Cascading receipts

The Cascade function facilitates the distribution of a given quantity of an item from a single supplier across multiple shipments and distributions. If a receiving transaction will be done and if it's quantity is more than a po shiptment, more than one po shipment can be received easily with cascade function. Just tick the "Allow Cascade Transactions" in receiving options and query the receiving with item and supplier. It transacts po shipments sequentially (promised date/need by date)

Vision Applications

Vision Applications are applications which are ready to use EBS environments. They offer great opportunities for testing, learning and presenting EBS modules. All standard setups are done in a Vision Application so no extra effort is needed for these actions. It provides all and only standard functionalities of applications so they can be learned and compared to other instances to see the differences.
Another advantage is; some companies hosts online Vision Applications, if you are an Oracle Customer - Consultant (if you have Oracle CSI number) you can use these applications from anywhere. Following site can be used for this: http://www.solutionbeacon.com/

Line Types of Purchasing Documents

Different line types can be selected while creating purchasing documents like Requisition, Purchase Order etc. These line types indicates that it is for Goods or Services etc and defines line's valuation type as one of Quantity, Amount, Fixed Price, Rate Based. To define line types: Purchasing Super User> Setup> Purchasing> Line Types. More than one line type can be created for a valuation type and for iProcurement default of these types can be selected via profiles (by searching profiles with: POR%Line%Type). Here are sample cases from Purchasing user guide:

"Requestors and buyers generally order both goods and services by quantity. You order the number of items you need in a specific unit of measure and at a given price. For instance, a buyer could order 10 computer terminals at a price of $1500 each. Later, the receiving agent records the receipt of one crate of 5 terminals. The accounts payable department receives a bill for 5 terminals, and matches the invoice against the original purchase order. Sometimes, you also need to order services in the same way. For example, you purchase 40 hours of product training at a rate of $40 per hour. You simply record the hours of training ordered and the price per hour. Once you receive the training, you record the hours received.
However, you sometimes order services by amount rather than by quantity. For example, a project manager orders $10,000 of consulting services to install a local area network. In this case, the buyer only needs to record the total amount of the service.
When half of the work is complete, the project manager records a receipt of $5000. The consulting firm may send an invoice for the complete amount of the service, or it may send partial invoices. In either case, the accounts payable department must match the invoice to the original purchase order or receipt by amount."

Oracle Project Management, Application Implementation Methodologies

Depending on years, projects experience Oracle releases its advised project management, implementation methodologies like Project Management Method (PJM), Application Implementation Method (AIM), AIM for Business Flows (ABF). With Oracle Unified Method (OUM, Released in 2006) Oracle combines legacy methodogies for a more complete and standards based one. Here are just a few notes to give an idea, all required information can be found in corresponding guides.

PJM;
"Oracle Project Management Method is Oracle Method’s standard approach to project management for information technology projects. The goal of PJM is to provide a framework in which all types of information technology (IT) projects can be planned, estimated, controlled, and completed in a consistent manner."

AIM;
"Application Implementation Method is a proven approach for implementing Oracle Applications. It provides documentation templates that support the tasks that must be performed to assist the implementation participants in running and managing projects successfully."

ABF;
AIM for Business Flows is a version of AIM which is used for flow based projects. Two things that make a project flow based; focus on business processes provided by the flows and not application modules, solution driven approach and not requirements driven (requirement driven means: Solution is defined during project based on requirements). It also uses CRP Conference Room Pilot method unlike AIM' s User Acceptance Test (UAT).

OUM;
"The Oracle® Unified Method (OUM) is Oracle's full lifecycle method for deploying Oracle-based business solutions. OUM includes the three focus areas: Manage, Envision and Implement. You can tailor OUM to support your specific project situation. With its ready-made templates, guidelines and tailored work breakdown structure, OUM provides the programmatic tools you need to manage the risks associated with your Oracle-based projects. OUM is standards based; it leverages one of the de facto industry standards, the Unified Software Development Process (UP)2"
A note from OUM guide:
"Do not serve the method; make it serve you. The purpose of methods is to identify and manage risks, improve repeatability and quality, and encourage knowledge capture and reuse. If you’re not going to need it, don’t do it."