Release 12 oracle Notes Reference

Release 12 oracle Notes Reference

Release 12

Advanced Planning - Support Enhanced Version


Prepared by: APS Support Team

Last Updated: 13-February-2008 Version: 1.2



Please note the following:

· This note will be updated frequently

· This is Note 414332.1 - always download the latest version of this Note to be sure you have the latest information

· The standard RCD Document can be download by clicking here for comparison

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Contents

1. Disclaimer 2

2. Introduction. 3

2.1. Purpose of Document - Support Enhanced Version - Start Here. 3

2.2. Reference Documents. 3

2.2.1 Support Documents. 3

2.2.2 Documentation. 3

2.2.3 Transfer of Information Presentations. 3

3. Advanced Planning. 4

3.1. Overview.. 4

3.2. Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) 5

3.2.1. Features. 5

3.2.1.1. Distribution Planning. 5

3.2.1.2. Item Attribute Simulation Sets (aka Item Mass Maintenance) 6

3.2.1.3. Process Manufacturing Enhancements. 7

3.2.1.3.1. Support for Complex Routings. 7

3.2.1.3.2. Contiguous Operations. 7

3.2.1.3.3. Shelf Life. 7

3.2.1.3.4. Resource Charges. 7

3.2.1.3.5. OPM Inventory Convergence. 8

3.2.1.4. OPM Planning Convergence. 8

3.2.1.5. Sequence Dependent Setups. 8

3.2.1.6. Gantt Chart Enhancements. 9

3.2.1.7. Order Queries. 9

3.2.1.8. Reports. 9

3.2.1.9. Discrete Manufacturing Integration Enhancements. 10

3.2.1.9.1. Actual Work Order Start Dates. 10

3.2.1.9.2. Lot-based Component Usage. 10

3.2.1.10. Chargeable Subcontracting. 10

3.2.1.11. Forecast Spreading for Gregorian Calendars. 11

3.3. Demand Planning (DP) 11

3.3.1. Features. 11

3.3.1.1. Forecasting Enhancements. 11

3.3.1.1.1. Forecast at Day Level 11

3.3.1.1.2. Forecast Seasonal Data at Week Level 11

3.3.1.1.3. Display Smoothed History and Seasonal Factors. 11

3.3.1.1.4. Croston’s Method. 11

3.3.1.2. Shared Objects. 11

3.3.1.3. Selective Forecasting. 11

3.3.1.4. Planner Productivity Enhancements. 12

3.3.1.4.1. Input Negative Numbers in the Worksheet 12

3.3.1.4.2. Start Date for Moving Totals. 12

3.3.1.4.3. Formula-Generated Stored Measures. 12

3.3.1.5. Performance Enhancements. 12

3.3.1.5.1. Reaggregate Option. 12

3.3.1.5.2. Worksheet Performance Enhancements. 12

3.3.1.5.3. Net Change Aggregation. 12

3.3.1.5.4. Prevent Even Allocation. 12

3.3.1.5.5. Reduce Forced Recalculations. 12

3.3.1.6. View Only Access for Planning Manager 13

3.3.1.7. Administration Enhancements. 13

3.3.1.7.1. Session Administration. 13

3.3.1.7.2. Restart Distribute to Planner Stage. 13

3.3.1.8. Collections Enhancements. 13

3.3.1.8.1. Collect Facts and Items from a Subset of Organizations. 13

3.3.1.8.2. Collect Product Family-Level Manufacturing Forecasts. 13

3.3.1.9. Enhanced Support for Forecast Priorities. 13

3.3.1.10. Demand History from Internal Sales Orders. 13

3.3.1.11. Archiving Process for Oracle Demand Plans. 14

3.4. Inventory Optimization (IO) 14

3.4.1. Features. 14

3.4.1.1. Demand Fulfillment Lead Time. 14

3.4.1.2. Service Agreement Simulation Sets. 14

3.4.1.3. Lead Time Variability. 15

3.4.1.3.1. Manufacturing Lead Time Variability. 15

3.4.1.3.2. In-Transit Lead Time Variability. 15

3.4.1.3.3. Enhanced Entry of Purchasing Lead Time Variability. 15

3.4.1.4. Plan Level Overrides of Planning Parameters. 15

3.4.1.5. Visibility to Forecast Variability. 15

3.4.1.6. Enhanced Horizontal Plan. 16

3.4.1.7. Item Attribute Simulation Sets. 16

3.4.1.8. Order Queries. 16

3.5. Global Order Promising (GOP) 17

3.5.1. Features. 17

3.5.1.1. OPM-Inventory Convergence. 17

3.5.1.2. Lot-based Component Usage. 17

3.5.1.3. Distribution Planning. 17

3.6. Collaborative Planning (CP) 17

3.6.1. Features. 17

3.6.1.1. Distribution Planning. 17

3.7. Manufacturing Scheduling (MS) 17



1. Disclaimer
This Release Content Document (RCD) describes product features that are proposed for the specified release of the Oracle E-Business Suite. This document describes new or changed functionality only. Existing functionality from prior point releases is not described. It is intended solely to help you assess the business benefits of upgrading to Release 12.



This document in any form, software or printed matter, contains proprietary information that is the exclusive property of Oracle. Your access to and use of this confidential material is subject to the terms and conditions of your Oracle Software License and Service Agreement, which has been executed and with which you agree to comply. This document and information contained herein may not be disclosed, copied, reproduced or distributed to anyone outside Oracle without prior written consent of Oracle. This document is not part of your license agreement nor can it be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates.



This document is for informational purposes only and is intended solely to assist you in planning for the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described in this document remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.



Due to the nature of the product architecture, it may not be possible to safely include all features described in this document without risking significant destabilization of the code.



2. Introduction
2.1. Purpose of Document - Support Enhanced Version - Start Here
Support has built this Enhanced version of the RCD so that customers can be provided with more direct links to resources that are available to understand, setup and work with the new features that are detailed in this document.



The original text is present and in addition, support has added information about the Documentation, Transfer of Inforation presentations and any Support produced Feature Documents that may be available for a feature that will help explain the functionality in more detail.



This document will be updated from time to time as new information becomes available.



