Use Process Manufacturing Terminology with the Redwood User Experience

Use Manufacturing Redwood pages that are consistent with process manufacturing specific terminology. Process manufacturing users get a more intuitive, contextual experience as work areas and application pages use process manufacturing terminologies.

The following terms are updated to provide a more consistent process manufacturing user experience:

Current Term	Process Manufacturing Term
Work Definition	Recipe
Work Order	Batch
Primary Output	Primary Product
Operation Item	Ingredient
Operation Output	Product
Structure	Formula
Work Order Traveler	Batch Ticket

When you enable the feature, the Redwood pages are updated to reflect the new process manufacturing terminology. Here are some of the key areas where you will see changes:

1. Two new work areas for process manufacturing on the home page:
   
   Supply Chain Execution Page

2. Redwood pages are updated with the new process manufacturing experience:
   
   Redwood Pages for Process Manufacturing

3. Updated overview pages for Recipe Management and Process Manufacturing Execution:
   Process manufacturing customers now have dedicated quick action groups tailored for recipe management and process manufacturing execution.

Recipe Overview Page

Batch Execution Overview Page

Here's what isn't changing:

• ESS Processes
• BIP Reports
• REST API
• FBDI
• OTBI Reports
• Notifications
• ERES

• Industry-Familiar Experience: Offers an intuitive interface with common process manufacturing terminology across Redwood pages.
• Reduced Training and Onboarding: Cuts down on training time and confusion by removing generic or discrete manufacturing terms.
• Improved User Productivity: Enables users to efficiently handle batch-focused tasks.
• Consistent Experience: Ensures that manufacturing work areas display a process manufacturing focused, industry-aligned interface.

Steps to enable and configure

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, click the Tasks icon.
2. Click Search.
3. Search for and select the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
4. On the Manage Administrator Profile Values page, search for the profile option "ORA_WIS_PROCESS_TERMINOLOGY_ENABLED".
5. Set the profile option value to "Yes" at the site level.

For details, see How do I enable a profile option?

Tips and considerations

1. Enabling the profile option enables process manufacturing terminology for all common pages such as the home page, Ask Oracle, and the Navigator menu.
2. Manufacturing plants enabled for process manufacturing start using the process manufacturing terminology after the profile option is enabled.
   To enable a manufacturing plant for process manufacturing, set the Enable Process Manufacturing flag to Yes under Manage Plant Parameters.
3. It’s recommended to enable this option for plants where users primarily work with process manufacturing transactions and do not require mixed-mode (process and discrete) terminology.

   For Process Manufacturing Plants

   • This feature is ideal for plants that operate exclusively in process manufacturing mode.

   • When enabled, all manufacturing pages consistently use familiar process-specific terminology such as batches, recipes, formulas, and products.

   • This consistency helps reduce confusion, shortens training time, and improves overall user adoption for process manufacturing teams.

   • Enabling this profile option provides a natural and intuitive user experience by aligning the application language with how process manufacturing is planned and executed on the shop floor.

   For Mixed-Mode Manufacturing Plants

   • In plants that run both process and discrete manufacturing, consider how users interact with both execution models before enabling this feature.

   • Enabling process-specific terminology may change labels and page language for users who work with discrete manufacturing transactions.

   • It’s recommended to evaluate user roles and daily tasks to ensure that the terminology aligns with how each team works within the plant.

   • For mixed-mode environments, enable this feature only where process manufacturing terminology best reflects the primary execution model for the plant.

4. This experience is only available for Redwood pages. Once you upgrade to Redwood, enable the profile option for the process manufacturing terminology user experience.
5. Newly provisioned customer pods with process enabled plants will have the profile option enabled by default.
6. These changes also extend to other integrated applications such as:
   1. Inventory
   2. Quality Management
   3. Cost Management

Access requirements

No changes to privileges. If you have access to these pages, you will have access to this feature by default.