requests to Oracle Inventory module which uses the information given in picking rule to give priority to pick units of an items and then it generates pick lists for sales orders
6) Can you apply material overheads to Average Costing Organization?
Answer:
No, you can not apply it to Average Costing Organization. However you can apply it to Standard Costing Organization
7) What is a Transaction Action?
Answer:
A transaction action is a predefined method of changing the quantity and/or location and/or cost of an item. It is used in Transaction Type form
8) How many Predefined Transaction Actions are available in Inventory module?
Answer:
You may use one of six predefined transaction actions: --issue from stores, subinventory transfer, direct organization transfer, intransit shipment, cost update and receipt into stores.
9)Can you do Inventory transactions in prior periods?
Answer:
Yes, you can do by setting the profile option INV: Transaction Date validation to Provide warning when date in past period or Allow date in any open period. It allows entry of a past date
10) Can you change customer item name or Item after you save it?
Answer:
Yes, you can change it if you have set the profile option INV: Updatable Customer Item to Yes and INV: Updatable item to Yes respectively
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Defining Purchasing Options
Defining Purchasing Options
Purchasing Options window is used to define default values and controls for functions in Oracle Purchasing. You can often override purchasing options when you are creating documents. Defining Purchasing Option is required step to use Orale Purhasing.
Navigation
Purchasing Responsibility=> Setup=> Organization=>Purchasing Options
There are 6 tabs in purchasing options as below:
1. Receipt Accounting (Accrual Options)
2. Control
3. Default
4. Internal Requisition
5. Numbering
6. Tax Default
Each option tab would be explained in next posts
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Line Status in Order Management
Oracle Order Management and Shipping Execution provides line status to best reflect the stage of the process for the order line and delivery line.
Line statuses can be seen in the 'status' field of the 'Line Items' Main tab in the Sales Order form. It can also be noted from the Shipping transaction form. Below are the most commonly observed line statuses and what they mean:
Awaiting Shipping: Order is booked but lines are not yet picked
Ready to Release: Order line is booked and passed to Shipping Execution. It is now a delivery line that is eligible for Pick Release
Released to Warehouse: Pick Release has started but not completed. Either no allocations were created or allocations have not been Pick Confirmed
Backordered: The delivery line is pick released but no allocations were created. As an example, if a delivery line has a quantity of
100, and at pick release only 25 are available for allocation, the original delivery line splits to create a new line (quantity of 75) for the unallocated portion with a status of Backordered
Staged/Pick Confirmed: The delivery line is successfully pick released. It occurs after pick confirm to indicate subinventory transfer from source location to staging location is complete
Shipped: This line status indicates that the delivery associated with the delivery line(s) is ship confirmed
Picked: Pick release has completed normally (both allocation and pick confirm). The delivery associated with the delivery line(s) may have also been Ship Confirmed but the Delivery may not be set in transit and the Trip may not be closed
Interfaced: If delivery was sourced from Oracle OM, the delivery line is shipped and the OM Interface and Inventory Interface concurrent processes have completed. If delivery was sourced from an Oracle Application other than OM, the delivery line is shipped and the Inventory Interface concurrent process has completed.
Awaiting Fulfillment: Not all shippable lines in a fulfillment set are fulfilled
Fulfilled: All lines in a fulfillment set are fulfilled
Closed: Closed indicates that the line is closed. It does not necessarily indicate that the line is interfaced to Accounts Receivable (AR).
Canceled: Indicates that the line has been completely canceled. No further processing will occur for this line
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Serial Controlled Items
Serial Controlled Items
A Serial Number is a unique number assigned to each discrete unit of an item that is stored in inventory. A serial number can also be defined as a set of characters that uniquely identifies a single unit and can be used for traceability and warranty purposes.
Serial numbers are valuable in quality control, as once a defect is found in the production of a particular batch of product, the serial number will quickly identify which units are affected. Serial numbers are also used as a deterrent against theft and counterfeit products in that serial numbers can be recorded, and stolen or otherwise irregular goods can be identified.
Oracle Inventory provides complete serial number support for inventory transactions. Serial number control can be enabled for specific items in inventory. For items under serial number control, a unique serial numbers is assigned to each individual unit and thereafter the same serial numbers is referenced each time a material transaction is performed.
Serial Number Uniqueness
A Serial Number must be unique so that it can be tracked. Uniqueness of Serial Numbers can be enforced at various levels. This is defined at the inventory organization level.
Within Inventory Items
Once a serial number is assigned to a particular item, it cannot be assigned to the same item regardless of the inventory organization. For example if serial number SN100 is assigned to item A, serial number SN100 cannot be assigned to any other instance of item A in any other inventory organization.
Within Organizations
In addition to the restrictions Within Inventory Items control, the same serial number cannot exist twice within the same organization. For example if serial number SN100 is assigned to item A, it cannot be assigned to Item B in the same inventory organization. However, SN100 can be assigned to item B in any other organization.
Across Organizations
In addition to the restrictions Within Organizations, once a serial number is assigned to an item, it cannot be assigned to any other item regardless of organization. For example if serial number SN100 is assigned to item A, it cannot be assigned to item B in any organization. If uniqueness Across Organization is assigned to to any organization it restricts the serial numbers in all other organizations. If one organization dictates Across Organizations, all other organizations must do so too
A Serial Number is a unique number assigned to each discrete unit of an item that is stored in inventory. A serial number can also be defined as a set of characters that uniquely identifies a single unit and can be used for traceability and warranty purposes.
