You use order lifecycle managers to support the optional Oracle Communications Order and Service Management (OSM) Order Lifecycle Management user interface (UI). Oracle Communications Design Studio Order Lifecycle Manager entities define properties that are used in the Order Lifecycle Management UI to provide header information. They also enable you to map the fulfillment states in your solution to the standard order lifecycle manager states (referred to in the UI as order fulfillment states). When you use this UI, every order you model in Design Studio must be associated with an order lifecycle manager.
When working with order lifecycle managers, see the following topics: