jerry edwards

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Shop Floor Manager (OSFM) and Business to Business (B2B)

Tips and Fabless Semiconductor Implementation Example

Jerry Edwards

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Definitions:

• Shop Floor Manager (OSFM): Lot centric and lot/serial number centric manufacturing product

• Stage: Product physical state and unit of measure. Semiconductor stages include:• FAB, BUMP, SORT, DIE, ASSEMBLY, TEST, FGI

• Adaptor: Custom software to generate Oracle application transactions based on vendor reported events

• Binning: Process that results in multiple output parts based on process results (usually test)

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Definitions: …continued

• Event: Action affecting a product lot that vendor must report (Receipt, Start, Move, Completion, Ship, etc.)

• Data element: specific data column required in an event. Events have multiple data elements.

• Business to Business Communications (B2B): Subcontractor manufacturing event communication and processing into Oracle applications.

• Rosettanet 7B1 PIP: Process information protocol for manufacturing events.

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Presentation Scope:

• OSFM Best Practices

• Product structure• Network routing scope • OSFM Tips and tricks

Mapping subcontractors into OSFM• Single inventory organization for all vendors• Vendor specific inventory organizations

• B2B Process Outline • Fabless Semiconductor (B2B) Functional

Specifications and Solution Design Example • B2B Process Outline Details

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OSFM Product Structure Suggestions

• Define separate part numbers for each stage where lots will flow in and out of stock (subinventories) and where wafers are converted to unassembled die.

• Typical stages: FAB / SORT / DIE/ASSEMBLED DIE / TESTED DIE / FINISHED DIE

• Network routing scope: • start and complete work orders at the same vendor for a single

part number (stage) • Keep routings simple: add operations to track progress and

separate pay points. • Define alternate paths if required (rework for example)

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS

• Co-Products: Use co-product %’s to enter test binning expected results to drive over-planning by ASCP.

• Note: user must enter primary bill via co-products form to use this feature. User cannot enter bill via bill of material form and then add co-product %’s in co-products form.

• WIP Lot Bonus: • Starting job value is based on previous operation• Start network routings with dummy IN operation and use WIP

Lot Bonus at subsequent operations only. Do not use WIP Lot Bonus into the first operation as component value is excluded resulting in inaccurate job costs

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS • Binning Process Options:

• During Work Order: Perform WIP Split and update assembly for each bin. Note: Update assembly treats update as a move so do not use update assembly at queue intra-operation step of an operation with OSP resource or you will duplicate purchasing activity. Work around: Move lot out of queue intra-operation step to prevent duplicate purchasing activity.

• Post Work order: Complete work order, then perform Inventory lot split and Inventory lot translate for each bin to change the part numbers.

• OSP Receiving: • Assign OSP resources so that quantity moved in will be correct

OSP requisition quantity. For example: assembly charges for good quantity only. Assign OSP to operation after assembly.

• Automate OSP receipts based on blanket releases.

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS • Supervisor Workbench versus Move form

• Viewing many job versus playing transactions for specific jobs

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS • Supervisor Workbench versus Move form

• Move form faster for playing specific job moves.

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS • Partial Move Behavior

• Move quantity retains mother lot name (not updateable) instead of default child lot name. This is mismatch to real world lot naming as move quantity is usually the child lot.

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS • Lot Create Work Order default lot name

• Default lot name assumes a split. If using full lot drop the suffix.

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OSFM TIPS & TRICKS

• Recommended Custom Reports: • Work Order Location for all released jobs • Actual yield versus estimated yield by job and part

number based on user entered date range. • For Automated B2B include a form to perform:

– Event level data element corrections – Event status changes feature to trigger reprossing

the corrected event

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Suggested Enhancements

• Sub-lots: Use for die parts• Enables user to track good die by wafer in die bank. Each wafer is

a die sub-lot. User selects sub-lots when selecting lots and lot create form accumulates quantities into the child lot. Today user cannot track good die by wafer unless treating each wafer as a separate lot (not feasible).