The Release Content Document (RCD), produced as part of Oracle’s Applications Product Lifecycle (APL), communicates information about new or changed functionality in the specified release of the Oracle E-Business Suite. Existing functionality from prior point releases is not described. However, content introduced by Family Packs, Mini-Packs or Standalone patches since the prior point release has been included in this document and denoted accordingly.



2.2. Reference Documents
2.2.1 Support Documents
· Note 412702.1 - Getting Started With R12 - FAQ for Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) Suite - This is likely the document that linked to what is currently being viewed. IF this is not true, THEN please see this note and use it in tandem with this document.

· Note 421097.1 - R12 Known Issues with APS Suite - Advanced Planning and Scheduling Suite – Please see this note for important information that will help you upgrade/install of R12 proceed more smoothly.

· 13-Feb-2008 - Note 552415.1 - INSTALL ALERT - Setting Up The APS Partitions and Data Collections Instance in R12

· Feature Documents – These are produced by support and offer additional guidance, screen shots, viewlets and other information that will be valuable in detailing the new features listed in this document. Each feature where a Feature Document has been releaesed will have a link in it’s section to this document

2.2.2 Documentation
Note 118086.1 is the main Documentation Note for the APS Suite. All new User and Implementaion Guides are included in this note. You can download the individual guides from this note as well. If any changes are made and new User’s Guides are issued in the future, they will be available in Note 118086.1

Direct links from Note 118086.1 are shown below and any specific page references in this document to the Documentation have been compile from the initial release unless specifically noted.

R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01 (APS_UG_R12_B31553-01_12-2006.zip 8.2 MB)

R12 Global Order Promising Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Global Order Promising Implementation and Users Guide - B31554-01 (GOP_UG_R12_B31554-01_11-2006.zip 1.2 MB)

R12 Collaborative Planning Users Guide - B31555-01 (CP_UG_R12_B31555-01_12--2006.zip 2.6 MB)

R12 Inventory Optimization Users Guide - B31561-01 (IO_UG_R12_B31561-01_12-2006.zip 1.4 MB)

R12 Demand Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31556-02 (ODP_UG_R12_ B31556-02_12-2006.zip 3.4 MB)



The complete documentation is available at Oracle E-Business Suite Online Documentation Library Release 12.

OR you can download the complete Doc CD from http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html

2.2.3 Transfer of Information Presentations
Product Management and Development have produced recordings the present information for most of the features listed in this document. When possible, we will show exactly which presentation has information on each feature in the details below

We strongly encourage customers to listen and review these presentations to get the most value from your implementation of the new features.



First Time Users should review this information – Note 403349.1



If you are already signed up and login, then the links below should take you directly to the presentations.
Support has also provided the Powerpoint presentations that were used for these presentations



Functional Overview – An Audio Presentation with PDF file of the Powerpoint slides provided for future reference

Technical Overview – The new About Document (technical overview of changes for an area of the application) When you open the course you can use rt-click / open in a new window to see the HTML file and then save locally to your machine





IMPORTANT! – For the links to TOI Presentations (Functional and Technical Overviews) to work while using this document, you must be signed into Oracle University - Click on the this link to sign in - Transfer of Information (TOI) Online Training

First Time Users should review this information – Note 403349.1

PDF files are located on Metalink – Internal Oracle Users must sign into Metalink to use the links to the PDF files



Supply Chain Planning - Category Top Navigation



Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Introduction)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-1_Intro.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Setup)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-2_Setup.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Define Plans)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-3_Define_plans.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Analyze Plans)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-4_Analyze_Plans.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Manage Plans)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-5_Manage_Plans.pdf

R12 Gantt Chart Enhancements, Scheduling of Firm Planned Orders

Powerpoint PDF - 2 parts

PPT_ASCP_Gannt-1.pdf

PPT_ASCP_Gannt-2.pdf

R12: OPM Planning Convergence and Reporting Enhancements

Powerpoint PDF - 2 parts

PPT_OPM_Plan-Converge.pdf

PPT_ASCP_Reports.pdf

R12: Scheduling Enhancements for Process Manufacturing

Powerpoint PDF – 3 parts

PPT_Schedule_Charges_1-3.pdf

PPT_Schedule_Complexroutings_2-3.pdf

PPT_Schedule_Contiguousoperations_3-3.pdf

R12: Sequence Dependent Setups

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ASCP_Seq_Dependent.pdf

R12: UI Enhancements, Simultaneous Resource scheduling and Discrete Manufacturing Enhancements

Powerpoint PDF – 4 parts

PPT_UI_1-4_Discrete_mfg.pdf

PPT_UI_2-4_Item_Mass_Maintenance.pdf

PPT_UI_3-4_Order_query.pdf

PPT_UI_4-4_Sim_Resource.pdf

R12: Advanced Planning Technical Overview



Oracle Inventory Optimization

R12: Oracle Inventory Optimization Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_IO_Func.pdf

R12: Oracle Inventory Optimization Technical Overview





Oracle Demand Planning

R12: Oracle Demand Planning - Forecast Enhancements Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ODP_Forecast.pdf

R12: Oracle Demand Planning - Usability Enhancements Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ODP_Process.pdf

R12: Oracle Demand Planning Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ODP_Usability.pdf

R12: Oracle Demand Planning Technical Overview



Oracle Global Order Promising

R12: Oracle Global Order Promising: Lot Based Material Usage Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_GOP_LotUsage.pdf



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3. Advanced Planning
3.1. Overview

· Distribution planning enhancements

o Replenish and rebalance inventory across a distribution chain. Consolidate recommended material movements into truckloads. Fair share limited supply across customers.

· Process manufacturing enhancements

o Enforce contiguous processing. Support complex routings with multiple ingredient combination, product separation, and product yield points. Sequence batches to minimize changeover times.

· Factory planning enhancements

o Sequence production to minimize changeover times. Manipulate shop floor production plans via a greatly enhanced Gantt chart interface.



3.2. Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP)
3.2.1. Features
3.2.1.1. Distribution Planning
Feature Document – Note 397199.1 R12 Feature Document - Distribution Planning

TOI Presentations – there are 5 TOI’s for this extensive new functionality – these are very important documents that should be reviewed in detail by any new user of this functionality.

