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The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne SRM portlet from Oracle, in conjunction with the Collaborative Portal, enables your suppliers to access timely and accurate information about their orders at their convenience, without having to wait for a response from your purchasing department. When you allow suppliers quick and cost-effective access to your enterprise information, not only can suppliers more easily conduct business with you, but you can also increase your supply chain efficiency and improve your relationships with suppliers.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne SRM portlet, used in conjunction with the Collaborative Portal, provides you with search capabilities on purchase orders, inventory, and schedules, and displays alerts to inform you when a purchase order needs acknowledgement or a schedule has changed.
The fully customizable portlet contains various tasks and alerts that enable you to access certain applications in different ways. For example, you might select the appropriate task, search for specific information before accessing the application, or receive alerts that you can use to access the application. The way that your system administrator has configured the portal determines the tasks, searches, and alerts that you see.
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Note: If your company previously purchased SRM Supplier Self-Service functionality with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Xe or JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.9, the original Supplier Self-Service applications and alert portlets are still available and may be added to the Collaborative Portal by your system administrator. |
You can also set up viewable portlets in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supplier Relationship Management. Viewable portlets differ from configurable portlets in that they cannot be modified by users once they have been initialized.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne SRM portlet supports these business processes:
The procurement cycle.
Supplier release scheduling.
We discuss these business processes in the business process chapters in this implementation guide.
This section provides an overview of the steps that are required to implement the SRM portlet.
In the planning phase of the implementation, take advantage of all JD Edwards EnterpriseOne sources of information, including the installation guides and troubleshooting information.
When determining which electronic software updates (ESUs) to install for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Human Resources, use the EnterpriseOne and World Change Assistant. EnterpriseOne and World Change Assistant, a Java-based tool, reduces the time required to search and download ESUs by 75 percent or more and enables you to install multiple ESUs at one time.
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Software Updates Guide.
This guide does not describe in detail how to install and configure the Collaborative Portal. However, this section provides an overview of the general steps involved in installing and configuring the Collaborative Portal.
Use this table as a guide to the installation and configuration process for the Collaborative Portal and the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne portlets. You should perform the steps in the order listed.
Verify that you meet the minimum technical requirements (MTRs) to implement the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Collaborative Portal.
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Install and configure the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system.
Apply the updates, service packs, or Electronic Software Updates (ESUs) specified in the MTRs.
See your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne installation documentation.
Install and configure the IBM WebSphere Portal.
Use one of these guides:
WebSphere Portal 6.0.1.1 – Multiplatforms Installation and Configuration for iSeries
WebSphere Portal 6.0.1.1 – Multiplatforms Installation and Configuration for Unix
WebSphere Portal 6.0.1.1 – Multiplatforms Installation and Configuration for Windows
Install and configure the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Collaborative Portal.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Collaborative Portal Reference Guide
Install the SRMportlets.war file in the Collaborative Portal.
WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms:
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Collaborative Portal Reference Guide.
Create pages and add portlets to pages in the Collaborative Portal.
WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms:
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Collaborative Portal Reference Guide
This table lists the suggested application-specific implementation steps for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supplier Relationship Management Collaboration.
Set up user-defined codes (UDCs), versions, processing options, and specific applications in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
See Setting Up Supplier Self-Service and Buyer Workspace in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
Configure the SRM portlet in the Collaborative Portal.
See Configuring the SRM Portlet Using the Configuration Wizard.