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Oracle E-Business Suite

Release 12.2.7 Highlights


Customer-Driven Enhancements Across the Suite

Cliff Godwin
Senior Vice President
Applications Development
Oracle

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Program Agenda

1 E-Business Suite 12.2.7 Overview


2 E-Business Suite 12.2.7 Feature Highlights
3 Summary

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E-Business Suite 12.2.7 – A New EBS Suite Release
Continued Investment on EBS Release Roadmap

New Release

12.1 12.1.2 12.1.3 12.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.7 12.2.y 12.X

5/2009 12/2009 8/2010 9/2013 12/2013 9/2014 10/2015 9/2016 9/2017

PREMIER SUPPORT THROUGH:


• Release 12.1: Dec. 2021
• Release 12.2: Sep. 2023
• Release 12.X: At least 2030 (minimum 10 years)

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EBS 12.2.7 Investment Drivers

Continued Customer Requests


Development for and Voting Projects &
Human
Targeted Themes Capital Procurement

Asset Lifecycle Order Mgt


& Service & Logistics

Manufacturing
& Planning

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Program Agenda

1 E-Business Suite 12.2.7 Overview


2 E-Business Suite 12.2.7 Feature Highlights
3 Summary

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iProcurement 12.2 Highlights
Efficient Consumer-Like Shopping While Minimizing Non-Catalog Spend

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7

• Universal Catalog Search * • Spot Buy for Privileged Requesters • Auto-Suggest Catalog Items *
• Ratings and Reviews for Items and • Home Pages for Casual and • New Supplier Onboarding for Non
Services * Experienced Users * Catalog & Contractor Requests
• Improved Homepage * • Preferred Items Indicators * • New Supplier Creation for Spot Buy
• Multiple-Supplier Catalog Upload * • Requestor Visibility into Procurement • Show Procurement Activities to
Operations * Requesters *
• One-Step Checkout
• New Requester Notifications for
• Reuse of Smart Forms Across
Purchase Order Status Updates
Operating Units
• Simplified Shopping Cart UI

* denotes iProcurement Information Discovery feature

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12.2.7

iProcurement Info Discovery: Auto-Suggest Catalog Items


Guided Buying Toward Catalog Items

Select
catalog
item

Requester Non catalog Auto-suggest


request catalog items
based on entered
details Continue with Request to
non- catalog item buyer to add
item to
catalog

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12.2.7
iProcurement: New Supplier Onboarding
for Non Catalog and Contractor Requests
Streamlined Flow for Creation of New Suppliers

Req Buyer PO
Approval Drafts PO Approval

Send PO
Approved Supplier
Requester Approved
Requisition
PO

Supplier Request
Approval Supplier
Record

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12.2.7

iProcurement: New Supplier Onboarding for Spot Buy


Streamlined Flow for Creation of New Suppliers

Spot Buy
No Buyer Involvement
and No Approvals
(Introduced 12.2.6)

Send PO
Approved Supplier
Authorized Approved
Requester Requisition
PO

Supplier Creation
Supplier
Record

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12.2.7
iProcurement Information Discovery:
Show Procurement Activities to Requesters
More Visibility into Procurement Status for Each Requisition Line

Requisition Current
Lines Procurement Status
1
RFQ Published

2
Order in Draft
Requester Requisition

3
Order Approved

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Purchasing / Procurement Contracts: 12.2 Highlights
Better Compliance, Operational Efficiency, Leverage Economies of Scale for Savings

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Purchasing Procurement Contracts Purchasing
• Spreadsheet Authoring of PO Lines • Related Contracts and Contract • Automated Grouping of Multiple
Procurement Contracts Hierarchy Requests to Purchase Order
• User Defined Attributes (UDAs) Services Procurement • Validate Agreement Line Amount
• Support for Foreign Currency in During Order/Release Submission
Services Procurement
Contractor Request Procurement Contracts
• Advances, Recoupment, and Retainage
Procurement Command Center* • Content Search and Snippet Review
• Job Standardization for Contingent
• Strategic Sourcing Dashboard Procurement Command Center*
Procurement Command Center (New)*
• WedADI for Bulk Updates of Pos • Support for Partial Search
• Operational and Analysis Dashboards
• Buyer Notes: Forecasted & Planned
• Action items / Buyer Notes Dates