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Introduction)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-1_Intro.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Setup)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-2_Setup.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Define Plans)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-3_Define_plans.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Analyze Plans)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-4_Analyze_Plans.pdf

R12: Oracle ASCP - Distribution Planning Functional Overview (Manage Plans)

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_DP-5_Manage_Plans.pdf



Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

See the overview in Chapter 1 - pgs 4-8 and Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15 for this new functionality



The APS distribution planning enhancements provide distribution intensive companies with the additional features required to effectively plan product movement across the supply chain. Automating the distribution processes with distribution planning yields an optimal supply allocation for your distribution network and increased planner efficiency.



The new distribution (DRP) planning features include fair share allocation, multiple inventory policies, circular sourcing, global forecasting with local allocation of supply, and ship method selection with load consolidation. Access distribution planning with the new Distribution Planner responsibility to set up rules and to define and view DRP plans.



For manufacturers, DRP allows the planner to select one or more ASCP manufacturing plans as supply schedules. It then efficiently distributes the statement of supply from the ASCP plans. Distributors need only use DRP, and can also define supplier capacities in Oracle Purchasing that are respected by DRP. DRP supports kitting for distributors with minimal kit assembly requirements.



Use fair share allocation to define rules that automatically allocate scarce supplies between competing demands with the same priority. With the new supply allocation form, users specify the fair share allocation methods between multiple organizations. In the updated assignment set form, planners assign the new supply allocation rules to organizations, categories, and items. New exceptions alert the planner to supply allocation problems.



Multiple inventory policies allow planners to specify safety stock, target and maximum inventory levels for each item-organization. Planners create bands of inventory levels and inventory levels should fluctuate between the safety stock (or minimum) inventory level and the target inventory level. Occasionally, inventory may exceed target but never exceeds the maximum at any point in the distribution network. DRP maintains optimal inventory balances using supply allocation rules and load consolidation rules to decide when to ship early, on time or late. New exceptions alert the planner to safety stock, target and maximum inventory level violations.



Circular sourcing allows the user to create mutual sourcing relationships between organizations. DRP balances inventory between the defined circular source organizations before drawing inventory from central sources, thereby achieving efficient distribution of product without planner intervention. The enhanced sourcing rules form allows the specification of circular sourcing relationships. New exceptions alert the planner to the user of circular sources.



Global forecasting allows the planner to create global forecasts and sourcing rules that automatically allocate both global forecasts and sales orders to the correct source distribution center. For each demand, global forecasting considers who and where the customer is, the customer assigned sourcing rules and inventory availability when selecting the source organization.



Ship method selection and load consolidation between organizations allows the planner to focus on planner activities. The planner no longer needs to manipulate individual internal transfers to achieve efficient truck utilization across the distribution network. In the updated transit times form, the user specifies weight and volume capacity constraints by ship method. Next, users specify the maximum and minimum shipment utilization targets in the DRP plan options. DRP creates transfers between organizations that meet the load consolidation criteria. When DRP violates the shipment minimum or maximum because of other constraints, the user is alerted to the problem with new exception messages.



Define DRP plans using the new DRP plan definitions form where the user can specify global fair share allocation rules, load consolidation targets, planning periods, load consolidation days horizon, supply allocation bucket sizes and circular sourcing parameters. Users specify the planned organizations with all relevant demand and supply schedules. Users enable the individual User Defined Decision Rules to control plan output.



The DRP planners workbench enhancements include the supply allocation plan and the find opportunities window. The supply allocation plan allows planners to quickly view and adjust supply allocations between competing demands from customers and other organizations. Planners use the find opportunities window to quickly find additional internal transfers to improve a shipment’s utilization. DRP horizontal plan enhancements allow the planner to easily view the movement of product through a distribution network.



Distribution (DRP) planning is fully integrated with the Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Supply Chain Planning including Collaborative Planning (CP), Demand Planning (DP), Inventory Optimization (IO), Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) and Global Order Promising (GOP). The planners can integrate DRP, CP and Oracle Inventory for advanced VMI capabilities. The DRP plan accepts DP and IO output as demand schedules. GOP can be based on DRP plans, allowing the up to date and accurate inventory visibility across the supply chain.



3.2.1.2. Item Attribute Simulation Sets (aka Item Mass Maintenance)
Feature Document - Note 393631.1 R12 Feature Document - Item Attributes Mass Maintenance (Simulation Sets)
TOI Presentation - R12: UI Enhancements, Simultaneous Resource scheduling and Discrete Manufacturing Enhancements

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_UI_2-4_Item_Mass_Maintenance.pdf

Documentation – The Documentation has not yet included this new feature



A new setup entity on the APS planning server enables all ASCP plans to more easily simulate changes to key item attributes. The item attribute simulation set allows you to attach values of key attributes to item-organizations or to item-regions, then save those assignments under an item attribute simulation set name of your choosing. In ASCP plan options, when you reference a particular item attribute simulation set name, the plan will use the item attribute values from the named simulation set.



Attributes supported for DRP plans only are:



• DRP Planned

• Max Inventory Days of Supply

• Max Inventory Window

• Target Inventory Days of Supply

• Target Inventory Window

Attributes supported for all ASCP plans are: • Critical Component

• Preprocessing Lead Time

• Processing Lead Time

• Post processing. Lead Time

• Fixed Lead Time

• Variable Lead Time

• Fixed Order Quantity

• Fixed Days Supply

• Shrinkage Rate

• Fixed Lot Multiple

• Minimum Order Quantity

• Maximum Order Quantity

• Service Level

• Carrying Cost

• Demand Time Fence Days

• Forecast Control

• Planning Time Fence Days

• Standard Cost

• Net Selling Price

• PIP Flag

• Selling Price

• Substitution Window

• Safety Stock Days

• Unit Weight

• Unit Volume

• Safety Stock Method

• Safety Stock Percent

• ABC Class

• Planning Method

• Minimum remaining shelf life days



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3.2.1.3. Process Manufacturing Enhancements
The ability of Advanced Supply Chain Planning to plan for process manufacturing environments has been significantly enhanced as follows:



Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapter 16 - Integrating Mixed-mode Manufacturing Environments

Starting on Pg 16-39 - Oracle Process Manufacturing

Other Manuals referenced for these features
Oracle Process Manufacturing – All Guides

Oracle Process Manufacturing System Administration User's Guide B40020-01

Oracle Process Manufacturing Product Development User's Guide B31151-01

Note: Reference is made in ASCP Guide to

Oracle Process ManufacturingMPS/MRP and Forecasting User's Guide and the Oracle Process Manufacturing User's Guide.

