Approve dispense rules using Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures

Redwood Platform

Dispense rules determine the process behavior for dispensing activities, so rule changes should be controlled in regulated environments. This feature enables Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures (ERES) approval when creating or updating dispense rules.

Key Capabilities:

• Trigger electronic signature approval when dispense rules are created or updated.
• Prevent unapproved or rejected dispense rules from being used for work order creation or dispense transactions.
• Capture dispense setup information in the e-record.

ERES approvals for new dispense rules

Once you click Submit for Approval, a new deferred approval is invoked.

Deferred approval notification

The approver can review the information and approve or reject the dispense rule created.

Dispense rule approval

The ability to approve dispense rules using ERES provides the following benefits:

• Strengthens governance over process-defining dispensing configurations.
• Reduces compliance risk from unapproved rule changes.
• Improves traceability for setup changes that affect dispensing execution.

Steps to enable and configure

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, search for and select the Configure Electronic Signature Preferences task.
2. On the Configure E-Signature Organizations page, select the inventory organization/plant where you would be dispensing materials.
3. Enable the Dispense Rule Creation Approval transaction.

   

   Configure approvals for dispense rules

4. After you enable electronic signatures for a transaction, define configurable business process rules in Oracle Business Process Management using the Manage Task Configurations for Supply Chain Management task.
5. Use the Manage Approval Groups task in the Setup and Maintenance work area to determine the approvers for each transaction. The task name is DispenseRuleApproval.

Tips and considerations

• Approval rules can use attributes such as organization, dispense area, default dispense booth, item, and item category.
• Rejected dispense rules remain unusable until resubmitted and approved.

Key resources

• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Refer to the Using Manufacturing guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Refer to the Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Refer to the What's New documentation for Dispense Materials to Batches, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access requirements

If you are using custom job roles, then you need to validate that you have the previously delivered privilege listed.

Privilege Status	Privilege name and code
Previously delivered	Manage Dispense Rules WIS_MANAGE_DISPENSE_RULES_PRIV_OBI