Oracle Supplier Management makes use of setup and reference data stored and maintained by several E-Business Suite applications. This means that portions of several E-Business Suite applications must be implemented for Oracle Supplier Management to function. If Oracle Supplier Management is implemented on an existing Oracle E-Business suite installation, then many of the steps mentioned below would have been completed as part of the initial application instance setup.
The table below lists some off the implementation steps performed in other E-Business Suite applications and required by Oracle Supplier Management.
| Step Number | Step Name | Information Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Set up System Administrator | Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator's Guide |
| 2 | Define Locations | Oracle Purchasing User's Guide |
| 3 | Define Organizations and Organization Relationships | Oracle HRMS Enterprise and Workforce Management Guide |
| 4 | Setup Multi-Org | Multiple Organizations in Oracle Applications |
| 5 | Define Inventory Key Flexfield for Categories | Oracle E–Business Suite Flexfields Guide |
| 6 | Define Units of Measure | Oracle Inventory User's Guide |
| 7 | Define Categories | Oracle Inventory User's Guide |
| 8 | Set Up Personnel | Oracle HRMS Enterprise and Workforce Management Guide Oracle HRMS Workforce Sourcing, Deployment, and Talent Management Guide |
| 9 | Setup Application Users | Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator's Guide Documentation Set |
| 10 | Define Buyers | Oracle Purchasing User's Guide |
| 11 | Define Purchasing Options | Oracle Purchasing User's Guide |
| 12 | Define Financial Options | Oracle Payables User's Guide |
| 13 | Define Receiving Options | Oracle Purchasing User's Guide |
| 14 | Set Up Oracle Workflow | Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide |
| 15 | Perform Additional System Administration Setup | Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator's Guide Documentation Set |