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Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management

By : Muneeb A. Siddiqui
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Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management

By: Muneeb A. Siddiqui

Overview of this book

<p>Supply chain operations are turning increasingly global and complex, as companies aspire to support a variety of strategies, such as entering new markets and lowering costs. Oracle E-Business Supply Chain Management R12 provides comprehensive solutions to predict market requirements and align operations across global networks. However to implement these solutions, you need to gain a solid understanding of the various Oracle EBS modules used in supply chain processes.</p> <p>Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management will guide you to successfully configure and implement the various Oracle EBS modules for supply chain management. With this book in hand, you will be able to learn from scratch what Oracle EBS is and how it works in the supply chain management's domain. Backed by ample screenshots and clear explanation, the book will demonstrate the business flow of the entire application.</p> <p>This book is an excellent learning resource for Oracle application supply chain modules. It begins by explaining the fundamentals of supply chain management and why it is necessary to use Oracle applications for supply chain management. If you have just begun using Oracle Applications, this book will give you a clear picture of the working and interface of Oracle E-Business Suite. It then progressively moves forward to demonstrate the step-by-step configuration of various Oracle EBS SCM modules.This book also covers all the transaction flows in detail, and shows how we carry out transactions in different modules. The chapters also explain the business and process flow of the modules that are configured.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you will have learned to automate all your supply chain management processes thereby increasing profitability and customer satisfaction.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The key functionalities of Oracle Inventory Management


The key functionalities of Oracle Inventory Management are as follows:

  • Receiving goods and services with Oracle Inventory Management

  • Creating and updating different items as raw materials, semi-finished, and finished goods

  • Managing item categories and category sets

  • Creating and managing Units of Measures (UOMs) and defining the possible conversions

  • Managing sub-inventories and stock locators for proper placement of items in the warehouse and proper control for optimal inventory performance

  • Issuance of goods using move order, managing issuance for consumption, and different business requirement using miscellaneous transactions

  • Managing the warehouse for optimal performance using min., max., and other planning methods

  • Controlling the inventory using various controls such as locator, lot serial, and so on

  • Transferring goods from one inventory organization to another

  • Transferring goods from one sub-inventory to another

  • Managing and updating item costs...