Product family
Product Code
Step No
Step name






1
Order Management (OM):




Order Management
ONT
1.1
Complete the sales orders
Order Management
ONT
1.2
Import Sales Order
Order Management
ONT
1.3
Pre-Billing Acceptance
Shipping
WSH
1.4
Complete the shipping transactions
Order Management
ONT
1.5
Prepare the link with AR




Order Management
ONT
1.5.1
Check run of Workflow background engine
Receivables
AR
1.5.2
Run the Invoice Interface/Autoinvoice
Receivables
AR
1.5.3
Verify the Autoinvoice Exceptions






2
Receivables (AR):




Receivables
AR
2.1
Complete all Receivables transactions for the period being closed
Subledger Accounting
SLA
2.2
Create accounting
Subledger Accounting
SLA
2.3
Transfer to GL
Receivables
AR
2.4
Manage the Receivables Period






3
Purchasing (PO):




Purchasing
PO
3.1
Complete all transactions for Oracle Purchasing
Subledger Accounting
SLA
3.2
Create accounting for Payables
Subledger Accounting
SLA
3.3
Transfer to GL
Purchasing/Payables
PO/AP
3.4
Purchasing Period management




Payables
AP
3.4.1
Close the Payables period
Purchasing
PO
3.4.2
Run the Receipt Accruals – Period-End Report
Purchasing
PO
3.4.3
Manage the PO Periods
Payables
AP
3.4.4
Open next AP Period






4
Transactions control:






4.1
Enter all transactions in eBS:




Inventory
INV
4.1.1
Enter the pending cycle counts
Inventory
INV
4.1.2
Check run of the Material Transaction Manager
Inventory
INV
4.1.3
Check run of the Move Transaction Manager 
Inventory
INV
4.1.4
Check run of the Lot Move Transaction Manager    
Inventory
INV
4.1.5
Check run of the Cost manager (mandatory)




Inventory
INV
4.2
Check the pending or in error transactions
Inventory
INV
4.3
Unprocessed Material (resolution required)
Inventory
INV
4.4
Uncosted material transactions (resolution required)
Costing
CST
4.5
Pending LCM Interface Transactions (resolution required)
Work In Process
WIP
4.6
Pending WIP Costing transactions (resolution required)
Shop Floor Management
WSM
4.7
Pending WSM interface (resolution required)






4.7.1
Run the Import WIP Lot Transactions


4.7.2
Run the (WSM) Pending Transactions Report




Shipping
WSH
4.8
Unprocessed Shipping Transactions (by default, resolution required)




Shipping
WSH
4.8.1
Search delivery line with the status Shipped
Shipping
WSH
4.8.2
Run the Interface Trip Stop SRS




Inventory
INV
4.9
Pending material transactions for this period (resolution recommended)
Work In process
WIP
4.10
Pending Shop Floor Move (resolution recommended)
Purchasing
PO
4.11
Pending Receiving Transactions (resolution recommended)
Project Manufacturing
PJM
4.12
Project Manudacturing – Cost Collector




Project Manufacturing
PJM
4.12.1
Run the Cost Collection Manager
Project Manufacturing
PJM
4.12.2
Import the transactions in Projects






5
Cost Management:




Costing
CST
5.1
Cost Of Goods Sold




Costing
CST
5.1.1
Record the Order Management Transactions
Costing
CST
5.1.2
Collect the Revenue Recognition information
Costing
CST
5.1.3
Generate the COGS Recognition events




Costing
CST
5.2
Create accounting
Costing
CST
5.3
Transfer to GL






6
 Inventory Open / Close period:




Inventory
INV
6.1
Open the next period
Inventory
INV
6.2
Close the period
Inventory
INV
6.3
Open or Close several periods in the same time




Inventory
INV
6.3.1
Hierarchy of Organizations
Costing
CST
6.3.2
Open several periods
Costing
CST
6.3.3
Close several periods
Here is how the Due date calculation works:
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-> Generally,  Due date get calculated based on the most recent of the available start dates. Most recent available start date is derived based on the following formula.

