Best Practice Considerations
Here are some of the decision points for implementing supplier catalogs.
Consider the following:
Decision Point |
Impact |
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Will the supplier's annual program be best served with the suppliers catalog and its categories defined in Oracle Fusion Product Information Management? Note:
Hierarchical categories aren't supported. An item can only belong to a single category. Date effectivity is supported for Item-Category association for annual programs. |
If the annual program is for all items with few product exceptions, it may be easier to implement without defining the supplier catalog. If the annual program is a complex subset of categories and there are a large number of products, it may easier to define the supplier catalog and use it in defining an annual program. |
How best to think about:
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Avoid creating a new catalog for a supplier unless there is a reorganization of categories. Currently new catalogs and their respective annual programs can't be introduced until all processing is completed for any supplier annual program under the existing catalog. |
If a mid year reorganization of categories mandates a new catalog, it must be accompanied by new programs to use the new catalog. |
Existing annual programs must be end dated with the termination of its matching catalog. The new catalog must be accompanied with a new set of annual programs. |