Shared Entities and Integration

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Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to recognize the following:

• Shared entities within R12 E-Business Suite

• The key integration points and business flows between products in E-Business Suite (EBS)


What Are Shared Entities?

• Shared entities in R12 E-Business Suite enable one-time definition of an object and the use of that object across several products.

• Shared entities are “owned” by a single product for table purposes only.


Shared Entities in E-Business: Examples

Application administrationAOL

Logical unit entitiesOrganizations

Business sites (addresses)Locations

Personnel who perform assigned tasksEmployees

Individuals credited with sales revenueSales Force

Buyers of the end productCustomers

Vendors we buy fromSuppliers

Raw materials, finished goods, or servicesItems

Method of quantifying itemsUnit of Measure

Accounting information recordsLedger

DescriptionEntity


Application Object Library (AOL)

Currencies Languages Menus

Responsibilities

Users

AOL

Site profile options


Ledger

Chart of Accounts Calendar Currency

Owned by General Ledger


Units of Measure

• Length

• Base Unit = 1 cm

• 1 m = 100 cm

• 1 km = 100,000 cm

Units of Measure are used by a variety of functions and transactions to express the quantity and measurement of items.

Units of MeasureResponsibility - Inventory, Vision Operations (USA)

(N) Setup > Units of Measure


Items

You can define and control all items in an inventory. After the items have been defined, they are assigned to organization.

Responsibility - Inventory, Vision Operations (USA)

(N) Items > Master Items


Suppliers

Suppliers are the individuals or companies from which you procure goods and/or services.

Responsibility - Payables, Vision Operations (USA)

(N) Suppliers > Entry


Customers

Customers are buyers of the end products and/or services.

Responsibility - Receivables, Vision Operations (USA)

(N) Customers > Customers


Sales Force

Responsibility - CRM Resource Manager, Vision Enterprises

(N) Maintain Resources > Resources

Responsibility - Order Management Super User, Vision Operations (USA)

(N) Setup > Sales > Sales persons

Sales Force comprises individuals credited with sales revenue.


Employees

Responsibility - Human Resources, Vision Enterprises

(N) People > Enter and Maintain

Employees are individuals employed by the company to perform certain tasks.


Locations

Responsibility - Human Resources, Vision Enterprises

(N) Work Structures > Location

Locations are physical addresses that may represent your company’s addresses or your customer’s addresses.


Organizations

Responsibility Human Resources, Vision Enterprises

(N) Work Structures > Organization > Description

Organization is an entity designation used to partition data into logical units.


Key Business Flows

Source Make Market Sell SupportPlan

Back Office

Forecast to

Plan

Procure toPay

Demand toBuild

Campaign to

Order

Order to

CashRequest toResolution

People toPaycheck

Project toProfit

Click to

Order

Contract to

Renewal

Inventory to

Fulfillment

Concept toRelease

Accounting toFinancialReports

Plan to Replenish

Benefits to Payroll


Forecast to Plan

Constraint-basedoptimization

ASCP

Sales Order Info

Order management

Demand planning

Forecasts


Procure to Pay

Payables/ iExpenses

Purchasing/iProcurement

Accounting

General LedgerPayables/ Expenses/ Payments

Banks

Inventory

Requisitions

Inventory Activity

Accruals

Suppliers

Ledger

CashManagement


Demand to Build

WIPInventory

Purchasing/ iProcurement

Requisitions Cost info

Planned Order info

Capacity

Requisitions

Supply/Demandinfo

UOMs

Items

ASCP/MRP

BOM

EngineeringOrder Management

Material/Resource info

Cost Management

Engineering BOM info


Campaign to Order

Marketing

SalesDiscoverer

Advanced Inbound

Order Fulfillment cycle (Order to Cash)

Scripting

Audience

Marketingcommunication

Phone callplaced

Call Routed

Script launched

Quote submitted


Click to Order

iStore

JTA

Order Fulfillment(Order to Cash)

Quoting

Sales

MarketingInventory

Pricing

Leads

Book order

Shopping cart/quote

In-Store

Mkt

Get price

Qualifiers and

Discounts

Get price

User Management

Items


Order to Cash

Invoices

General LedgerInventory

Receivables/ Revenue/ Receipts Inventory

Transactions

CashManagement

Order Management

Receivables /iReceivables


Reqs

Inventory activity

Inter org/ Shipments

Banks

Set of books

Items

UOMs

Customers


Contract to Renewal

Sales Contracts

Quoting

Service Contracts

Order FulfillmentOrder to Cash

Quote to bookedorder

AccountsReceivable

iStore

Service contract for item with warranty

No item – warranty

only

Standard salescontract

Standard salescontract

Invoice


Request to Resolution

iSupport

KnowledgeManagement

Installed Base

Teleservice

Inventory

Order CaptureFoundation

APIs

OrderFulfillment

(Order to Cash)

Solutions

Productsowned

Items

Merchant assistanceCreate SR

Create returnorder

Customer

Customers

Items

Create RMA


Project to Profit

General LedgerPayables/iExpenses

Receivables /iReceivables

Assets

Burden

Assets

Commits Labor

Billings/ CreditsInvoices/ Adjusts

Ledger

Suppliers

ProjectsCustomers


Payroll

ProjectsUOMs


People to Paycheck

HRMS

HR Information

General Ledger

Accounting

Payroll CashManagement


Plan to Replenish

Perform Min-Max Planning

Establish Inventory Planning Policies

Plan Min-Max Material

Generate Requisitions

Requisition to Receipt

Inventory PurchasingPurchasing

Purchasing

Enterprise Roles

Inventory Manager

System Automated

Inventory planner


Benefits to Payroll

Total CompensationStrategicStaffing to Hire

Compensation and Benefits

Workforce and Sourcing

Deployment

AdministerEmployee Benefits

Manage Benefits

Enrollment

Administer 3rd

Party Vendor Relationships

Compensation and Benefits

Determine Participant Eligibility

Post to Payroll

Administer Flex

Spending Accounts

Payroll to Payment

PayrollPayroll


Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned about:

• The shared entities within R12 E-Business Suite

• The key integration points and business flows between products in R12 E-Business Suite

Shared Entities and Integration

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