Part #: E21889-04, July 2013
This document provides delta information from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 to Value Chain Planning Cumulative Patch 12.1.3.9, Patch 16974659.
The information included in this document assumes that you have already installed Oracle Service Parts Planning Release 12.1.3, according to the instructions in the following document:
Note: This document - especially Section 5, Known Issues - may be updated after initial release. Any changes are listed in Section 6, Change Record. If you print this document, periodically check to ensure you have the most recent version.
The latest version of this document is available from the following locations:
In Release 12.1.3, Oracle Service Parts Planning has added or changed the following features since its last release. For a complete list of new features within Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3, refer to Document 561580.1, Release Content Document.
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Re-order Point-based Parts Planning |
Reorder point based planning is a widely adopted method of planning replenishments for service parts. It uses demand forecasts and item lead times to decide when to place a new order in order to avoid dipping into safety stock. Orders are usually created for the economic order quantity, in order to strike a balance between purchasing and carrying costs. Oracle Service Parts Planning 12.1.3 has been enhanced to support Re-order point based planning. SPP computes the safety stock target for a part based on mean absolute deviation (for parts with regular demand) or assuming a Poisson distribution (for parts with intermittent demand), or reads in safety stock targets from other sources (like Inventory Optimization). It then dynamically determines when to place an order, depending on this safety stock target and future demand. SPP also computes the Economic Order Quantity using the standard formula, so that new orders are placed for this quantity. The user also has the option to over-ride the system computed values. The values of safety stock and EOQ can be re-calculated during a planning run; or can be retained at their existing values. |
Import Capability in the Simulation Set |
The Simulation Set in SPP is used by planners for mass maintenance of data. This is however difficult to use when the planner has to manually enter /edit values for each attribute in the forms UI. In release 12.1.3, SPP has been enhanced to support a mass upload of item attribute values into the simulation set. A standard format Excel template is provided as part of the OA template. The planner can use this template to enter / edit / delete attribute values, and then upload the excel file to mass-update the values for the respective attributes on the items. The Planner's workbench (Supply Demand Analysis) screen has also been enhanced to enable update of item attributes that will then be considered in the online re-plan. |
Integration with Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning |
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) often manufactures spare parts for their equipment. Typically the OEM would have a distinct service supply chain, where defective products are returned and repaired. In case there is not sufficient supply of defective parts (that can be repaired) in the service supply chain, new parts may have to be manufactured. Thus the manufacturing facility that manufactures the parts will have two sets of demands - one coming from the manufacturing supply chain, and the second coming from the service supply chain. In release 12.1.3, Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) plans for the manufacturing supply chain and currently handles the first stream of demand. ASCP is now integrated with Oracle Service Parts Planning (SPP) which plans for the service supply chain. Thus SPP would take in demand from the Service supply chain and try to meet these demands through repair of defective parts. In case all demands cannot be met in this manner, SPP can source parts from the manufacturing supply chain. This demand for spare parts from SPP would be read in by ASCP, and ASCP would plan the manufacture. |
Integration with APCC - Service Parts Planner Dashboard |
In reelase 12.1.3, a new Service Parts Planner dashboard is being introduced in Oracle Advance Planning Command Center. Service Parts Plans can be archived and published to Advanced Planning Command Center. The archived versions can then be viewed in reports and dashboards. The Service Parts Planner dashboard is structured to address the typical questions that a parts planner would have and includes several measures and KPIs like repairs vs. new buys, internal vs. external repairs, service contracts performance etc that are typical in the service business. The SPP dashboard has five pages: the first, a Plan Health summary has key reports from various areas of the service supply chain, highlighting the demand and supply, exceptions, service agreements etc. The Demand & Supply page focuses primarily on the Demand & Supply picture and enables the planner to start with an overall view of demand satisfaction in the service supply chain, and drill down all the way to the application. The Exceptions page of the Service Parts Planner dashboard highlights key exceptions in the service parts plan and enables the planner to investigate the cause for them. The SLA Analysis page is meant for evaluating service contracts. The planner can compare his compliance on various service contracts that he has, review his costs, revenues, profitability and safety stock targets on this page. This gives him a good idea of his performance on contracts. The reports on this page are based on Inventory Optimization plans. Finally the Historical Performance page gives the planner a picture of how his plan is tracking against actuals. He can compare how the actuals for various measures like shipments and returns, compare with what he had planned in the past. In addition, the dashboard also includes a glossary that has a description of the various reports and measures available in the dashboard. |
Safety Stock Reservations |
