Back-to-Back Order Fulfillment Integration in Procurement
When back-to-back order fulfillment is enabled, you can process procurement transactions for back-to-back items.
In back-to-back orders the supplier ships goods back to your company, for consolidation before shipping out to the customer.
Important aspects of back-to-back integration in procurement transactions include the following:
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How procurement fits into the back-to-back order fulfillment flow.
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How the back-to-back request to purchasing is transmitted.
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What back-to-back order details are provided in a purchase requisition (requisition).
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What back-to-back order details are provided in a purchase order (PO).
Procurement Role in Back-to-Back
The general flow for the procurement role in back-to-back order fulfillment is summarized as follows:
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The supply recommendation to meet a back-to-back sales order demand is to buy the item from a supplier.
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Oracle Fusion Supply Chain Orchestration calls the Purchase Request Web Service to send a request to Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement for a back-to-back item.
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The Purchase Request Web Service accepts the request to create an externally managed requisition for the item.
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A PO is generated from the requisition, either automatically or manually.
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The PO is communicated to the supplier using the communication method set up for the supplier site.
Back-to-Back Details in Requisitions
You can't see the externally managed, back-to-back requisition in Oracle Self Service Procurement. You can see the requisition information in Oracle Purchasing, if the requisition isn't automatically converted into a PO. You can search for back-to-back requisitions requiring manual processing on the Process Requisitions page. Customer Sales Order and Ship-to Party are available for use as search criteria. When you review back-to-back requisitions, in addition to the usual requisition information you can also see these details:
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Back-to-Back Order indicator is selected.
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Ship-to Party.
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Customer Sales Order.
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Deliver-to Location, which is the internal location the goods are shipped to.
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For back-to-back order lines, an information icon with display text stating, "Requested goods are to fulfill a customer sales order."
You can also use the View Requisition Lines page to view back-to-back requisition details.
Back-to-Back Details in Purchase Orders
The back-to-back requisition can be converted to a PO, either automatically or manually. You can see the following back-to-back information in the PO:
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Back-to-Back Order indicator is selected.
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Ship-to Party.
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Ship-to Location
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Customer Sales Order.
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Deliver-to Location.
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Information icon with display text stating, "Scheduled goods are to fulfill a customer sales order."
The Ship-to Party and Customer Sales Order information isn't displayed to the supplier user.