Please use: Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Planning User's Guide B40040-01

Support Documentation
Note 416162.1 - Getting Started With R12 - Process Manufacturing (OPM) Support Enhanced RCD





3.2.1.3.1. Support for Complex Routings
Feature Document - Note 415102.1 R12 Feature Document - ASCP-OPM Complex Routings
TOI Presentation - R12: Scheduling Enhancements for Process Manufacturing

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_Schedule_Complexroutings_2-3.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 16 Integrating Mixed-mode Manufacturing Environments / Complex Routings pg 16-44



Oracle ASCP supports OPM complex routings with the following characteristics:



• A process can start with multiple operations

• Multiple operations can be executing at the same time

• Single operations can feed multiple operations

• Multiple operations can feed a single operation

• Multiple operations can yield multiple co-products

• Products can be harvested from multiple operations (multiple terminal points)

3.2.1.3.2. Contiguous Operations
Feature Document - Note 415101.1 R12 Feature Document - ASCP-OPM Scheduling Contiguous Operations
TOI Presentation - R12: Scheduling Enhancements for Process Manufacturing

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_Schedule_Contiguousoperations_3-3.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 16 Integrating Mixed-mode Manufacturing Environments / Contiguous Operations pg 16-49



In order to support planning according to the common practice of contiguous processing from raw materials to finished product, ASCP allows you to enforce minimum and maximum time offsets between two operations. The time offset constraint can be imposed between the finish of the first operation and the start of the second operation, or it can be imposed between the start of the first operation and the start of the second operation. Planning for contiguous processing is achieved by imposing finish-to-start maximum time offsets of zero between successive operations.

3.2.1.3.3. Shelf Life
Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 9 Supply Chain Plan Exception Messages pg 9-111

Appendix A Profile options / A-111 - MSO: Use Item Shelf Life Days in Scheduling Buy or Make Orders



ASCP respects the expiration date of on-hand lots when pegging them to demand. For end demands, if the material is planned to arrive at the customer site with a remaining shelf life less than the parameter Minimum Remaining Shelf Life Days as set in the item attribute simulation set, ASCP will generate an "insufficient remaining shelf life" exception.

3.2.1.3.4. Resource Charges
Feature Document - Note 415103.1 R12 Feature Document - ASCP-OPM Resource Charges
TOI Presentation - R12: Scheduling Enhancements for Process Manufacturing

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_Schedule_Charges_1-3.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 16 Integrating Mixed-mode Manufacturing Environments / Scheduling Resource Charges pg 16-52



In process manufacturing we might have a work order to produce 1000 units.



Oracle ASCP takes into account the individual charges while planning and scheduling materials and resources. In this process ASCP schedules incremental feeding from and to chargeable resources.

3.2.1.3.5. OPM Inventory Convergence
Support Document - Note 416162.1 - Getting Started With R12 - Process Manufacturing (OPM) Support Enhanced RCD

2.2. Reference Documents

3.1. Common Inventory (Inventory Convergence)

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 16 Integrating Mixed-mode Manufacturing Environments

Also see Note 376683.1 - OPM Release 12 Migration and the OPM Migration Reference Guide, Release 12 for moreOPM Migration Reference Guide, Release 12 for more information



Oracle ASCP uses the “Nettable” flag for calculating available on hand quantity for the netting process. Before this release you could define this flag only at the subinventory level in the Subinventories window.



With this release, as part of the convergence of Oracle's process and discrete inventory models, this flag has been moved from the Subinventories window to the Material Status window, allowing this attribute to be defined at the more granular levels of locator and lot in addition to the subinventory level.



ASCP supports the more granular definitions of the "Nettable" flag.



In addition, a new checkbox called “Include Non Nettable” in the Subinventory Netting window of the Plan Options allows you to include the subinventory Non-Nettable Quantity in the planning process.



3.2.1.4. OPM Planning Convergence
Feature Document - Note 417403.1 R12 Feature Document - ASCP-OPM Planning Convergence – OPM MRP Replaced by ASCP Planning

Feature Document - Note 416392.1 R12 Feature Document - ASCP-OPM Planning Convergence – Forecast and Calendar

Support Document - Note 416162.1 - Getting Started With R12 - Process Manufacturing (OPM) Support Enhanced RCD

3.8. Process Manufacturing Planning

TOI Presentation - R12: OPM Planning Convergence and Reporting Enhancements

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_OPM_Plan-Converge.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 16 Integrating Mixed-mode Manufacturing Environments / Oracle Process Manufacturing pg 16-39

Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Planning User's Guide B40040-01

Chapter 1 - Understanding Advanced Supply Chain Planning Integration with Oracle Process Manufacturing





In this release Oracle ASCP unconstrained planning replaces the OPM MRP module.

This allows upgrading OPM customers to use ASCP unconstrained planning in a multiorg environment. New OPM customers without an ASCP license can only use single org unconstrained ASCP.



ASCP provides the following advanced features not available in OPM MRP:

• Advanced APS user interface

• Multi-level pegging

• Online planner and simulation capabilities

• Advanced co-product planning



In this release ASCP does not support the following OPM MRP features:

• Replenishment method-specific order modifiers

• Multiple transfer types

• Resizing suggestions

3.2.1.5. Sequence Dependent Setups
Feature Document - Note 415276.1 R12 Feature Document - Sequence Dependent Setups

TOI Presentation - R12: Sequence Dependent Setups

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ASCP_Seq_Dependent.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide -R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 11 - Supply Chain Constraint-Based Planning / Sequence Dependent Setups pg 11-68



During the scheduling process, ASCP explicitly considers setup times that must be incurred when a resource transitions between tasks that require different setups of the resource. Out of the possible setup sequences on a resource, ASCP will derive one sequence that minimizes the overall time spent on setting up the resource. Based on user-specified plan option values, ASCP also trades off the benefit of minimizing setup time and maximizing resource throughput against the cost of satisfying demands early and building up inventory.



This capability is available for both discrete and process organizations. ASCP uses the same setup transition matrix inputs as already used by Manufacturing Scheduling.



