Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement 25A introduces several key features and enhancements aimed at improving user experience, operational efficiency, and integration capabilities. Below is a concise summary of the major updates based on available information:
- Redwood User Interface (UI) Enhancements:
- Responsive Self-Service Procurement Application: The classic Self-Service Procurement – Purchase Requisitions application has been fully retired and replaced with the Responsive Self-Service Procurement application. Built on Oracle’s Redwood design framework, it offers a modern, consumer-grade UI that is responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. Key features include:
Elastic Search Engine: Supports searchable attributes across requisition headers, lines, and distributions with fuzzy matching for more accurate item searches.
Table View: Allows management of up to 500 requisition lines in the shopping cart, improving visibility and organization.
Enhanced Requisition Status Visibility: Provides better tracking of requisition statuses, including invoice holds or pending receipts.
Redwood Notifications: Workflow notifications for procurement documents and transactions now feature a Redwood style and format, offering a consistent, modern look for email and worklist notifications. This enhances readability and usability with no setup required.
- Requisition Management Improvements:
- Header-Only View in My Requisitions Page: Users can search and manage requisitions using a compact header-only view, displaying key attributes like the “Entered By” person. Users can toggle between header-only and header-and-lines views and set default preferences. This feature requires opt-in via the Redwood Self-Service Procurement application settings.
Requisition Line Review: Improved visibility into requisition lines causing invoice holds due to overbilling or pending receipts, enabling faster action by requesters.
- Purchase Order Management:
- Redwood Purchase Orders Page: Users can filter purchase orders using keywords and perform actions like resolving match holds, communicating, canceling, closing, or reopening. The View Purchase Order page provides tabs for order summary, schedule details, lifecycle, and history, with seamless navigation.
AI Integration: AI Assist can generate relevant requirements in the negotiation process based on details like negotiation type, title, and line categories.
- Supplier Management:
Inactivate Suppliers Process: Now includes automatic inactivation of supplier contacts and user accounts, reducing manual effort.
Redwood Supplier Portal: The updated portal homepage enhances supplier task efficiency, reducing support needs and allowing focus on strategic activities.
- Integration and Extensibility:
REST Resources: New and updated REST resources streamline integration with external systems, supporting procurement and self-service procurement processes.
Collaboration Messaging Framework: Supports B2B messaging via REST Web Service, enhancing real-time communication with trading partners.
- Testing and Upgrade Support:
Non-Disruptive Features: Many features are delivered disabled, allowing selective enablement for customized testing and rollout schedules. Larger-scale UI or process-based features require focused acceptance testing, while smaller-scale changes (e.g., minor field updates) have minimal impact.
Business Benefits:
User Experience: The Redwood UI simplifies navigation and task completion, making procurement intuitive.
Efficiency: Automation, AI, and enhanced search capabilities reduce manual workloads and speed up workflows.
Scalability: Improved REST resources and cross-module integration (e.g., with Financials and Supply Chain Management) support growing business needs.
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