In release 12.1.3.8, Service Parts Planning provides the ability to define and reserve safety stock at tiers or locations in the supply chain. In a multi-tiered service supply chain, there could be demand for parts at each tier; it is therefore imperative to stock the right quantity of parts at each level. Stocking parts at the most downstream locations (referred to as Tier 3 or T3 locations) has the advantage that it is closest to the customers being serviced from that location; on the other hand, the more upstream locations (referred to as Tier1/2 or T1/T2 locations) are likely to be bigger cities from where a greater number of customers can be serviced in a shorter period of time. Coming up with the right inventory holding strategy is therefore a balance between these two. Oracle Inventory Optimization considers the demand and supply variability, lead times, lead time variability etc and recommends optimal safety stock levels at each of these locations. However, not all demand in the service supply chain can be predicted; and if there were an unexpected critical demand in the supply chain at the T2 location, the required parts may have already been shipped to the downstream locations to meet other demands (since safety stock targets at the T2 locations typically have a lower priority); whereas holding them at the upstream (T1/T2) location would have permitted responding more quickly in meeting the unexpected demand. In release 12.1.3.8, the safety stock reservation feature allows a portion of the safety stock at the T1/T2 locations to be defined as always "reserved" for such unexpected demand at these locations and only the remaining supply there is available for shipping to T3 locations. This ensures that there is always some supply available at the T1/T2 locations to meet unexpected demand. |
Sourcing Priorities for Inventory Rebalancing |
Service supply chains usually hold some inventory at regional warehouses in order to quickly service customer requests. However varying demand patterns may warrant rebalancing inventory between these regional warehouses when there is inventory excess in one and a shortage at another. In release 12.1.3.9, the inventory rebalancing capability of Oracle Service Parts Planning (SPP) has been enhanced to support the specification of rankings on the rebalancing sources for an organization. This allows SPP's rebalancing logic to prefer rebalancing between organizations close to each other. SPP reads in priorities of the various rebalancing sources and tries to rebalance with sources in rank order. This functionality can lead to significant savings in transportation costs. |
Avoidance of Unnecessary Circular Rebalancing | Circular rebalancing occurs when excess inventory is moved out of a warehouse to fulfill a shortage at another warehouse. The concurrent back-fill via rebalancing from a third warehouse was an issue in previous releases, but this issue is resolved in release.With release 12.1.3.9, SPP has been enhanced to avoid unnecessary circular rebalancing and the associated excess transportation costs. |
This section provides information on the following topics:
The consolidated documentation patch for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 is Patch 9239095. For the product families that are included in Release 12.1.3, the consolidated documentation patches are listed below:
Patch | Product Family |
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Patch 9400185 | Applications Technology (ATG_PF) |
Patch 9403775 | Customer Relationship Management (CC_PF) |
Patch 9403767 | Financials (FIN_PF) |
Patch 9401789 | Human Resources (HR_PF) |
Patch 9403759 | Procurement (PRC_PF) |
Patch 9403770 | Projects (PJ_PF) |
Patch 9403704 | Supply Chain Management (SCM_PF) |
Patch 9403751 | Value Chain Planning (SCP_PF) |
Oracle strongly recommend the installation of these patches.
In addition, the following Oracle Service Parts Planning documentation is available as part of the Online Documentation Library on My Oracle Support (formerly MetaLink) and Oracle Technology Network for this release:
Documentation patches and Adobe Acrobat PDFs are cumulative; they include updated documentation for all Oracle Service Parts Planning 12.1.3 changes.
The following technical documentation is available:
The EBS data model comparison report provides the database object definition changes between two EBS releases to help users to preview the database object definition changes before upgrading their instances from one release to another and understand the impact of the database object changes that may affect the customization or business flows.
For more information about the EBS Data Model Comparison report, see Document 1290886.1, EBS Data Model Comparison Report Overview.
The EBS ATG Seed Data Comparison Report provides the differences between two EBS releases by documenting the seed data changes delivered by the product data loader files (.ldt extension) based on the EBS ATG loader control files (.lct extension). This report enables advanced users to review changes prior to an upgrade.
For more information about the EBS ATG Seed Data Comparison Report, see Document 1327399.1, EBS ATG Seed Data Comparison Report.
The EBS File Comparison Report provides a comprehensive comparison of file system artifacts between different Oracle E-Business Suite releases for important file types. As part of Oracle E-Business Suite upgrade planning, this report helps customers to get a clear idea of what is different in a new release (additions, removals and modifications for Oracle E-Business Suite delivered files). The report also covers some special artifacts that span the file system and database (for example, Oracle E-Business Suite delivered Oracle Application Framework (OAF) personalizations, Oracle Application Framework (OAF) based pages, Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher reports and so on).
For more information about the EBS File Comparison Report, see Document 1446430.1, EBS File Comparison Report Overview.
The Oracle Integration Repository is a compilation of information about the service endpoints displayed 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 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.
You can navigate to the Oracle Integration Repository through Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway.
