The Processes tab in the Oracle Purchasing Navigator, in the Purchasing application, allows access to the process navigator workflows. These Workflow-enabled diagrams guide you through the following procurement processes from beginning to end by automatically launching the appropriate windows:
Procure-to-Pay, from creating a requisition and purchase order to transferring invoice and payment accounting information to the general ledger.
Sourcing, from using the Oracle Business Intelligence System to analyze commodities and suppliers to defining sourcing rules in Purchasing.
Define Sourcing, a subprocess of Sourcing, which describes how to define sourcing rules.
Purchase Order Creation, from creating the purchase order to modifying it and communicating it to the supplier.
Receiving, from receiving an Advance Shipment Notice from the supplier to delivering the goods.
These processes are the default navigator workflow processes that come with Purchasing.
The Processes tab in the Purchasing application allows access to the process navigator workflows.
See also: Using the Navigator's Process Region.
To use the process navigator workflows in Purchasing:
In the Processes tab of the Purchasing Navigator in the Purchasing application, select any process.
Select any activity in the process to display additional information about it.
Double-click each activity to launch the appropriate window and guide yourself through the process.
A few activities require other products to be installed. For example, the activity Create and Approve Requisition in the Procure-to-Pay process launches Oracle iProcurement if it is installed.
You can also view these processes in the Oracle Workflow Builder. In the Workflow Builder, the procurement navigator processes are associated with an item type called Procurement Processes.
You should not change your access level to modify a locked process; however, you can use the default procurement navigator processes as examples to create your own processes for the Process Navigator. For more information, see: Creating Process Navigator Processes.