Respect Configured Attributes in Constrained Supply Plans

You can configure Oracle Supply Planning to consider rules that govern the supply that's eligible to meet demand based on your configured attributes on supply or demand, which is referred to as attribute-based planning. If you’re in a project-driven supply chain environment, Projects and Tasks are first order attributes that govern the processes to match supply to demand. Previously, when the attribute-based planning mode was enabled, you could run the plan only in the unconstrained mode, so the Supply Planning module wouldn’t evaluate alternate sources, components, or resources.

This update extends the ability to honor material and capacity constraints to fulfill your customer demand on-time by considering the supply to demand matching rules based on configured attributes. The constraints considered include alternate sources, components, and resources. You can now flexibly plan for your supply chain considering many layers of constraints and attribute matching rules to increase your ability to plan accurately and increase fulfillment metrics, even as the complexity of your supply chain increases.

Navigation: Supply Chain Planning -> Supply Planning -> Manage Plans -> Open a supply plan -> Open Supplies and Demands page

Navigation: Supply Chain Planning -> Supply Planning -> Manage Plans -> Open a supply plan -> Open Supplies and Demands page

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Supply Chain Planning

Tips And Considerations

If you want to use the Respect Configured Attributes in a Constrained Supply Plans feature, then you must opt in to one of the following parent features:

  1. Constraint-Based Planning. If you’ve already opted in to this parent feature, then you don’t have to opt in again
  2. Attribute-Based Panning. If you’ve already opted in to this parent feature, then you don’t have to opt in again

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:

  • View Demands and Supplies (MSC_VIEW_DEMANDS_AND_SUPPLIES_PRIV)
  • Monitor Supply Planning Work Area (MSC_MONITOR_SUPPLY_PLANNING_WORK_AREA_PRIV)
  • Exceptions view (MSC_MANAGE_PLANNING_EXCEPTIONS_PRIV)
  • Demand fulfillment view (MSC_MANAGE_DEMAND_FULFILLMENT_PRIV)

These privileges were available prior to this update.