• Co-products• Enable user to enter co-products and %’s for bills of material

created via bill of material form, not just the co-products form. • Lot Create:

• Default mother lot number into resulting lot field. • Add default split lot extension if user enters a quantity less than full

lot (add extension when user tabs from quantity field)

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Suggested Enhancements

• Genealogy network (source and where used) • Explode with single select • Control with profile option

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Vendor mapping to OSFM

Options • Single inventory organization for all vendors

• One Inventory organization per vendor

• Hybrid: • Separate inventory organizations for major vendors • Single inventory organization for smaller volume vendors

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Mapping subcontractors to OSFM

– Single inventory organization for all vendors • Represent vendors via subinventory names to represent

vendor / product stage• Setup an intransit subinventory to track lots moving between

vendors • + for monthly close

– One inventory organization to close • - For Advance Supply Chain Planning

– Sourcing rules apply to inventory organizations so ASCP cannot recommend vendors via sourcing rules

– Excludes product transit time among vendors– Limits resource capacity planning in network routings

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Mapping subcontractors to OSFM

• Separate inventory organizations for each vendor • Subinventories represent product stage• - for product costs (more complex) • - for monthly close (multiple organizations to close)• + for Advanced supply chain planning

– Sourcing rules for vendor inventory organization– Explicit transit times – Vendor specific resource capacity planning

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B2B Process Outline

1. Collecting subcon event data

2. Staging tables database

3. Subcon event processing

4. Subcon B2B performance measurement

5. Backup Processes

6. Subcon bring-up for manual and automated reporting

7. B2B Project suggestions

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Fabless Semiconductor (B2B) Functional Specifications and Solution Design Example

Fabless Semiconductor Business process Scope: – Subcontractor manufacturing event communication

– Staging Table scope, event validation, error correction, generating and sequencing lot based Oracle application transactions

– Oracle transaction upload via application program interfaces into Oracle purchasing, inventory, and OSFM application modules

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• Business Process Overview• Staging Tables Scope • Manufacturing Event 7B1 Process Flow • Process Flow Details • B2B Event Handler Process

– Execute preceding events filter process• Reported stage/event• Allowed preceding event • Lot last successful event

– Perform Level 2 Content Validation – Oracle Transactions Logic for each Stage/Event

• Automated Purchase Order Receiving for Outside processing services

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• Business Process Overview– Subcontractor event reporting and collection as per industry standard

format 7B1.

– Perform format (level 1) validation

– Report level 1 errors to subcontractors

– Stage level 1 pass events in a new database

– Track event status

– Perform event matrix test:

• Content check for valid stage and event

• Filter events prior to data content validation (level 2) based on predecessor event maps

• Place events that fail predecessor event check into pending status

• Queue passing events for level 2 (further content validation)

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• Business Process Overview– Perform data content validation (level 2) on events that pass

predecessor event check • For level 2 pass events: For events that pass level 2 validation:

Change transaction status code to VA • Sequence events

– Sort events by event_id within lot number within part number (requires securing an event id from subcontractors that is easily sorted)

• For each event generate appropriate Oracle transactions (map events to required Oracle transactions)

• Upload transactions to application program interfaces • Track interface results • Update event status • Track event success history • Maintain event error history

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• Business Process Overview– Provide subcontractor event quality reports – B2B Management Workbench

• Subcon setup• Error correction• Reset event status to force level 2 validation • Pending Event handler.• Maintain Lookup tables.

– Logic requirements for B2B Error Handler • Update event status to error • Generate user friendly error explanations • Provide user access to correct errors and resubmit events for level 2

validation by changing data and event status code

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• Staging Tables Scope – Dynamic data

• Subcontractor Reported events– Subcontractor events as reported– Subcontractor event errors– Subcontractor event current data content and status– Subcontractor events successfully interfaced into Oracle applications

(history table)– Static (Setup Data)

• Event Filtering matrices: For each stage (FAB, SORT, etc.) and event (RECEIPT, etc.) – Allowed Preceding Events (Predecessor) by flow/stage/event

• Level 2 (Content) Error codes and messages • Subcon site data

– Subcon mapping to inventory organization. Each subcon is represented as a separate inventory organization: Site DUNS # is tied to the vendor (subcon) site setup which, in turn, identifies the inventory organization.

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• Staging Tables Scope: example of as reported event columns

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• Staging Tables Scope…continued– Flow/stage/event allowed predecessor events

– Last successful event by lot

– Events with errors (history for quality reporting)

– Other look up tables where look up is 100% consistent

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• Manufacturing Event 7B1 Process Flow

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Fabless Semiconductor (B2B) Functional SpecApplication Server Integration

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Fabless Semiconductor (B2B) Functional SpecBPEL Transformation / Populate Staging tables

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Fabless Semiconductor (B2B) Functional SpecBPEL Transformation / Populate Staging tables

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• Process Flow Details – Subcontractor event reporting and collection as per industry standard

format 7B1.