* denotes product built using Information Discovery

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12.2.7
Purchasing:
Automated Grouping of Multiple Requests to PO
Fewer Orders to Manage and Reduced Costs with More Volume-Based Discounts

Purchase
Order

Uses standard
Requisitions AutoCreate grouping rules
Referencing
Agreements

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12.2.7
Purchasing:
Validate Agreement Line Amount For POs / Releases
Improved Spending Control at More Granular Level
Agreement
1234

Line 1
Control consumption at agreement line level

Line 2

Line 3
0 25% 50% 75% 100%
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12.2.7

Procurement Contracts: Content Search


Quickly Locate Contracts

1. Find contracts containing 2. Review contracts with a match 3. Open contract file to view
certain text snippet, open, and download
documents
Contract Number Purchase Order 10011
“Search for the phrase lease
agreement in any contract” Purchase Order 10011
Lease for Atlanta Facility
Supplier Contract 1790 …the obligations set forth in this lease
agreement, the receipt and sufficiency
Blanket Agreement 3345 of which consideration is hereby
acknowledged…
Sales Order 20736 New Floor Plan – Atlanta
Repository Purchasing Sourcing …Properties 500 Main St., Atlanta, GA
Order Management Quoting 30305 Lease Agreement specifications:
90,000 ft2 partially finished for light
industrial use…
Primary contract Contract attachment

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Supplier Lifecycle Mgt / iSupplier Portal 12.2 Highlights
Improved Supplier Management, Collaboration, and Risk Management

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7

Supplier Lifecycle Mgt iSupplier Portal Supplier Lifecycle Mgt


• Automated Assessment Process • Cancellation of ASN Shipment Lines • Improved Automated Recurring
Assessments
• Dynamic Invitation List • New ASN / ASBN Barcode Report for
• Sequential and Parallel Routing of Suppliers • Contact and Address Purpose, and
Scoring • Enhanced Work Confirmations Associated Notifications
• Streamlined Visibility of Dynamic
• Enh Registration Approval Workflow
Supplier Lists
iSupplier Portal
• Capture of Additional Supplier Contact
Details

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12.2.7
Supplier Lifecycle Mgt:
Improved Automation of Recurring Assessments
Reduced Effort and Manual Intervention
• Enhanced recurring assessment rules Define assessment rule using
– Associate static or dynamic supplier list dynamic or static supplier list
– Specify start date for assessment creation
– Specify # of days to progress assessment Publish assessment after X days
through each step
• Example use cases Suppliers submit response for Y Ddays
– High Risk Suppliers: Every Quarter
– Compliance Certifications: Every Year
Team evaluates and scores for Z days

Complete assessment

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12.2.7
Supplier Lifecycle Mgt / iSupplier Portal:
Address and Contact Purpose and Associated Notifications
Improved Communication and Responses from Suppliers

• Improved communications
Supplier Profile – Specify purpose for each contact
and address for suppliers
– Send notifications by purpose
Addresses Contacts • Example use case
– Send notification to all
Compliance Managers about a
change in Environmental
Compliance requirements
Corporate Warehouse Communications Emergency Technical Compliance
Address Address Address Contact Contact Manager

Address Purposes Contact Purposes

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Project Procurement 12.2 Highlights
Improved Coordination & Collaboration Between Project Planners, Buyers & Suppliers

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7

New Product Introduction • Manage Project Procurement Changes • Support for Technical Specifications
• Create and Manage • Support for Buyer Notes
Project Procurement Plans
• Support for Descriptive Flexfields
• Project Management Command Center • Planning by Need-By Date
• Project Buyer Command Center
• Change History Page UX Enhancements
• Manage Procurement of Complex
Services

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12.2.7 / V8

Project Procurement: Support for Technical Specifications


Easy Sharing of Technical Specifications Across Project Procurement Flow
• Specify technical specifications on
procurement plan line via URL to content
management system
• Share specifications with project team,
buyers, and suppliers

