See What's Coming in Oracle Product Value Chain Cloud Release 9

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PRODUCT HUB .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Generate List of Valid Values for Template Attributes ......................................................................................... 3 Schedule Product Uploads .................................................................................................................................... 3 Monitor Product Upload Process through Notifications ....................................................................................... 3 Mass Update of Item Class through an Item Batch .............................................................................................. 3 Apply Data Quality Check for Existing Items during Import ................................................................................. 4 Delete Multi-Row Attribute values during Import ................................................................................................ 4 Import Maps for Product Structures and Packaging Hierarchies ......................................................................... 4 Development Structures ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Item Revision Attachments ................................................................................................................................... 4 Publish All Items in Pack Hierarchy When One Item Changes .............................................................................. 5 GTIN Relationship Rules ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Approval History for Change Orders ..................................................................................................................... 5 Entry and Exit Criteria for Change Management .................................................................................................. 5 Change Order Type Enhancements....................................................................................................................... 5 Approval History Enhancements for New Item Request ....................................................................................... 6 New Item Request Type Enhancements ............................................................................................................... 6 Create, View, and Publish Data Audit Reports...................................................................................................... 6 Configure Audit History Reports ........................................................................................................................... 6 Control Access to Configure and Display Audit History Reports ........................................................................... 6

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Item ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Change Orders ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Info Tiles ............................................................................................................................................................... 7

INNOVATION MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Baseline Requirements ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Audit Trail of Requirement Changes ..................................................................................................................... 8 Customizable Concept Metrics ............................................................................................................................. 8 Configurable Proposal Report ............................................................................................................................... 8 Actionable Comments ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Integrations .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Visual Navigation .................................................................................................................................................. 9

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PRODUCT HUB

Oracle Fusion Product Hub allows you to centralize product data across heterogeneous systems to create a blended product master record that is clean, standardized, accurate, and current. In addition, you can harmonize product information across business processes and systems, as well as with your trading partners. With the help of workflows you can enforce data governance, streamline administration, reduce errors, and thereby accelerate product launches.

DATA CONSOLIDATION

GENERATE LIST OF VALID VALUES FOR TEMPLATE ATTRIBUTES

Generate reference files containing the list of valid values for the product attributes mentioned in the template file. Suppliers can then download the reference file along with the template file from the Oracle Fusion Product Hub Portal.

SCHEDULE PRODUCT UPLOADS

Using Oracle Fusion Product Hub Portal, suppliers can now automate periodic upload of product data files, create schedules to upload the data files at regular intervals: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or upload just once.

MONITOR PRODUCT UPLOAD PROCESS THROUGH NOTIFICATIONS

Easily monitor the entire product upload process through notifications.

Email notifications are sent to suppliers as well as to the Product Data Steward. In addition, worklist notifications are also sent to the Product Data Steward.

Notifications are sent for file upload error, file upload success, data import error, and data import success. The file containing the data upload errors can be viewed within the notification.

MASS UPDATE OF ITEM CLASS THROUGH AN ITEM BATCH

Change the item class of a set of items through a mass update process using an item batch.

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APPLY DATA QUALITY CHECK FOR EXISTING ITEMS DURING IMPORT

Check data quality for existing items before importing items in a batch operation. List the classification, standardization, and matching results for the existing cross referenced items in the system in the item batch details page.

DELETE MULTI-ROW ATTRIBUTE VALUES DURING IMPORT

Easily import and update multi-row attribute values. Delete a specific row in a multi-row attribute with the introduction of a new transaction type 'Delete'.

IMPORT MAPS FOR PRODUCT STRUCTURES AND PACKAGING HIERARCHIES

Streamline the import of product structures and pack hierarchies into Oracle Fusion Product Hub using import maps. Import product structure hierarchy details, component attribute details, reference designators, and substitutes. You can also include new items and its structures in the same batch.

Incoming data can be in CSV or XML format. Define reusable mappings between incoming data and product hub data columns in import maps. Transform to desired formats by using expressions on the incoming data. Select batch options for pre-processing. Review details of data errors, rectify, and reload.

DATA MAINTENANCE AND PUBLICATION

DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURES

View the development structures created in the product development work area from within the item pages. Details such as components in hierarchical structure and the attributes can also be viewed.

ITEM REVISION ATTACHMENTS

Quickly add attachments to item revisions. Manage and add revision level attachments similar to item attachments.

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PUBLISH ALL ITEMS IN PACK HIERARCHY WHEN ONE ITEM CHANGES

Control the publication of the pack hierarchy information by publishing all of the items in the pack hierarchy when any one item in the pack is changed.

DATA GOVERNANCE

GTIN RELATIONSHIP RULES

Create rules to validate proper Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) association to items. Support GTIN attributes in rule expression through a robust product rules framework.

Enforce your own business validations related to GTIN association, as follows:

Based on the specified criteria involving attributes or organizations, GTIN rules can check if a GTIN is assigned to an item, or if there is any change in the assigned GTIN.

GTIN rules can also validate the digits of an item’s GTIN.

APPROVAL HISTORY FOR CHANGE ORDERS

View approval history based on approval stage and assignee for a change order.