Serial numbers are valuable in quality control, as once a defect is found in the production of a particular batch of product, the serial number will quickly identify which units are affected. Serial numbers are also used as a deterrent against theft and counterfeit products in that serial numbers can be recorded, and stolen or otherwise irregular goods can be identified.
Oracle Inventory provides complete serial number support for inventory transactions. Serial number control can be enabled for specific items in inventory. For items under serial number control, a unique serial numbers is assigned to each individual unit and thereafter the same serial numbers is referenced each time a material transaction is performed.
Serial Number Uniqueness
A Serial Number must be unique so that it can be tracked. Uniqueness of Serial Numbers can be enforced at various levels. This is defined at the inventory organization level.
Within Inventory Items
Once a serial number is assigned to a particular item, it cannot be assigned to the same item regardless of the inventory organization. For example if serial number SN100 is assigned to item A, serial number SN100 cannot be assigned to any other instance of item A in any other inventory organization.
Within Organizations
In addition to the restrictions Within Inventory Items control, the same serial number cannot exist twice within the same organization. For example if serial number SN100 is assigned to item A, it cannot be assigned to Item B in the same inventory organization. However, SN100 can be assigned to item B in any other organization.
Across Organizations
In addition to the restrictions Within Organizations, once a serial number is assigned to an item, it cannot be assigned to any other item regardless of organization. For example if serial number SN100 is assigned to item A, it cannot be assigned to item B in any organization. If uniqueness Across Organization is assigned to to any organization it restricts the serial numbers in all other organizations. If one organization dictates Across Organizations, all other organizations must do so too
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Accrual Basis vs Cash Basis Accounting for Non Accountants
Accrual Basis vs Cash Basis Accounting for Non Accountants
There are two basic accounting methods available in business - Cash or Accrual.
With the cash method of accounting, income is recorded only when you receive cash from your customers. You record an expense only when you write the check to the vendor.
With the accrual method, income is recorded when the sale occurs, whether it be the delivery of a product or the rendering of a service on your part, regardless of when you get paid. On the other hand, you record an expense when you receive goods or services, even though you may not pay for them until later.
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There are two basic accounting methods available in business - Cash or Accrual.
With the cash method of accounting, income is recorded only when you receive cash from your customers. You record an expense only when you write the check to the vendor.
With the accrual method, income is recorded when the sale occurs, whether it be the delivery of a product or the rendering of a service on your part, regardless of when you get paid. On the other hand, you record an expense when you receive goods or services, even though you may not pay for them until later.
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Oracle Purchasing - Setup checklist
Oracle Purchasing Setup Checklist
Please refer to above setup checklist which show the steps out of which some are Required and some are Optional. Required Step With Defaults means that the setup functionality comes with seeded default values; however, you should review those defaults and decide whether to change them to suit your business needs.
For more details, it is recommended to refer Oracle Purchasing User guide
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Oracle General Ledger (OGL)
Oracle General Ledger (OGL)
Oracle Financial comprises of the following core Finance Modules:
1) General Ledger
2) Accounts Payable
3) Accounts Receivables
4) Fixed Assets
5) Cash Management
Oracle General Ledger (OGL) is accounting back bone for Oracle Financial Modules. It is the central repository of all financial transactions and can be called as the heart of the accounting system. OGL is a tool for integrating sub-ledger activity, consolidating group-wide accounts and releasing statutory/analytical financial reports.
Defining the Set of books (SOB) is the key setup task in Oracle General Ledger. Set of books has 3 key components - Chart of accounts, Currency and Calender (popularly called as 3Cs)
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Member of the Month - November 2008
Member of the Month - November 2008
Please to announce that Saravanan Rajamanickam is our 'member of the month' for November 2008. Saravanan is a Chemical Engineer and completed his MBA from UK.
With core expertise in Oracle Supply Chain modules, his contribution to applearn community has been very helpful. Saravanan likes to read history, especially about great leaders; likes to watch & play cricket. You can find him in some park or a beach during his free time. Wish you all the best and looking forward for your contribution at applearn.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Oracle Purchasing - Interview Questions
Oracle Purchasing - Interview Questions
1. Can we automatically 'Close' the Purchase order without receiving the full quantity?
2. When does a Purchase Order line get the Status 'Closed for Receiving'?
3. What is the difference between the control actions 'On Hold' and 'Freeze' for a Purchase order?
4. What are the different document statuses used in Oracle Purchasing?
5. If a Purchase Order/Requisition is cancelled accidentally, can we revert it back?
6. Can we receive a shipment even when it is "Closed for Receiving"?
7. Can we re-open a Closed and Finally Closed Purchase Order?
8. Can we match an Invoice against a line even when it is 'Closed for Invoicing'?
9. How do I change the Supplier on a approved PO?
10. When a user enters a new PO, the Preparer (user) is always defaulted as the buyer. User is not able to change it too. How do we allow the user to change this?
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First one to answer all questions correctly might be the "member of the month" at applearn
1. Can we automatically 'Close' the Purchase order without receiving the full quantity?
2. When does a Purchase Order line get the Status 'Closed for Receiving'?
3. What is the difference between the control actions 'On Hold' and 'Freeze' for a Purchase order?
4. What are the different document statuses used in Oracle Purchasing?
5. If a Purchase Order/Requisition is cancelled accidentally, can we revert it back?
6. Can we receive a shipment even when it is "Closed for Receiving"?
7. Can we re-open a Closed and Finally Closed Purchase Order?
8. Can we match an Invoice against a line even when it is 'Closed for Invoicing'?
9. How do I change the Supplier on a approved PO?
10. When a user enters a new PO, the Preparer (user) is always defaulted as the buyer. User is not able to change it too. How do we allow the user to change this?