Engineering
/ Project Buyers Suppliers
Team

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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12.2.7 / V8

Project Procurement: Buyer Notes for Basic Expediting


Streamlined Collaboration Across Buyers and Project Team for On-Time Delivery

• Visibility of
buyer notes and
completion dates
• Track delay
and anticipate
cascading effects
of delays

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12.2.7 / V8

Project Procurement: Plan by Need-By Date


More Accurate Planning by Date

• Generate procurement plan lines by forecast dates


12.2.7 / V8: Plan by Need-By Dates
12.2.6 / V7: Plan by Monthly Buckets
Item Need-by Date Quantity
Item Month Quantity
ABC 13-Jan-2017 20 Ton
ABC Jan 2017 20 Ton
ABC 5-Feb-2017 10 Ton
ABC Feb 2017 30 Ton
ABC 23-Feb-2017 20 Ton
ABC Mar 2017 10 Ton
ABC 19-Mar-2017 10 Ton

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Projects 12.2 Highlights
Aligned and Efficient Project Planning, Controls, Operations, and Accounting

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Project Costing Project Costing Project Costing
• Labor Costing with Projects & Payroll • Accounting Adjustment Options • Calculate Overtime Labor for Work
Project Billing /. Project Contracts • Burden Recalculation Adjustment Based Timecard Layouts
• Contract Billing / Federal Billing Accounting Options Project Planning & Control
• Invoice Consolidations Project Billing • Work Plan Life Cycle
• Invoice by Expenditure Bill Group • Invoice Consolidation Enhancements Advanced Project Planning & Control
Grants: Project Planning & Control • Support for Unit Rate Contracts /
• Schedule of Values Enhancements Schedule of Values
• Support for Self-Assessed Tax; Burden
Rounding Enh; Award # on Reports Advanced Project Planning & Control
Project Planning & Control • Enhanced Cash Flow Chart
• Schedule of Values Grants:
• Cost Breakdown Structure • Burden Calculation Options; Award
Adv Project Planning & Control (New) Personnel API

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12.2.7

Project Planning and Control: Work Plan Life Cycle


Improved Control and Visibility of Work Plan Forecast vs Baseline

• Track work plan forecast separate from baseline

Published • Estimate to Complete (ETC)


Forecast • Estimate at Completion (EAC)
Workplan • Contingency
Draft
Workplan
Published • Earned Value Metrics (EVM)
Baseline
Workplan

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12.2.7 / V8

Adv Project Planning & Control for Unit Rate Contracts


Visibility of Performance Metrics Based on Schedule of Values (SOV) Deliverables
• Visibility on scope, schedule and budgets
with respect to customer deliverables
– Qty % Complete
– Plan Vs Progress Percent
– Unit Cost Variation
– Progress Vs Billing Ratio
– % WIP from Billing

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Order Management 12.2 Highlights
Improved Automation and Productivity for Combinations of Order Offerings

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Order Management Order Management Order Management
• Subscription Billing • Recurring Billing • Milestone Billing
• Order HTML UI • Performance and Productivity Enhs • Manual Item Substitution After
• UDAs; Credit Checks; Holds; Manual Quoting Booking
Line Splitting of ISOs; more • Approvals with Electronic Signatures; • Schedule Order Enhancements
• Performance & Productivity Enhs Usability Enhancements Quoting
OM/Channel Revenue Mgt Customer Hub • Quote Status Transition by OU;
• Enhanced Gross Margin Calculations • Google Maps Integration; Enhanced Defaults, Updates; More
Sales Contracts: UDAs Merge iStore
Quoting: Validation Framework; Parallel • Order Type per Specialty Site; Email
Approvals; More Notification Style
iStore: Carousel view; More Customer Hub
Contract Renewal Command Center (new) • Enhanced Party Merge

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12.2.7

Order Management: Milestone Billing


More Automation for Complex Order Billing
• Billing for products using milestones
– Example milestone billing Billing Plan Lines for Sales Order Line in OM
• Bill 20% down payment on booking
• Bill 50% on shipping
• Bill 30% on customer acceptance
– Milestone completion based on:
• OM events (booking, fulfillment, customer acceptance)
• Custom defined milestones