– Perform format (level 1) validation available from standard B2B software

• Expected File format

• File Parsing Error

• Zero Byte check • Mandatory Fields as per 7B1 RosettaNet standards requirement

(we are optional rows to meet business requirement which we will verify in level 2 content validation/check)

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• Process Flow Details – BPEL Transformation and population of the staging table :

• Transport to message queue successful

• Check for staging db available

– if it is up then insert into staging

– If the staging db is not up then BPEL will wait for some time and sending an email

• Successful load to B2B tables (Pass messages)

• Incorrect File according per DSPG requirements

• Future enhancement #1: Check for daily transmission from subcon to validate communications even if subcon has no events to report.

– Communicate level 1(format) errors to subcontractors

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• Process Flow Details – Insert level 1 pass events in a new database (staging tables) – Track event status: Proposed statuses

– NE = new Loaded into staging tables– QU = Passed event matrix test: Ready for level 2 validation Passed

event matrix check – PE = Pending, Failed filter process due to incompatible last successful

event (for the event lot) – VA = Validated: ready for sequencing and submitting to Oracle

application interfaces – ER = Error (content) – IN = Sequenced (event id within lot number for each part number) and

submitted to application interfaces (API’s) – FA = Failed Oracle interface – SU = Successfully processed into Oracle applications– ME = Manual entry , not further action required .– NA = As we got from the sub contactor we nothing to do with it.– None; Applicable to internal build event where we search for work order

requirement from Build request file and none exists.

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• B2B Event Handler Process– Filter events prior to data content validation (level 2) based on

predecessor event maps

– Setup, for each stage (FAB, SORT, ASSY, FG, PRE-ASSEMBLY) and event (RECEIVE, START, MOVE, etc.) combination generate a look up table (matrix) containing allowed predecessor stage/events for the reported stage/event

combination.

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• B2B Event Handler Process– Filter events prior to data content validation (level 2) based on

predecessor event maps

– Setup, for each stage (FAB, SORT, ASSY, FG, PRE-ASSEMBLY) and event (RECEIVE, START, MOVE, etc.) combination generate a look up table (matrix) containing allowed predecessor stage/events for the reported stage/event

combination. – Perform Level 2 data content validation

• Global (all events) validation logic and Event Specific validation logic

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• B2B Event Handler Process– For validated events generate required Oracle transactions

• Receipt event: Generate appropriate receipt

• Start event: Generate lot based job

• Etc.

• Automated Purchase Order Receiving for Outside processing services

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• B2B Event Handler Process: Error Correction HTML form

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B2B Process Outline…

1. Collecting vendor event data…

• Define stages and events within each stage by product line

• Define product lines: Product line scope: • same stage sequence • same events within each stage • products with the same stage sequence and events

constitute a product flow

• Define stage and event matrix• Define valid predecessor events for each stage/event

• Define event data elements• Oracle transaction data elements • B2B data elements

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B2B Process Outline…1. Collecting vendor event data…

Sample Stage and Event Matrix

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• Define data elements for each stage and event combination

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Stage and event example: SHIP at FAB

EVENT CODE

SHIP

Vendor ID

This field represents the Partner’s DUNS number and needs to be reported by every partner.

Vendor Location ID

This field represents the Location DUNS number for Vendor Site location at which the respective manufacturing stage is being processed.

To Vendor ID

This field represents the ship-to vendor’s Location DUNS number.

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SHIP at FAB: Stage and event Example continued… Transaction IDVendors need to report a transaction identifier that will be

unique for all the events that are being reported by the vendor. This field eliminates confusion between user and vendor when errors occur with a transaction.

Transaction Date and TimeVendors need to report all the transactions in GMT time and in

24 hr format. Code the value as per xml format ‘YYYYMMDDThhmmssZ’.

Part NumberThis field represents a user part number being purchased as

per PO line provided to the FAB vendor .Manufacturer Part Number: This field represents the FAB part number assigned by the

Wafer Foundry that cross references to the user part number.

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B2B Process Outline…1. Collecting vendor event data… SHIP at FAB: Stage and event Example continued… Lot Stage IdentifierThis field represents physical location of the lot in the

manufacturing cycle. This is a hardcoded field and needs to be reported as “FAB” all the time for all transactions being reported as shipment from the FAB vendors.