Refer to Document 561580.1, Release Content Document for information about the features and enhancements for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3.
There are no relevant white papers for this product in this release.
In Release 12.1.3, Oracle Service Parts Planning has added or changed the following features since its last release. For a complete list of new features within Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3, refer to the Document 561580.1, Release Content Document.
Use this section to access the following delta information for each feature:
This release provides the following new features and enhancements:
Description |
Reorder point based planning is a widely adopted method of planning replenishments for service parts. It uses demand forecasts and item lead times to decide when to place a new order in order to avoid dipping into safety stock. Orders are usually created for the economic order quantity, in order to strike a balance between purchasing and carrying costs. Oracle Service Parts Planning 12.1.3 has been enhanced to support Re-order point based planning. SPP computes the safety stock target for a part based on mean absolute deviation (for parts with regular demand) or assuming a Poisson distribution (for parts with intermittent demand), or reads in safety stock targets from other sources (like Inventory Optimization). It then dynamically determines when to place an order, depending on this safety stock target and future demand. SPP also computes the Economic Order Quantity using the standard formula, so that new orders are placed for this quantity. The user also has the option to over-ride the system computed values. The values of safety stock and EOQ can be re-calculated during a planning run; or can be retained at their existing values. |
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New, Changed, Obsolete Components |
This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. New Windows or PagesThere are no new windows or pages that are associated with this feature. Changed Windows or PagesThis table lists the windows and pages that are changed.
Obsolete Windows or PagesThere are no obsolete windows or pages that are associated with this feature. New ReportsThere are no new reports that are associated with this feature. Changed ReportsThere are no changed reports that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ReportsThere are no obsolete reports that are associated with this feature. New WorkflowsThere are no new workflows that are associated with this feature. Changed WorkflowsThere are no changed workflows that are associated with this feature. Obsolete WorkflowsThere are no obsolete workflows that are associated with this feature. New AlertsThere are no new alerts that are associated with this feature. Changed AlertsThere are no changed alerts that are associated with this feature. Obsolete AlertsThere are no obsolete alerts that are associated with this feature. New Public APIsThere are no new public APIs that are associated with this feature. Changed Public APIsThere are no changed public APIs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Public APIsThere are no obsolete public APIs that are associated with this feature. New ProgramsThis table lists the changed programs. Changed Programs
Obsolete ProgramsThere are no obsolete programs that are associated with this feature. New TablesThere are no new tables that are associated with this feature. Changed TablesThis table lists the changed tables.
Obsolete TablesThere are no obsolete tables that are associated with this feature. New ViewsThere are no new views that are associated with this feature. Changed ViewsThis table lists the changed views.
Obsolete ViewsThere are no obsolete views that are associated with this feature. New Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no new Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Changed Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no changed Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. New SQL Loader FilesThere are no new SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Changed SQL Loader FilesThere are no changed SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Obsolete SQL Loader FilesThere are no obsolete SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. New FlexfieldsThere are no new flexfields that are associated with this feature. Changed FlexfieldsThere are no changed flexfields that are associated with this feature. Obsolete FlexfieldsThere are no obsolete flexfields that are associated with this feature. New Profile OptionsThere are no new profile options that are associated with this feature. Changed Profile OptionsThere are no changed profile options that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Profile OptionsThere are no obsolete profile options that are associated with this feature. |
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsPerform the following:
Upgrade ConsiderationsThere are no upgrade considerations for this feature. SizingThere are no sizing considerations for this feature. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Troubleshooting Tips |
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Description |
The Simulation Set in SPP is used by planners for mass maintenance of data. This is however difficult to use when the planner has to manually enter /edit values for each attribute in the forms UI. SPP 12.1.3 has been enhanced to support a mass upload of item attribute values into the simulation set. A standard format excel template is provided as part of the OA template. The planner can use this template to enter / edit / delete attribute values, and then upload the excel file to mass-update the values for the respective attributes on the items. The Planner's workbench (Supply Demand Analysis) screen has also been enhanced to enable update of item attributes that will then be considered in the online re-plan. |
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New, Changed, Obsolete Components |
This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. New Windows or PagesThere are no new windows or pages that are associated with this feature. Changed Windows or PagesThis table lists the windows and pages that are changed.
Obsolete Windows or PagesThere are no obsolete windows or pages that are associated with this feature. New ReportsThere are no new reports that are associated with this feature. Changed ReportsThere are no changed reports that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ReportsThere are no obsolete reports that are associated with this feature. New WorkflowsThere are no new workflows that are associated with this feature. Changed WorkflowsThere are no changed workflows that are associated with this feature. Obsolete WorkflowsThere are no obsolete workflows that are associated with this feature. New AlertsThere are no new alerts that are associated with this feature. Changed AlertsThere are no changed alerts that are associated with this feature. Obsolete AlertsThere are no obsolete alerts that are associated with this feature. New Public APIsThere are no new public APIs that are associated with this feature. Changed Public APIsThere are no changed public APIs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Public APIsThere are no obsolete public APIs that are associated with this feature. New ProgramsThere are no new programs that are associated with this feature. Changed ProgramsThere are no changed programs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ProgramsThere are no obsolete programs that are associated with this feature. New TablesThis table lists the new tables.