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
PO approval hierarchy
Did you know that Oracle Purchasing also has to choose the approver to whom it has to forward the approval notification?
If Position Hierarchy is used and two employees are attached to a particular position, then the application will select the forward-to person based on alphabetical name order.
Below is an example for better understanding.
Albert Christopher (Clerk) and couple of more clearks report to position Manager (Materials). James Bond and Bob Smith have the position Manager (Materials) attached.
In the above scenario, when Albert (Clerk) chooses the Approve button without entering a forward-to person, and the next position above the clerk is the Manager (Materials), the document would be routed to James Bond.
James Bond is selected by the system because the system will choose the employee assigned to the position in alphabetical order, and since Bond comes before Smith, James Bond is selected. Therefore, unless the clerk selects a specific person to forward the document to, the document will always be routed to the first person alphabetically assigned to the position.
How does it work when multiple logins tied to One Employee?
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If Position Hierarchy is used and two employees are attached to a particular position, then the application will select the forward-to person based on alphabetical name order.
Below is an example for better understanding.
Albert Christopher (Clerk) and couple of more clearks report to position Manager (Materials). James Bond and Bob Smith have the position Manager (Materials) attached.
In the above scenario, when Albert (Clerk) chooses the Approve button without entering a forward-to person, and the next position above the clerk is the Manager (Materials), the document would be routed to James Bond.
James Bond is selected by the system because the system will choose the employee assigned to the position in alphabetical order, and since Bond comes before Smith, James Bond is selected. Therefore, unless the clerk selects a specific person to forward the document to, the document will always be routed to the first person alphabetically assigned to the position.
How does it work when multiple logins tied to One Employee?
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
WIP Parameters - Lot Selection Method
WIP Parameters - Lot Selection Method
Lot Selection Method appears under the backflush default parameter and affect backflush transactions. Determines how lot controlled Assembly Pull and Component Pull component items are selected during backflush transactions.
User can select from any of the below options:
1. Expiration Date
2. Manual
3. Receipt Date
4. Transaction History
This parameter does not apply to components that are under both lot and serial control. When you backflush a component under both lot and serial control, you must enter both the lot and the serial number.
When does the "Alternate Lot Selection Method" option become functional? How does it work?
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Lot Selection Method appears under the backflush default parameter and affect backflush transactions. Determines how lot controlled Assembly Pull and Component Pull component items are selected during backflush transactions.
User can select from any of the below options:
1. Expiration Date
2. Manual
3. Receipt Date
4. Transaction History
This parameter does not apply to components that are under both lot and serial control. When you backflush a component under both lot and serial control, you must enter both the lot and the serial number.
When does the "Alternate Lot Selection Method" option become functional? How does it work?
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Physical Inventory Adjustments for Reserved Items
Physical Inventory Adjustments for Reserved Items
While performing Physical Inventory activities using Oracle Inventory, user performs the following steps:
1. Physical Inventory setup to define tolerances, subinventories etc.
2. Physical Inventory snapshot
3. Tag generation
4. Tag count entry
5. Approve Physical Inventory
6. Post Physical Inventory adjustments
While approving the physical inventory, user might face a message "You are trying to perform Physical Inventory Adjustment for material that has reservations"
This is an intended functionality. Inventory cannot be adjusted so that these adjustments take quantity from reservations. Users need to unreserve the demand and perform adjustment. The System does not know which Reservations are genuine now
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Oracle WIP - Questions
Oracle WIP - Questions
1. Client wants to put the WIP job on hold whenever the related Sales Order demand is cancelled. How to achieve this?
2. What is assembly pull and operation pull?
3. Where do we define the supply subinventory/locator for backflushing?
4. Client wants to backflush all the lot controlled items based on FIFO (First in, First Out). How to meet this requirement?
5. Client wants to backflush all the lot and serial controlled items based on FIFO (First in, First Out). Is this possible using standard oracle functionality?
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1. Client wants to put the WIP job on hold whenever the related Sales Order demand is cancelled. How to achieve this?
2. What is assembly pull and operation pull?
3. Where do we define the supply subinventory/locator for backflushing?
4. Client wants to backflush all the lot controlled items based on FIFO (First in, First Out). How to meet this requirement?
5. Client wants to backflush all the lot and serial controlled items based on FIFO (First in, First Out). Is this possible using standard oracle functionality?
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Discrete and Repetitive Manufacturing
Discrete and Repetitive Manufacturing
There are two basic kinds of factory layouts: the flow shop and the job shop.
In a flow shop, the machines are set up and the floor is laid out so that items flow uninterrupted from one operation to the next, hence the name. An assembly line is the standard example for a flow shop. In a job shop, the movement between operations is not as seamless; there may be significant move and queue time between them. A metal fabrication plant where each part is make-to-order and each must be bent, lathed and milled is a good example of a job shop.
When an item is manufactured in a flow shop, The machines that perform tasks will tend to be smaller than I the equivalent job shop, and the tasks they perform will be more defined. In order to reduce wait and queue time, the same task may be performed by several different machines.
