Order Management receives detailed item information
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Pricing Application
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Inventory Application
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Purchasing
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Oracle Receivables
Order Management receives detailed item information from the Inventory Application. Inventory is the master source for item data including descriptions, weights, dimensions, and other attributes. Pricing Application provides pricing logic, Purchasing handles procurement, and Oracle Receivables manages invoicing and collections.
In an ERP order-to-cash flow (e.g., Oracle E-Business Suite), Order Management needs item attributes (item validation, availability, unit of measure, etc.) to process an order line, and this detailed item master/on-hand information is sourced from the Inventory Application, which owns the item master and inventory data. Pricing Application supplies price lists/discounts, not item detail. Purchasing handles procurement of goods, not sales-order item data. Oracle Receivables handles invoicing/collections downstream of order fulfillment — neither supplies item information to Order Management.