Changed TablesThere are no changed tables that are associated with this feature. Obsolete TablesThere are no obsolete tables that are associated with this feature. New ViewsThere are no new views that are associated with this feature. Changed ViewsThere are no changed views that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ViewsThere are no obsolete views that are associated with this feature. New Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no new Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Changed Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no changed Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. New SQL Loader FilesThere are no new SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Changed SQL Loader FilesThere are no changed SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Obsolete SQL Loader FilesThere are no obsolete SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. New FlexfieldsThere are no new flexfields that are associated with this feature. Changed FlexfieldsThere are no changed flexfields that are associated with this feature. Obsolete FlexfieldsThere are no obsolete flexfields that are associated with this feature. New Profile OptionsThere are no new profile options that are associated with this feature. Changed Profile OptionsThere are no changed profile options that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Profile OptionsThere are no obsolete profile options that are associated with this feature. |
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsThis section lists the setup steps that were added or changed for Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. For additional details about performing the setup steps listed below, refer to the documentation described in the 2.1 Online Help and PDF Documentation section. To mass upload data to a simulation set, download the flat file format (from the OATemplate), update the attributes and upload it. Upgrade ConsiderationsThere are no upgrade considerations for this feature. SizingThere are no sizing considerations for this feature. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Technology Stack Incompatibilities | There are no technology stack incompatibilities for this feature. | ||||||||||
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Troubleshooting Tips |
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Description |
An OEM manufacturing products often manufactures spare parts for them too. Typically the OEM would have a distinct service supply chain, where defective products are returned and repaired. In case there is not sufficient supply of defective parts (that can be repaired) in the service supply chain, new parts may have to be manufactured. Thus the manufacturing facility that manufactures the parts will have two sets of demands - one coming from the manufacturing supply chain, and the second coming from the service supply chain. Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) plans for the manufacturing supply chain and currently handles the first stream of demand. ASCP is now integrated with Oracle Service Parts Planning (SPP) which plans for the service supply chain. Thus SPP would take in demand from the Service supply chain and try to meet these demands through repair of defective parts. In case all demands cannot be met in this manner, SPP can source parts from the manufacturing supply chain. This demand for spare parts from SPP would be read in by ASCP, and ASCP would plan the manufacture. |
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New, Changed, Obsolete Components |
This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. New Windows or PagesThere are no new windows or pages that are associated with this feature. Changed Windows or PagesThis table lists the windows and pages that are changed.
Obsolete Windows or PagesThere are no obsolete windows or pages that are associated with this feature. New ReportsThere are no new reports that are associated with this feature. Changed ReportsThere are no changed reports that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ReportsThere are no obsolete reports that are associated with this feature. New WorkflowsThere are no new workflows that are associated with this feature. Changed WorkflowsThere are no changed workflows that are associated with this feature. Obsolete WorkflowsThere are no obsolete workflows that are associated with this feature. New AlertsThere are no new alerts that are associated with this feature. Changed AlertsThere are no changed alerts that are associated with this feature. Obsolete AlertsThere are no obsolete alerts that are associated with this feature. New Public APIsThere are no new public APIs that are associated with this feature. Changed Public APIsThere are no changed public APIs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Public APIsThere are no obsolete public APIs that are associated with this feature. New ProgramsThere are no new programs that are associated with this feature. Changed ProgramsThis table lists the changed programs.