In a job shop, the factory is laid out in a way that the flow of production; it is laid out into functional areas. The cutting machines are in one area or department the lathes are in another. Layout into functional areas usually prevents the smooth flow of inventory through the factory, because the production of a single item may require that it criss-cross the shop floor.
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There are two basic kinds of factory layouts: the flow shop and the job shop.
In a flow shop, the machines are set up and the floor is laid out so that items flow uninterrupted from one operation to the next, hence the name. An assembly line is the standard example for a flow shop. In a job shop, the movement between operations is not as seamless; there may be significant move and queue time between them. A metal fabrication plant where each part is make-to-order and each must be bent, lathed and milled is a good example of a job shop.
When an item is manufactured in a flow shop, The machines that perform tasks will tend to be smaller than I the equivalent job shop, and the tasks they perform will be more defined. In order to reduce wait and queue time, the same task may be performed by several different machines.
In a job shop, the factory is laid out in a way that the flow of production; it is laid out into functional areas. The cutting machines are in one area or department the lathes are in another. Layout into functional areas usually prevents the smooth flow of inventory through the factory, because the production of a single item may require that it criss-cross the shop floor.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Key Profile option in Order Management
Key Profile option in Order Management
OM: Discounting Privilege
This profile option provides the choice of controlling user’s ability to apply
discounts on an order or order line.
Either of the below 3 values can be selected for the profile option
Full:
Ability to apply any valid discount against an order or order line, as long as
the order type of the order does not enforce list prices (Default value)
Non-Overridable Only:
Ability to apply only non-overridable discounts against an
order or order line.
Unlimited:
Ability to apply any valid discount against any order or order line,
regardless of whether the order type of the order enforces list prices
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OM: Discounting Privilege
This profile option provides the choice of controlling user’s ability to apply
discounts on an order or order line.
Either of the below 3 values can be selected for the profile option
Full:
Ability to apply any valid discount against an order or order line, as long as
the order type of the order does not enforce list prices (Default value)
Non-Overridable Only:
Ability to apply only non-overridable discounts against an
order or order line.
Unlimited:
Ability to apply any valid discount against any order or order line,
regardless of whether the order type of the order enforces list prices
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
What is Oracle Workflow ?
Business processes revolve around routing information through various users through set of constantly changing rules. The flow of information is governed by various conditions and checking for outcome of previous steps. An established process of routing will be subject to continuous monitoring and rounting. Each organization follows a different set of business practices.
Workflow gets the right information to the right people. Workflow lets you provide each person with all the information they need to take an action. Workflow can route supporting information to each decision maker in a business process.
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Workflow gets the right information to the right people. Workflow lets you provide each person with all the information they need to take an action. Workflow can route supporting information to each decision maker in a business process.
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What is Oracle Workflow ?
Business processes revolve around routing information through various users through set of constantly changing rules. The flow of information is governed by various conditions and checking for outcome of previous steps. An established process of routing will be subject to continuous monitoring and rounting. Each organization follows a different set of business practices.
Workflow gets the right information to the right people. Workflow lets you provide each person with all the information they need to take an action. Workflow can route supporting information to each decision maker in a business process.
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Workflow gets the right information to the right people. Workflow lets you provide each person with all the information they need to take an action. Workflow can route supporting information to each decision maker in a business process.
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Monday, October 27, 2008
Single function in a responsibility
If a single function is attached to a inventory organization sensitive function such as subinventory transfer (in Inventory), please beware that the function would open in a wrong inventory organization. This might result in user entering transactions in wrong inventory organization.
For example, User "A" is attached to 3 Inventory responsibilities - "INV User X", "INV User Y" and "INV User Z".
Suppose each of these 3 responsibilities has only 'active' function attached
In the above scenario, you would note that form/function opens in a wrong inventory organization
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For example, User "A" is attached to 3 Inventory responsibilities - "INV User X", "INV User Y" and "INV User Z".
Suppose each of these 3 responsibilities has only 'active' function attached
In the above scenario, you would note that form/function opens in a wrong inventory organization
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Oracle Demantra
Hello Friends,
Recently BearingPoint announced the sucessful deployment of Demantra at renowned wireless manufacturer 'Kyocera', the San Diego, California- based company.
Looking at the growing interest in Demantra, applearn team is looking for 'Demantra' professionals who would help us all understand the basics, how it integrates & fits in the E-business suite. If anyone from you have either got trained or already working on Demantra, it would be wonderful to have you as our author to post articles here.
If we realize that none of us knows much about it much, then we might request each one of you for help to reach someone who could help us
Thanks,
applearn team
Recently BearingPoint announced the sucessful deployment of Demantra at renowned wireless manufacturer 'Kyocera', the San Diego, California- based company.
Looking at the growing interest in Demantra, applearn team is looking for 'Demantra' professionals who would help us all understand the basics, how it integrates & fits in the E-business suite. If anyone from you have either got trained or already working on Demantra, it would be wonderful to have you as our author to post articles here.
If we realize that none of us knows much about it much, then we might request each one of you for help to reach someone who could help us
Thanks,
applearn team
Friday, October 3, 2008
Sharing Costs across Organizations
Costs of items can be shared across organizations using standard costing. This is a unique feature of Standard Costing method.
If standard costs are shared across multiple organizations, costs are maintained by the cost master organization and shared by the child cost organizations. Costs cannot be entered into the child cost organizations. All reports, inquiries, and processes use the shared costs.
