Purchasing Essentials 1Z0-520

Oracle EBS R12 – Purchasing specialist certification allows IT professionals to manage the supply chain function by automating and integrating all pertaining activities from planning, design, procurement and fulfillment. To managing critical business applications and processes related to the Supply chain management. Purchasing management function will acquaint participants on how to apply methods for routing and approval, document security, order creation process automation etc.

Navigating in R12 Oracle Applications

• Log in to Oracle Applications
• Navigate from Personal Home Page to Applications
• Choose a responsibility
• Create Favorites and set Preferences
• Use Forms and Menus
• Enter data using Forms
• Search for data using Forms
• Access online Help
• Run and monitor Reports and Programs
• Log out of Oracle Applications

Introduction to Oracle Applications R12

• Explain the footprint of R12 E-Business Suite
• Describe the benefits of R12 E-Business Suite
• Describe R12 E-Business Suite architecture

Shared Entities and Integration

• Explain shared entities within R12 E-Business Suite
• Describe key integration points and business flows between products in E-Business Suite (EBS)
• Identify Key Business Flows and products involved in E-Business Suite (EBS)

Fundamentals of Flexfields

• Describe Flexfields and their components
• Identify the steps to implement a Flexfield
• Define value sets and values
• Define Key Flexfields
• Define Descriptive Flexfields

Fundamentals of Multi-Org

• Define Multiple Organization (Multi-Org)
• Describe the types of organizations supported in the Multi-Org model
• Explain the entities of Multi-Org
• Explain how Multi-Org secures data
• Identify key implementation considerations for Multi-Org
• Define Multi-Org Access Control
• Explain Multi-Org preferences
• Explain Enhanced Multiple-Organization Reporting
• Explain the concepts of subledger accounting

Fundamentals of Workflow and Alerts

• Explain Workflow concepts
• Describe the benefits of Workflow

PURCHASING

Procure to Pay Lifecycle Overview

• Describe the Procure to Pay process flow
• Describe the key areas in the Procure to Pay process
• Describe how the Procure to Pay process fits into the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications

Oracle Purchasing Overview

• Describe how the Procurement process fits into the Procure to Pay lifecycle
• Describe the Procurement process flow
• Describe the key areas in the Procurement process
• Identify Purchasing integration points
• Identify Purchasing open interfaces and APIs

Enterprise Structure: Locations, Organizations, and Items

• Describe the Oracle Applications Enterprise Structure at a high level
• Describe the process for defining Inventory Organizations and Locations
• Explain Multi-Org Considerations in defining Inventory Orgs

Suppliers

• Define suppliers
• Define supplier sites
• Manage suppliers
• Identify standard reports for suppliers
• Define setup options for suppliers
• Identify and define additional implementation considerations for suppliers
• Explain Global vs Local suppliers

Document Security, Routing and Approval

• Define your document security and access levels
• Define your document approval and routing process
• Identify key reports related to document security and routing
• Describe setup options for document security, routing and approval
• Identify implementation considerations for document security
• Explain Multi-Org Considerations in defining document approval and routing process (including across Business Groups)

RFQs and Quotations

• Create RFQs
• Create quotations
• Identify key reports related to RFQs and quotations
• Describe setup options for RFQs and quotations
• Describe implementation considerations for RFQs and quotations

Approved Supplier Lists and Sourcing Rules

• Define supplier statuses
• Set up and use an approved supplier list
• Set up and use sourcing rules
• Describe how sourcing information defaults to requisitions and purchase orders
• Describe implementation considerations for approved supplier lists and sourcing rules
• Understand Intercompany sourcing rules and processes

Requisitions

• Create purchase requisitions
• Create Internal Requisitions
• Describe requisition document interfaces
• Identify standard reports for requisitions
• Define setup options for requisitions
• Identify additional implementation considerations for requisitions

Purchase Orders

• Create standard, blanket, contract, and planned purchase documents
• Create purchasing document releases
• Describe purchasing document interfaces
• Maintain purchase orders
• Identify standard reports for purchase orders
• Define setup options for purchase orders
• Identify additional implementation considerations for purchase orders

Automating Document Creation

• Use the Auto Create window to automate the creation of purchase documents
• Use the “Create Releases” program to automatically generate blanket purchase agreement releases
• Use the “PO Create Documents” workflow to automate the creation of purchase documents without buyer  intervention

Professional Buyer’s WorkCenter

• Use the Buyer’s Work Center to manage requisitions
• Use the Buyer’s Work Center to create and manage standard purchase orders and blanket purchase agreements
• Describe how the Buyer’s Work Center is the buyer’s desktop for negotiations and supplier management

Receiving

• Describe the process of receiving goods
• Describe receipt routing
• Describe receipt processing methods
• Create standard, express, and cascade receipts
• Describe substitute receipts, unordered receipts, returns and corrections
• Describe pay on receipt
• Describe Receiving Open Interface
• Identify key receiving reports
• Describe receiving setup options
• Identify implementation considerations for receiving

Purchasing Accounting

• Describe the period closing process in Purchasing
• Describe key accounts, accounting events and accounting entries
• Create requisitions and purchase orders in foreign currency
• Identify key reports for purchasing accounting
• Describe setup options for purchasing accounting
• Describe implementation considerations for purchasing accounting

Purchasing Administration

• Identify Purchasing administration and maintenance tasks
• Identify key concurrent processes
• Describe implementation considerations for purchasing administration

Appendix A – Setup Steps

• Identify key setup Reports
• Describe setup sequence
• Describe key reports for setup
• Describe setup options and implementation considerations for setup

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