Greatest( Goods_Received_Date + Receipt_Acceptance_Days, Invoice_Date, Terms_Date ).

->In the algorithm above, Goods_Received_Date is a date that gets populated on the invoice based on terms_date_basis at supplier/site level.

a. If terms_date_basis = ‘Goods Received’ then, Goods_Received_Date get populated.

b. If terms_date_basis = ‘Invoice Received’ or anything else then, Goods_Received_Date is null.

-> Receipt_Acceptance_Days is the number of days defined for ‘Receipt Acceptance Days’ under the Invoice tab in Payables Options.

->So, the due date basis is the most recent of INVOICE DATE, TERMS DATE, GOODS RECEIVED DATE+RECEIPT ACCEPTANCE DAYS.

->In case of a matched invoice, the system considers the Receipt Transaction date from the
Receipt for the calculation of a recent start date, because sometimes the GOODS RECEIVED DATE is null.  This functionality exists from 11i beginning only. Check bug#1655225 for details.

a.So first system determines recent date of GOODS RECEIVED DATE+RECEIPT ACCEPTANCE DAYS and RECEIPT TRANSACTION DATE.

b.After that again checks most recent date again from the formula defined.

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If the customer doesn’t want the system to use ‘Receipt dates’ then disable ‘Recalculate Payment Schedules’.

If  the customer wants recalculation, then the system considers ‘Receipt date’ for a matched invoice.
1.Explain about Accounts Payable. 
Ans)The Accounts Payable application component records and manages accounting data for all
vendors. It is also an integral part of the purchasing system: Deliveries and invoices are
managed according to vendors. The system automatically triggers postings in response to the
operative transactions. In the same way, the system supplies the Cash Management application
component with figures from invoices in order to optimize liquidity planning. 

2.What is the meaning of invoice?
Ans)An invoice or bill is a commercial document issued by a seller to the buyer, indicating the products, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller has provided the buyer. An invoice indicates the buyer must pay the seller, according to the payment terms.

In the rental industry, an invoice must include a specific reference to the duration of the time being billed, so rather than quantity, price and discount the invoicing amount is based on quantity, price, discount and duration. Generally speaking each line of a rental invoice will refer to the actual hours, days, weeks, months etc being billed.

3Can you give a sample Process Flow for Procure to Pay Cycle?

Ans) Process flow for Procure to pay will go through two departments
(Commercial & Finance)
Procure – Commercial Department The following steps involve to procure any item
1. Received Requisition from concern Department
2. Request for Quotation from Suppliers at least three
3. Finalize the best Quotation by keeping in mind about our companies standard
4. Check the Budget for the same
5. Negotiate with supplier for more economic pricing and finalize the payment terms
6. Process the PO and forward to the supplier to supply the goods and services 

Pay Cycle – Finance Department 
The following steps need to be fulfill
1. Invoice should be match with PO
2. Invoice should has all the supporting documents such as PO copy,Delivery note duly signed by receiver (our staff who authorized to received goods / store keeper)
3. If the invoice is for services then it should be forwarded to the concern department head or project manager for his confirmation of work done and his approval 
4. Even if it not the services invoice, it should forwarded to the concern person’s approval who request the PO for the same
5. Finance can reject the invoice if it is not budgeted and ask for the reasons.
6. After receiving all the confirmation and approvals from the concern department heads the invoice will be update in to the accounting system first in order to avoid any duplication of Invoice and PO (it shown on accounting package if the invoice is duplicate if not, altelast it tells you if the PO already used or cancel)
7. Finance approved the invoice and process the payment base on payment terms with the supplier.
 