When scheduling for a resource for which sequence-dependent setups are specified, ASCP schedules down to the resource instance level for that resource. Previously, ASCP scheduled down to the resource level only.



The setup transition matrix associated with a resource can be called up for display from the Resource details screen of the planner workbench. The calculated setup hours for a resource can be seen from the horizontal capacity plan for that resource.



3.2.1.6. Gantt Chart Enhancements
Feature Document - Note 396037.1 R12 Feature Document - Gantt Chart Enhancements
TOI Presentation - R12 Gantt Chart Enhancements, Scheduling of Firm Planned Orders

Powerpoint PDF - 2 parts

PPT_ASCP_Gantt-1.pdf

PPT_ASCP_Gantt-2.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapter 10 – Planner Workbench, section Interactive Scheduling Using the Gantt Chart



The ASCP Gantt chart has been enhanced significantly to increase a planner's ability to interactively manipulate a schedule output by ASCP and to diagnose problems in the schedule. Specific enhancements include:



• Enhanced “Resource View” that shows all activities planned on a resource along the same horizontal line rather than as separate rows

• Enhanced “Resource View” that gives a picture of bucketed Required Hours versus Available Hours

• Enhanced “Resource View” that shows the variation of resource units and the units used over time

• Ability to have multiple views open at the same time e.g. resource view and orders view

• Ability to transfer information context between the two views e.g. display all resources used for an order as seen in the orders view over to the resource view

• Ability to save the set of orders or the set of resources as folders that can be invoked on user command

• Ability to have the other workbench menu options visible when the Gantt chart is open

• Ability to peg up and down from a supply or a demand. Pegging is shown via arrows drawn in the right pane of the Gantt chart

• Display of resource instances (for resources with sequence-dependent setups)

• Editing of dates within the left pane of the Gantt chart to manipulate placement of activities



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3.2.1.7. Order Queries
TOI Presentation -

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_UI_3-4_Order_query.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

While this new query type is not specifically addressed – see Chapt 10 / Query Paned Tab pg 10.43



ASCP now supports personal queries for supplies and demands. This allows you to easily retrieve key supplies such as "purchasing recommendations for supplier Northwest Supply that need to be released within the next 10 days", and key demands such as "all top priority sales orders that are satisfied more than 3 days beyond their due date." Order queries apply to all types of ASCP plans, including the new distribution (DRP) plans.



3.2.1.8. Reports
TOI Presentation - R12: OPM Planning Convergence and Reporting Enhancements

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ASCP_Reports.pdf

Documentation - R12 Advanced Supply Chain Planning Implementation and Users Guide - B31553-01

Chapt 22 Reports and Concurrent Processes / Planning Detail Report pg 22-14



Oracle ASCP now supports the Planning Detail Report from Oracle Supply Chain Planning (SCP). You can run this report for a specific plan or based on collected transaction data.



The SCP Planning Detail Report includes material requirements planning data for a plan name that you specify. This is a comprehensive planning report that gives you all the information you need to understand a plan. The report may include the following sections: Horizontal Listing, Vertical Listing, and detail sections showing gross requirements, scheduled receipts, planned orders, bill of material and engineering changes, expired lot and byproduct information.



This report replaces the following OPM MRP reports:



• MRP Bucketed Material Report

• MRP Material Activity Report

• MRP Action Messages Report

• MRP Error Messages Report

In addition, the Oracle Inventory Reorder Point Report replaces the OPM Reorder Point Report.



Other OPM MRP reports have been created in a new format. These reports are:



• MPS Material Activity Report (based on source transaction data)

• MPS Bucketed Material Report (based on source transaction data)



The existing Discoverer-based ASCP Planning Detail Report continues to be available.



3.2.1.9. Discrete Manufacturing Integration Enhancements
Oracle ASCP supports the following Oracle Discrete Manufacturing execution enhancements:

TOI Presentation - R12: UI Enhancements, Simultaneous Resource scheduling and Discrete Manufacturing Enhancements

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_UI_1-4_Discrete_mfg.pdf

3.2.1.9.1. Actual Work Order Start Dates
Oracle Work In Process (WIP) does not currently capture the actual start times of a job or activities within a job. With this release, an activity’s actual start date will also be captured. Current ASCP behavior is to consider a job as having started on its scheduled start date. With this release ASCP will be able to schedule the completion of the job using the actual start date.

3.2.1.9.2. Lot-based Component Usage
It is quite common during the assembly of some items to consume components whose usage does not vary with the job quantity but is fixed. In such cases, the component usage is deemed to be ‘lot-based’ instead of item-based.



For example:



• Assembly component is lot based: You are manufacturing a door panel assembly that consists of an injection molded panel and a lock. As part of the job start process, you produce a fixed number of plastic door panels to cycle in the process so that you get the parameters set correctly. In such scenarios, you want to include in the Bill of Material a certain weight of plastic resin that will be used in the job, irrespective of the job quantity.

• Non-assembly component is lot based: An extrusion process may require that the extruder’s cylinder be purged of the previous job’s material before running a new job. This process requires that a special solvent be flushed down the machine. This solvent is specified on the BOM as a lot-based component.

The above examples illustrate how the usage of certain components will stay fixed and not vary with the size of the job.



ASCP considers lot-based component requirements and ensures correct material availability.



3.2.1.10. Chargeable Subcontracting
This feature is mention also in the Discrete RCD - Note 415922.1 and the links below are from that document
Documentation
Oracle Manufacturing: Chargeable Subcontracting for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan B40053-02



TOI – Transfer of Information

R12: Oracle Manufacturing: Chargeable Subcontracting Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - 2 files

R12_TOI_SHIKYU-1-2.pdf

R12_TOI_SHIKYU-2-2.pdf

R12: Chargeable Subcontracting Technical Overview





Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) sometimes ship critical components to their contract manufacturers at the same time that they place orders for complete assemblies. These ‘sync’ components are meant to arrive at the contractor’s facility right before assembly of the ordered item begins. Non-sync items, which are generally non-critical components, are usually shipped in volume quantities to the contract manufacturer.



