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Oracle Supplier Scheduling maintains a central data repository known as the Approved Supplier List (ASL) that contains relevant details about each ship-from/ship-to/item combination.

Only ASL items can be scheduled in Supplier Scheduling.

The scheduling organizations must be designated as inventory, receiving/ship-to organizations. You must define all items used in Supplier Scheduling in the ASL for each organization or the global ASL record.

For each supplier/item combination in the ASL, you can specify an effective Supply Agreement Blanket Purchase Order in the purchasing UOM. Only one Supply Agreement can be effective for the specified supplier site/item combination at a given time.

All supplier scheduling quantities, including schedules, authorizations, and CUM's, are tracked in the purchasing unit of measure as defined in the ASL.

For each ASL entry, you can specify Supplier Scheduling defaults and controls, the release generation method, purchasing unit of measure, and assigned scheduler. You can also specify source Blanket Agreements, Supply Agreements, and Catalog Quotations for automatic reference during document creation.

By maintaining the ASL you can:

• Support Supplier Certification programs by providing a single store of information regarding a supplier's current status.

• Help design engineers achieve higher quality designs at a lower total cost through the re-use of preferred suppliers in new designs, which avoids supply base proliferation or unnecessary design dependence on difficult suppliers.

• Eliminate redundant sourcing efforts within departments and across organizations.

• Facilitate a more global approach to contract negotiation.

• Provide immediate procurement visibility when a supplier is assigned an unfavorable status.

• Comply with external Quality System process requirements like ISO 9001/9002.

• Provide storage for general data attributes that are unique to the supplier/item combination.

• Maintain lists of supplier candidates by commodity or item for future consideration.

Major Features

• Set approval (certification) status at the appropriate level for your business.

• Approve suppliers, distributors, and manufacturers.

• Define global or local ASL entries.

• Attach notes and external documents to each ASL entry.

• Link the primary supplier item number to your internal item number.

• Specify a Review By date, which indicates a proactive, planned review of your business with a longstanding supplier partner.

• Review ASL information in a flexible inquiry format.

• Define your own approval statuses and associate them with specific business rules.

• Manage procurement activity by preventing purchase order approval or supplier schedule confirmation for certain supplier/item combinations.

• Determine ASL access and modification.

• Determine whether Sourcing Rules must be comprised of approved suppliers.

• Define reference information for the supplier/item combination.

See Also

Resource Authorizations

Defining the Supplier and Item/Commodity Combination

Defining the Supplier/Item Attributes

Supply Chain Planning

Assigning Sourcing Rules and Bills of Distribution

Profile Options in Purchasing