Collaborative planning is accomplished using several functionalities. The above table lists and describes the functionalities that facilitate collaboration.

Oracle Collaborative Planning uses time buckets to represent supply and demand information according to site-specific calendars assigned to different trading partners. You can use time buckets to specify durations for demand and supply information in terms of days, weeks, and months.

Exception Management

Any mismatches in supply and demand information are flagged using exception messages. You can view each exception message in Oracle Collaborative Planning, or as a workflow notification. You can choose to view only those exceptions that are of interest to you, and rank them according to your preference.

Exception Summary and Details
The Exceptions Summary window lists the exception types and number of exceptions. From the Summary window you can navigate to the Exception Details window. The Exception Details window displays each exception together with all details pertinent to that exception and navigation into other windows to aid you with the resolution process.

Exception Thresholds
An administrator can specify the tolerance for each exception type that can lead to an exception. By setting appropriate tolerances, you can avoid exception overloads and ensure that issues are flagged when required.

Supply Chain Event Manager
To generate exceptions and send notifications you must run the Supply Chain Event Manager. To run this program your username must be assigned to the Advanced Planning System Administrator responsibility. Contact your system administrator if you do not have this responsibility.
Complete the following steps to run the Supply Chain Event Manager:
1. Log in under the Advanced Planning Administrator responsibility.
2. Navigate to Other > Supply Chain Event Manager.
3. Enter a value for each of the parameters.
Note: The default value is set to No.
4. Select OK.
5. Select Submit.