Certification
Overview
The
Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Supply Chain Certified Implementation
Specialist: Oracle Purchasing certification program is designed
specifically for individuals who have knowledge of implementing the
Purchasing and Supply Chain Solutions. The certification also tests
your knowledge on the subjects like R12 Suite and Online access help,
Enterprise structure and quotations etc.
Who
can do this certification?
The
exam is open and available for everyone to try their luck but please
note that the exam is targeting the consultants who have attended the
current level release training unless he has acquired an adequate
knowledge via self study and he must also have strong field
experience working and implementing on it.
Benefits
The
Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Supply Chain Certified Implementation
Specialist: Oracle Purchasing certification program outcome many
benefits for your part. By taking this certification, you will be
getting accredited to the latest technology in the market. It will
prove that you are focused on keeping your knowledge ever increasing.
This will also certify that you possess strong groundwork in the
Essentials section. You will be getting familiar of most of the R12
Suite functions and operations getting you well equipped with the
technology.
Associated
Exam
To
get the Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Supply Chain Certified
Implementation Specialist: Oracle Purchasing certification, the only
thing you need to do is to clear one exam (Exam number 1Z0 - 520)
which will be testing you with 80 questions from both the Essentials
section and 60 from Oracle Purchasing section. You will be allotted a
time limit of two and a half hour for completing your test. 20
questions will be from the Essentials and the remaining 60 questions
will be from the Oracle Purchasing Section. For you to clear this
exam, you need to score 60% or more in both the sections
individually, otherwise, I am afraid you won't be considered for
certification.
Prerequisites
Before
you begin your quest for this certification, there are a number of
training program Oracle provides to be able to crack the exam with
ease. Several training services and courses on each of the topics
related to exam can come in handy in the long run when you actually
set out to give the exam.
Topics
to be covered
There
are total of 21 topics from combined both the sections of Essentials
and purchasing to be covered for exam. These topics are listed below
Purchasing:
- Lifecycle
Overview Procurement to describe key areas and pay process and how
procure it in business suite environment.
- Purchasing
Overview to describe procurement process and how it fits into pay
lifecycle and identifying its integrating points.
- Enterprising
Structure to describe various Oracle applications and explain its
considerations.
- Suppliers
and supplier rates, managing suppliers and understand concept of
local and global suppliers.
- Security,
approval and routing to define security areas and access levels, key
reports and setting up options for its implementation.
-
Quotations and RFQs for
creating them, key reports and setting up options for their
implementation.
- Approved
Supplier list and resourcing rules.
- Purchasing,
creating and internal requisitions for different interfaces.
- Purchasing
orders and document releases to maintain them and setting up orders
for their implementation.
- Document
Creation automation to automate the process of purchasing documents
with and without any buyer interventions.
- Buyer's
Centre for Work to manage requisitions and creating standard orders
to purchase and handle negotiations and supply management.
- Receiving
goods, receipts and methods to describe pay on receipts and its
implementation.
- Accounting
purchase for describing key accounts, closing process and purchasing
the orders in the foreign denomination also.
- Administration
Purchasing for maintenance and key processes and the considerations
required for purchasing.
- Setup
Steps - Appendix A to identify key reports.
Essentials:
- R12
Oracle applications and navigation using it.
- R12
Oracle applications introduction with R12 Suite operations.
- Entities
in R12 suits to be shared and describing the flows.
- Flexing
the fields and its various operations.
- Multiple
organization reporting and its related concepts.
- Introduction
to work flow describing its benefits.
Validity
of the certification
The
Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Supply Chain Certified Implementation
Specialist: Oracle Purchasing certification is valid upon the next
mega discharge of the higher edition of the concerned area.
Recertification will only be proving your worth to the organization.
Expert
Review
Without
any glitches, undergoing any Oracle certification will be expanding
your technical worth in the organization. You are bound to learn many
new skills and will also be coming up with as many tips and tricks to
speed up the productivity and output of your organization.
Hu
Lang, Solera Holdings Inc
Macau,
China