• Typical use cases


– Bill for products with long lead time and/or
installation services
– eg. MRI machines, ATMs, Cell tower site

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12.2.7

Quoting: Quote Status Transition by Operating Unit


Improved Process Control by Line of Business
• Quoting users select quote status Examples by line of business
appropriate for their organization US Business Unit
• Transitions defined by operating unit or Draft
Approval
Pending
Approved Sent to
Customer
Customer
Approved
Order
Submitted
as global
APAC Business Unit
Approval Approved Agreement
Draft
Pending Finalized

EU Business Unit
Sent to Customer
Draft Approved
Customer

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Logistics 12.2 Highlights
Improved Automation and Productivity for Logistics Flows

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Inventory Management Inventory Management Inventory Management
• Flexible Serial Tagging • Material Classification Tagging • Material Workbench HTML UI
• Advanced Catch Weight • More HTML UIs: Shipping; • Enhanced Receiving and Shipping
• Receiving HTML UI Reservations; Enhanced Receiving HTML UIs
• Optional Lots; Return to Vendor; More Landed Cost Management Inventory / Warehouse Management
Landed Cost Management • Landed Costs for Project Mfg; Reports • Enhanced Shipping / OTM Integration
• Estimated Landed Cost Enh; more Warehouse Management MSCA
Warehouse Management • Inbound Task Mgt; Zone Based • Label Reprint by Any User; Default Org
Counting; Label Printing upon Login; more
• Inbound Task Mgt; Nested LPNs; Zone
Picking; Mobile Task UI Yard Management
MSCA • User Configurable Rules; Graphical WB;
Distributed Yard Mgt
• Personalization Enhs; Single Sign-On
Yard Management (new)

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12.2.7

Inventory: Material Workbench HTML User Interface


Increased Productivity with Configurable HTML UI and Faceted Search
• New HTML UI as
alternative to Forms UI
• Faceted search and
browsing approach make
it easier for users to
locate materials
• Configurable /
personalizable

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12.2.7

Inventory/WMS: Enhanced Shipping and OTM Integration


Better Optimization for Transportation Planning
• Option to send delivery lines (without
deliveries) from Shipping to OTM
• Transportation Planning now builds
shipments with greater flexibility
• Ship Units can be split, if necessary

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Manufacturing 12.2 Highlights
Improved Productivity and Expanded Automation Across Manufacturing Flows

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Discrete MES Discrete MES Discrete MES
• Just-in-Time Mfg (Electronic Kanban) • Serialized Mfg Enhancements • Enhanced Supervisor Review of
• Component Availability Mgt Process Manufacturing Operator Times
• Serialized Mfg Enhancements • Yield Management • Express Complete for Related Job
Operations
• Dekitting Project Manufacturing
Process Manufacturing
• Tablet Optimized HTML UI • Landed Cost Support
• Automated Time Based Sampling
Process Manufacturing Outsourced Manufacturing
Cost Management
• Outside Processing Support • Expanded Support for Outsourced
Scenarios • Accrual Reconciliation for Consigned
• Batch Hold Inventories
Outsourcing Manufacturing (New) • Enhanced Allocation & Adjustment
Processing

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12.2.7
Discrete MES:
Improved Supervisor Review of Operator Times
Drastically Reduced Review and Processing Time
• Supervisors can
– Review and edit operator
times for multiple job
operations together
– Use multiple search criteria
to retrieve job operations of
interest
– Easily identify time overlaps
for an operator

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12.2.7

Discrete MES: Express Complete Related Job Operations


Increased Operator Productivity to Complete Work
• Shop floor operators can
report completion against
related jobs together
• Setups support defining
flexible criteria for related
jobs (e.g. by schedule
group, project, custom,
etc.)