Obsolete ProgramsThere are no obsolete programs that are associated with this feature. New TablesThere are no new tables that are associated with this feature. Changed TablesThere are no changed tables that are associated with this feature. Obsolete TablesThere are no obsolete tables that are associated with this feature. New ViewsThere are no new views that are associated with this feature. Changed ViewsThere are no changed views that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ViewsThere are no obsolete views that are associated with this feature. New Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no new Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Changed Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no changed Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. New SQL Loader FilesThere are no new SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Changed SQL Loader FilesThere are no changed SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Obsolete SQL Loader FilesThere are no obsolete SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. New FlexfieldsThere are no new flexfields that are associated with this feature. Changed FlexfieldsThere are no changed flexfields that are associated with this feature. Obsolete FlexfieldsThere are no obsolete flexfields that are associated with this feature. New Profile OptionsThere are no new profile options that are associated with this feature. Changed Profile OptionsThere are no changed profile options that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Profile OptionsThere are no obsolete profile options that are associated with this feature. |
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsThe planner has to make sure that the sourcing rule in SPP includes the Manufacturing Plant as a "Transfer from" source. The planner has to include the SPP plan as a demand schedule in the ASCP plan. Upgrade ConsiderationsThere are no upgrade considerations for this feature. SizingThere are no sizing considerations for this feature. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Description |
A new Service Parts Planner dashboard is being introduced in Oracle Advance Planning Command Center 12.1.3. Service Parts Plans can be archived and published to Advanced Planning Command Center. The archived versions can then be viewed in reports and dashboards. The Service Parts Planner dashboard is structured to address the typical questions that a parts planner would have and includes several measures and KPIs like repairs vs. new buys, internal vs. external repairs, service contracts performance etc that are typical in the service business. The SPP dashboard has five pages: the first, a Plan Health summary has key reports from various areas of the service supply chain, highlighting the demand and supply, exceptions, service agreements etc. The Demand & Supply page focuses primarily on the Demand & Supply picture and enables the planner to start with an overall view of demand satisfaction in the service supply chain, and drill down all the way to the application. The Exceptions page of the Service Parts Planner dashboard highlights key exceptions in the service parts plan and enables the planner to investigate the cause for them. The SLA Analysis page is meant for evaluating service contracts. The planner can compare his compliance on various service contracts that he has, review his costs, revenues, profitability and safety stock targets on this page. This gives him a good idea of his performance on contracts. The reports on this page are based on Inventory Optimization plans. Finally the Historical Performance page gives the planner a picture of how his plan is tracking against actuals. He can compare how the actuals for various measures like shipments and returns, compare with what he had planned in the past. In addition, the dashboard also includes a glossary that has a description of the various reports and measures available in the dashboard. |
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New, Changed, Obsolete Components |
This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. New Windows or PagesThis table lists windows and pages that are new.
Changed Windows or PagesThis table lists the windows and pages that are changed.
Obsolete Windows or PagesThere are no obsolete windows or pages that are associated with this feature. New ReportsThere are no new reports that are associated with this feature. Changed ReportsThere are no changed reports that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ReportsThere are no obsolete reports that are associated with this feature. New WorkflowsThere are no new workflows that are associated with this feature. Changed WorkflowsThere are no changed workflows that are associated with this feature. Obsolete WorkflowsThere are no obsolete workflows that are associated with this feature. New AlertsThere are no new alerts that are associated with this feature. Changed AlertsThere are no changed alerts that are associated with this feature. Obsolete AlertsThere are no obsolete alerts that are associated with this feature. New Public APIsThere are no new public APIs that are associated with this feature. Changed Public APIsThere are no changed public APIs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Public APIsThere are no obsolete public APIs that are associated with this feature. New ProgramsThere are no new programs that are associated with this feature. Changed ProgramsThere are no changed programs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ProgramsThere are no obsolete programs that are associated with this feature. New TablesThere are no new tables that are associated with this feature. Changed TablesThis table lists the changed tables.
Obsolete TablesThere are no obsolete tables that are associated with this feature. New ViewsThere are no new views that are associated with this feature. Changed ViewsThere are no changed views that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ViewsThere are no obsolete views that are associated with this feature. New Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no new Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Changed Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no changed Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. New SQL Loader FilesThere are no new SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Changed SQL Loader FilesThis table lists the changed SQL Loader Files.
Obsolete SQL Loader FilesThere are no obsolete SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. New FlexfieldsThere are no new flexfields that are associated with this feature. Changed FlexfieldsThere are no changed flexfields that are associated with this feature. Obsolete FlexfieldsThere are no obsolete flexfields that are associated with this feature. New Profile OptionsThere are no new profile options that are associated with this feature. Changed Profile OptionsThere are no changed profile options that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Profile OptionsThere are no obsolete profile options that are associated with this feature. |
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsThis section lists the setup steps that were added or changed for Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. For additional details about performing the setup steps listed below, refer to the documentation described in the 2.1 Online Help and PDF Documentation section. Perform the following set up operations:
Upgrade ConsiderationsPlease apply RDBMS Patch 7330434 to avoid ORA-600 errors while refreshing materialized views. SizingEach APCC plan archival requires roughly same data size as corresponding ASCP plan data. Each APCC data transfer process (export or import) requires roughly same data size as plan archival data in application table space during transfer process. Those data are purged after transfer completion. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance space considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Customizations and Extensions |
Customer generating APCC fact table files using third party tools, please perform the following:
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Troubleshooting Tips |
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Description |
In release 12.1.3.8, Service Parts Planning provides the ability to define and reserve safety stock at tiers or locations in the supply chain. In a multi-tiered service supply chain, there could be demand for parts at each tier; it is therefore imperative to stock the right quantity of parts at each level. Stocking parts at the most downstream locations (referred to as Tier 3 or T3 locations) has the advantage that it is closest to the customers being serviced from that location; on the other hand, the more upstream locations (referred to as Tier1/2 or T1/T2 locations) are likely to be bigger cities from where a greater number of customers can be serviced in a shorter period of time. Coming up with the right inventory holding strategy is therefore a balance between these two. Oracle Inventory Optimization considers the demand and supply variability, lead times, lead time variability etc and recommends optimal safety stock levels at each of these locations. However, not all demand in the service supply chain can be predicted; and if there were an unexpected critical demand in the supply chain at the T2 location, the required parts may have already been shipped to the downstream locations to meet other demands (since safety stock targets at the T2 locations typically have a lower priority); whereas holding them at the upstream (T1/T2) location would have permitted responding more quickly in meeting the unexpected demand. In release 12.1.3.8, the safety stock reservation feature allows a portion of the safety stock at the T1/T2 locations to be defined as always "reserved" for such unexpected demand at these locations and only the remaining supply there is available for shipping to T3 locations. This ensures that there is always some supply available at the T1/T2 locations to meet unexpected demand. |
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This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning in Release 12.1.3. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. Changed Windows or PagesThis table lists the windows and pages that are changed.
