Urgent_Vendor segmentation in Oracle R12 supplier hub

Question

Hi,
Client has a requirement that system should automatically define the vendor segmentation based on their own criteria.
For example, custom program identifies all the suppliers who met the crietria and update the field value (field values are tier1, tier2, tier3, tier4) accordingly in the supplier profile in R12 supplier hub
Question- Please let me know the options to implement this in Oracle.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Vidhu,
Every supplier will have a site meant for different purposes ... at the backend they are stored in AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_ALL table ...
If you query this table, you can find the list of supplier sites that are enabled for Purchase Site assignment and Payment Sites assignment ....
i.e.
Select VENDOR_ID, VENDOR_SITE_ID, ORG_ID, PURCHASING_SITE_FLAG, PAY_SITE_FLAG from AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_ALL
From Vendor ID you can find the supplier name and number from AP_SUPPLIERS table
From Vendor Site ID you can find the supplier site name from AP_SUPPLIER_SITES_ALL table
From ORG_ID you can find the operating unit name from HR_OPERATING_UNITS
I would recommend enabling the Pay_site_flag for the supplier sites that are enabled for Purchase site flag and assigned to operating unit already .....
Since you cannot create Invoice for a supplier site, if the site is not enabled for Pay_Site_flag, and you cannot create purchase order for a supplier site, if the site is not enabled for Purchasing_site_flag... hence from business perspective they need a site in every operating unit which is enabled for Pay_site_flag and Purchasing_site_flag ...
Regards,
Ivruksha