Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration

Written by ennVee | Jun 15, 2022 10:30:38 AM

Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration

Supply Chain Collaboration is the enablement of accessibility of supply chain information and capabilities to the trading partners in an organization’s supply network. It is the real-time collaborative digital exchange of planning/forecasting, purchasing, inventory fulfillment, and payment transactions between buyers and suppliers to improve traceability and end-to-end visibility of supply chain operations.

Need for Supply Chain Collaboration

Supply chain collaboration is a decisive parameter, especially given the growing emphasis on e-commerce and an omnichannel strategy. It is essential that supply chain managers and procurement professionals collaborate for the below-mentioned impact.

To improve the product flow
To improve Customer Satisfaction
To get end-to-end visibility
To promote competitive advantage
To improve supplier relationships

Capabilities of Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud

The Oracle SCC cloud has in-built functionalities like:

Planning Collaboration with planning central – Online order forecast commitment
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) – Pay-on-use, Pay-on-Receipt Models
Transactional Visibility – Purchase Orders, ASNs, Invoices & Payments review
Contract Manufacturing – Production and Component usage tracking

Multi-tier Collaboration & Visibility

Oracle SCC digitally synchronizes the upstream supply from multiple tiers of external organizations, this includes:

On-hand balances
POs & Requisitions
Work order supplies
Work order component demands
Work order resources

The holistic visibility across tiers ensures quick actions against upstream supply chain disruptions and it will minimize the downstream disruptions by including this supply information in multi-tier supply plans.

Supply Data uploads

Cloud UI and REST service that allows external manufacturers and enterprise users to upload and monitor the status of each supply data request.

Initiate supply data upload to an external manufacturer or enterprise user
Monitor all uploads an enterprise user
Visibility to all errors that occurred during loading, processing, and collections
Canceled uncollected supply data requests

Planning Setups for SCC

Model an external manufacturer as an organization and enable plan external manufacturer supplies
Load data using SCC cloud
Enable the plan level control in plan options

Planning Details for SCC

Internal and External Organizations can be planned in a single supply plan.

New order type PO demand created to represent the external manufacturing organization demand
Since PO demands are regular demands, it consumes regular supplies and creates new supply orders if need be, based on the sourcing rule
Supply orders created cannot be released from external organizations
Analyze the plan, identify exceptions that put demand at risk, and take actions to improve plant efficiency

Benefits of Supply Chain Collaboration

Digitally connected supply chain

End-to-end visibility of inventory across the supply chain
Holistic views of Product status

Improved Efficiency

Reduce Just-in-case inventory and reduces inventory cost across the chain
Enrich strategic relationships with trading partners

Partner responsiveness

Reliable commits, accurate product status, on-time delivery of customer orders
Monitor and respond quickly to upstream supply chain issues

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