Both types of components are sold to the contract manufacturer, but any realized or unrealized gain is not recognized by the OEM for 'sync' components. While ASCP will provide the planning support for these components, there will be comprehensive support across the E-Business Suite for managing the underlying transactions.



3.2.1.11. Forecast Spreading for Gregorian Calendars
Previously, the ASCP forecast spreading functionality was limited to forecast scenarios with time buckets matching the ASCP manufacturing calendar.



With this release, this functionality has been enhanced to apply to forecast scenarios that use time buckets of Gregorian months.

This functionality is a forward port of an enhancement originally made on top of a previous release.



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3.3. Demand Planning (DP)
3.3.1. Features
TOI’s for all of Demand Planning
R12: Oracle Demand Planning - Forecast Enhancements Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ODP_Forecast.pdf

R12: Oracle Demand Planning - Usability Enhancements Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ODP_Process.pdf

R12: Oracle Demand Planning Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_ODP_Usability.pdf

Technical TOI - replaces About Document - R12: Oracle Demand Planning Technical Overview

3.3.1.1. Forecasting Enhancements
The statistical forecasting techniques in Oracle Demand Plannit:1.0in'>3.3.1.1.1. Forecast at Day Level

Forecasting at day-level addresses situations when the demand patterns vary by the day of the week. For example, beer kegs are sold more on Fridays and Saturdays.

Newspaper is sold more on Sunday than on the remaining days of the week.

3.3.1.1.2. Forecast Seasonal Data at Week Level
The Holt-Winters implementation has been enhanced to support weekly (as opposed to just monthly) seasonal trends.

3.3.1.1.3. Display Smoothed History and Seasonal Factors
DP automatically performs pre-filtering to smooth demand history to handle outliers and missing values. DP also automatically calculates seasonal factors. You can now view the smoothed history and seasonal factors as outputs in DP.

3.3.1.1.4. Croston’s Method
Croston’s method for intermittent demands is now supported.

3.3.1.2. Shared Objects
This feature allows demand planning managers and demand planners to share their personal objects with other demand planning users. The sharable objects include documents (reports, graphs, and worksheets), document folders, saved selections, and custom aggregates.



Demand planning managers can create these objects centrally and then share them with all the demand planners at any time in the demand planning cycle. This provides a consistent view of demand planning data to all the users and obviates the need for demand planners to create the same reports and worksheets individually.



This functionality is a forward port of an enhancement originally made on top of a previous release.



3.3.1.3. Selective Forecasting
Selective Forecasting allows users to create a new kind of measure in ODP. This measure type allows the use of different forecast methods for different products, and allows the demand for some products to be forecast statistically while the demand for other products are based on values copied from other measures. After selecting dimension levels in the same way as when creating a region-copy measure, the user designates one or more “Forecast” or “Copy” action steps, each one having an associated product selection, date ranges, and other parameters. The user chooses a set of products for each step by choosing pre-existing saved selections, or by creating a new saved selection. Proceeding through the rest of the measure wizard, the allocation, aggregation, and other steps are similar to those in a simple forecast.



Selective forecasting measures behave similarly to other measures, appearing in the administrator's measure list and in the document tree under “Forecast” for managers and planners. The measures are available for distribution, submission, collection, upload, and in reports, worksheets, and graphs.



3.3.1.4. Planner Productivity Enhancements
DP has been enhanced to improve planner productivity:

3.3.1.4.1. Input Negative Numbers in the Worksheet
Judgmental decisions due to marketing intelligence, new product introductions etc. are captured either by directly modifying the statistical baseline forecast or by specifying the adjustments separately and then adding the adjustments to the statistical baseline forecast. The former process is supported in Oracle Demand Planning. The latter process requires the additional ability to specify negative numbers on a worksheet. This feature allows you to manually input negative numbers on the worksheet to fully accomplish the process of maintaining separate adjustments in Oracle Demand Planning.



This functionality is a forward port of an enhancement originally made on top of a previous release.

3.3.1.4.2. Start Date for Moving Totals
A cumulative sum or 'moving total' type formula measure can now be specified to accumulate starting from a specific time period.

3.3.1.4.3. Formula-Generated Stored Measures
You can now use the same set of functions and operations supported for formula measures (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, lead, lag, nested formulae, etc.) for the initial creation of a stored measure. Once created, the stored measure can be updated on the basis of the generating formula if you explicitly recalculate it.



3.3.1.5. Performance Enhancements
DP has been enhanced to improve performance in a number of areas:

3.3.1.5.1. Reaggregate Option
This feature enables the Administrator to force reaggregation of all measures in the Shared database when a change in a hierarchy is detected. The Download process will automatically determine what hierarchy values have been modified and reaggregate all measures, i.e. shared and input, for only those values for all time periods. This allows a measure's values to reflect hierarchy changes without running a time-consuming re-populate process for the measure.



The Administrator enables the Reaggregate option in the Demand Plan Administration module by checking a checkbox on the Download screen. The option is unchecked, i.e. OFF, by default. A Full Distribution for planners’ is required in order to receive the reaggregated measures. The Reaggregate option will be examined during distribution, and, if checked, all personal measures will be reaggregated.

3.3.1.5.2. Worksheet Performance Enhancements
The performance of the worksheet opening, editing, and recalculation operations has been improved.

3.3.1.5.3. Net Change Aggregation
When you do a quick download of one or more Demand Planning input parameters (measures) from the planning server, and you use the "update" refresh mode, aggregation calculations are performed only for those measures values that changed.

3.3.1.5.4. Prevent Even Allocation
Prior to this release, when you entered a value into an empty ('NA') cell in a worksheet, the value was allocated to the hierarchy levels below using 'even' allocation. This created an explosion of values in the Demand Planning workspace and was potentially detrimental to performance.



Now, when you enter a value into an empty 'NA' cell, the value is allocated to the hierarchy levels below using a 'first level value' allocation method. Only one level value at each level receives an allocation. This eliminates the explosion of values in the Demand Planning workspace.

3.3.1.5.5. Reduce Forced Recalculations
Prior to this release, when you edited a value in a worksheet at one hierarchy level and then tried to edit a value at another level of the same hierarchy, Oracle Demand Planning would force you to recalculate the worksheet before allowing the second edit. This enforced consistency of values across hierarchy levels, but potentially slowed down planners who wanted to make multiple edits without having to wait for recalculations to complete between each edit.



