To help organisations increase the efficiency of global supply chains, Oracle is introducing new user experience (UX) enhancements to Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM). Built with the award-winning, consumer-grade Oracle Redwood Design System, the UX updates help procurement professionals, logistics managers, field service technicians and product managers increase productivity and accelerate supply chain processes.
“Supply chain professionals are under pressure to move with speed and accuracy as they navigate numerous challenges in every step of the supply chain,” says Chris Leone, Executive Vice President – Applications Development at Oracle. “In this high-stakes environment, a poor user experience can add to frustration, cause further delays and add costs. With the latest Redwood user experience updates, Oracle Cloud SCM customers can increase the speed and accuracy of operations, reduce costs and improve overall efficiency.”
The Oracle Redwood Design System features common capabilities for Oracle Fusion Applications that help Oracle Cloud SCM customers enhance user experience, streamline processes and increase productivity. These features include:
- Smart search
With enhanced keyword matching, comprehensive features and automatic suggestions, Oracle Cloud SCM helps users quickly find, review and edit information related to their role. For example with smart search capabilities in Oracle Product Lifecycle Management, organisations can quickly find component-level information, take action and reduce development cycle times.
- Business rules
By offering users the ability to tailor and conditionally control pages based on specific criteria – such as countries and business units – Oracle Order Management helps organisations to create editing and defaulting logic to match specific order needs and optimise fulfilment.
- Oracle Guided Journeys
This feature helps users define custom workflows with contextualised, multi-format assistance during process execution. With this tool, organisations can reduce support costs and deliver an enhanced buying experience.
New supply chain-specific Redwood UX enhancements for Oracle Cloud SCM include:
- Pricing rules for order management
Using this tool helps price administrators set up complex pricing rules and define eligibility based on the customer and item attributes. With a new pricing rule builder in Oracle Order Management, organisations can automate discounts and increase the efficiency of sales promotions.
- Field parts inventory for maintenance
A field parts inventory aids service technicians in managing parts inventory, reservations, transfers and returns while working in the field. With the ability to view on-hand, available and reserved parts across all field service locations in Oracle Service Logistics, organisations can optimise service efficiency, resolve issues faster and improve the customer experience.
- Structures view for product management
This helps product managers quickly analyse and validate bill of materials and component item information. By being able to toggle between levels within an item structure and apply filters in Oracle Product Lifecycle Management, organisations can increase the speed and accuracy of processes and reduce new product information (NPI) cycle times.
- Guided task for mass component replacement
By utilising this tool in their operations, product managers can perform a mass replacement of a component on one or more item structures. With a guided process for mass replacement (including reviews) in Oracle Product Lifecycle Management, organisations can improve user efficiency and reduce potential errors.
With the new user experience updates in Oracle Cloud SCM, organisations can empower users, seamlessly connect supply chain processes and quickly respond to changing demand, supply and market conditions. As new features are added every quarter, Oracle Cloud SCM helps customers create a resilient supply network and processes that outpace change.
Learn more about Oracle Cloud SCM here.
Source: Oracle
