An Oracle White Paper

April 2012

Introduced in Release 6.0

E29328-01

Sourcing Approvals as First-Level Objects in SCRM

# Overview

Applications: SCRM

Focus Area: Sourcing approvals

Sourcing Approvals are now first level objects in SCRM. This will allow you to search for spec related and non spec related sourcing approvals. In addition it is now possible to search for custom data related to a sourcing approval.

# The Basics

We have added a navigation panel and entity query tool (EQT) search for sourcing approvals.

Figure 1. Left navigation and search page

Core field search criteria include:

· Specification

· Specification Equivalent

· Company

· Receiving Facility

· Status

· Class

· Description

· Protocol ID

· QA Assigned

· SC Assigned

· Sourcing Facility

· Sourcing Type

· Specification Taxonomy

· Supplier Item #

· Supplier Signed Spec

In addition, users are able to search sourcing approvals based on extended attributes and custom sections that exist on the sourcing approvals.

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