Purchasing Example
The purchasing department might want to group all items by commodity codes. You can define a category set called Purchasing Class with categories that represent commodity codes such as OEM, IC, software and documentation. You can choose Purchasing Class to be the default (mandatory) category set of the purchasing functional area.
In the bills of material shown in the Examples Overview, the purchased items are CM2346, CM2347, CM2349, CM2350, CM2352, CM2353, CM2355 and CM2356. When you define your items you can set the Purchased attribute to "Yes" for each of these items. Inventory automatically assigns the Purchasing Class category set and the associated default category OEM to each of the purchased items. The following table shows category assignments within the purchasing default category set.
CM2346
| Keyboard
| Purchasing Class
| OEM
|
CM2347
| 486 Processor
| Purchasing Class
| IC
|
CM2349
| Monitor Manual
| Purchasing Class
| documentation
|
CM2350
| DOS Operating System
| Purchasing Class
| software
|
CM2352
| Desktop Keyboard
| Purchasing Class
| OEM
|
CM2353
| Pentium Processor
| Purchasing Class
| IC
|
CM2355
| Monitor Manual
| Purchasing Class
| documentation
|
CM2356
| UNIX Operating System
| Purchasing Class
| software
|
Oracle Purchasing does not allow you to choose between different category sets. Oracle Purchasing uses the default purchasing category set in all forms and reports that require or display categories. For example, if you choose a particular item in the Supplier Autosource Rules window you see the category (from the purchasing default category set) assigned to the item. In addition, Oracle Purchasing uses item categories in the following reports and forms:
- Blanket and Planned PO Status Report
- Buyer's Requisition Action Required Report
- Matching Holds Report by Buyer Report
- Overdue Supplier Shipments Report
- Purchase Agreement Audit Report
- Purchase Order Commitment By Period Report
- Purchase Order Detail Report
- Purchase Order and Releases Detail Report
- Purchase Price Variance Report
- Purchase Summary Report By Category
- Quotation Action Required Report
- RFQ Action Required Report
- Receipt Accruals - Period-End report
- Receiving Account Distribution Report
- Receiving Transactions Register
- Receiving Value Report by Destination Account
- Requisitions on Cancelled Sales Order Report
- Savings Analysis Report(by Category)
- Uninvoiced Receipts Report
- Supplier Price Performance Analysis Report
- Supplier Quality Performance Analysis Report
- Supplier Service Performance Analysis Report
- Enter Purchase Agreements
- Enter Express Requisitions
- Enter ReqExpress Template
- Enter Receiving Transactions
- Enter Returns and Adjustments
- View Receiving Transactions
See Also
Item Category Examples Overview
Planning Example
Inventory Example
Unlimited Additional Category Sets