Oracle ASCP Programs

• Push Plan Information

This concurrent process deletes an entire plan on the source instance and then replaces it with a copy of the current plan from the destination instance.

Prerequisites: A plan that has been run successfully.

Parameters:

Instance

Plan Type

Plan Name

Buy Orders Only: The default is No.

Demand: If you select Yes, the process purges and re-populates table 

mrp_gross_requirements with requirements from the plan. If you select No, the process leaves the data in table mrp_gross_requirements. The default is Yes.

Organization Code: The list of values contains the planned organizations of the selected

plan.

Planner: The list of values contains the planners of the items planned in the selected 

plan.

Category: The list of values contains the categories in the default planning category set.

Item: You can select a specific item. If you leave this parameter blank, the process 

pushes information for all items planned in the selected plan.

Supplier: The list of values contains the suppliers in the plan assignment set. You can 

select a value for this parameter only if:

• Buy Orders Only is Yes

• Demand is No

Supplier Site: The list of values contains the supplier sites in the plan assignment set. 

You can select a value for this parameter only if:

• Supplier has a value

• Demand is No

Horizon Start Date: The earliest Suggested Due Date for which you want plan 

information pushed. If you leave this parameter blank, the process begins with the plan 

start date.

Horizon End Date: The latest Suggested Due Date for which you want plan information

pushed. The default is one year from today. If you leave this parameter blank, the 

process ends with the plan horizon.

Example 1: Minimal Criteria

Settings:

• Buy Orders Only: No

• Demand: Yes

• Organization, Planner, Category, Item, Supplier, Supplier Site, Horizon Start Date, 

Horizon End Date:

The process:

• All supplies and demands from the selected plan in the source instance are deleted.

• All supplies and demands from the selected plan in the destination instance are 

copied to the source instance

 

Collaborative Planning

Oracle Collaborative Planning (CP) is part of Advanced Planning Suite (APS), just like ASCP, Demantra etc.

Helps you collaborate securely with your trading partners, reduce planning cycle time, and identify and react quickly to supply chain exceptions. Oracle Collaborative Planning enables you to increase forecast accuracy, implement vendor managed and consigned inventory processes, increase global supply visibility, reduce supply shortages, and lower expediting cost.

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is a streamlined approach to inventory management and order fulfillment. Instead of sending purchase orders, customers electronically send daily demand information to the supplier. The supplier generates replenishment orders for the customer based on this demand information. The process is guided by mutually agreed upon objectives for the customer's inventory levels, fill rates, and transaction costs.

In the transformation from a 'push' approach to supply chain management to a demand-driven 'pull' approach, unfiltered demand signals are a critical element. VMI provides those signals.

Vendor Managed Inventory with suppliers (supplier-facing VMI) enables you to share on-hand, supplies, and forecast information with suppliers, transfer replenishment responsibility to suppliers, and automate replenishment processes.

VMI

Note that suppliers who enter into VMI recognize the need to maintain a high level of trust with their customers - a transparent system makes it clear to both parties if performance criteria is not being met.