4)What are the journals entries in Procure to Pay Cycle.
Ans) 

Description                                                                             DR                                  CR

A) Po creation                                                                    No Entry                          No Entry

B)  While Receiving the goods                                       Material Receiving            Ap Accurval 

C) While Inspection                                                        No Entry                            No Entry 

D) While Trans ford the good to Inventory               Inv Org Material              Material Receiving
                                                                                     Purchase price Varience

F) While Po Is Matching to Invoices                         Ap Accurval                        Liability


G) While Making the Payment                                 Liability                               Cash Clearing 


 H) Ofter Reconciliation                                           Cash Clearing                     Cash



 I) Final Entry                                                            Inv Org Material                Cash

5)What is the difference between EFT & Wire?
Ans)EFT and WIRE are the most popular form of electronic payment method. EFT stands for electronic fund transfer and it is one of the fastest mode of electronic payment after WIRE. EFT is a batch oriented mechanism for transfering funds from one bank to another because of which clearing & settlement takes around 2 to 4 days. On the other hand, WIRE is a RTGS i.e. real time gross settlement system of making the fund transfer on real time and gross basis. Clearing and settlement happens on the same day. WIRE is more expensive and faster than EFT.  

6) What is meant by Distribution Sets:

Ans)You can use a Distribution Set to automatically enter distributions for an invoice when you are not matching it to a purchase order. For example, you can create for an advertising supplier a Distribution Set that allocates advertising expense on an invoice to four advertising departments.
You can assign a default Distribution Set to a supplier site so Payables will use it for every invoice you enter for that supplier site. If you do not assign a default Distribution Set to a supplier site, you can always assign a Distribution Set to an invoice when you enter it.

Use Full Distribution Sets to create distributions with set percentage amounts, or use Skeleton Distribution Sets to create distributions with no set distribution amounts. For example, a Full Distribution Set for a rent invoice assigns 70% of the invoice amount to the Sales facility expense account and 30% to the Administration facility expense account. A Skeleton Distribution Set for the same invoice would create one distribution for the Sales facility expense account and one distribution for the Administration facility expense account, leaving the amounts zero. You could then enter amounts during invoice entry depending on variables such as that month’s headcount for each group.

7)What is the meaning of GRN? 
Ans) GOODS RECEIPT NOTE MEANS IT PROVES THAT MATERIAL IS DELIVERED AT STORES DEPARTMENT. GRN IS THE BASE DOCUMENT AND IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR PROOF OF RECEIPT OF MATERIAL AT WARE HOUSE.THIS CAN BE PREPARED BY STORES DEPARTMENT AND APPROVED BY PLANT HEAD. GRN CONTAINS ORDERED QTY,RECEIVED QTY AND ACCEPTED QTY. BILL WILL BE PASSED BASED THE GRN NOTE. ONCE THE GRN IS PREPARED AUTOMATICALLY INVENTORY WILL BE UPDATED AND ACCORDINGLY PAYMENT WILL BE RELEASED TO THE VENDOR.

GRN contains the following details.

1.Ordered quantity .
2.Received Quantity.
3.Defective quantity in received quantity .
4.Quality standards details.


8) How does the payment mechanism work?

Ans) The open items of an account can only be cleared once you post an identical offsetting amount to the account. In other words, the balance of the items assigned to each other must equal zero.During clearing, the system enters a clearing document number and the clearing date in these items. In this way, invoices in a vendor account are indicated as paid, and items in abank clearing account are indicated as cleared.

You generally use the payment program to clear invoices. Manual clearing of open items is therefore not usually necessary. However, you will sometimes have to clear items manually if, for example, you receive a refund from your vendor or you have set up a direct debit procedure.


9) Difference between interface tables and base tables?
Ans)   The difference between the interface and base tables is as below

Interface table: is the table where the data gets validated before data get posted to the base tables. There are many interfaces which are seeded with Oracle. You can consider as the entry point of the data, and the interface checks the sanity of data.

Base tables: As told earlier once the data is validated will get updated in the base tables, and is considered as the data which is in the base table is accurate and used in many ways. (Reporting..etc..)