If standard costs are shared across multiple organizations, costs are maintained by the cost master organization and shared by the child cost organizations. Costs cannot be entered into the child cost organizations. All reports, inquiries, and processes use the shared costs.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Oracle Cost Management - What is Cost Rollup?
Cost Rollup is a process by which the costs of assemblies are built, starting with the lowest level and working up the structure to top-level assemblies. This process is specifically called a ‘full cost rollup’. This method gives the most current bill of material structure and component costs.
There is another way of rolling up Costs, which is the single–level rollup, which only looks at the first level of the bill structure for each assembly in the rollup and rolls the costs for the items at this level into the parent. This method does not reflect structure or cost changes that have occurred at a level below the first level of assemblies.
There is another way of rolling up Costs, which is the single–level rollup, which only looks at the first level of the bill structure for each assembly in the rollup and rolls the costs for the items at this level into the parent. This method does not reflect structure or cost changes that have occurred at a level below the first level of assemblies.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Oracle Cost Management - Standard costing
Standard costing is used by Customers who employ predetermined costs for valuing inventory and for charging material, resource, overhead, period close, and job close and schedule complete transactions. Differences between standard costs and actual costs are recorded as variances.
Manufacturing industries typically use standard costing. Costs of items can be shared across organizations using standard costing.
The unit cost of any item is the sum of the costs of all the cost elements.
There are 5 cost elements, which are defined as follows:
1. Material -- The raw material/component cost at the lowest level of the bill of
material determined from the unit cost of the component item.
2. Material Overhead -- The overhead cost of material, which can be used for any costs attributed to direct material costs.
3. Resource -- Direct costs, such as people (labor), machines, space, or miscellaneous charges, required to manufacture products.
4. Overhead -- The overhead cost of resource and outside processing, which is
used as a means to allocate department costs or activities.
5. Outside Processing -- This is the cost of outside processing purchased from a supplier.
Sub-elements can be used as smaller classifications of the cost elements. Each cost element must be associated with one or more sub-elements. An amount or rate is attached to each subelement.
Oracle Purchasing - 5 questions
1. When a supplier site is defined as a purchasing site, on which 4 documents would it be available on the supplier list of values?
2. Which are the 4 setup steps for an employee-supervisor approval hierarchy?
3. What should be taken care before closing the Purchasing period?
4. Which accounts are set in Receiving options?
5. Which are the profile options that are required before setup of sourcing rules?
2. Which are the 4 setup steps for an employee-supervisor approval hierarchy?
3. What should be taken care before closing the Purchasing period?
4. Which accounts are set in Receiving options?
5. Which are the profile options that are required before setup of sourcing rules?
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Order Management - Copy Sales Order
You can facilitate the creation of a new order or a new return by copying information from an existing order or return. You can specify how much information to copy from one order or return to another. Copy an order or return at any stage in the order life flow including entering, booking, shipping, closed, and cancelled. The Multi-select feature allow you to multi-select multiple order or return records.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Oracle Pricing - Pricing Engine
The pricing engine receives transaction information, prepares pricing requests, selects price lists and modifier lists, and applies price adjustments (modifications/benefits) to the transaction.
The pricing engine answers the following questions as it determines a price:
- Who qualifies for prices and benefits?
- What is the product hierarchy and what pricing attributes pertain to this item or service?
- How should I adjust the order price or order line price?
The pricing engine answers the following questions as it determines a price:
- Who qualifies for prices and benefits?
- What is the product hierarchy and what pricing attributes pertain to this item or service?
- How should I adjust the order price or order line price?
Monday, September 22, 2008
Oracle Pricing - Pricelists
A Price List is one component in the Pricing Model used to price an item on a sales orders. Basic information includes the price list name, effective dates, currency, pricing controls, rounding factor and shipping defaults such as freight terms and freight carrier.
Price lists can have
a) Prices for specific product and services
b) Prices as absolute values, percents of other prices, or as formulas
c) Prices as applicable to the entire organization or to one operating unit
d) Negative prices
Monday, September 15, 2008
5 Questions - Purchasing
1. What is 2-way, 3-way, 4-way matching? How is this set up?
2. How do you reflect discount from a supplier on a Purchase orders?
3. How do you change the created date on a Purchase Order?
4. When do you see the status of a Purchase order as Archived?
5. What does the error 'APP-50022: Oracle Human Resources could not retrieve a value for User Type profile option' mean?
2. How do you reflect discount from a supplier on a Purchase orders?
3. How do you change the created date on a Purchase Order?
4. When do you see the status of a Purchase order as Archived?
5. What does the error 'APP-50022: Oracle Human Resources could not retrieve a value for User Type profile option' mean?
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Three Questions
1. Which entity should be defined first, the "routing" or "BOM"?
2. What are the pre-requisites for Routing define?
3. What is the use of "Department" on the routing?
Please use "comments" option to answer with your inputs
2. What are the pre-requisites for Routing define?
3. What is the use of "Department" on the routing?
Please use "comments" option to answer with your inputs
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Oracle Quality - An Introduction
Oracle Quality application can be used to gather user-defined quality data. It is integrated with the Oracle Manufacturing and Distribution applications. Data collected and input into Oracle Quality may come from functions such as purchasing, service, shopfloor inspection or directly from the customer, to name a few. Quality data can also be collected in a totally standalone method or may be linked to third party systems.
