Redwood: Update Negotiation without Amendment

In the Redwood UI, a new 'Update' action is now available to provide a streamlined way to manage active negotiations without creating an amendment. This allows you to make internal updates to the negotiation without impacting or notifying your suppliers.

Here are some of the key enhancements in the Redwood experience compared to the classic application:

  • You can modify internal descriptive flexfields (DFFs) values
  • Add or delete internal attachments at the header, line, and requirement level
  • Adjust the current price on negotiation lines

Additionally, as part of the Update action, you can continue to take these actions that are available in the classic application:

  • Add new internal requirements or delete existing internal requirements
  • Change the weight and knockout score for external requirements
  • Add new collaboration team members or change the capabilities of existing members as needed

You can also invite additional suppliers to an active negotiation through the action 'Manage Suppliers'. The suppliers are notified and can begin responding, same as the original invited suppliers. You can also change the supplier contact for an already invited supplier.

Update an active negotiation

Update an Active Negotiation

Update internal attachments

Update Internal Attachments

Update Internal DFFs

Update Internal DFFs

Update Current Price

Update Current Price

Update Internal Requirements

Update Internal Requirements

Update Collaboration Team Members

Update Collaboration Team Members

Manage suppliers

Manage Suppliers

Invite additional suppliers

Invite Additional Suppliers

Updating negotiations without creating amendments reduces the number of amendments that suppliers need to review making the negotiation process clearer.

Steps to Enable

To access this feature, you must enable the following profile options. By default, these profile options are disabled:

  • Redwood Pages for Sourcing Enabled (ORA_PON_SOURCING_REDWOOD_ENABLED). If this profile option was already enabled in a prior release, you don't need to enable it again. 
  • Redwood Page to Create Negotiation Enabled (ORA_PON_CREATE_NEGOTIATION_REDWOOD_ENABLED)

To enable the profile options, follow these steps:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, search and select the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
  2. On the Manage Administrator Profile Values page, search for and select the profile option name or code.
  3. Set the Profile Value to Y.
  4. Click Save and Close. Changes in the profile value will affect users the next time they sign in.

Key Resources

Access Requirements

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

  • Edit Supplier Negotiation (PON_EDIT_SUPPLIER_NEGOTIATION_PRIV)

This privilege was available prior to this update.