Lot Type ClassificationThis field represents the classification of the Lot and has two

possible choices, EngineeringProductionThis is needed if vendors cannot omit engineering lots from

reporting. Lot NumberThis field represents the FAB assigned lot number to the lot that is

being shipped by the FAB vendor. Each event requires a unique lot number. Do not report the same part number, lot number for multiple shipments.

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SHIP at FAB: Stage and event Example continued…

Lot Quantity

This field represents the full lot quantity being shipped for the purchased part number

PO Number

This field represents the NetLogic PO number for the purchased wafer. and lot

PO Line Number (optional)

This field represents the NetLogic assigned PO Line number for the purchased part number and lot. Note: automation will be easier if the FAB vendor can supply the PO line number in addition to the PO number.

REPEAT FOR ALL PRODUCT LINE STAGE/EVENTS

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• Generate vendor reporting requirements document to include:

• Reporting rules by stage

• Stage and event data elements with explicit definitions

• Provide spreadsheet event samples

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• Generate Network Routing Flow document • Routing flow for each product line and stage

• Enables vendors to map their routings to OSFM network routings

• Multiple vendor operations may occur for each OSFM operation

• OSFM operations are based on pay points and product lot tracking requirements (lot location and lead times)

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• Generate vendor communications bring up document:• Manual reporting • Automated reporting

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• Manual Reporting • Require event reporting that builds foundation for and

eases transition to automated reporting• Do not derive Oracle application transactions from vendor

snapshots (shop floor picture or lot location report)• Error prone• User accepts ownership for playing the correct

transaction rather than the vendor accepting responsibility to report correct event data and sequence

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B2B Process Outline…1. Collecting vendor event data… • Select data collection process and event data format and

language

• Data Collection Process Options • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or secure FTP

• Vendor places file on a server• User retrieves the file from the server

• B2B Software (Web Services) TIBCO, BEA, IBM, etc. • Vendor communicates specific data package • B2B software authenticates, validates, and passes

event to a B2B database

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1. Collecting vendor event data… • Event Data Formats and language

• .CSV files, comma delimited flat files matching user proscribed format and text language

• RosettaNet Partner Interface Process (PIP): Map event data elements to pre-defined 7B1 rows. • Each PIP specification includes a business document

and a detailed business process that includes interaction, data transmission, security and error-handling requirements.

• Language: usually XML

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B2B Process Outline…1. Collecting vendor event data…– Data Formats and language

• Extensible Markup Language (XML) • XML was designed to describe data and to focus on

what data is.• The Main Difference Between XML and HTML• XML was designed to carry data.• XML is not a replacement for HTML.

XML and HTML were designed with different goals:• XML was designed to describe data and to focus on

what data is.HTML was designed to display data and to focus on how data looks.

• HTML is about displaying information, while XML is about describing information.

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B2B Process Outline

1. Collecting vendor event data…• XML Example:

• <note> • <to>Tove</to> • <from>Jani</from> <heading>Reminder</heading> • <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body> </note>• The note has a header and a message body. It also has

sender and receiver information. But still, this XML document does not DO anything. It is just pure information wrapped in XML tags. Someone must write a piece of software to send, receive or display it.

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B2B Process Outline…1. Collecting vendor event data…• Data Formats

• RosettaNet 7B1 • Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1

• XML based protocol that consists of three parts: an envelope that defines a framework for describing what is in a message and how to process it, a set of encoding rules for expressing instances of application-defined datatypes, and a convention for representing remote procedure calls and responses.

• ebXML Business Process Specification Schema (BPSS) ebXML • (Electronic Business using eXtensible Markup

Language), is a modular suite of specifications that enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet.

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• Generate a trading partner agreement (TPA) with each vendor.

• Communication process (FTP, Web Service, etc.)• Event content• Communication frequency (daily, per shift, etc.) • Error Handling

• Level 1: format • Level 2: content

• Vendor bring up and certification process

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2. Vendor event database

• Event Processing • Level 1 Validation of vendor events

• File Format• Data file uniqueness• File Parsing (corrupt data)• Successful insert to vendor data base• Send response to vendor for each reported event

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B2B Process Outline 2. Vendor event database…

• Event storage

• Convert vendor reported event into an input record for the vendor database.

• Insert vendor reported events into a common database independent of the manner in which vendors reported the event. This is often referred to as a canonical

database.

