Supplier DFF and Fusion Supplier Set up

How can we see the supplier site DFFs (Descriptive Flex fields) in release 12 while up gradation from 11i?

The DFF is available only for the supplier site.

1. Go to Responsibility Supplier Profile Administrator
2. Supplier Search-> Search for the supplier
3. Click View Details
4. Click on the Sidebar Address book Link
5. Click on the Manage Sites column for the address to which the sites are
linked
6. The "Descriptive Flex fields" column icon takes the user to the DFF for the
sites.

Note: Reference Metalink ID-562462.1

How to Setup Suppliers in Oracle Fusion?

Solution

The following list represents the setup required:

• Define Business Classifications List of Values
• Define Minority Group List of Values
• Define Supplier Numbering
• Define Vendor Type List of Values
• Manage Supplier Descriptive Flex fields
• Manage Supplier Products and Services Category Hierarchy
• Manage Supplier Value Sets
• Manage Tax Organization Type Lookup

Not all of these are required unless the respective feature is being implemented (e.g. flexfields) and also some include default values that can be used (e.g. numbering).

Note: Reference Metalink ID-1323505.1

Fusion Supplier Questions and Answers

What Fusion Applications product provides Supplier Management?

Fusion Applications introduces a new product called Supplier Model and this product provides the features and functions to manage suppliers.  This product integrates with products that then use those supplier records in their own features, such as in Supplier Portal.
In addition the more generic Master Data Management tools can be used with the supplier records, however these tools do not provide supplier specific features.

How can Suppliers be created?

There are a couple of options available for creating suppliers in Fusion Applications

• Supplier Import - loading a pre-prepared file of supplier data
• Supplier Merge - consolidating supplier records in the system
• External Supplier Registration - suppliers creating their own accounts online
• Internal Supplier Registration - internal users creating accounts on behalf of suppliers

Can I Create Internal Employee Suppliers to make payments?

No. It is not possible to create an internal supplier in Fusion Applications. For the purpose of making payments to employees, it is possible to create payments without the use of a supplier record via the Fusion Expenses product in the Financial Suite.

Can I assign bank accounts to a combination of Address and Business Unit?

In E-Business Suite r12 there was the option of linking bank accounts to address-operating units combinations, however because Fusion doesn’t have the need for creating duplicate Sites (via the Business Unit site assignments) the administration requirement is substantially lower reducing the need for this. It is quite likely that only one address and business unit combination is needed for the assignment of a bank account.

Are Sites using Date Effectively?

While a site can be disabled for active use, there is not full implementation of the Date Effectively feature for supplier sites.

How are Suppliers Numbered?

Supplier Model controls the numbering and leverages the core FND Numbering setup. Supplier numbers are system generated based from an initial value provided in the setup. If no number is provided, the suppliers will automatically be numbered starting with 1.