Evaluate Payment Opportunities with the Payment Options Assistant
The Payment Options Assistant helps payment specialists identify and evaluate financing opportunities.
The assistant analyzes upcoming payment obligations, evaluates available financing programs, compares projected benefits, and supports payment optimization decisions using financing program information, historical payment data, and published RAG documents.
Common tasks include:
| Task | What the Assistant Helps You Do |
| Review available financing programs | Identify financing programs available for a business unit or payment population. |
| Analyze payment outflows | Review upcoming payment obligations and projected cash outflows. |
| Evaluate financing benefits | Calculate projected benefits for Dynamic Discounting and Virtual Card opportunities. |
| Compare financing options | Compare projected benefits across multiple financing programs. |
| Perform what-if analysis | Evaluate alternative scenarios using different assumptions and payment strategies. |
| Generate supplier communications | Create supplier outreach communications for Virtual Card enrolment opportunities. |
| Create draft financing offers | Generate draft supplier financing offers for review and confirmation. |
| Analyze historical supplier spend | Review historical supplier payment activity to identify suppliers that may benefit from financing programs. |
| Simulate payment programs | Use payment program details provided through published RAG documents to evaluate projected benefits before deciding whether to configure the program in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials. |
Use Case: Identify and Evaluate Financing Opportunities
Business Objective: Identify suppliers that may benefit from Dynamic Discounting or Virtual Card programs and determine which financing strategy provides the greatest projected benefit.
Prompt: Compare DD and VC benefits for my top suppliers in USD for Vision Operations
The Payment Options Assistant analyses upcoming payment obligations, calculates projected benefits for available financing programs, and returns a side-by-side comparison of financing opportunities. Review the results to identify suppliers with the greatest potential benefit and determine the most appropriate financing strategy.
Use Case: Identify Suppliers Using Historical Spend Analysis
Business Objective: Identify suppliers with significant historical payment activity that may be good candidates for Dynamic Discounting or Virtual Card programs.
Prompt: Show spend analysis for the last 12 months for Supplier Vision Corporation
The Payment Options Assistant summarizes the supplier's historical payment activity and identifies suppliers that may benefit from financing programs. Review the results to prioritize supplier outreach and evaluate financing opportunities based on historical spend patterns.
Use Case: Simulate a Payment Program
Business Objective: Evaluate the potential benefits of a payment program before deciding whether to configure and use the program in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials.
Prompt: Calculate potential benefits for external financing programs
The Payment Options Assistant uses payment program details provided through published RAG documents to simulate the program and calculate its potential benefits. This enables users to evaluate the expected financial benefit and determine whether the payment program is suitable for their organization before configuring and operationalizing it.
Payment programs provided through RAG documents are used for simulation and benefit analysis only. They can't be used to create supplier offers or execute payment activities until the corresponding program is configured in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials.