- SAP
- Oracle (under Oracle MDM)
- Stibo Systems
- Hybris
- Riversand
- Heiler
- Enterworks
- WebOn
- Agility
- PCS (from Pegasystems)
Monday, May 12, 2014
Product Information Management
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Oracle MDM
MDM consolidate/federate shared info into one place, cleanse data centrally and share data as a single point of truth as a service.
MDM Business Drivers:
- CRM booster
- IT agility
- Operational processes enablement & optimization
- Compliance, Risk mitigation & BI enablement
- MDM suite EBS based: CDH for Customers/Suppliers & PIM for Products
- PIM forRetail
- Site Hub
- AIA 2.3 for MDM / Foundation Pack
- Ledger & Analytical Hub: DRM
- Data Watch & Repair
Application Integration Architecture (AIA) is MDM's critical differentiator.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Oracle PIM
- PIM Data Hub
- PIM Data Librarian
- Product Data Synchronization for GDSN and UCCnet Services
PIM Data Librarian is a new product released in May'05, offers an easy-to-use HTML/Windows interfaces for creating, managing, consolidating, enriching and standardizing product information. Provides secure way to share product info within enterprise and with partners.

Concurrent Programs in PIM:
- Bulkload Program For Spread Sheet Upload
- Item/Item Revision Implement Pending Changes Concurrent Program
- Import Catalog Items - Java Concurrent Program to Bulkload items from the interface table.
- Item Org Import - Item Organization Assignment Import
- Item People Import
- Purge Item People Interface Lines - Purge Program for Item People Interface Lines
- Item/Item Revision User-Defined Attributes Concurrent Program - For importing User Attributes for Items and Item Revisions
- EGO Item Import Batch Matching Concurrent Program - EGO Bulk matching engine of the item import process
- Purge Item Massupdate Temporary Tables - Mass update Temporary table purge program
- Optimize Item Catalog Text Index
- EGO Spreadsheet Java Concurrent Program - EGO Java Loader to Bulkload Item, BOM Attrs, User-Defined Attrs, UCCnet Attrs
- Item Catalog Text Index Build - Create/Rebuild Item Catalog Text Index
- EGO Setup Default Organization for User
- Catalog Categories Assignment Open Interface - Import Catalog Categories Assignments from the Open Interface table
- User-Defined Attribute Groups View (AGV) Compilation Executable
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Tables Info - Inventory
- Inventory_Item_ID - Item ID
- Segment1 - Item Name
- Costing_Enabled_Flag*
*There is a trigger ‘Mtl_System_Items_T1’ on this table which updates Cst_Item_Costs table in case of any update to ‘Costing_Enabled_Flag’
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL - Translations table table holding item descriptions in multiple languagesMTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_INTERFACE - Inventory Items Open Interface table
MTL_PARAMETERS - Inventory control options and defaults
- Organization_ID
- Organization_Code
- Master_Organization_ID
MTL_SECONDARY_INVENTORIES - Subinventory definitions
MTL_CATEGORIES_B - Code combinations table for item categories
MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES - Define item assignments to categories
- Inventory_Item_ID
- Organization_ID
- Category_Set_ID
- Category_ID
MTL_CATEGORY_SETS_B - Category Sets
- Category_Set_ID
- Structure_ID
- Validate_Flag
- Control_Level
- Category_Set_Name
- Description
- Multi_Item_Cat_Assign_Flag
MTL_CATEGORY_SET_VALID_CATS - Valid categories for category sets
MTL_ITEM_CATALOG_GROUPS_B - Item catalog groups; it's the code combinations table for item catalog groups.
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS - Material transaction table
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP - Temporary table for processing material transactions
MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE - Gateway for externally generated material transactions
MTL_TRANSACTION_REASONS Inventory Transaction Reasons Table
MTL_TRANSACTION_TYPES Inventory Transaction Types Table
MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE Temporary lot storage for transaction processor
MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_TEMP Temporary lot numbers holding table
MTL_TRANSACTION_LOT_NUMBERS Transaction lot numbers MTL_CROSS_REFERENCES Assign cross references to items MTL_ABC_ASSGN_GROUP_CLASSES Assigns abc classes to abc groups
MTL_ABC_ASSIGNMENTS Assigns items to abc classes in an abc group
MTL_ABC_ASSIGNMENT_GROUPS Defines abc groups
MTL_ABC_CLASSES Inventory ABC classes
MTL_ABC_COMPILES ABC descending value compile data
MTL_ABC_COMPILES_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_ABC_COMPILE_HEADERS ABC compile header data
MTL_ABC_COMPILE_HEADERS_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_ACTUAL_COST_SUBELEMENT Stores the material overhead subelements
MTL_ACTUAL_COST_SUBELEMENT_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_ATP_RULES ATP computation rules
MTL_ATTR_APPL_DEPENDENCIES Dependencies between item attributes and Oracle products
MTL_BIS_INV_BY_PERIOD BIS table that stores inventory turns data by organization,
accounting period and Inventory item id for open periods and closed periods
MTL_CATALOG_SEARCH_ITEMS Items returned by item searches
MTL_CATEGORIES_TL Categories table holding translated Description column for Item Categories
MTL_CATEGORY_ACCOUNTS Asset and expense accounts by item category, by subinventory MTL_CATEGORY_SETS_TL A table holding translated Name and Description columns
for Category Sets
MTL_CC_ENTRIES_INTERFACE Cycle Count Entries Interface data
MTL_CC_INTERFACE_ERRORS Cycle Count Entries Interface process errors
MTL_CC_SCHEDULE_REQUESTS Defines cycle count schedule requests
MTL_CC_SCHED_COUNT_XREFS Cross references count entry requests
MTL_CC_SERIAL_NUMBERS Serial Numbers for Cycle Count Entries.
MTL_CC_SUBINVENTORIES Defines subinventories to be used in subinventory level cycle count
MTL_CI_INTERFACE Customer Items Interface
MTL_CI_XREFS_INTERFACE Customer Items Cross References Interface
MTL_COMMODITY_CODES Customer item commodity codes
MTL_COPY_ORG_INTERFACE Generate Inventory Organizations
MTL_COUNTRY_ASSIGNMENTS stores information concerning the assignment of countries
to economic zones.
MTL_CROSS_REFERENCES_INTERFACE (not currently used)
MTL_CROSS_REFERENCE_TYPES Define cross reference types
MTL_CST_ACTUAL_COST_DETAILS Actual cost information by element, by level
MTL_CST_ACTUAL_COST_DETAIL_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_CST_LAYER_ACT_COST_DETAILS Actual cost information by element, by level
MTL_CST_TXN_COST_DETAILS The cost of a transaction by element, by level
MTL_CST_TXN_COST_DETAILS_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_CUSTOMER_ITEMS Customer item Information
MTL_CUSTOMER_ITEM_XREFS Relationships between customer items and inventory items
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_CLASSES Defines cycle count classes
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_CLASSES_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_ENTRIES Defines cycle count entries
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_ENTRIES_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_HEADERS Defines cycle count header information
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_HEADERS_EFC Euro as a Functional Currency Archive
MTL_CYCLE_COUNT_ITEMS Defines items to be used in cycle count
MTL_DEFAULT_CATEGORY_SETS Default category set for a particular functional area
MTL_DEMAND Sales order demand and reservations
MTL_DEMAND_HISTORIES Sales order demand and reservations
MTL_DEMAND_INTERFACE Temporary demand storage for the transaction processor
MTL_DESCRIPTIVE_ELEMENTS Descriptive element definitions for an item catalog group
MTL_DESCR_ELEMENT_VALUES Stores the descriptive element values for a particular item
MTL_FORECAST_RULES Forecast rules for forecast processes
MTL_INTERCOMPANY_PARAMETERS Inter–company relationships
MTL_INTERFACE_ERRORS Item open interface errors
MTL_INTERFACE_PROC_CONTROLS I nterface Processes Control Parameters
MTL_INTERORG_PARAMETERS Inter–organization relationships
MTL_INTERORG_SHIP_METHODS Relationships between shipping networks and shipment methods
MTL_ITEM_ATTRIBUTES I tem attributes table
MTL_ITEM_ATTRIBUTES_TEMP Temporary Table specifically for item attributes copy form
MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES_INTERFACE Item Category Open Interface table; used to load item assignments to category sets and categories into Oracle Inventory.
