Welcome to Release 12.1 of the Oracle Quality User's Guide.
This guide is intended for users of the Oracle Quality application. See Related Documents for more about Oracle Applications product information.
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This chapter introduces quality management and describes how Oracle Quality can be used to meet its challenges. It also provides an overview of the components of Oracle Quality and illustrates how Oracle Quality can help you meet your quality data collection and analysis requirements.
This chapter provides you with implementation information for the parts of Oracle Applications that are specific to Quality.
This chapter explains how to define and use collection elements.
This chapter explains how to define and use specifications.
This chapter provides you with overviews and instructions for creating and using collection plans.
This chapter explains how to directly enter quality results data.
This chapter provides you with overviews and instructions for using the Quality Workbench.
This chapter describes how to manage goods and services purchased from suppliers using:
Receipt, transfer, inspection, internal delivery, return, and correction transactions in Oracle Purchasing
Quality result entry by suppliers in Oracle iSupplier Portal
Skip lot and inspection sampling in Oracle Quality
This chapter explains how to manage the quality of manufactured items as you complete manufacturing transactions in the following applications:
Oracle Work in Process
Oracle Shop Floor Management
Oracle Flow Manufacturing
Oracle Project Manufacturing
Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM)
Oracle Mobile Manufacturing
This chapter explains how you can provide your customers with Internet access to Quality results.
This chapter describes how to set up quality collection plans for use when managing customer service quality.
This chapter describes how to set up quality collection plans for use when managing material quality.
This chapter discusses the acquisition of electronic signatures (e-signatures) on electronic records (e-records) in Oracle Quality. E-records and e-signatures enable you to comply with the 21 CFR Part 11 regulations.
This chapter explains how to chart, view, and report quality results data.
This chapter explains how to submit report requests and briefly describes each Oracle Quality report.
This chapter discusses how Oracle Quality can help you meet ISO 9000 reporting standard requirements.
This appendix lists each window available for use in the Oracle Quality application as well as the associated navigator path for each window.
This appendix explains how to attach documents to collection plans, specifications, and results lines.
This appendix explains how to query quality results.
This appendix summarizes where you can find more information about the options available from the Tools menus of various windows.
This Appendix lists the predefined Context and Reference Information collection elements for all Oracle Applications integrated with Oracle Quality.
This appendix lists the pre-seeded collection plans that are available, the elements in each plan and the actions associated with each element.
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Oracle Alert User's Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite Developer's Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products
Oracle Bills of Material User's Guide
Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul User's Guide
Oracle E-Records Implementation Guide
Oracle Engineering User's Guide
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management User's Guide
Oracle Flow Manufacturing User's Guide
Oracle iSupplier Portal User's Guide
Oracle Inventory User's Guide
Oracle Manufacturing APIs and Open Interfaces Manual
Oracle Manufacturing: Implementing Oracle E-Records in Discrete Manufacturing Guide
Oracle Manufacturing Scheduling User's Guide
Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications User's Guide
Oracle Order Management Implementation Manual
Oracle Order Management User's Guide
Oracle Process Manufacturing Product Development User's Guide
Oracle Process Manufacturing Quality Management User's Guide
Oracle Process Operations User's Guide
Oracle Purchasing User's Guide
Oracle Quality Implementation Guide
Oracle Shipping Execution User's Guide
Oracle Work in Process User's Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite Set Up Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite Security Guide
Oracle Project Manufacturing User's Guide
Oracle Warehouse Management User's Guide
Oracle Workflow User's Guide
The Oracle Integration Repository is a compilation of information about the service endpoints exposed by the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications. It provides a complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite's business service interfaces. The tool lets users easily discover and deploy the appropriate business service interface for integration with any system, application, or business partner.
The Oracle Integration Repository is shipped as part of the Oracle E-Business Suite. As your instance is patched, the repository is automatically updated with content appropriate for the precise revisions of interfaces in your environment.
Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data unless otherwise instructed.
Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as SQL*Plus to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data, you risk destroying the integrity of your data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.
Because Oracle E-Business Suite tables are interrelated, any change you make using an Oracle E-Business Suite form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle E-Business Suite data using anything other than Oracle E-Business Suite, you may change a row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle E-Business Suite.
When you use Oracle E-Business Suite to modify your data, Oracle E-Business Suite automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle E-Business Suite also keeps track of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a record of changes.