ENTRY AND EXIT CRITERIA FOR CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Enforce rule-based entry and exit criteria for different workflow statuses per change order type. Define these rules using the robust product rules framework.

CHANGE ORDER TYPE ENHANCEMENTS

Enhancements have been made to the set up of the approval workflow, as follows:

Option to select either user-entered approvers or determine approvers based on rules. Additional optional approvers can be added. Option to quickly approve a change order. A change order approval requires approval from just one

group member.

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APPROVAL HISTORY ENHANCEMENTS FOR NEW ITEM REQUEST

View approval history based on approval stage and assignee for a new item request.

NEW ITEM REQUEST TYPE ENHANCEMENTS

Enhancements have been made to the set up of the approval workflow, as follows:

Option to select either user-entered approvers or determine approvers based on rules. Additional optional approvers can be added. Option to quickly approve a new item request. A new item request approval requires approval from just

one group member.

AUDIT TRAIL

CREATE, VIEW, AND PUBLISH DATA AUDIT REPORTS

Audit Trail functionality has been added to Oracle Fusion Product Hub, and includes the following features:

Create data audit trail reports by selecting the date, user, product, business object type, event type and descriptions, and child objects.

Show attribute details and extended object column labels for the data audit history report. Export the reported data to a spreadsheet for review.

CONFIGURE AUDIT HISTORY REPORTS

Enable one or more entities to report changes through the audit history reports. Supported entities are:

Item and its child entities: item extensible flexfields, item revision, item revision extensible flexfields, item category association, item attachments, item structure, item structure component, item structure reference designator, item substitute component, item supplier site, and item supplier site extensible flexfields.

Pack and pack components. Item relationships.

CONTROL ACCESS TO CONFIGURE AND DISPLAY AUDIT HISTORY REPORTS

Configure and control access to audit history reports within the product information management user interface using the manage product audit trail reports privilege. Control access to configure audit policies using the manage audit policies privilege.

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PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Oracle Fusion Product Development creates a new set of capabilities and user experiences for the design engineers and product management teams to design and prepare the item and the bill of materials. This operates on the same common product model as the rest of Oracle Fusion Applications, eliminating the synchronization and integration issues typical of standalone PLM solutions. These capabilities allow all design issues to be discussed and finalized before an item is published for the downstream commercialization preparation. Changes are also formally tracked for an item to ensure that all stakeholders can understand the change and its impact before approving it.

Oracle Fusion Product Development can be deployed as part of Oracle’s comprehensive ideation to commercialization capabilities that begin with Oracle Fusion Innovation Management and end with Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub.

ITEM

Easily find or create appropriate items for design. Characterize and catalog items enabling intuitive and effective search. View the grade of an item and understand its impact on other products. Oracle Fusion Product Development offers a New Item Request (NIR) workflow to approve the item formally and introduce new items to the enterprise.

CHANGE ORDERS

Implement changes to item description, attributes, and its structure (bill of material) through a formal change approval process. Track changes along with key metrics and enable the enterprise to quickly manage the release and implementation of the change.

INFO TILES

Embed real time analytics where it is most needed through information tiles provided per item and per change. Understand the health of the item prior to being published to commercialization. Point out readiness of the structure (bill of material), change cycle time, Approved Manufacturer Part List (AML) approval, readiness and other crucial information.

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INNOVATION MANAGEMENT

Oracle Fusion Innovation Management enables bottom-up innovation so all stakeholders may participate in the product innovation and definition processes, with simultaneous top-down financial impact analysis and strategic fit visibility to the key portfolio owners during and post investment decision.

BASELINE REQUIREMENTS

Capture the state of an entire requirements specification at any point in time by quickly creating a baseline of the requirements. Easily navigate to previous baselines and review changes done in that specific baseline.

AUDIT TRAIL OF REQUIREMENT CHANGES

Track every change that was made to a requirement and monitor changes that were made to any requirement over a period of time. Search for the changes based on who changed it, what was changed, when it was changed and export the results to Microsoft Excel for further review.

CUSTOMIZABLE CONCEPT METRICS

Evaluate concepts based on metrics that are specific to your use cases. Extend the data model by creating additional attributes, defining calculation rules for those attributes and comparing actual results against the targeted goals.

CONFIGURABLE PROPOSAL REPORT

Generate a custom report based on the details in a proposal and export the data into PDF, Microsoft Word or HTML format. Configure Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher to create different variations of output formats.

ACTIONABLE COMMENTS

Quickly identify open questions or comments on individual requirements across an entire requirements specification. Change the status of the comment to closed after the question has been addressed.

INTEGRATIONS

Seamless integration enhancements offered such as:

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Bi-directional integration with Oracle Agile Engineering Data Management (e6). Bi-directional integration with Oracle Fusion Product Hub.

VISUAL NAVIGATION

Support powerful end-to-end traceability through improved visual layouts, filtering, and searching by attributes. Provide trace capabilities for all the relationships between items, requirements, test cases, ideas, concepts, and proposals. Pinpoint certain situations like “Unfulfilled Requirements” or “Unapproved Requirements” through searches within the visual navigator. Easily search and trace back to actual requirements and test cases in case of quality issues on manufactured items.

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