Upgrading OPM applications from 11.5.5 to 11.5.10

Question

Hi,
We are in the process of upgrading Oracle Process Manufacturing Applications(OPM) 11i environment from version 11.5.5 to 11.5.10.
We would like to know if anyone has come-across similar situation and could share their experience with us. Since this is going to be totally new experiance for us, any info would be greately appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

You can find Release Content Documents (RCD) on metalink, which are very informative providing updates on the new features and functionalities. Following is the example of RCD Index of OPM Process Execution 11.5.10:
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3. Oracle Process Manufacturing 3
3.1. Process Execution 3
3.1.1. Overview 3
3.1.2. Features 3
3.1.2.1. Display Product and Quantity on Batch Nodes in Production Scheduler Tree 3
3.1.2.2. Display Plan Quantity in all Batch Statuses 3
3.1.2.3. Add Recipe and Version to the Summary Screens 3
3.1.2.4. Specify Date for Incremental Backflushing 3
3.1.2.5. Provide Ability to Leave Actual Usage as Zero When Completing Step 3
3.1.2.6. Terminate Remainder of a Batch 4
3.1.2.7. Support for Minimum Transfer Quantity (MTQ) 4
3.1.2.8. Support the Shop Calendar 4
3.1.2.9. API to Update and Delete Allocations 5
3.1.2.10. API to Update Batch Step Resource Information 5
3.1.2.11. API for Process Parameters 5
3.1.2.12. Integration with Order Management for Process) 5
3.1.2.13. Optimizing Batches and Rebalancing) 5
3.1.2.14. Oracle E-Records Support for Item Transaction Batch Events 6
3.1.2.15. Oracle E-Record Support for all Batch Status Events 6
3.1.2.16. Including Lot Status on Batch Close eRecord Output 6
3.1.3. Product Dependencies 6
3.1.4. Third Party Integration Points 6
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Also, the Migration documents provide information regardging technical updates, such as Table chages, new tables:
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Old Table Name New Table Name
PM_BTCH_HDR GME_BATCH_HEADER
PM_MATL_DTL GME_MATERIAL_DETAILS
PM_ROUT_DTL GME_BATCH_STEPS
PM_ROUT_MTL GME_BATCH_STEP_ITEMS
PM_ROUT_DEP GME_BATCH_STEP_DEPENDENCIES
PM_OPRN_DTL GME_BATCH_STEP_ACTIVITIES, GME_BATCH_STEP_RESOURCES
PC_TRAN_PND GME_RESOURCES_TXNS
PM_HIST_HDR GME_BATCH_HISTORY
PM_TEXT_HDR, PC_TEXT_HDR GME_TEXT_HEADER
PM_TEXT_TBL_TL, PC_TEXT_TBL_TL GME_TEXT_TABLE_TL
PM_OPRN_WIP GME_BATCH_STEP_TRANSFER
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Hope this helps.
Regards,
Sanjeev