MTL_ITEM_LOCATIONS Definitions for stock locators
MTL_ITEM_LOC_DEFAULTS Inventory item receiving and shipping locator default values
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS Item revisions
MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS_INTERFACE Item revisions interface
MTL_ITEM_STATUS Material status definitions
MTL_ITEM_SUB_DEFAULTS Inventory item receiving and shipping subinventory default values
MTL_ITEM_SUB_INVENTORIES Item–subinventory assignments
MTL_ITEM_TEMPLATES Item template definitions
MTL_ITEM_TEMPL_ATTRIBUTES Item attributes and attribute values for a template
MTL_ITEM_VALUES_TEMP Holds Item Attributes and their values. Used in the Item Attributes Copyform.
MTL_KANBAN_CARDS Kanban Cards
MTL_KANBAN_CARD_ACTIVITY Kanban Card Activity
MTL_KANBAN_CARD_PRINT_TEMP Temporary table used to print kanban cards
MTL_KANBAN_PULL_SEQUENCES Kanban Pull Sequences
MTL_KANBAN_TEMPLATES
MTL_LOT_NUMBERS Lot number definitions
MTL_MANUFACTURERS Define manufacturers
MTL_MATERIAL_STATUSES Inventory status definition – Used by WMS only
MTL_MATERIAL_STATUSES_B Base table for inventory status definitions – Used by WMS
MTL_MATERIAL_TXN_ALLOCATIONS Unit allocations among repetitive schedules
MTL_MFG_PART_NUMBERS Define manufacturer part numbers
MTL_MGD_INVENTORY_POSITIONS Stores the data sets built for on line display or for export
MTL_MOVEMENT_PARAMETERS Movement parameter values
MTL_MOVEMENT_STATISTICS Stores all relevant information for movement statistics transactions.
MTL_ONHAND_QUANTITIES FIFO quantities by control level and receipt
MTL_ONHAND_QUANTITY_TEMP Temporary table for on–hand quantity queries
MTL_ORG_REPORT_TEMP Multi–organization inventory report temporary table
MTL_PAC_TXN_COST_DETAILS Transaction details for a period
MTL_PENDING_ITEM_STATUS History of item–status assignments
MTL_PHYSICAL_ADJUSTMENTS Physical inventory adjustments
MTL_PHYSICAL_INVENTORIES Physical inventory definitions
MTL_PHYSICAL_INVENTORY_TAGS Physical inventory tag definitions
MTL_PHYSICAL_SUBINVENTORIES Physical inventory specific subinventories
MTL_PICKING_RULES Picking Rule Definitions
MTL_PLANNERS Planner code definitions
MTL_PURGE_HEADER Transaction history purges
MTL_RELATED_ITEMS Item relationships
MTL_REPLENISH_HEADERS Replenishment header information
MTL_REPLENISH_HEADERS_INT Replenishment header interface information
MTL_REPLENISH_LINES Replenishment line information
MTL_REPLENISH_LINES_INT Replenishment line interface information
MTL_RESERVATIONS Reservations
MTL_RESERVATIONS_INTERFACE Reservations Interface
MTL_RTG_ITEM_REVISIONS Routing revisions
MTL_RTG_ITEM_REVS_INTERFACE Routing revisions interface table
MTL_SAFETY_STOCKS Safety stocks
MTL_SALES_ORDERS Local definitions of sales orders
MTL_SEASONALITY_INDICES Seasonality indices
MTL_SECONDARY_LOCATORS Item–subinventory–locator assignments
MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS Serial number definitions
MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS_INTERFACE Temporary serial number storage for transactions processor
MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS_TEMP Temporary serial number holding table
MTL_SHORT_CHK_PARAM Shortage Parameters
MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES Item status code attribute values
MTL_SUMMARY_TEMP Transaction summaries
MTL_SUPPLY Stores incoming supply information
MTL_SUPPLY_DEMAND_TEMP Temporary table containing ATP details returned from ATP user–exit
MTL_TXN_COST_DET_INTERFACE Stores transaction cost by element and by level for
transactions to be imported through the transaction interface
MTL_TXN_REQUEST_HEADERS Move Order headers table
MTL_TXN_REQUEST_LINES Move order lines table
MTL_TXN_SOURCE_TYPES Valid transaction source types
MTL_UNITS_OF_MEASURE_TL Unit of measure definitions
MTL_UNIT_TRANSACTIONS Serial number transactions
MTL_UOM_CLASSES_TL Unit of measure classes
MTL_UOM_CLASS_CONVERSIONS Conversions between base units of two different classes
MTL_UOM_CONVERSIONS Unit of measure conversion table for both default and item specific conversions