swrn017 Document 3953674 ORACLE 'wronactesurrom —& Poreviwison | | firgsPuacslaaac:rete @ wrote) GES) Gta ep Dasboard — Mrowledge Service Requests Patches 8 Uodates Of Community | &e 2 oe Footbct ‘Oracle Sourcing Release 12 Features (Doc ID 395367.1) In this Document ati document ip burns ~ ‘Questions and Answers ° ha ae Neotton Shes? ‘atari near aaa Tre He nc llers from the Shc work? ast Major 33,2013 es isaVevi nnd what are the f ina this? a Upcane; MEF 20, 2035 What ae the Catalog Enhancements for Oracle Sourcing? What is new about Document Printing? What chances ae thereto Sourcing Avard Aporoval? What ae the changes to Supper Resisration? What other new features are avaiable? Information Centers (saa (Oracle Sourcing - Verson 12.0.0 and later Information in tis document aples to any platform. Document References NoRearares anor Recently Viewed ‘This cocumen Intended to itvoduce the new features in Oracle Sourcing release 12. ‘ B What are Negotiation Styles? Negolaton styles use the Document Style functonalty to allow the Sourcing System Administrator to setup predefined templates forte types of negotiations which are commonly used. These templates are saved as a's’ and applied during ‘egtiation creation, The application of predefined default values and sengs means much faster and mare simplified ‘egotlation creaton, ‘Steps are: Create Negotiation Style > Apply Default Controls > Select Document Types tis is enabled fr > Save, Purchasing Document styles compliment Negotiton Styles, and the following funcional saectd depending onthe ‘egetiation outome purchasing document style chosen: + Purchase Bases / Line Types those avaiable within the selected purchase base + Price Breaks ~ appt to blanket purchase agreements only + Price Dfferentas- only for rate based, temporary laber. Al Complex Paynes contre, ‘What is Complex Contract Payments Negotiation?” Where negtiatons are for complex types af work (e.. Construction), this feature allows suppor for advanced payment tems which may be needed as part ofthe resuling contract. Using functionalty between Purchasing, Series Procurement ang Payables, Sourcing Negotiations can now include; vances Recoupment Rate Retainage Rate & Maximum Retanage Amount Payment Schedule Structure or fora Payment Amount What aro Negotiation Requiroments? In extending the suppor for more complex Negotiation Header Atributes, Sourcing release 12 incudes the Requirements feature. This alls grouping of requirements and displaying in a herarciy, plus supprt for Rich Text Format data entry, allowing cloarer ane more detailed nogotations. This alo Includes suppert fr extended responses, such as using predefined ‘vale sts, plus cefining new Ist of values. htps:isupperoracte.comlepmosiiaces/DocumentDisplay?_alrLoop=2037 186286946 198id=395367 18elsplayindex=18_afWindowMode=08_adlcih. 1/3son017 Document 395367.1 ‘so part ofthis febture i the expanded Scoring functionality, where sourcing can now automaticaly score responses, plus be combines wth Subjecive ard Team Soaring features. What is Team Scoring? ‘Te buyer can setup a craup of people who can score the responses to @ negotiation according to thelr particular requirements ‘An example would be to have a Technical Tear to evaluate responses based on technical requirements, pls perhaps a ‘Commercial Team to evaluate the responses based on responses on a more fnandl postion, Members ofthe tam (sores) ‘can have acess tothe negotiation depending on ther requirement, Including fll uate acexs,view-onl but allowed to enter ‘scares, o” ust view-only, In addon pring infomation can be seas hidden for soorers as needed, Changes to scores are Allwed, however canbe shown inte scoring history page. from the Shortlist work? How does Knockout Suppl ‘Te buyer can setup Requirements that have 2 minimum value, known as the knockout ertaria. Then, fhe response falls to meet thi, then wen runing te knockout proces, Oracle Sourcing wl automaticaly exclude the supple rom the aware Short. "The new shortlists reviewed for acceptance Curing the lockout proces. What is a Very Large Negotlation, and what are the features supporting this? The Negotiation Style ‘Large Negotiation seadee to offer features which alow Improved admiisation of negtistons wth a ver large numberof nes. The setup of what defines a large negotiation is done inthe Negotiations Configuration page, where ‘the Document Processing Theshold value deins the number of tines above which actions wil be run Using tre backround concurrent processor. This allows the user to continue working after submiting afl for processing against the large number of lines, and once completed the user willbe noted by email Thi i invoked in commen areas such as POF Generation and Spreadsheet Upload for negotiation creation ard oidana ‘Any Negotiation Style flagged as ‘Configure fr large negotiations aso triggers the use of an adonal tem Search area within ‘the negotaton pages, allowing buyers and supplier to move quick fd certain ems to perform action anne What are the Catalog Enhancements for Oracle Sourcing? Creation of Negetiatons in Sourcing now allows using tems (and thir ttibutes/ deserters) directly from the Procurement Catalog (including punchout) as well as from existing requistion. It also allows generation of Procurement Catalog Content as the outcome from Negotations. Profle Otlon PON: A.tomaticaly Default Catalog Atibutas’ determines if Sourcing Negatiatons wil inclu the addona data (es Requrement) from procurement catalog items, This also allows ust base o category atrbutes to cefeut. What is new about Document Printing? Now draft documents can be printed, allowing confirmation on what suoplrs wil se when the negotiation is published. These are shown in thre diferent formas, + Buyer View - showing full detailed information fr internal use + Generic Supplier View - stoning supplle-onlyinermation + Specie Supplier View - showing relevant detail when using line access consol by supplier Prin documents also contain suitable internal or daft watermarks to prevent confusion, What changes are there to Sourcing Award Approval? In prior releases, Aprovals Management Engine (AME) could ony be setup to use employee supervisor hierarchy for sourcing ‘ard approval. With Release 12's possible to also use Poston Hera based rules (la AME) to determine the award approval routing What are the changes to Supplier Registration? ‘Supplies user and account creation and adinisation is now migrate to the HTML interface, soto allow a simple unified {29proach across al modules. For detal information see te Supple Portal documentation In adcton Oracle Sourcing provides {he Prospective Supaler Registration form which can be used to ad supplies during negatation creation Also the flexle reqlsvation allows additonal attrbutes tobe included, plus can also be setup to include an Survey document. The registration ‘workflow i also now avalabe in AME for adctlonal customzations 25 needed. What other new features are avaliable? ded Collaboration Team Messaging ‘Access to sourtng vi the Purchasing Professional Buyer Work Centre ‘Staggered Closing of Lines - sing an interval Between Ine closing to promote competion. [Autobcend includes mirimum tegerng rank and buyer defined number or extensions Notation Subscription allows user to turn oof the Information notcatons generated, by Negotiation type ‘Te Sourcing Dashboard ard Supper Scorecard use DI reporting Features to show extensive Sourcing teligence formation + Responses to include Prce Breaks canbe set as mandatory or optional + Show the Best Price to supplesin Bnd Negatiations {Last id Price Enforcement across new Negotiaton Rounds Dent what yeu ar erg? Askin Comma, Related hpslisuppert oracte.comlepmosiiaces/Documen\Display?_alrLoop=2007 186286946198 195367 1 &cloplaylndo072017 Document 395367.1 Products Keywords aeacktoTe9 nih 217, Ug ec. gates nd Tart Ut Fay Sarat hps/isuppert oracte.comlepmosiiaces/Documen\Display?_alrLoop=2007 186286946198 195367 1 &cloplaylndo aff WindowMd a3