Simplify Supplier Site B2B Setup

You can now complete the B2B setup of supplier sites for procure-to-pay in a single step.

This simplified process allows you to select your trading partners and the B2B documents that you exchange with them in one go, thereby saving time in setting up and managing procure-to-pay trading relationships.

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: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

After you opt in, perform these steps to associate suppliers and trading partners for the procure-to-pay process:

  1. In the Suppliers work area, select Manage Suppliers from the Tasks panel.
  2. On the Manage Suppliers page, search for and select a supplier.
  3. Click Actions > Edit. The Edit Supplier page is displayed.
  4. Select the Sites tab and select the site.
  5. On the Edit Site page, scroll down and select the General tab if it's not already selected.
  6. Select Yes in the Enable B2B Messaging field.

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 Enable B2B Messaging

  1. Click Select B2B Documents in the Documents section.
    1. In the Select B2B Documents window, search for a trading partner.  
    2. Select a trading partner and choose the documents to associate with the supplier. If you search for an Oracle Business Network (OBN) supplier, the Documents section is populated based on the messages the supplier supports on OBN and what's set up in Collaboration Messaging for the OBN service provider. When a trading partner is selected from OBN, that trading partner will be added to Collaboration Messaging Framework if it doesn't already exist and a connection request will be made for that trading partner if they're not already connected on OBN. 
    3. If you are associating more than one trading partner and service provider with the supplier, you can unhide these additional columns in the Documents section.
    4. Click OK.
    5. The name, status, and status date of the document is displayed in the Documents section by default. You can change the message status by selecting a new status from the Status field drop-down list.
  1. Click Save.

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Select B2B Documents

Tips And Considerations

You can set a default service provider for the Select B2B Documents dialog using the following steps:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, select the Manage Collaboration Messaging Configuration task.
  1. In the Trading Partner Search Configuration section under the General Setup tab, select a Default Service Provider. This will be the default service provider each time you access the Select B2B Documents dialog.

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Default Service Provider

Key Resources

  • Refer to the Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement Implementing Procurement guide on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

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

  • Manage Associated External Partner (CMK_ MANAGE_ASSOCIATED_EXTERNAL_PARTNER_PRIV)

This privilege was available prior to this update.