New AlertsThe Exception Details and Exception Summary forms now support the Item Reservation not Met exception. Changed Profile OptionsThis table lists the changed profile options.
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsIn order to use this feature, you first have to specify the portion of the safety stock that needs to be reserved at the source location. This is performed on the Supply Allocation Rules form. The Supply Allocation Rules form defines how supplies at a location are allocated to other organizations. This form has two new fields, Reserved Safety Stock Quantity and Reserved Safety Stock Percent. The planner can specify one or both of these fields. These determine the amount of safety stock that is reserved at the organization that the Supply Allocation Rule is assigned to. The behavior of the rest of this form remains unchanged.
Upgrade ConsiderationsThere are no upgrade considerations for this feature. If you do not want to enable this feature, deselect the Enable Safety Stock Reservation option on the Plan option page. SizingThere are no sizing considerations for this feature. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Customizations and Extensions | Customizations and extensions are not possible for this feature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minimum Level Requirements | There are no minimum level requirements for this feature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology Stack Incompatibilities | There are no technology stack incompatibilities for this feature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Troubleshooting Tips |
If you notice that the Reserved Safety Stock is not computed in a plan, check if the Enable Safety Stock Reservation option is selected on the Plan Options page. This has to be checked for this feature to be function. Also confirm that there is a Supply Allocation Rule with the parameters correctly set up, applicable for the item-organization being considered. It is possible that the Reserved Safety Stock shown on the Supply Demand Analysis screen is different from the value specified in the Supply Allocation Rule since there is some processing (picking the higher of the quantity and percent, rounding up, ensuring it does not exceed total safety stock etc) that is done while determining the quantity to be reserved. Finally, if the reserved quantity seems incorrect, check the calculations (refer to the Oracle Service Parts Planning Implementation and User Guide Supplement). Also check if the profile "MSC: (Service Planning) Item safety stock level value" is set to Prime. While the calculations may seem wrong at an individual item level, they might make sense when rolled up to the prime. |
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Description |
Service supply chains usually hold some inventory at regional warehouses in order to quickly service customer requests. However varying demand patterns may warrant rebalancing inventory between these regional warehouses when there is inventory excess in one and a shortage at another. In release 12.1.3.9, the inventory rebalancing capability of Oracle Service Parts Planning (SPP) has been enhanced to support the specification of rankings on the rebalancing sources for an organization. This allows SPP's rebalancing logic to prefer rebalancing between organizations close to each other. SPP reads in priorities of the various rebalancing sources and tries to rebalance with sources in rank order. This functionality can lead to significant savings in transportation costs. |
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New, Changed, Obsolete Components |
This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. New Windows or PagesThere are no new windows or pages that are associated with this feature. Changed Windows or PagesThis table lists the changed windows and pages.
Obsolete Windows or PagesThere are no obsolete windows or pages that are associated with this feature. New ReportsThere are no new reports that are associated with this feature. Changed ReportsThere are no changed reports that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ReportsThere are no obsolete reports that are associated with this feature. New WorkflowsThere are no new workflows that are associated with this feature. Changed WorkflowsThere are no changed workflows that are associated with this feature. Obsolete WorkflowsThere are no obsolete workflows that are associated with this feature. New AlertsThere are no new alerts that are associated with this feature. Changed AlertsThere are no changed alerts that are associated with this feature. Obsolete AlertsThere are no obsolete alerts that are associated with this feature. New Public APIsThere are no new public APIs that are associated with this feature. Changed Public APIsThere are no changed public APIs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Public APIsThere are no obsolete public APIs that are associated with this feature. New ProgramsThere are no new programs that are associated with this feature. Changed ProgramsThis table lists the changed programs.
