Configured Item Order Fulfillment Integration in Procurement

When configured item order fulfillment is enabled, you can process procurement transactions for configured items.

Important aspects of configured item integration in procurement transactions include the following:

How procurement fits into the configured item order fulfillment flow.
How the configured item request to purchasing is transmitted.
What configured item order details are provided in a purchase requisition (requisition).
What configured item order details are provided in a purchase order (PO).

Procurement Role in Configured Item Orders

Configured products may be procured or made to order, and may result in back-to-back or drop ship purchase orders. The key difference is in the processing of a configured product. The general flow for the procurement role in configured item order fulfillment (CTO) is summarized as follows:

The supply chain or order orchestration recommendation to meet a supply or sales order is to purchase the item from a supplier.
The supply chain or order orchestration application calls the Purchase Request Web Service to send a request to Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement.
The Purchase Request Web Service accepts the request to create an externally managed requisition for the item.
A PO is generated from the requisition, either automatically or manually.
The PO is communicated to the supplier using the communication method set up for the supplier site.

Configured Item Order Details in Requisitions

Create a blanket purchase agreement for orders of a configured item using a CTO-specific document style. You can use the BPA to manage and maintain price lists for the base model and options for the configured item. The pricing information for base model and options can also come from the PRWS request. When a requisition is created for a configured item, the price of the configuration is determined from the pricing for the base model and options.

You can't see the externally managed, configured item requisition in Oracle Self Service Procurement. You can see the requisition information in Oracle Purchasing, if the requisition isn't automatically converted to a PO. Search for configured item requisitions requiring manual processing on the Process Requisitions page. When you review configured item requisitions, in addition to the usual requisition information you can also see these details:

Customer Sales Order, which is the supply or sales order number.
Configured Item name and description.
Base Model and Option item name and description.
Base Model, Option and Configuration item pricing.

You can also use the View Requisition Lines page to view configured item requisition details.

Configured Item Order Details in Purchase Orders

A configured item requisition can be converted to a PO, either automatically or manually. A purchase order for a configured item order must be created from a requisition.

You can search for an existing PO by the Base Model number. Use the Advanced Search on the Manage Orders page, Schedules tab. From the Search Results, use the View Configuration icon next to the Line Description to open the Configuration page. From there you can view the configuration details, such as:

Configuration Item, Description and Configuration Price.
Base Model and Base Model Price.
Selected Options Price.
For selected options, the Option Item, Description including options and option classes, and Price.

You can see the following configured item information in the PO line:

Configured Item and Description.
View Configuration icon, next to the Description, which you can use to view the Configuration page.
Selected option Item, Description including option class, and Price.

You can see the following configured item-related information in the PO schedule:

Customer Sales Order, which is the supply or sales order number.