Oracle Inventory Management Cloud vs EBS Inventory

Inventory

Functional Comparison - Oracle Inventory Management Cloud vs EBS Inventory

EBS Description	Translates to IM Cloud
Oracle Inventory	Inventory Management Cloud + Product Information Management
IR/ ISO	Transfer Order
Receive/ Delivery	Receive/ Putaway
Move Order	Move Request

(Only the functionalities that are substantially different/ enhanced have been mentioned)

Criterion	Cloud Applications (Release 13 - 22A)	EBS Applications (Release 12.1.x & above)	Cloud Improvement Metrics	Rationale for Score
Functionalities : Gaining efficiencies by having efficient business processes supported by Cloud
Onhand Inventory Picture	Provides a single inventory picture workbench for capturing and requesting transactions, example - In Bound On Hand Consigned	Multiple screens and drill downs required to gather the complete inventory picture and transaction	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	High visibility with centralized transaction workbench enables efficacy in decisions and transactions
Controlled Miscellaneous Transactions	Provide control on miscellaneous transactions through approvals, with ability to capture e-signature	Custom solutions required to control such transactions through approval process	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Provides control and auditability for miscellaneous transactions
Using Miscellaneous Transactions with Costs other than Standard	Flexibility to enter manual cost for performing miscellaneous transactions	EBS only provides ability to perform transaction only at standard cost	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Eliminate adjustment for E&O/ other deviations
Inventory Lot Reassignment/ Correction	Allows reusing of existing Lot number with a different item after disabling Lot number item combination	Required data fix/ miscellaneous transaction	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Out of the box capability to correct Lot number, a common use case
Inventory Transactions Based on Material Status Control	Simplified control to restrict specific transactions based on material status. Example: for samples, do not allow 'Sales Order Issue' transactions	Status control is controlled using item attributes spread across multiple tabs	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	User friendly associations provide ease in controlling transactions based on material status
Reserving Supply Against Demand	Inventory reservations can be initiated directly from Supply or Demand (both current and future)	Reservation could be created only from a Demand. Example - reserve from Sales Order or Reservation Workbench	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Improved inventory allocation based on business priority
Reserve Material for Work Orders	Inventory reservation available for sales orders and transfers is now available for work orders	Functionality not available	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Reservations for work order ensures availability of specific inventory
Acknowledgement for Material Transfers	Provides ability to acknowledge material transfer using pick slip documents	The feedback for material transfer is not available	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Addresses mismatch and reconciliation issues
Shipment Transaction Functions	''Picking and shipping transactions are moved from Shipping Execution to Inventory roles	Picking and Shipping transaction were tied to Shipping Execution Responsibility	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Realignment of functionality to business roles
Overpicking for Staging/ Processing	Allows overpicking to bring inventory to staging area/ processing	Over picking can be done upto a maximum of shipping tolerance	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Improvement to support scenario where pack and order quantities are different
Transaction Capture Using Scanning Devices	No Oracle cloud solution available. Solutions from partners such as RFSmart and RFGen provide this capability	Oracle has a Mobile Supply Chain Application (MSCA) which can be used for transaction capture	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminate Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Additional third party component is required for enabling the functionality
Budgetary Control	Budgetary control and encumbrance accounting cloud can be used to monitor and control inventory transactions e.g Misc Receipts/ Issue, Internal transfers	Inventory transactions were not subject to budgetary control/ encumbrance accounting	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Budgetary compliance can be ensured at lower levels e.g. Cost Center
Product Recall	Support recall notice for products	Functionality not available	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Enables quarantine of the recalled products and take appropriate action
Default Lot and Serial Numbers	Lot/ serial number can be defaulted from the supplier's ASN/ ASBN while receiving	Functionality not available	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Minimize manual entry of lot/ serial number information and errors
Migrations/ Conversion : Quick and reliable path to cloud
Inventory Onhand Conversion	MS Excel based templates have been provided	Custom programs utilizing standard API for miscellaneous transactions	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Faster migration to cloud with simplified conversion process
Integration with External Applications	Integration available using Web Services and Oracle Integration Cloud	Integration only available using Oracle APIs and ETL applications	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance
Reporting and Analytics : Easy, advanced visualizations
Inventory Management Dashboard	Easily configurable interactactive and actionable dashboards	No standard dashboard available in application	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance	Fusion applications provide high level of flexibility to maximize the use of data using actionable graphs, machine learning and artificial intelligence
Reports	Highly flexible reporting providing excellent data visualization are available using Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI)	Limited standard reports availability and requires development of custom reports	Improves Efficiency Process Improvement Improves Data Integrity Eliminates Extension/ Workarounds Improves Compliance