Obsolete ProgramsThere are no obsolete programs that are associated with this feature. New TablesThere are no new tables that are associated with this feature. Changed TablesThere are no changed tables that are associated with this feature. Obsolete TablesThere are no obsolete tables that are associated with this feature. New ViewsThere are no new views that are associated with this feature. Changed ViewsThere are no changed views that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ViewsThere are no obsolete views that are associated with this feature. New Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no new Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Changed Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no changed Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. New SQL Loader FilesThere are no new SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Changed SQL Loader FilesThere are no changed SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Obsolete SQL Loader FilesThere are no obsolete SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. New FlexfieldsThere are no new flexfields that are associated with this feature. Changed FlexfieldsThere are no changed flexfields that are associated with this feature. Obsolete FlexfieldsThere are no obsolete flexfields that are associated with this feature. New Profile OptionsThere are no new profiles that are associated with this feature. Changed Profile OptionsThere are no changed profile options that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Profile OptionsThere are no obsolete profile options that are associated with this feature. |
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsWhen there are multiple re-balancing sources, specify the "Inventory re-balance rank". This determines the engine sequence, while looking for excess at various sources. Upgrade ConsiderationsIf you are upgrading from a previous release, you can now specify the Inventory Re-balance rank on the sourcing rule form. This provides greater control for the re-balance source selection. SizingThere are no sizing considerations for this feature. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Customizations and Extensions |
Customizations and extensions are not possible for this feature. |
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Minimum Level Requirements |
There are no minimum level requirements for this feature. |
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Technology Stack Incompatibilities |
There are no technology stack incompatibilities for this feature. |
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Technical Architecture Considerations |
There are no technology architecture considerations for this feature. |
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Troubleshooting Tips |
There are no troubleshooting tips for this feature. |
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Description |
Circular rebalancing occurs when excess inventory is moved out of a warehouse to fulfill a shortage at another warehouse. The concurrent back-fill via rebalancing from a third warehouse was an issue in previous releases, but this issue is resolved in release.With release 12.1.3.9, SPP has been enhanced to avoid unnecessary circular rebalancing and the associated excess transportation costs. |
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New, Changed, Obsolete Components |
This section lists the components that were added, changed, or made obsolete for this feature in Oracle Service Parts Planning. These components may include the following: forms, windows, reports, C programs, SQL*Loader programs, workflows, alerts, tables, or APIs. New Windows or PagesThere are no new windows or pages that are associated with this feature. Changed Windows or PagesThere are no changed windows or pages that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Windows or PagesThere are no obsolete windows or pages that are associated with this feature. New ReportsThere are no new reports that are associated with this feature. Changed ReportsThere are no changed reports that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ReportsThere are no obsolete reports that are associated with this feature. New WorkflowsThere are no new workflows that are associated with this feature. Changed WorkflowsThere are no changed workflows that are associated with this feature. Obsolete WorkflowsThere are no obsolete workflows that are associated with this feature. New AlertsThere are no new alerts that are associated with this feature. Changed AlertsThere are no changed alerts that are associated with this feature. Obsolete AlertsThere are no obsolete alerts that are associated with this feature. New Public APIsThere are no new public APIs that are associated with this feature. Changed Public APIsThere are no changed public APIs that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Public APIsThere are no obsolete public APIs that are associated with this feature. New ProgramsThere are no new programs that are associated with this feature. Changed ProgramsThis table lists the changed programs.