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12.2.7

Process Manufacturing: Automated Time Based Sampling


Streamlined Sampling to Ensure Process Stability

• Time based automatic sampling to


ensure process stability
• Sampling initiated at:
– Production start
– Inventory creation
• Sampling ends at:
– Production completion
– Inventory full consumption
• Automated logging for review

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Value Chain Planning 12.2 Highlights
Improved Planner Productivity and Automation of Planning Decisions

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


• Ubiquitous High Volume Analytics • Inventory Policy Planning • Functional Security for ADF UIs
– Custom Demand Mgmt hierarchies and series, • Master Scheduling Enhancements • Org Security in Supply Planning and
high volume detailed reporting, distribution
planning, trade planning • New Service Parts Planning ADF Work Service Parts Planning ADF Work Areas
• New Supply Planning ADF Work Area Area • Function Security in Supply Planning
• Promotion Calendar Optimization • Demantra Anywhere Enhancements and Service Parts Planning ADF Work
• Premium Resource Capacity, for Tablet-based Demand Areas
Warehouse Capacity, Maximize Management, Sales and Operations • Production Scheduling of Phantoms
Resource Utilization Planning, and Trade Planning
• Shelf Life Enhancements
• Project Driven Supply Chain
• Rapid Simulation Enhancements
• Multi-stage Synchronization
• Service parts planning enhancements

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12.2.7

Value Chain Planning: Organization and Functional Security


Control Access to Planning Data and Functions
• Org-based data security for Advanced Supply Chain
Planning and Service Parts Planning ADF views
– Items
– Exceptions
– Supply Chain Bill
– Material Plan
– Supplies and Demands
– Plan Options
– ASCP Product Definition
– SPP Notes
• 39 functions to control access to individual Supply
Planning and Service Parts Planning work area
views

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12.2.7

Advanced Supply Chain Planning: Supplier Plan


Manage and Simulate Changes in Supplier Capacity

• View and edit supplier capacity


information within the Supply
Planning ADF Work Area
– Available Capacity
– Net Available Capacity
– Cumulative Available Capacity
– Capacity Utilization

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Asset Lifecycle Management 12.2 Highlights
Improved Productivity and Automation for Work Planning & Execution for All Assets

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Enterprise Asset Management Enterprise Asset Management Enterprise Asset Management
• Linear Asset Management • Linear Asset Mgt Enhancements • Work Order Mass Management
• Work Clearances • Calendar Based Preventative • Generate Preventative Maintenance
• Map Workbench Enhancements Maintenance Schedule Work Order Report
• Asset Definition HTML UI • Work Order Package Printing • Operation Completion as Mandatory
Installed Base • WebADI to Create/Update Assets • Add Supplier Info for WO Direct Items
• Track Only Customer Owned Products • Update Asset HTML UI Installed Base
• Serial Tagging at SO Pick Asset Tracking • WebADI for Extended Attributes
Asset Tracking • Landed Cost in Asset Capitalization
• Self-Assessed Tax to Projects • Asset Deployment Enhancements
• Asset Retirement Tieback from FA

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12.2.7

EAM: Work Orders Mass Management


Improved Productivity for Work Order Planning

• Mass update work


orders for:
– Release
– Complete
– Update work order
status

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12.2.7

Installed Base: WebADI Support for Extended Attributes


Improved Productivity for Maintaining Installed Base

• WebADI template to
maintain extended
attributes for item
instances
– Download
– Add/modify attributes
– Upload changes

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Service 12.2 Highlights
High Productivity for Global Operations; Robust Field Service, Spares, and Repairs

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Across Service products Across Service products Advanced Scheduling
• Service Request Operating Unit • Multiple Products in 1 Service Request • Resource Cost Factor
Security (MOAC) • Task Status Transitions by Task Type Spares Mgt
• HTML UIs as Alternative to Forms • Spares Management Inv Org Security • Enter Packing and Shipping Instructions
TeleService /Field Service • Enhanced HTML UIs for Parts Reqmt; Copy Part Reqmt
• Execute Project Tasks using Service Advanced Scheduler Field Service
• Automated Creation of OTL Timecards • GPS Location Based Task Scheduling • Self-Assign; Labor Debrief Checks;
Depot Repair Consolidated Debrief Report
Depot Repair
• Supplier Warranty Mgt TeleService and Email Center
• eClaims Web Portal
• Waste Mgt • Enhanced HTML UIs
• Logistics Module
• Outsourced Repair Depot Repair / Depot Info Discovery
• Improved Graphs, Drilldown, Map

