When reconciling Inventory to the General Ledger, we need to know how Inventory is integrated with the General Ledger and how Inventory calculates inventory value. Inventory integrates with GL using cost elements and material distributions. WIP integrates with GL using cost elements and WIP distributions. Cost elements define the elemental level that Oracle tracks and [...]
In this post, I will how cost groups are used in the Oracle Inventory, Warehouse Management (WMS), and Project Manufacturing modules. When you setup an inventory organization, Oracle will assign a default cost group to your organization. This cost group holds the inventory valuation accounts and for actual costing methods (like average, FIFO, and LIFO) [...]
There are two different scenarios for cross charging across operating units. The first scenario is when the new operating unit is associated with the same legal entity has your project’s operating unit (see figure 1). The second scenario is when the new operating unit is associated with a different legal entity than your project’s operating [...]
One of the new features you will find after you upgrade to R12 is the addition of operating unit to forms and concurrent programs. This allows you to enter and process data for different operating units without having to switch responsibilities. In order to use this field, you will need to enable Multi Org Access [...]
In this post, we’ll take a more detail look at Order Processing. The order process has 5 main steps. In these steps, you will enter an order, book the order, pick the order, ship the order, and then close the order. Since Order Management relies heavily on the workflow technology, I will show you the [...]
There are four high-level processes in the Order to Cash cycle. The first is processing the order, the second is processing the invoice, the third is recognizing the Cost of Goods (COGS), and the last is processing the cash receipt. Order Processing There are five steps to processing an order: 1. Enter an order 2. [...]
When you ready to deploy your Oracle E-Business Suite, you may find that there are buttons and menus that you wish to disable for certain responsibilities. In this post, I will discuss the two ways to disable a menu option’s functionality. The first way is by adding the menu’s function to the “Menu Exclusion” tab [...]
This is my seventh post on the details of Subledger Event Classes in the Oracle E-Business Suite. In my previous Subledger Accounting post, I discussed how the relationship between the Subledger Event Classes and the transactions in the Asset module. In this post, I’ll discuss the relationship of Cash Flow Event Classes and the transactions [...]
AP / AR Netting allows you to select AP and AR invoices and create payments and receipts against each other. The netting process creates a settlement batch that nets to zero. The netting process is driven by the agreement parameters and the batch parameters. The agreement parameters are established when you create the agreement. The [...]
