Outside Processing (OSP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
(Doc ID 1282909.1)
Last updated on OCTOBER 11, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Work in Process - Version 11.5.9 and laterOracle Enterprise Asset Management - Version 11.5.9 and later
Oracle Purchasing - Version 12.2.6 to 12.2.6 [Release 12.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
Outside Processing functionality enables you to include supplier-sourced components and resources in your manufacturing processes. Features include:
• Using specialized supplier skills in your manufacturing process to help lower engineering and manufacturing costs and increase production quality
• Using supplier capacity to increase your overall production capacity
This document is a tool for fixing Outside Processing issues for WIP and EAM (Work In Process and Enterprise Asset Management) in 11i and R12 releases
For detailed examples of OSP setup please see <Document 1179771.1> - How to set up Outside processing - Procure to use in WIP for Standard Costing
Abbreviations:
OSP – Outside Processing
PR – Purchase Requisition
PO – Purchase order
BPA – Blanket Purchase Agreement
WO – Work Order
EAM – Enterprise Asset Management
WIP – Work in process
OSFM - Shop Floor Management
Questions and Answers
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In this Document
| Purpose |
| Questions and Answers |
| 1. Why PR or PO or release of BPA is not created? |
| 2. Why OSP Job Gets Completed Without Backflush Components Issue? |
| 3. Why getting error: WIP_BATCH_MOVE_ERROR Transaction quantity must be less than or equal to quantity available |
| 4. Why Requisition Import Request For OSP Items Is Creating Requisitions in Approved Status? |
| 6. What happens if user is adding OSP operations to a WIP Job AFTER the PR was created? |
| 8. Why getting error when trying to create purchase order (PO) and manually add OSP job the following error is returned: FRM-40212 Invalid value for field WIP_ENTITY_NAME |
| 9. Why for single Job/WO with 2 OSP items, system creates 2 separate PR/PO's even if they have same supplier. |
| 10. Why in EAM WIP Outside Processing Account is not being used as specified in WIP setup ("Material" account is being used instead)? |
| 11. How to see the job number when query a Requisition for an OSP item in Autocreate form? Why 'Job' column in Autocreated form is not showing the OSP job number? |
| 12. Why move transaction goes into error with following message: "THIS OPERATION IS NOT DEFINED IN THE ROUTING"? |
| 13. How to avoid balance in Receiving Inventory Account: for OSP item the Absorption Account should be the same as Receiving Inventory Account |
| 14. Why OSP Purchase Orders will be auto created if job status is changed from Unreleased to On HOLD? |
| 15. Why OSP Purchase Orders will be auto created if job status is changed from Unreleased to Canceled ? |
| 16. Why during costing process, resource transactions are going into error without any error message? |
| 17. Why when last operation is OSP, the job is not getting completed after receiving the OSP item? |
| 18. Why in OSFM (Shop Floor Management), the OSP requisition show quantity = 0 instead of the OSP item required quantity? |
| 19. How Can We Restrict a Manual Move Transaction Against OSP Operation Before Receiving The Material: Shop Floor Status |
| 20. Why in OSFM when create PR for lot based jobs having an OSP operation as their first operation, the "Please enter a quantity greater than zero" error is coming |
| 21. Is system allowing to Close the Job if the PO Receipt of the Outside Processing (OSP) service of the Job is not yet complete? |
| 22. Why When changing the job start quantity, the related PO quantity is not changed even if the WIP parameter 'Propagate Job Change to Purchasing' is set to Automatic? |
| 23. Why in EAM, an extra PR is getting creating every time when WO status is changed from Released to Hold and back to Released (system is creating duplicate purchase requisitions) |
| 24. How to setup for OSP resource costing |
| 25. Why Purchase Requisition is created only for single supplier for whole Outside Processing (OSP) job quantity, even if sourcing Rule exist for this item with two supplier having 60-40% allocation? |
| 26. Why in EAM only one Purchase Requisition is created for 3 OSP resources associated with one Operation (Expect a Purchase Requisition for each one of the resources.) |
| 27. Why when OSFM OSP Job is splitted the corresponding OSP PO released is not getting splitted ? |
| 28. Why get "ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small" when release an OSP job? |
| 29. Why user is not able to see and select EAM Work Order in PO ENTRY form (POXPOEPO)? |
| 30. After receiving OSP item for last operation, completion transaction is not done automatically, Why? |
| 31. How to use outside processing functionality in a flow environment |
| 32. How to generate PR/PO for two different vendors in the same WO |
| 33. Why PR/PO show NEED-By Date in the past? |
| 34. Why Cost Relieved is NULL For OSP in WIP Value Summary Form |
| 35. Error <<You must define a deliver-to location for the PO Move/PO Receipt resource>> when creating EAM Work Order with OSP |
| TECHNICAL TIPS: |
| Notes about WIP - PO integration |
| References |