The base tables in AP are as follows:

1) ap_invoices_all
 

2) ap_invoice_payments_all
 

3) ap_invoice_distibutions_All
 

4) ap_payment_schdules
 

5) ap_payment_dustributions_all
 

6) ap_checks_all
 

7) ap_accounting_events_all 


8) ap_bank_accounts_all
 

9) ap_bank_accounts_uses_all

   

10) What is the process of creating an Invoices and transferring it to GL?
Ans)

 1. create batch
2. create invoice
3. create distribution
4. validate the invoice
5. actions -à approve
6. if individual create accounting click ok
7. If batch go to batch create accounting.
8. Create accounting hits Payable Accounting(Transfer) ??Program which will create accounting.
9. Run Transfer to GL Concurrent Program
10. Journal Import
11. Post journals
12. Hits balances.


11) How do u Transfer from AP to GL? 
Ans)“Payables transfer to GL program” is used to transfer from AP to GL.

12) How many types of invoices are there in AP.
Ans) 
1. Standarad invoice 
2. Debit Memo
3. Credit Memo
4. Mixed Invoice
5. Retain age Invoice
6. Transportation invoice
7. Prepayment invoice
8. Expenses Report Invoice
9. Payment Request Invoice
10. Po default
13) How many types of purchase order types/agreements are there?
 

A) Standard Purchase Order: You generally create standard purchase orders for one-time purchase of various items. You create standard purchase orders when you know the details of the goods or services you require, estimated costs, quantities, delivery schedules, and accounting distributions. If you use encumbrance accounting, the purchase order may be encumbered since the required information is known

B) Planned PO : A planned purchase order is a long-term agreement committing to buy it
items or services from a single source. You must specify tentative delivery schedules and all details for goods or services that you want to buy, including charge account, quantities and estimated cost.
EX: Buying goods for Christmas from a specific dealer.


C) Contract PO : You create contract purchase agreement with your supplier to agree on specific terms and conditions without indicating the goods and services that you will be purchasing i.e. for $ amount you must supply this much quantity. You can later issue standard PO referencing your contracts and you can encumber these purchase orders if you use encumbrance accounting.


D) Blanket PO : You create blanket purchase agreements when you know the detail of goods or services you plan to buy from a specific supplier in a period , but you do not yet know the detail of your delivery schedules. You can use blanket purchase agreements to specify negotiated prices for your items before actually purchasing them.
A Blanket Purchase Agreement is a sort of contract between the you and ur supplier about the price at which you will purchase the items from the supplier in future. Here you enter the price of the item not the quantity of the items. When you create the release you enter the quantity of the items. The price is not updatable in the release. The quantity * price makes the Released Amount. Now suppose your contract with your supplier is such that you can only purchase the items worth a fixed amount against the contract.
 



14.Payment Method:
A funds disbursement payment method is a medium by which the first party payer, or deploying company, makes a payment to a third party payee, such as a supplier. You can use a payment method to pay one or more suppliers. Oracle Payments supports several payment methods for funds disbursement, including the following:

  • Check
  • Electronic
  • wire
  • Clearing

Check:
You can pay with a manual payment, a Quick payment, or in a payment batch.

Electornic:
Electronic An electronic funds transfer to the bank of a supplier.You create electronic payments either through the e- Commerce Gateway, or by delivering a payment batch file to your bank. For both methods, Payables creates a file during payment batch creation. If you are using the e-Commerce Gateway to create the file of payments, an EDI translator is required to create the EDI Formatted file prior to delivering it to your bank.For electronic funds transfers, the file is formatted and delivered to your ap.out directory for delivery to your bank.

Wire:
Wire Funds transfer initiated be contacting the bank and requesting wire payment to the bank of a suplier.A payment method where you pay invoices outside of Payables by notifying your bank that you want to debit your account and credit your supplier’s account with appropriate funds. You provide your bank with your supplier’s bank information, and your bank sends you confirmation of your transaction. Your supplier’s bank sends your supplier confirmation of the payment. You then record the transaction manually.

