Define Time Fence to Locate Recalled Parts and Withdraw Irrelevant Recalls

You can now define the transaction period in recall parameters to validate the receipts of recalled parts and determine whether a given recall is relevant to your enterprise. This transaction period also enables you to locate recalled parts within your facility. Additionally, you can define a time fence in recall parameters to automatically withdraw irrelevant recall notices that are marked as Pending Review.

With this release, you can configure a default time fence in recall parameters, offering the following capabilities:

Set a transaction history time frame for tracking recalled parts.
Define a time fence for automatically withdrawing recall notices in Pending Review status.

Configuring a Transaction History Time Frame

You can now set a default time frame in recall parameters to validate the relevance of incoming recalls. This configuration allows you to locate recalled parts by scanning the material transaction history within the specified time period.

Transaction History Time Frame Configuration

When a recall notice is ingested into the Product Recall Management application from various sources, the application validates part details, derives the correct item identifier, and determines whether the items were received during the designated recall tracking period. Based on this validation, the recall notice is classified as:

Relevant Recall Notice: If at least one line in the recall notice includes an item identifier previously received within the tracking period, the notice is classified as relevant and assigned a status of Pending Acceptance, indicating further action may be required.
Irrelevant Recall Notice: If none of the lines in the recall notice contain a valid item identifier or if the identified items were not received within the tracking period, the notice is marked as irrelevant and set to Pending Review, requiring no immediate action unless further review is necessary.

Previously, the tracking period for recall relevance was determined by the track start and end dates captured in the recall notice. With this release, the configured time frame in recall parameters will be used instead. However, you can override this default time frame while submitting the Validate Recalled Parts scheduled process to revalidate recall notices in Pending Review status.

Similarly, prior to this release, the track start and end dates were used to locate recalled parts in your facilities. Now, the configured default time frame will be used to track material transactions in your facilities. For instance, if you configure the time frame as 720 days, the application will scan material transactions from the last 720 days, generating trace records and tasks with estimated quantities for different locations or subinventories.

Configuring a Time Fence for Automatic Withdrawal of Recall Notices

You can now define a default time fence in recall parameters to automatically withdraw recall notices in Pending Review status.

Time Fence for Auto Withdrawal of Recall Notice

Previously, recall notices deemed irrelevant were continuously re-evaluated by a scheduled process to determine if they became relevant over time. To streamline this process, the configured time fence will now automatically withdraw these notices after the defined period. For example, if the time fence is set to 365 days, the application will automatically change the recall notice status to Withdrawn once the system date exceeds the recall notice creation date by 365 days.

Increased Efficiency: Reduces manual effort by automating recall validation and withdrawal processes.
Improved Accuracy: Ensures only relevant recalls are tracked and processed, minimizing unnecessary workload.
Enhanced Visibility: Enables enterprises to configure and control recall tracking periods based on business needs.
Regulatory Compliance: Supports better traceability of recalled parts by scanning historical transaction records.
Optimized Recall Management: Prevents irrelevant recall notices from being repeatedly re-evaluated, improving system performance.

This enhancement provides greater flexibility in recall management, enabling enterprises to refine their recall tracking processes and automate actions for improved efficiency.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature, do the following:

Configure the recall parameters:
In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:

Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
Functional Area: Product Recall Management
Task: Manage Product Recall Parameters

3. Set the transaction history time frame for tracking recalled parts under the Global tab and save the record.

4. Set the time fence for automatic withdrawal of recalls in pending review status under the Global tab and save the record.

Key Resources

Oracle Supply Chain Management guide, Implementing Product Recall Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned with configured job role that contains the following privileges can access this feature:

Manage Product Recall Parameters (ENQ_MANAGE_PRODUCT_RECALL_PARAMETERS)