The data collection structure in Oracle Quality comprises of:
a) Collection Elements
b) Specifications
c) Collection Plans
The basic building block of this structure is the collection element, which is used in both the specification and the collection plan. Collection elements define the characteristics or the quality parameters of the product or the process, which is being analyzed and for which we collect and report data. Collection Plans are similar to test or inspection plans. Collection plans specify which are the collection elements to be used in collecting data. Collection plans specify when
and how to collect the data as well as the actions to take based on the data collected. Specifications set the quality standards to which the product or the process should conform. These standards can be in the form of absolute values or a specific range within which the results would be acceptable. The type of collection elements being used determines the nature of the specification.
Industry professionals already working in Quality functions (Quality Assurance, Quality Control) might find this interesting to know more?
The data collection structure in Oracle Quality comprises of:
a) Collection Elements
b) Specifications
c) Collection Plans
The basic building block of this structure is the collection element, which is used in both the specification and the collection plan. Collection elements define the characteristics or the quality parameters of the product or the process, which is being analyzed and for which we collect and report data. Collection Plans are similar to test or inspection plans. Collection plans specify which are the collection elements to be used in collecting data. Collection plans specify when
and how to collect the data as well as the actions to take based on the data collected. Specifications set the quality standards to which the product or the process should conform. These standards can be in the form of absolute values or a specific range within which the results would be acceptable. The type of collection elements being used determines the nature of the specification.
Industry professionals already working in Quality functions (Quality Assurance, Quality Control) might find this interesting to know more?
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Oracle Work in Process (WIP) Tables
wip_move_transactions
wip_discrete_jobs
wip_repetitive_schedules
wip_move_txn_interface
wip_cost_txn_interface
wip_job_shedule_interface
wip_job_dtls_interface
wip_discrete_jobs
wip_repetitive_schedules
wip_move_txn_interface
wip_cost_txn_interface
wip_job_shedule_interface
wip_job_dtls_interface
Oracle Bills of Material (BOM) Tables
bom_bill_of_materials
bom_inventory_components
bom_reference_designators
bom_substitute_components
mtl_item_revisions
bom_operational_routings
bom_operation_sequences
bom_operation_resources
BOM_BILL_OF_MTLS_INTERFACE
BOM_INVENTORY_COMPS_INTERFACE
BOM_REF_DESGS_INTERFACE
BOM_SUB_COMPS_INTERFACE
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS_INTERFACE
BOM_OP_ROUTINGS_INTERFACE
BOM_OP_SEQUENCES_INTERFACE
BOM_OP_RESOURCES_INTERFACE
MTL_RTG_ITEM_REVS_INTERFACE
bom_inventory_components
bom_reference_designators
bom_substitute_components
mtl_item_revisions
bom_operational_routings
bom_operation_sequences
bom_operation_resources
BOM_BILL_OF_MTLS_INTERFACE
BOM_INVENTORY_COMPS_INTERFACE
BOM_REF_DESGS_INTERFACE
BOM_SUB_COMPS_INTERFACE
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS_INTERFACE
BOM_OP_ROUTINGS_INTERFACE
BOM_OP_SEQUENCES_INTERFACE
BOM_OP_RESOURCES_INTERFACE
MTL_RTG_ITEM_REVS_INTERFACE
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Oracle Order Management Tables
oe_order_headers_all
oe_lines_all
oe_lot_serial_numbers
oe_sales_credits
oe_price_adjustments
oe_headers_iface_all
oe_lines_iface_all
oe_lotserials_iface_all
oe_credits_iface_all
oe_actions_iface_all
oe_price_adjs_iface_all
oe_reservtns_iface_all
oe_lines_all
oe_lot_serial_numbers
oe_sales_credits
oe_price_adjustments
oe_headers_iface_all
oe_lines_iface_all
oe_lotserials_iface_all
oe_credits_iface_all
oe_actions_iface_all
oe_price_adjs_iface_all
oe_reservtns_iface_all
Oracle Purchasing Tables
po_requisition_headers_all
po_requisition_lines_all
po_req_distributions_all
po_headers_all
po_lines_all
po_distributions_all
rcv_transactions
po_requisitions_interface_all
po_reschedule_interface
po_headers_interface
po_lines_interface
po_distributions_interface
po_requisition_lines_all
po_req_distributions_all
po_headers_all
po_lines_all
po_distributions_all
rcv_transactions
po_requisitions_interface_all
po_reschedule_interface
po_headers_interface
po_lines_interface
po_distributions_interface
Oracle Inventory Tables
mtl_system_items
mtl_item_revisions
mtl_item_categories
mtl_material_transactions
mtl_transaction_lots_numbers
mtl_serial_numbers
rcv_shipment_headers
rcv_shipment_lines
mtl_system_item_interface
mtl_item_revisions_interface
mtl_item_categories_interface
mtl_transaction_interface
mtl_transaction_lots_interface
mtl_serial_numbers_interface
rcv_headers_interface
rcv_transactions_interface
mtl_item_revisions
mtl_item_categories
mtl_material_transactions
mtl_transaction_lots_numbers
mtl_serial_numbers
rcv_shipment_headers
rcv_shipment_lines
mtl_system_item_interface
mtl_item_revisions_interface
mtl_item_categories_interface
mtl_transaction_interface
mtl_transaction_lots_interface
mtl_serial_numbers_interface
rcv_headers_interface
rcv_transactions_interface
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Order Management Setup Checklist
1 Define Set of Books
2 Define Flexfields
3 Multiple Organization
4 Inventory Organizations
5 Profile Options
6 Parameters
7 Invoicing
8 Salespersons
9 Tax
10 Quick Codes
11 Workflow
12 Document Sequence
