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)

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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.

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Shared Entities in E-Business: Examples

Entity AOL

Description Application administration

Ledger
Unit of Measure Items Suppliers

Accounting information records

Method of quantifying items Raw materials, finished goods, or services Vendors we buy from

Customers
Sales Force Employees Locations Organizations

Buyers of the end product

Individuals credited with sales revenue Personnel who perform assigned tasks Business sites (addresses) Logical unit entities

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Application Object Library (AOL)

AOL

Currencies

Languages

Users

Menus

Site profile options

Responsibilities

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Ledger

Chart of Accounts

Calendar

Currency

Owned by General Ledger

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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 Measure Responsibility - Inventory, Vision Operations (USA) (N) Setup > Units of Measure

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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

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Suppliers

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

Responsibility - Payables, Vision Operations (USA) (N) Suppliers > Entry

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Customers

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

Responsibility - Receivables, Vision Operations (USA) (N) Customers > Customers

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Sales Force

Sales Force comprises individuals credited with sales revenue.

Responsibility - CRM Resource Manager, Vision Enterprises (N) Maintain Resources > Resources Responsibility - Order Management Super User, Vision Operations (USA) (N) Setup > Sales > Sales persons

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Employees

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

Responsibility - Human Resources, Vision Enterprises (N) People > Enter and Maintain
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Locations

Locations are physical addresses that may represent your companys addresses or your customers addresses.

Responsibility - Human Resources, Vision Enterprises (N) Work Structures > Location
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Organizations

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

Responsibility Human Resources, Vision Enterprises (N) Work Structures > Organization > Description
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Key Business Flows

Plan Source Make Market Sell Support

Concept to Release Forecast to Plan Plan to Replenish Procure to Pay Demand to Build

Campaign to Order

Contract to Renewal

Click to Order Order to Cash Request to Resolution

Inventory to Fulfillment

Back Office
Benefits to Payroll People to Paycheck Project to Profit Accounting to Financial Reports

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Forecast to Plan

Demand planning

Order management

Forecasts

Sales Order Info

Constraint-based optimization

ASCP
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Procure to Pay

Inventory Cash Management

Inventory Activity

Requisitions Accruals

Purchasing/iProcurement Accounting Suppliers

Ledger Banks Payables/ iExpenses

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Payables/ Expenses/ Payments

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General Ledger

Demand to Build
Requisitions Cost info

Purchasing/ iProcurement
Requisitions

ASCP/MRP
Planned Order info

Cost Management
Material/Resource info

Supply/Demand info

Inventory

UOMs WIP Items

Capacity

BOM

Engineering BOM info

Order Management
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Engineering
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Campaign to Order
Marketing communication Phone call placed

Marketing
Audience

Advanced Inbound
Call Routed Script launched

Discoverer

Scripting
Quote submitted

Sales

Order Fulfillment cycle (Order to Cash)

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Click to Order
User Management

Inventory Items

JTA
In-Store Mkt

Marketing

Qualifiers and Discounts

Leads

iStore

Get price

Sales

Shopping cart/ quote Get price

Pricing

Quoting
Book order

Order Fulfillment (Order to Cash)

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Order to Cash
Inventory activity

Set of books
General Ledger Cash Management Banks
Receivables/ Revenue/ Receipts

Inventory UOMs
Inter org/ Shipments Inventory Transactions

Purchasing/ iProcurement
Reqs

Invoices

Receivables /iReceivables

Customers

Order Management

Items

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Contract to Renewal

Standard sales contract

Sales Contracts
Standard sales contract

iStore
Service Contracts
No item warranty only

Quoting
Quote to booked order Service contract for item with warranty Invoice

Order Fulfillment Order to Cash

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Accounts Receivable

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Request to Resolution
Solutions

Customers

Knowledge Management
Merchant assistance

Create SR

Customer

iSupport
Products owned

Teleservice
Create return order

Create RMA

Items Order Capture Foundation Items APIs Installed Base

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Inventory
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Order Fulfillment (Order to Cash)

Project to Profit
Ledger

Payables/ iExpenses

General Ledger
Burden

Receivables /iReceivables

Invoices/ Adjusts

Billings/ Credits

Suppliers Projects

Commits

Labor

Projects UOMs
Assets

Customers

Purchasing/ iProcurement
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Payroll

Assets

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People to Paycheck

HRMS

HR Information

Accounting

General Ledger

Payroll

Cash Management

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Plan to Replenish
Perform Min-Max Planning

Establish Inventory Planning Policies

Plan Min-Max Material

Purchasing

Inventory

Purchasing

Enterprise Roles

Generate Requisitions

Requisition to Receipt
Inventory Manager System Inventory Automated planner Purchasing

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Benefits to Payroll
Strategic Staffing to Hire Administer Employee Benefits

Total Compensation
Determine Participant Eligibility Manage Benefits Enrollment

Workforce and Sourcing Deployment

Administer 3rd Party Vendor Relationships Compensation and Benefits

Payroll to Payment

Post to Payroll

Administer Flex Spending Accounts

Payroll

Payroll

Compensation and Benefits

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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

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