Clearing:

Clearing Payment for invoices transferred from another entity within the company without creating a payment document.Payment method you use to account for intercompany expenses when you do not actually disburse funds through banks. You do not generate a payment document with the Clearing payment method. When you enter the invoice, you enter Clearing for the payment method.You can record a Clearing payment using a Manual type payment only. 

15.What id recurring invoices? What are AP setup steps? 
  
Ans) some times suppliers would not be sending any invoices. but still the payment have to made to home: rent, lease rentals. in this situation we have to create invoice every period wise. For that purpose we have to create one recurring invoice template. Template means with one master copy creating the multiple invoices is called template. Here we are creating the one invoice master copy is formally known as recurring invoice or recurring invoice template.

 SET UP:
 1)we have to create one special calendar 
2)we have to create one full distribution set 
3)we have to enter payment terms in the recurring invoice window 
4)enter the template no, first invoice amount, special invoice amounts
A funds disbursement payment method is a medium by which the first party payer, or deploying company, makes a payment to a third party payee, such as a supplier. You can use a payment method to pay one or more suppliers. Oracle Payments supports several payment methods for funds disbursement, including the following:

  1. Check
  2. Electronic
  3. wire
  4. Clearing

Check: 
You can pay with a manual payment, a Quick payment, or in a payment batch.

Electornic:
Electronic An electronic funds transfer to the bank of a supplier.You create electronic payments either through the e- Commerce Gateway, or by delivering a payment batch file to your bank. For both methods, Payables creates a file during payment batch creation. If you are using the e-Commerce Gateway to create the file of payments, an EDI translator is required to create the EDI Formatted file prior to delivering it to your bank.For electronic funds transfers, the file is formatted and delivered to your ap.out directory for delivery to your bank.

Wire:
Wire Funds transfer initiated be contacting the bank and requesting wire payment to the bank of a suplier.A payment method where you pay invoices outside of Payables by notifying your bank that you want to debit your account and credit your supplier’s account with appropriate funds. You provide your bank with your supplier’s bank information, and your bank sends you confirmation of your transaction. Your supplier’s bank sends your supplier confirmation of the payment. You then record the transaction manually.

Clearing:
Clearing Payment for invoices transferred from another entity within the company without creating a payment document.Payment method you use to account for intercompany expenses when you do not actually disburse funds through banks. You do not generate a payment document with the Clearing payment method. When you enter the invoice, you enter Clearing for the payment method.You can record a Clearing payment using a Manual type payment only. 

Navigation: Payable Manager –> Setup –> Payment –> Payment Administrator.

Click on Go To Task.


 Click on Create button.

Enter the Payment Method name and code and then click on Next.


 Select the respective responsibilities which we want shown this payment method in these responsibilities.


Click on Next, Next, Finish.

Many of you might have known it earlier, but people who don’t know, setup of Banks are moved into the Cash Management Module. The short name for Cash Management is CE.  In this Article, we will discuss how to Create Banks / Bank Branches , step by step.
Responsibility – Cash Management Super User
Navigation – Setup – Banks – Banks
Clicking on this opens an OAF page
Click on Create – opens the following.
Enter the necessary details required and click Save and Next.
Update the Bank Addresses by clicking on Create
Enter the information and click on Finish
Click on Save and Next
Click on Create Contact .
Enter the necessary information required.
Click Apply once the details are entered.
Click on Finish.  The bank details are here in this screen.
Bank is Created Successfully. Now we will see how to create a Branch underneath the Bank which we just Created.
Click on Create Branch icon
Click on Continue from the below screen
In the below screen enter the Branch Details as shown
Click Save and Next.
Click on Create button in the above screen to add the Branch’s address
Enter the address and then click Apply.
Click Save and Next
Click on Create Contact button to add the Contact Details
Click on Apply
Click on Finish.
To Create Account – click on the Icon below…
Click on Create button from the below screen
Enter the details in the screen below
Click on Continue
Enter the necessary details in the screen above
Click on Next
Click on Save and Next