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2. Vendor event database…

• Event storage…continued • Store events as reported but enable error correction

process to change event data elements PRIOR to generating and uploading Oracle applications transactions.

• Generally vendors resend events for level 1 errors only• Vendors resend events with new transaction ID’S for a

level 2 (content) errors.

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2. Vendor event database…

• Maintain event status codes (details in next section)

• Event archive and purge: Provide process to archive data and reduce active database size.

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B2B Process Outline… 3. Vendor event processing

• Event status: Maintain vendor reported event processing status codes per event

• New: Loaded into staging tables: passed level 1 validation• Pending: Event is out of sequence based on Product line,

stage, and event allowed predecessor events. • Error: Data content (based on level 2 validation)• Queue: Event ready for level 2 validation • Ready for Upload to Oracle applications • Error: Upload error in Oracle open interface• Successful Upload: Loaded successfully through open

interface into Oracle application

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3. Vendor event processing…

• Error Checking: Design Level 2 (content) validation to ensure generated Oracle applications transactions will process successfully through Oracle application open interface tables.

• Design level 2 error checks by product line, stage, and event. (samples follow)

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• Receipt• Validate correct event sequence (check last successful

event and pre-defined event sequence table)• Valid part#/Lot#/Quantity• Correct vendor mapping ( INV ORG and vendor

subinventory mapping) • Report lot attributes if required at reported stage

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• Split/Merge processing• Validate correct event sequence (check last successful

event and pre-defined event sequence table)• Valid part#/Lot#/Quantity• Required fields available • Meets pre-defined split and merge business rules

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• Start: Work order start • Validate correct event sequence (check last successful

event and pre-defined event sequence table)• Valid part#/Lot#/Quantity• Required fields available • Valid bill of material and routing • Valid component part#, lot, quantity, or component lots

(multiple components) • Report lot attributes if required at reported stage

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• Map events to Oracle transactions: Adaptor will generate appropriate Oracle transactions or series of transactions for successful event. Examples follow: • Receipt: Inventory receipt • Split: Inventory lot or work order lot split• Merge: Inventory lot or work order lot merge• Start: work order start• Move: work order move• Complete: work order move/complete• Ship: Inventory lot transfer or inter-org transfer

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• Error correction process requirements

• Track errors in the vendor event database by maintaining error codes and explanations

• Link appropriate error code to vendor event records where errors are identified

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• Error correction process requirements...continued• Develop user form based interface to:

• Query errored events and enter data corrections. The goal is to correct errors rather then deleting records and having vendors resend. Each vendor input event is a unique transaction regardless of transaction data.

• User resets event status code so that adaptor next run will recheck this event and if successful generate Oracle transaction and upload to Oracle applications

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• Event sequencing requirements: Sequence events by maintaining product line and stage allowed event sequence matrices. This is a key process.

• For some events multiple predecessor and successor events are possible.

• Generate Oracle applications transactions for events that pass level 2 validation.

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• Load transactions to Oracle interfaces

• Identify errors in Oracle interface: Record data and remove errored records from Oracle open interfaces. Report errors so that users can correct input data or address and Oracle software based problem.

• Event status changes: Update event status as event is processed into Oracle applications

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4. Vendor B2B performance measurement

• Generate reports that measure vendor reporting results• Timely reports

• Accuracy by stage and event and part#.

• Report comparing vendor system on hand balances and open work orders with Oracle application on-hand balances and open work orders.

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5. Backup Processes

• Vendor reporting: alternate reporting method if automated reporting is down. May be possible depending on volume

• Vendor event processing if automated system is down for extended period. Playing transactions directly into Oracle applications.

• Holding events when ERP system is down.

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6. Vendor bring-up for manual and automated reporting

• Key Documents for vendors • B2B MFG Vendor reporting requirements document

• Reporting rules by stage and event• Event reporting details by stage and event• Event sample spreadsheet

• User Product Routing flows • Vendor communications process

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B2B Process Outline… 7. B2B Project suggestions

• Vendors need to understand user part numbers, product structures, and network routings.

• Vendors report user part numbers and lot numbers and user operation codes (work order move events)

• Generate consistent reporting process across all vendors • Allow time for rigorous event testing • Parallel testing with real data is wise particularly if volume is

high • Expect high error volume at first• Go live when you can correct errors within one day and..

• Error correction is effective and fast• Vendors respond quickly to reported errors

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B2B Process Outline

• Contact Information • Jerry Edwards• [email protected] • 650-799-6699

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