Demand Planning now supports an administrator option that applies to all worksheets within a demand plan that turns off the forced recalculation between edits at different hierarchy levels. Once the worksheet is recalculated or saved, edits are enforced from the top hierarchy levels down, so it is possible for an edit at a higher hierarchy level to override an edit at a lower hierarchy level.



3.3.1.6. View Only Access for Planning Manager
A new role is available, Planning Manager – Read Only, which allows a user to view all data in the Shared database and create documents and share reports. However, data cannot be changed, shared or submitted.



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3.3.1.7. Administration Enhancements
A number of administration enhancements allow the Demand Planning Administrator to more effectively manage the progress of a demand planning cycle.

3.3.1.7.1. Session Administration
A new screen enables the Demand Planning Administrator to view the login sessions for a demand plan, and, if necessary, terminate them. This allows a demand plan session to be restarted gracefully in the case of an exceptional error condition without the need for technical database administrator assistance.

3.3.1.7.2. Restart Distribute to Planner Stage
If the Distribute to Planner stage of the Demand Planning cycle terminates abnormally, the Demand Plan Administrator can restart the process from the beginning. Previously, restarting this process required the intervention of a technical database administrator.



3.3.1.8. Collections Enhancements
3.3.1.8.1. Collect Facts and Items from a Subset of Organizations
A new checkbox in the Organizations sub-form of the Application Instances form enables an organization for Demand Planning independently of its enablement for Advanced Supply Chain Planning. This allows companies who have implemented ASCP at many locations but implemented DP at only a few of those locations to collect DP fact data from just a small subset of the ASCP-enabled organizations. This saves time on collections.



If you enable and maintain the same items in all organizations that you plan, you can also save time on collections by invoking a new option (enabled via profile option) collect items only from the master organization.

3.3.1.8.2. Collect Product Family-Level Manufacturing Forecasts
Oracle Demand Planning now supports the collection of manufacturing forecasts defined for product family items.



3.3.1.9. Enhanced Support for Forecast Priorities
In Oracle Demand Planning, you can very flexibly specify, down to the individual entry level, the priority to be associated with forecasts. You can then feed this information into Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning to drive planning decisions there. This gives you the freedom to prioritize forecasts by demand class, by customer, by product, by location, by time.

To set up this capability, you need to define a demand plan with at least two output scenarios: the normal forecast output scenario, and a "forecast priority" output scenario. In the Scenarios tab of the demand plan definition form, you can specify for each forecast output scenario which other output scenario should be interpreted to be the set of forecast priorities associated with the forecast output scenario. The output levels of the forecast output scenario and the forecast priority scenario must match. When the forecast output scenario is used as a demand schedule in an ASCP plan, the associated priorities from the associated forecast priority scenario are passed into ASCP as the forecast priorities.



3.3.1.10. Demand History from Internal Sales Orders
In Release 11i10, Demand Planning ignored demand history based on internal sales orders. In Release 12, to support demand planning processes for individual lines of business within a larger enterprise that runs on a global single E-Business Suite instance,



Demand Planning recognizes demand history from internal sales orders to user-selected organizations internal organizations. Thus lines of business that run their own demand plans and fulfill demands from internal organizations can recognize the history of those demands and create forecasts for those demands.



A new plan option field ("Select Internal Sales Orders For") in the Scope tab of the demand plan definitions form allows you to specify which internal sales orders to consider. All internal sales orders containing one of the destination organizations that you list in the field will be considered.



3.3.1.11. Archiving Process for Oracle Demand Plans
A new process is available for archiving a demand plan for future recovery. Previously, no process was available for backing up a demand plan.



Two new concurrent requests are available for archiving and restoring a plan. The concurrent requests are named:

• Archive Demand Plan

• Restore Demand Plan

Both "Archive Demand Plan" and "Restore Demand Plan" require only a demand plan name as a parameter. The archive process will write to a log named "arch[plan_id].log" in ODPDIR.



The DP System Administrator runs a request to Archive or Restore a plan. The DP System Administrator should ensure there is enough space before starting the archive and/or restore processes.



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3.4. Inventory Optimization (IO)
3.4.1. Features
TOI Presentation - R12: Oracle Inventory Optimization Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_IO_Func.pdf

Technical TOI - R12: Oracle Inventory Optimization Technical Overview

3.4.1.1. Demand Fulfillment Lead Time
Documentation – R12 Inventory Optimization Users Guide - B31561-01

Chapt 3 Inventory Plan Options / Service Level and Fulfillment Lead Time pg 3-23



Demand fulfillment lead time (DFLT) is the time allowed by the customer or by established business practice between order placement and order fulfillment. Customer service level targets are typically expressed with respect to specific DFLTs (for example, 95% service level for 3-day DFLT). In previous releases, Oracle Inventory Optimization assumed that the DFLT was zero.



You can specify demand fulfillment lead time at the following levels:



• Item-Org –Demand Class

• Item-Demand Class

• Item-Category-Demand Class

• Item-Org

• Category

• Demand Class

• Customer site

• Customer

• Org-Demand Class

• Org

You can enter DFLT as an integer or a fractional number of days. For example, a 4-hour DFLT would be entered as 0.167 days.



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3.4.1.2. Service Agreement Simulation Sets
Documentation – R12 Inventory Optimization Users Guide - B31561-01

· Chapt 3 Inventory Plan Options / Service Level and Fulfillment Lead Time pg 3-23

· Chapt 4 Key Setups / Setting Plan Level Default Demand Fulfillment Lead Time pg 4-2

· Chapt 5 Viewing Output / Viewing the Demand Fulfillment Lead Time pg 5-10



A new setup form allows you to enter demand fulfillment lead time (DFLT) and service level targets together, at each of the levels specified above for demand fulfillment lead time.