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12.2.7

Advanced Scheduler: Resource Cost Factor


Enhanced Scheduling to Consider Resource Costs

• Resource cost included in plan Setup Resource Cost

option costs
– Along with other cost factors (e.g.
travel time, parts)
• Resource cost can be weighted in
scheduling rule Setup Resource Cost Weighting

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12.2.7
Spares Management:
Enter Shipping and Packing Instructions for Parts Reqmt
Improved Productivity to Capture Information in Originating Request
• Enter shipping and
packing instructions on
parts requirement header
or lines
• Instructions copied to
internal parts order
• Eliminates need to open
Order UI when sourcing
and ordering parts

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12.2.7 / V8

Depot Repair Information Discovery Enhancements


Better Insights and Faster Actions
• Time series graphs for
costs, charges, and
margin
• New drill-down options to
details
• Mass update service
orders
• New map interface to
filter by location

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Financials 12.2 Highlights
Improved Efficiency and Automation for Global Operations

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Financials Financials Financials
• GL: Journal Approvals with AME • Adv Collections: Related Accounts; • AR: UBL 2.1 Electronic Invoice Doc
• AP: Parallel Invoice Approvals, Actionable Work Items • Federal Fin: Fin Award Attributes
Workflow Transfer of Approval • Fin ID: Asset Pipeline; Asset Recon Channel Rev Mgt
• AR: Receipts-Match Score & Knapsack; Channel Revenue Mgt • Multi-Currency Claim Approval Rules
Manage Exceptions During Close; • Channel Period Management
Multiple Tax Rates on an Invoice; Tax- • Standalone Channel Mgt
Inclusive/Exclusive Support • Autopay Improvements • Custom Beneficiary Support
• Tax: Txn Tax Configuration Workbook Lease and Finance Mgt • Qualifier Group Number Enhancement
Channel Revenue Mgt • Passthrough for Metered Usage • Enhanced WebADI template
• Volume Offers Enhancements; • Quote and Process Renewals • New / Enhanced HTML pages
New HTML UIs; Mass Settlement API Lease and Finance Mgt
Lease and Finance Mgt • Enhanced Invoice Consolidation;
• Enhanced Terminations Passthroughs; Meter Readings; more

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12.2.7

CHRM: Multi-Currency Approval Rule for Claims


Reduced Effort and Time for Multi-Currency Claim Approvals

• Setup a single approval rule that Create Approval rule


can be applied to claims of all for Claim

currencies
• Still have option to setup a single Select Ledger
Currency
currency approval rule
• Foreign currency claim amounts Optionally define
converted to determine Max and Min Amount
appropriate approval workflow
Assign Approvers

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12.2.7

Channel Revenue Management: Standalone Support


Easier Integration with Non-EBS Applications

• Support for key Channel flows


with non-EBS applications
Non-EBS
Customer,
Product,
Pricing
& Non-EBS

– Including Order Management,


Non-EBS Non-EBS Non-EBS
Other Setups Account
Order Management General Ledger Account Payables
Receivables

Accounts Receivables, Accounts Misc Setups


Currency
Calendar etc
EBS System

Payable and General Ledger Channel Revenue Management


General Leger

• Quick and easy deployment


Customer Resource Manager Advanced Pricing Item/Inventory

• Plug & play interfaces Synchronize Master Data

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Human Capital Management 12.2 Highlights
Improved Productivity for Employees, Managers, and Administrators

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


Self-Service Human Resources Time and Labor Time and Labor
• Transaction Dashboard • Credit Overtime as Absence Accrual • Time Entry for Terminated Employees
Time and Labor • Calendar View of Timecards • Timekeeper Group by Supervisor
• Projects integration for Actual Costing • Time Entry Detail Report • OT Calc for Project Work-Based Layout
• Attachments in Timecards Payroll Payroll
• Concurrent Run of Transfer to BEE • Enhanced RetroPay Results • Dynamic Assignment Sets UI/WebADI
Payroll • Costing of Payment Report Learning Management
• Retro Assignments using Web ADI • Support Payroll EFT Batch Transactions • Test Overview for Online Assessment
Learning Management in Reconciliation • Certification-Only Classes
• New Learner UI; Ratings and Reviews
Succession Planning
• Configurable Talent Matrix