13 Order Import Sources
14 Units of Measure
15 Item Information
16 Items
17 Configurations
18 Pricing Formulas
19 Price Lists
20 Customer Class
21 Customers
22 Item Cross-Reference
23 Sourcing
24 Agreements
25 Transaction Types
26 Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
27 Modifier and Freight Charges
28 Processing Constraints
29 Defaulting Rules
30 Credit Checking
31 Holds
32 Attachments
33 Shipping Setup
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2 Define Flexfields
3 Multiple Organization
4 Inventory Organizations
5 Profile Options
6 Parameters
7 Invoicing
8 Salespersons
9 Tax
10 Quick Codes
11 Workflow
12 Document Sequence
13 Order Import Sources
14 Units of Measure
15 Item Information
16 Items
17 Configurations
18 Pricing Formulas
19 Price Lists
20 Customer Class
21 Customers
22 Item Cross-Reference
23 Sourcing
24 Agreements
25 Transaction Types
26 Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
27 Modifier and Freight Charges
28 Processing Constraints
29 Defaulting Rules
30 Credit Checking
31 Holds
32 Attachments
33 Shipping Setup
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
Purchasing Setup Checklist
1 Define set of books
2 Define descriptive flexfields
3 Define organizations
4 Define cross-reference types
5 Define profile options
6 Define financials options
7 Define accounting flexfield combinations
8 Define tax names
9 Define payment terms
10 Open and close General Ledger (GL) accounting periods
11 Open purchasing and inventory accounting periods
12 Define locations
13 Define location associations
14 Define job flexfield
15 Define jobs
16 Define position flexfield
17 Define positions
18 Define position hierarchies
19 Enter employee
20 Define item categories flexfield
21 Define category
22 Define category sets
23 Define default category set
24 Define control rules and groups
25 Define position controls
26 Fill employee hierarchy
27 Define usernames
28 Define purchasing lookup codes
29 Define freight carriers
30 Define inspection codes
31 Define hazard classes
32 Define United Nations (UN) numbers
33 Define standard notes
34 Define unit of measure classes
35 Define units of measure
36 Define unit of measure conversions
37 Define system items flexfield
38 Define item attribute controls
39 Define item templates
40 Define item catalog flexfield
41 Define item catalog groups
42 Define buyers
43 Define item
44 Define item relationships
45 Define line types
46 Define document controls
47 Start autosubmit
48 Define purchasing options
49 Define receiving options
50 Enter vendors
51 Define your transactions reasons
52 Set up Oracle Workflow
53 Request your receiving transaction processor
54 Define your concurrent process resubmission interval
2 Define descriptive flexfields
3 Define organizations
4 Define cross-reference types
5 Define profile options
6 Define financials options
7 Define accounting flexfield combinations
8 Define tax names
9 Define payment terms
10 Open and close General Ledger (GL) accounting periods
11 Open purchasing and inventory accounting periods
12 Define locations
13 Define location associations
14 Define job flexfield
15 Define jobs
16 Define position flexfield
17 Define positions
18 Define position hierarchies
19 Enter employee
20 Define item categories flexfield
21 Define category
22 Define category sets
23 Define default category set
24 Define control rules and groups
25 Define position controls
26 Fill employee hierarchy
27 Define usernames
28 Define purchasing lookup codes
29 Define freight carriers
30 Define inspection codes
31 Define hazard classes
32 Define United Nations (UN) numbers
33 Define standard notes
34 Define unit of measure classes
35 Define units of measure
36 Define unit of measure conversions
37 Define system items flexfield
38 Define item attribute controls
39 Define item templates
40 Define item catalog flexfield
41 Define item catalog groups
42 Define buyers
43 Define item
44 Define item relationships
45 Define line types
46 Define document controls
47 Start autosubmit
48 Define purchasing options
49 Define receiving options
50 Enter vendors
51 Define your transactions reasons
52 Set up Oracle Workflow
53 Request your receiving transaction processor
54 Define your concurrent process resubmission interval
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Bill Gates spends his last day at the office on Friday (June 27th, 2008)
Dear Friends,
Join us in saluting this great man ! Made us beleive that technology can change lives. He showed nothing is impossible and still holds the innocent smile.
Wish him all luck for his next plans !
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3170540.cms
Thanks,
applearn
Join us in saluting this great man ! Made us beleive that technology can change lives. He showed nothing is impossible and still holds the innocent smile.
Wish him all luck for his next plans !
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3170540.cms
Thanks,
applearn
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Requests for Training material
Hello Friends,
Received a couple of messages asking for training material copies on various modules.
We wish to clarify that we do not provide access to training material repositary nor do we forward the training material on emails.
When we say "sharing of knowledge and training material" on the homepage (just below the heading), we mean that the group members volunteer and contribute with posts (articles) on topics which they can. We, at applearn, also put our efforts to do the same.
Thanks,
applearn
Received a couple of messages asking for training material copies on various modules.
We wish to clarify that we do not provide access to training material repositary nor do we forward the training material on emails.
