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
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Entity
Description
AOL
Application administration
Ledger
Accounting information records
Unit of Measure
Method of quantifying items
Items
Raw materials, finished goods, or services
Suppliers
Vendors we buy from
Customers
Buyers of the end product
Sales Force
Individuals credited with sales revenue
Employees
Personnel who perform assigned tasks
Locations
Business sites (addresses)
Organizations
Logical unit entities
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Application Object Library (AOL)
AOL
Currencies
Languages
Site profile options
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Users
Menus
Responsibilities
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Ledger
Chart of Accounts
Calendar
Currency
Owned by General Ledger
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Units of Measure
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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
company’s addresses or your customer’s 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
Concept to
Release
Forecast to
Plan
Market
Sell
Campaign to
Order
Procure to
Pay
Plan to
Replenish
Support
Contract to
Renewal
Click to
Order
Demand to
Build
Order to
Cash
Inventory to
Fulfillment
Request to
Resolution
Back Office
Benefits to
Payroll
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People to
Paycheck
Project to
Profit
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Accounting to
Financial
Reports
Forecast to Plan
Demand planning
Order management
Forecasts
Constraint-based
optimization
Sales Order Info
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
Cost
Management
ASCP/MRP
Planned Order info
Requisitions
Material/Resource info
Supply/Demand
info
Inventory
Capacity
UOMs
WIP
BOM
Engineering BOM info
Items
Order Management
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Engineering
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Campaign to Order
Marketing
communication
Phone call
placed
Marketing
Advanced Inbound
Audience
Call Routed
Script launched
Discoverer
Scripting
Sales
Quote submitted
Order Fulfillment
cycle (Order to Cash)
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Click to Order
User Management
Inventory
In-Store
Mkt
Items
Leads
Sales
Marketing
JTA
iStore
Qualifiers
and
Discounts
Get price
Shopping cart/
quote
Pricing
Get price
Quoting
Book order
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Order Fulfillment
(Order to Cash)
Order to Cash
Inventory
activity
Set of books
General Ledger
Inventory
Cash
Management
UOMs
Banks
Receivables/
Revenue/
Receipts
Purchasing/
iProcurement
Inter org/
Shipments
Inventory
Transactions
Reqs
Invoices
Receivables
/iReceivables
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Customers
Order
Management
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Items
Contract to Renewal
Standard sales
contract
Sales Contracts
iStore
Standard sales
contract
Service Contracts
Quoting
Quote to booked
order
Service contract for
item with warranty
No item –
warranty
only
Invoice
Order Fulfillment
Order to Cash
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Accounts
Receivable
Request to Resolution
Solutions
Customers
Knowledge
Management
Create SR
Merchant assistance
iSupport
Customer
Products
owned
Create RMA
Teleservice
Create return
order
Items
Inventory
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Order Capture
Foundation
Items
APIs
Installed Base
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Order
Fulfillment
(Order to Cash)
Project to Profit
Ledger
Payables/
iExpenses
General Ledger
Receivables
/iReceivables
Burden
Invoices/ Adjusts
Suppliers
Billings/ Credits
Commits
Labor
Projects
Projects
UOMs
Purchasing/
iProcurement
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Customers
Assets
Payroll
Assets
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People to Paycheck
HRMS
HR Information
Accounting
General Ledger
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Payroll
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Cash
Management
Plan to Replenish
Perform Min-Max Planning
Establish Inventory
Planning Policies
Purchasing
Plan Min-Max Material
Inventory
Purchasing
Generate
Requisitions
Enterprise Roles
Requisition to Receipt
Inventory
Manager
System
Inventory
Automated planner
Purchasing
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Benefits to Payroll
Total Compensation
Strategic
Staffing
to Hire Administer
Employee
Benefits
Determine
Participant
Eligibility
Manage
Benefits
Enrollment
Administer 3rd
Party Vendor
Relationships
Workforce and
Sourcing
Deployment
Compensation and Benefits
Payroll to
Payment
Payroll
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Administer
Flex
Spending
Accounts
Post to
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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