Obsolete ProgramsThere are no obsolete programs that are associated with this feature. New TablesThere are no new tables that are associated with this feature. Changed TablesThere are no changed tables that are associated with this feature. Obsolete TablesThere are no obsolete tables that are associated with this feature. New ViewsThere are no new views that are associated with this feature. Changed ViewsThere are no changed views that are associated with this feature. Obsolete ViewsThere are no obsolete views that are associated with this feature. New Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no new Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Changed Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no changed Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher ComponentsThere are no obsolete Business Intelligence Publisher Components that are associated with this feature. New SQL Loader FilesThere are no new SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Changed SQL Loader FilesThere are no changed SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. Obsolete SQL Loader FilesThere are no obsolete SQL loader files that are associated with this feature. New FlexfieldsThere are no new flexfields that are associated with this feature. Changed FlexfieldsThere are no changed flexfields that are associated with this feature. Obsolete FlexfieldsThere are no obsolete flexfields that are associated with this feature. New Profile OptionsThere are no new profiles that are associated with this feature. Changed Profile OptionsThere are no changed profile options that are associated with this feature. Obsolete Profile OptionsThere are no obsolete profile options that are associated with this feature. |
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Implementation Considerations |
New and Changed Setup StepsThere are no new or changed setup steps for this feature. Upgrade ConsiderationsThere are no upgrade considerations for this feature. SizingThere are no sizing considerations for this feature. Table Space ConsiderationsThere are no table space considerations for this feature. Performance ConsiderationsThere are no performance considerations for this feature. XMLDB UsageThere are no XMLDB usages for this feature. Load BalancingThere is no load balancing information for this feature. New Bulk InterfacesThere are no new bulk interfaces for this feature. |
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Customizations and Extensions |
Customizations and extensions are not possible for this feature. |
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Minimum Level Requirements |
There are no minimum level requirements for this feature. |
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Technology Stack Incompatibilities |
There are no technology stack incompatibilities for this feature. |
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Technical Architecture Considerations |
There are no technology architecture considerations for this feature. |
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Troubleshooting Tips |
There are no troubleshooting tips for this feature. |
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Oracle Service Parts Planning utilizes Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics, a tool to help standardize data gathering and troubleshooting. This tool is delivered within the maintenance pack (product code IZU) and consists of two components:
Note: If no role is assigned using RBAC, and the "Application Diagnostics" responsibility is directly assigned to users (for example, via the System Administrator Users form), then all Diagnostics tabs open for those users. However, in the Diagnose tab, tests do not appear under any application except HTML platform, and users can neither run tests nor configure inputs for any other application.
Complete RBAC setup details for diagnostics are available through My Oracle Support Document 167000.1.
It is highly recommended that following the successful installation of the Release 12.1.3 maintenance pack for Oracle Service Parts Planning, the following actions are taken:
After installation, review Document 783319.1, the diagnostic catalog, to identify other helpful tests that you can use for maintaining a healthy environment.
For questions about Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics or any issues using this tool, please consult Document 235307.1, FAQ, in My Oracle Support for the latest answers and discussion.
E-Business Suite Diagnostics Quick Reference
My Oracle Support Document | Title | Purpose |
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Document 167000.1 | Installation Guide |
Use this note to download the latest Diagnostics patch. Follow the installation instructions to eliminate common installation and usage problems. A link to how to set up RBAC security for Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics is included. |
Document 235307.1 | FAQ |
Do you have a problem installing Diagnostics? Do you have a question about how Diagnostics works and what it can do for you? This Note is a great first-line resource to getting the information that you need. |
Document 342459.1 | Overview | The Overview highlights Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics, and what this tool can do for you and your E-Business Suite applications. |
Document 421245.1 | Overview | This Note lists all tests that are available for Release 12. |
Document 368109.1 | Pre-production test sets |
Tests that are grouped together (known as test sets) by a product family, designed to aid in verifying that all included applications are set up correctly. Designed to detect missing or incorrect setup and prevent corruption before implementation or usage of applications. |
Document 232116.1 | Training | Viewlets and presentations, explaining the various aspects of Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics. |
My Oracle Support Diagnosibility Community | Diagnosibility link | This is an open forum to discuss Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics, and is monitored by the Oracle E-Business Suite Diagnostics development team. |
Oracle Service Parts Planning uses the common diagnostics features in Oracle E-Business Suite. This enables users and system administrators to use a centralized set of options to control logging level, as well as output destination. To run diagnostics, use the following profile options:
Setting the log level to Statement produces detail logging of code execution. To reduce the size of the output and make it more manageable, you can use spp% as a module to restrict messages to those coming from Oracle Service Parts Planning code.
The preceding profile options can be turned on at the user, function, responsibility, or site level. It is preferable, however, to set profiles at the user level to restrict the overhead they add to the system. If issues are experienced, logging profiles should be set at the user level experiencing the issue. For authorization servlet-related issues, you must set the diagnostics profile at the user level to ANONYMOUS.
To diagnose user interface issues, you can use the filter iby%,fnd.framework%,jbo% and set the diagnostics go-to screen by clicking the Diagnostics Global button. To enable this functionality, you must set the following profile option:
The FND: Diagnostics profile option controls whether the Diagnostics button is rendered. It also controls the display of the About this Page link.
For system issues, such as exceptions, timeouts, or unexpected behavior, you can turn on logging, based on where you are experiencing the issues, as follows:
You can also capture additional information about the system by printing the report from the About this Page link, as well as from the jsp: /OA_HTML/jsp/fnd/fndversion.jsp.
For more information on Logging, see the Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide Documentation Set and the Oracle Applications Developer's Guide in the Release 12.1.3 Documentation Library.
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There are no known issues for this product.
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July 2013 | Published update for release 12.1.3.9. |
September 2012 | Published document. |
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