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  2. Back-to-Back Order Fulfillment Integration in Procurement

Back-to-Back Order Fulfillment Integration in Procurement

When back-to-back order fulfillment is enabled, you can process procurement transactions for back-to-back items.

In back-to-back orders the supplier ships goods back to your company, for consolidation before shipping out to the customer.

Important aspects of back-to-back integration in procurement transactions include the following:

  • How procurement fits into the back-to-back order fulfillment flow.

  • How the back-to-back request to purchasing is transmitted.

  • What back-to-back order details are provided in a purchase requisition (requisition).

  • What back-to-back order details are provided in a purchase order (PO).

Procurement Role in Back-to-Back

The general flow for the procurement role in back-to-back order fulfillment is summarized as follows:

  1. The supply recommendation to meet a back-to-back sales order demand is to buy the item from a supplier.

  2. Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Orchestration calls the Purchase Request Web Service to send a request to Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement for a back-to-back item.

  3. The Purchase Request Web Service accepts the request to create an externally managed requisition for the item.

  4. A PO is generated from the requisition, either automatically or manually.

  5. The PO is communicated to the supplier using the communication method set up for the supplier site.

Back-to-Back Details in Requisitions

You can't see the externally managed, back-to-back requisition in Oracle Self Service Procurement. You can see the requisition information in Oracle Purchasing, if the requisition isn't automatically converted into a PO. You can search for back-to-back requisitions requiring manual processing on the Process Requisitions page. Customer Sales Order and Ship-to Party are available for use as search criteria. When you review back-to-back requisitions, in addition to the usual requisition information you can also see these details:

  • Back-to-Back Order indicator is selected.

  • Ship-to Party.

  • Customer Sales Order.

  • Deliver-to Location, which is the internal location the goods are shipped to.

  • For back-to-back order lines, an information icon with display text stating, "Requested goods are to fulfill a customer sales order."

You can also use the View Requisition Lines page to view back-to-back requisition details.

Back-to-Back Details in Purchase Orders

The back-to-back requisition can be converted to a PO, either automatically or manually. You can see the following back-to-back information in the PO:

  • Back-to-Back Order indicator is selected.

  • Ship-to Party.

  • Ship-to Location

  • Customer Sales Order.

  • Deliver-to Location.

  • Information icon with display text stating, "Scheduled goods are to fulfill a customer sales order."

The Ship-to Party and Customer Sales Order information isn't displayed to the supplier user.

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