How You Manage Supplier Operations

Use the Manage Supplier Operations page in Work Execution work area to manage and execute supplier operations in outside processing. It lists the quantities at supplier operations (with operation type Supplier) by the dispatch statuses in a tabular format. This format has several visual cues highlighting the records that require attention.

The Manage Supplier Operations page serves as a single place for production supervisors to perform the following tasks:

Report operation transactions by quantity or serial number associated with the work orders at a supplier.
Report component usage at a supplier operation by quantity or serial number.
Review work order details.
Print work order traveler and product labels.
Review supplier operation details.
Review supplier operation exceptions.
Report production exception at a supplier operation.

You can access the Manage Supplier Operations page by selecting the Manage Supplier Operations task in action panel tab in the Work Execution work area.

Note: You can access the Review Supplier Operation Details page if a role assigned to you has the Review Supplier Operation Details (WIP_REVIEW_SUPPLIER_OPERATION_DETAILS_PRIV) privilege. For more information about privileges, refer to the Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Security Reference for Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide.

Using the search feature in the Manage Supplier Operations page, you can do the following:

You can search for the supplier operations by using the most commonly used search attributes such as work order, status, start date, completion date, item, serial, purchase order, purchase order line, purchase order schedule, receipt number, and outside processing item.
You can use the application default search that retrieves the supplier operations which have quantities in In Process and Ready status. By default the records are sorted by the earliest completion date.
You can also create and use a personalized saved search.
You can configure the search to run automatically every time you sign into the application.

Note: When querying for supplier operations based on start date or completion date, shift times are interpreted by the application in the plant time zone. However, named dates such as Today, Yesterday, and so on are interpreted in the user time zone.

Using the Manage Supplier Operations Page

The Manage Supplier Operations page displays work order operation records

The following table lists all the attributes of a supplier operation along with their descriptions:

Field	Description
Quantity	Refers to the quantity of the work order operation in a specific dispatch status.
UOM	Represents the unit of measure of the quantity being manufactured.
Status	Represents the current dispatch status of quantities at any specific supplier operation, such as In Process, Ready, Completed, Scrapped, or Rejected.
Item	Refers to the item on the work order that must be manufactured.
Item Description	Refers to the description of the item that must be manufactured.
Work Order	Refers to the work order number suffixed with the operation sequence. The work order number is displayed as a link that enables you to navigate to the work order page to review the work order details.
Operation Name	Refers to the name of the operation.
Attachments	The Attachment icon is conditionally displayed beside the work order operation or in the expanded region of the work order operations. The attachments from the following entities are displayed in separate tabs when you click the Attachments icon: Work order Work order operation Work order operation instructions Work order operation material Work order operation resource Note: Based on your opt-in, you can see attachments in the Work Order Operation Instructions tab from document items in the work order operation that displays the attachments including documents, images, pictures, 3D views or any form of visual documents. You see the active revision of the attachment from currently effective revision of the document from Master Organization. In addition, the attachments from the following are also displayed in separate tabs for work orders which are reserved as supply to back-to-back sales orders for standard and configured items. Sales order header Sales order line If you're a production operator, you can also add new work order operation attachments from the dispatch list
Exceptions	The Exceptions icon is conditionally displayed beside the work order operation. The following information is presented to you in a separate tab when you click the Exceptions icon: Exception Number Exception Type Description Severity Operation Sequence Exception Status Reported On Reported By You can close an exception by selecting a row. You can also click on a specific exception number to drill into that exception and edit the exception.
Start Date	Refers to the scheduled start date and time of the work order operation. Note: The start date and time is displayed and with a warning icon if it's past due and the corresponding quantity is in Ready dispatch status.
Completion Date	Refers to the scheduled completion date and time of the work order operation Note: The completion date and time is displayed and with a warning icon if it's past due and the corresponding quantity is in Ready or Reject dispatch status.
Priority	Refers to the work order execution priority.
Customer	Refers to the customer name on the sales order to which the work order is reserved as a supply. If there are multiple customers, then the page displays Multiple instead of the individual customer names.
Report Material Transactions	Refers to the functional icon to navigate to the Report Material Transactions page to manually report the material used at a supplier operation.
Report Resource Transactions	Refers to the functional icon to navigate to the Report Resource Transactions page to manually report resources used at a supplier operation.
Supplier	Refers to the supplier name on the related outside processing purchase order. If the operation is outsourced to more than one supplier, then the page displays Multiple instead of the individual supplier names.
Supplier Site	Refers to the supplier site on the related outside processing purchase order. If the operation is processed at more than one supplier site, then the page displays Multiple instead of the individual supplier site names.
Outside Processing Item	Refers to the outside processing item that's associated with the supplier operation.
Review Supplier Operation Details	Refers to the functional icon to navigate to the Review Supplier Operation Details page to review purchasing, shipping and receiving details related to the supplier operation and take supplier operation actions.

For any specific record displayed in the Manage Supplier Operations page, you can do the following:

Report operation transactions at a supplier operation by quantity or serial number at a supplier operation by expanding the record and using the Quick Complete or Complete with Details action. If the material or work order product/output is a dual units of measure item, which means the Tracking Unit of Measure is set to primary and secondary, then you can specify the secondary quantity for the material or product/output.

In a non-dual units of measure scenario, if the last operation is a supplier operation, the application automatically completes the supplier operation if the product isn't lot or serial enabled. The quantity of the outside processing service item's receipt is used as the completed quantity of the product.

In a dual units of measure scenario, if the last supplier operation is a supplier operation, the application automatically completes the supplier operation if the product has defaulting control Fixed and isn't lot enabled. The application moves the last supplier operation to the Ready status if the product has defaulting control Default or No Default. The secondary quantity of the outside processing service item's receipt isn't used as the secondary quantity of the outside processing finished good. While completing the supplier operation, if the defaulting control of the product is Default, then the application defaults the secondary quantity of the product, which you can override. If the defaulting factor of the product is No Default, then you must manually specify the secondary quantity of the product.

Note: You can report operation transactions if a role assigned to you has the Report Operation transactions (WIP_REPORT_OPERATION_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV) privilege associated to it. For more information on reporting operation transactions at a supplier operation, refer to the Report Operation Transactions topic in the Execute Production chapter.
Print work order traveler and product labels by selecting the option from the Action menu.
Review the related work order details by clicking the work order link.
Review production exceptions if any, for a supplier operation if any by clicking on the exceptions icon displayed beside the work order and operation sequence.
Report material usage at a supplier operation by clicking the report material transaction icon. If the material is a dual units of measure item, which means the Tracking Unit of Measure is set to primary and secondary, then you must specify the secondary quantity for the material.
Report output completion at a supplier operation by clicking the report output transaction icon. If the output is a dual units of measure item, which means the Tracking Unit of Measure is set to primary and secondary, then you must specify the secondary quantity for the output.
Report resource usage at a supplier operation by clicking the report material transaction icon.
Review the supplier operation details by clicking the review supplier operation details icon.
Report a production exception by selecting the option from the Action menu.