When we say "sharing of knowledge and training material" on the homepage (just below the heading), we mean that the group members volunteer and contribute with posts (articles) on topics which they can. We, at applearn, also put our efforts to do the same.
Thanks,
applearn
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Job Opening - ERP Consultant - To be based in Gulf Countries
Hi Friends,
Well known group in Gulf are looking for a suitable candidate that suits the profile below:
• Plan and carry out the ERP analysis, vendor selection, migration, and implementation
• Direct and motivate the project team
• Prepare project plans, schedules, requirement documents, and status reports
• Identify and manage the risks
• Take responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiate corrective action where necessary
• Manage project scope and change control and escalate issues where necessary
• Resolve cross-functional issues at project level
• Manage project consultants within the defined budget
• Liaise with any suppliers or account managers
• Ensure project objectives are understood and met, ensuring that the Project Team members understand the requirements
• Ensure project deliverables are in line with existing IT practices and procedures
Candidates should have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, and have experience managing ERP selection and implementation projects on time and on budget. Qualified candidates must have a Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of related experience. Should have worked with multiple ERP products.
The person in this role should demonstrate in-depth knowledge of business processes, ERP applications, system architecture, design, project team management, and most importantly large-scale project planning and execution.
Send resumes on applearn@gmail.com
Well known group in Gulf are looking for a suitable candidate that suits the profile below:
• Plan and carry out the ERP analysis, vendor selection, migration, and implementation
• Direct and motivate the project team
• Prepare project plans, schedules, requirement documents, and status reports
• Identify and manage the risks
• Take responsibility for overall progress and use of resources and initiate corrective action where necessary
• Manage project scope and change control and escalate issues where necessary
• Resolve cross-functional issues at project level
• Manage project consultants within the defined budget
• Liaise with any suppliers or account managers
• Ensure project objectives are understood and met, ensuring that the Project Team members understand the requirements
• Ensure project deliverables are in line with existing IT practices and procedures
Candidates should have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, and have experience managing ERP selection and implementation projects on time and on budget. Qualified candidates must have a Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of related experience. Should have worked with multiple ERP products.
The person in this role should demonstrate in-depth knowledge of business processes, ERP applications, system architecture, design, project team management, and most importantly large-scale project planning and execution.
Send resumes on applearn@gmail.com
Monday, April 14, 2008
Form Personalization
Most of the customers wish to modify the way the forms look and behave. They want to change the labels on the form fields, hide fields, hide buttons, amend custom logic.
With the Oracle E-Business Suite release 11.5.10, Oracle has introduced a mechanism which revolutionizes the way the forms can be customized to fulfill the customer needs. For many years, Oracle Applications has provided a custom library using which the look and behavior of the standard forms can be altered, but the custom library modifications require extensive work on SQL and PL/SQL. In the release 11.5.10, Oracle has provided a simple and easy feature to implement the customer specific requirements without modifying the underlying forms code or
CUSTOM library. Although CUSTOM library still can be used for forms customization to
implement the complex business logic, the personalization feature provided in the latest release is easy, faster and requires minimum development effort
The personalization form is invoked by Menu Navigation as below
Help --> Diagnostics --> Custom Code --> Personalize
By default, this menu option is enabled when any of the standard forms are opened, but at other times this menu option is disabled. The personalization form cannot be opened when the user is on the responsibility navigator. This means the specific form should be opened first, then invoke the “Personalization form” using the above navigation. Then define the personalization rules and actions on the personalization form, validate and apply them which automatically add the custom rules to the underlying specific form. For example, if the specific form is “Sales Order”; Open the “Sales Order” form first, and then invoke the “Personalization Form” using the menu option
By default the “Personalize” menu is visible to all the users; this can be controlled with help of profile options. By setting up the below profile options, the access to the Personalize menu can be limited for the authorized users. This will prevent unauthorized users from changing the look and behavior of the forms.
The profile options are…
1) Utilities: Diagnostics = Yes/No
2) Hide Diagnostics = Yes/No
With the Oracle E-Business Suite release 11.5.10, Oracle has introduced a mechanism which revolutionizes the way the forms can be customized to fulfill the customer needs. For many years, Oracle Applications has provided a custom library using which the look and behavior of the standard forms can be altered, but the custom library modifications require extensive work on SQL and PL/SQL. In the release 11.5.10, Oracle has provided a simple and easy feature to implement the customer specific requirements without modifying the underlying forms code or
CUSTOM library. Although CUSTOM library still can be used for forms customization to
implement the complex business logic, the personalization feature provided in the latest release is easy, faster and requires minimum development effort
The personalization form is invoked by Menu Navigation as below
Help --> Diagnostics --> Custom Code --> Personalize
By default, this menu option is enabled when any of the standard forms are opened, but at other times this menu option is disabled. The personalization form cannot be opened when the user is on the responsibility navigator. This means the specific form should be opened first, then invoke the “Personalization form” using the above navigation. Then define the personalization rules and actions on the personalization form, validate and apply them which automatically add the custom rules to the underlying specific form. For example, if the specific form is “Sales Order”; Open the “Sales Order” form first, and then invoke the “Personalization Form” using the menu option
By default the “Personalize” menu is visible to all the users; this can be controlled with help of profile options. By setting up the below profile options, the access to the Personalize menu can be limited for the authorized users. This will prevent unauthorized users from changing the look and behavior of the forms.
The profile options are…
1) Utilities: Diagnostics = Yes/No
2) Hide Diagnostics = Yes/No
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