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12.2.7

Time & Labor: Timecard Entry for Terminated Employees


More Timely Payroll Processing
• Manager can enter
timecards for terminated
employees
• Enables timely payroll
processing if employee
missed time entries

Also delivered as 12.2 HRMS RUP 10

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12.2.7

Payroll: Create Dynamic Assignment Set in HTML / WebADI


Quickly and Easily Create and Maintain Assignment Sets
• Maintain dynamic
assignment sets via
HTML UI and WebADI
– Assignment sets define
people to include in Payroll
– Prior releases supported
only static assignment sets
– Dynamic assignment sets
support criteria to generate
list

Also delivered as 12.2 HRMS RUP 10

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12.2.7

Learning Mgt: Enhanced Online Assessments


Improved View and Easier Navigation for Learner

• Test Overview panel


– Summary and each question color
coded by status
• Jump to any question in a test

Also delivered as 12.2 HRMS RUP 10

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OAF User Experience (UX): 12.2 Highlights
Modern User Experience for End Users; Flexibility for Administrators & Developers

Release 12.2 – 12.2.5 Release 12.2.6 Release 12.2.7


End User Interactions End User Interactions Administrator Personalization
• Oracle Look & Feel; Tablet Support • Tables: Download to Excel • Admin Personalization Workbench -
• Table Enhancements: Column Display Developer Capabilities WYSIWYG
and Freeze; Options to See More Data • Splitter Component • Themes
• Popup Enhancments: DFF as Popup; • Hints within boxes End User Interactions
Attachments as Popup; Dialog Pages as • HGrid Column Freeze
Modal; Auto-resize; Move • Record History (non EO)
• Add to Favorites via Icons
• Simplified Global Header, Navigator,
and Home Page • Enhanced Look-Ahead LOV
Developer Capabilities • Enhanced Attachments
• Improved Components: Popups; Icons
as buttons; Search; Record History
• New Components: Infotiles; Vertical
Subtabs; Hide/Show Tabs; Ratings

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12.2.7

OAF Admin Personalization Workbench - Redesigned


Easier Page Personalizations with Visual Design
• What You See Is What You Get
(WYSIWYG) Layered View of
Personalization levels
• Layered view of
personalization levels, with
preview of resulting page
• Drag and drop to move page
elements
• Personalizations include:
– Expand tables/add columns
– Hide/show regions
– Reorder page/region elements
– Change labels Drag and Drop to
Create or Reorder Property
– Set default values Component Items and Regions Palette
Palette
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12.2.7

OAF: Themes
Easy Change to Overall Page Appearances Across UIs
• Theme controls page Theme: Steel Gray

appearance
– Background color
Theme: Light Blue
– Border color
– Prompt properties
Theme: Crisp Green
• Predefined themes
– Similar to Cloud Apps
themes
• Create and edit themes

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Program Agenda

1 E-Business Suite 12.2.7 Overview


2 E-Business Suite 12.2.7 Feature Highlights
3 Summary

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E-Business Suite 12.2.7 – A New EBS Suite Release
Continued Investment on EBS Release Roadmap

New Release

12.1 12.1.2 12.1.3 12.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.7 12.2.y 12.X

5/2009 12/2009 8/2010 9/2013 12/2013 9/2014 10/2015 9/2016 9/2017

PREMIER SUPPORT THROUGH:


• Release 12.1: Dec. 2021
• Release 12.2: Sep. 2023
• Release 12.X: At least 2030 (minimum 10 years)

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Where to Find More Information on EBS
EBS 12.2 Information Center
• EBS Documentation and Training
– EBS 12.2 Information Center on MOS
– EBS Release Content Documents
– EBS Transfer of Info (TOI) Online Training
– EBS Documentation Web Library

• EBS Learning Subscription via OU


– education.oracle.com/subscriptions/ebs

EBS Learning Subscription via OU


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