Oracle Inventory Cloud 2024 Implementation Professional
Oracle Inventory Cloud 2024 Implementation Professional
Explanation of Callouts
1. The back-to-back flow begins with order capture. Typically, an order entry
specialist enters a customer sales order for an item that's designated for
back-to-back fulfillment. After the sales order is entered and scheduled,
Oracle Global Order Promising is invoked.
2. Global Order Promising performs two key functions:
a. First, Global Order Promising promises orders for back-back items
by choosing the best possible sources across the supply chain, while
considering sourcing rules, available-to-promise (ATP) rules, and
other constraints.
Note: ATP calculations are currently supported only for discrete manufacturing.
b. Second, Global Order Promising releases supply recommendations
(or the supply picture) to Oracle Supply Chain Orchestration. These
supply recommendations are based on how Global Order Promising
pegs supply against the back-to-back demand.
After the sales order fulfillment line is scheduled, Oracle Fusion Cloud Order
Management releases the fulfillment line information (or the demand picture) to
Supply Chain Orchestration.
3. Supply Chain Orchestration processes the demand picture from Order
Management and the supply picture from Global Order Promising to create
a supply order in Supply Chain Orchestration.
4. Supply Chain Orchestration also triggers the creation of supply documents
in the supply execution application. Depending on how sourcing rules are
defined and how Global Order Promising sends its supply
recommendations, the supply document can be a purchase order in Oracle
Fusion Cloud Procurement, a work order in the Oracle Fusion Cloud
Manufacturing solution, or a transfer order in Oracle Fusion Cloud
Inventory Management.
Note: Back-to-back purchase order creation requires the initiation of a purchase
requisition, which is then converted (automatically or manually) to a purchase
order.
5. Supply Chain Orchestration tracks the creation of the supply document
and immediately initiates a reservation request to tie the sales order
demand with the supply document.
6. The reservation of supply to demand is made in Inventory Management
and ensures that the incoming supply isn't allocated incorrectly or
diverted to any other demand source.
Note: Global Order Promising respects the pegging between the supply
document and the sales order during subsequent reschedules for the order.
7. Supply Chain Orchestration tracks the status of the supply document and
sends updates to order management.
8. After the supply is received into stock (purchase order receipt and put
away, transfer order receipt and put away, or work order completion), the
reservation switches from the supply document to on hand that has been
created by the supply document receipt.
9. The sales order is now ready to be shipped to the customer. Order
Management requests shipment to the customer and then interfaces with
receivables for billing. Supply Chain Orchestration tracks the process until
the goods are shipped to the customer.
Back-to-Back Supply Creation Flows
You can set up Oracle Fusion Cloud applications that support back-to-back
fulfillment to trigger supply creations flows (buy, make, transfer, and on hand)
after a sales order is entered and scheduled.
Each variant of the back-to-back flow differs in the supply document that's
created and the supply execution application in which the document is created.
Depending on the source of the item, supply is provided from manufacturing,
procurement, or inventory. Then, after the supply is received into the fulfillment
warehouse, the back-to-back order is ready for shipment to your customer.
The following table describes the supply creation flows and associated supply
document supported for each flow when using back-to-back fulfillment.