Configuring B2B Settings for a Vendor

Leave B2B settings blank until you determine which B2B Interface you need. Oracle performs the initial configuration in these fields. All fields on the B2B Catalog and External Logistics tabs should be configured by Oracle.

  1. Click Master Data, and then click Vendors.
  2. Click the Vendor to update, click the B2B General tab, and enter the following information:

    • Vendor ID: Enter the vendor ID supplied by the vendor.

    • (Optional) Location Number: Enter the location number supplied by the vendor.

    • (Optional) Vendor GLN: Enter the Vendor GLN supplied by the vendor.

    • Buyer GLN: Enter the Buyer GLN. This is user defined, unless controlled by jurisdiction.

    • Vendor is B2B Solutions provider: Not used by Inventory Management.

    • Send Notifications to Cost Center E-Mail Address: Select to send an email to the cost center instead of the originator of the document. Used for orders only.

  3. From the B2B Ordering tab, select the appropriate options:

    • Use B2B order: Select to allow the vendor to use B2B Ordering methods.

    • Use Order Cycles: Select to enforce the vendor to adhere to established order cycles.

    • Force B2B qty: Select to prevent cost centers from changing quantities on receipts that come from the vendor.

    • Use prepared Purchase Orders: Select to make Prepared Purchase Order as the basis of an order.

    • Send one file per day: Select to sent only one order to the vendor once a day. For example, if 15 different cost centers are all using the same vendor, the organization has 1 order with all 15 cost centers’ orders included sent to that vendor.

    • Order processing via B2B only: Select to enforce users to create new orders and have everything sent, added, and removed from that Vendor through B2B.

    • Use myinventory Automation: Select to allow Inventory Management to search for, submit, and order using B2B automatically.

    • Only one Order per day/Order Cycle: Select to allow submitting only one order per day/order cycle for the vendor, cost center, and delivery date.

  4. From the B2B Receipts tab, select the appropriate options:

    • Use B2B Receiving: Select to use B2B receiving for the vendor.

    • B2B Receipt is Invoice: Select to make B2B Receipt act as an invoice.

    • Use Price Quotes in B2B Receipt: Select to use the price quotes in your system as opposed to the price quotes sent back from the vendor.

    • No manual created Receipts: Select to prevent manual receipt creation, and allow only receiving using B2B.

  5. To automatically process order acknowledgements, click the B2B Acknowledgements tab, and then select Process Order Acknowledgement via Scheduler.
  6. To automatically process order cycles, click the B2B Order Cycles tab, and then select Process Order Cycles via Scheduler.
  7. Click Save.

Parent topic: Vendors