Starting with Release 12, entry of service level targets via flex fields in Oracle Inventory (for targets at the item-org and org levels), in Oracle Order Management (for targets at the customer level), and in the Allocation Rules form (for targets at levels involving demand class) is de-supported. Entry of service level targets is permitted only in the new integrated demand fulfillment lead time / service level target entry form. Upgrade scripts facilitate migration of the old setups to the new form. (Info from DEV expected on this)

Corrected text - In the Plan Options / Constraints Tab, assign a Service Level% OR optionally create and assign a Service Level Set to the plan. Service Level Sets are defined using / Setup / Service Level & Fullfillment Lead Time

Note: While the Service Level Set is seen in the Main Tab, it is only available for update when user is on the Constraints Tab



You can save a collection of service agreement (service level-DFLT) assignments as a named simulation set. This set can be attached to an IO plan. IO will apply the target service levels and DFLTs within the simulation set when generating the plan output. This allows you to simulate different service agreement scenarios using IO.



3.4.1.3. Lead Time Variability
Inventory Optimization's ability to consider variability of various lead times in the calculation of safety stocks has been expanded as follows:

Documentation – R12 Inventory Optimization Users Guide - B31561-01

· Chapt 3 Inventory Plan Options / Lead Time Variability pg 3-24

· Chapt 4 Key Setups

o Setting Default Lead Time Variability pg 4-16

o Setting Up Manufacturing Lead Time Variability pg 4-17

o Setting Up In-Transit Lead Time Variability pg 4-18

o Setting Up Supplier Lead Time Variability pg 4-19

3.4.1.3.1. Manufacturing Lead Time Variability
In addition to forecast and purchasing lead time variability, Inventory Optimization now considers manufacturing lead time variability.



Manufacturing lead time variability is expressed as a standard deviation of the item processing lead time, and is entered via the item details window of the collections workbench.



The statistical distribution of manufacturing lead time is assumed to be normal.

3.4.1.3.2. In-Transit Lead Time Variability
In addition to forecast and purchasing lead time variability, Inventory Optimization now considers in-transit lead time variability.



In-transit lead time variability is expressed as a standard deviation of the ship method transit time, and is entered via the Transit Times form on the planning server.



The statistical distribution of in-transit lead time is assumed to be normal.

3.4.1.3.3. Enhanced Entry of Purchasing Lead Time Variability
Previously, IO supported the entry of supplier lead time variability only via the specification of a histogram (a collection of purchasing lead time-probability pairs). IO now supports the entry of this variability as a single standard deviation value for the supplier processing lead time. The distribution of supplier variability is assumed to be normal.

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3.4.1.4. Plan Level Overrides of Planning Parameters
To facilitate rapid simulations, you can now enter in plan options plan level overrides of key Inventory Optimization planning parameters:



• Service level

• Fulfillment lead time (see the design for fulfillment lead time)

• Budget value

• Manufacturing variability - % variation

• Supplier lead time variability - % variation

• In transit lead time variability - % variation

If entered, these values supercede all values specified at more granular levels.



3.4.1.5. Visibility to Forecast Variability
Documentation – R12 Inventory Optimization Users Guide - B31561-01

Chapt 5 Viewing Output / Visibility to Forecast Variability pg 5-9



The MAD (mean absolute deviation) and MAPE (mean absolute percentage error) metrics for forecasts calculated in Oracle Demand Planning and fed into Oracle Inventory Optimization are now visible in new columns of the supply/demand window of the IO planner workbench.



3.4.1.6. Enhanced Horizontal Plan
The horizontal plan of the IO planner workbench can now display the following additional rows:



1. Target Service level (expressed in %)

2. Achieved service level (expressed in %)

3. Mean absolute deviation (MAD)

4. Mean absolute percent error (MAPE)

5. Safety stock – non pooled (units)

6. Safety stock units has four sub-rows to display the percentage of safety stock to be carried to protect against the variabilities below:

• Demand variability

• Manufacturing variability

• Supplier lead time variability

• In-transit lead time variability

Notes:

· In the Workbench, use / Tools / Preferences / Material Plan tab, then in the drop down, choose Demands to choose these options

· MAD and MAPE automatically default into the view and are not currently listed in the Preferences



3.4.1.7. Item Attribute Simulation Sets
Also see Section 3.2.1.2. Item Attribute Simulation Sets 6 For more information on this feature

Item attribute simulation sets enables all IO plans to more easily simulate changes to key item attributes. The item attribute simulation set allows you to attach values of key attributes to item-organizations or to item-regions, then save those assignments under an item attribute simulation set name of your choosing. In IO plan options, when you reference a particular item attribute simulation set name, the plan will use the item attribute values from the named simulation set.



3.4.1.8. Order Queries
Also see Section 3.2.1.7. Order Queries 9 For more information on this feature

IO now supports personal queries for orders. This allows you to easily retrieve key demand and supply orders such as "forecasts for all items with service level violations". As the above condition implies, in addition to retrieving orders on the basis of standard attributes such as quantity, due date, planner code, and order type, you can retrieve orders related to exceptions that are flagged by IO.



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3.5. Global Order Promising (GOP)
3.5.1. Features
TOI Presentation - R12: Oracle Global Order Promising: Lot Based Material Usage Functional Overview

Powerpoint PDF - PPT_GOP_LotUsage.pdf

3.5.1.1. OPM-Inventory Convergence
Also see Section - 3.2.1.3.5. OPM Inventory Convergence 8 For more information on this feature

GOP uses the “Include in ATP” flag for calculating on hand availability for promising to customers. Before this release you could define this flag only at a subinventory level in the Subinventories window.



With this release, as part of the convergence of Oracle's process and discrete inventory models, this flag has been moved from the Subinventories window to the Material Status window, allowing this attribute to be defined at the more granular levels of locator and lot in addition to the subinventory level.



GOP supports the more granular definitions of the "Include in ATP" flag.



3.5.1.2. Lot-based Component Usage
Also see Section - 3.2.1.9.2. Lot-based Component Usage 10GOP respects lot-based component usages during the calculation of promise dates.



3.5.1.3. Distribution Planning
Also see Section - 3.2.1.1. Distribution Planning 5 For more information on this feature

Global Order Promising against a DRP plan is supported.



3.6. Collaborative Planning (CP)
3.6.1. Features
3.6.1.1. Distribution Planning
You can publish order forecasts and supply commits from a DRP plan to suppliers and customers in CP. You can receive supply commits posted by suppliers in CP and consider those as supplier capacity updates in subsequent DRP plan runs.



3.7. Manufacturing Scheduling (MS)
No new features have been introduced in Release 12 of Oracle Manufacturing Scheduling.