Because my company asked for this, and I couldn’t find a readily available My Oracle Support document that is concise enough.

Based primarly upon:

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 Release Value Propositions (Doc ID 1580742.1)

With additions from notes by Steve Sutphin on LearningWerks.

Modules Being Covered in this Summary

Application Technology

Asset Lifecycle Management

Customer Relationship Management

Financials

Procurement

Human Capital Management

Not all modules are covered herein (e.g. Supply Chain, Project Billing, Project Management, Value Chain) simply because we don’t have them in-use, so I couldn’t validate the accuracy of those modules.

Applications Technology- User Interfaces, Infrastructure

WebLogic Server (11.1.1.6) replacing iAS (10.1.3) [10.1.2 stays for Forms and Reports]

Mobile Certification for OA Framework iPad, iPhone, Android

Report Manager and Web ADI Certified for MS Office 2010/32-bit

Integrated SOA Gateway Now on WebLogic for improved integration

Online Patching Editioned filesystem and DB objects allow side-by-side Production and Test codesets with minimal switchover downtime.



Numerous OAFramework User Interface Cosmetic and Usability Improvements

Assets (Asset Lifecycle Management, not FA)- Workflow, Productivity

Support for Asset Moves Transactable Assets Allows Users To Move Assets In And Out Of Inventory, Transfer Assets From One Inventory Organization To Another, And Transfer Assets From One External Location To Another External Location

Enhanced Integration/Ease of Use Asset Sale Asset Retirements Project-to-Project Material Transfers Grouping of Serialized Items

Asset Tracking Mass Update

Customer Relationship Management- Revenue Tracking

Channel Revenue Management Increased Automation in AR Deductions Settlement Accrual Accounting with Trade Profiles Extended Business Processes for Supplier Ship and Debit Price Protection Agreements



Oracle Telesales Visibility to Activities across Operating Units Competitor Tracking at Product Level



Financials- Productivity, Controls

Cross-Module Enhancements Multi-Org Access Control Security profiles that now support a list of operating units Ledger Sets Ledgers sharing the same Chart of Accounts, Calendar and Period Type Advanced Global Intercompany System (AGIS) New Bank Account Model Single access point for defining and maintaining bank accounts in AP, AR, Collections, Payroll, CashMgt, & Treasury



Advanced Collections Party (Customer) Level Bankruptcy Tracking Support for Partial Disputed Transaction Amounts



Assets Enh. Mass Additions I/F for Legacy Conversions Automated Depr. Rollback for Selected Assets Impairments/Unplanned Depreciation Visibility Addl. BI Publisher Reports

Cash Management Simplified Setup and Streamlined Bank Account Reconciliation Reconciliation Success Rates for First Notice Items (FlexMatch) Centrally-stored Balance History – Trends and Cash Positions Flexible Cash Pooling Maintain and Report on Authorized Signatories

Customer Data Hub Tax Validation Management with Tax Geography Hierarchy DQM Overview Dashboard DQM public Application Programming Interface Real-time Address Validation for Tax Purposes

e-Business Tax Application of Specific Tax Configs to Business Entities Tax Simulator and Determination Services Customer Tax Information Import

General Ledger Allocate Financial Data From One Or More Ledgers To A Different Target Ledger Data Access Sets and Ledger Sets Journal Batch Copy Alternate Account UI New Web-based Account Analysis & Drilldown Flaggable As Non-Reversable Journal Sources Integration to Hyperion DRM and Fusion Acctg Hub

Internet Expenses (iExpense) Global Per Diem and Mileage Rates Mileage Accumulation Automatic Matching of Advance Payments Flexible Application of Cash Advances Payment Holds and Automatic Notifications Enhanced Itemization Controls New Audit Expense Report Auto-Itemization of Expenses from Visa/AMEX Parallel Approvals New Header-level Document Attachments Support for new iOS/Android Mobile Expenses

Payables New User Interface For Supplier Entry And Maintenance Centralized Bank Account Definitions (see Summary) Improved Invoice Processing with Invoice Lines Contract Financing, Retainage, and Progress Terms Line-Level Invoice Approval Workflows Self-Service Entry for Non-PO Invoices Improved iSupplier Portal Scheduled AP/AR Netting Batches

Receivables Partial Period Revenue Recognition Event-based Revenue Management New Credit Card Error Handling Improved Chargeback Reconciliation Oracle Bill Presentment Architecture (BPA) Customer Communication – Auto PDF Printing New Sweep Invalid Distributions Report Details of the accounting exceptions that are holding the period close for review and action. If the amount involved is not material from the reporting perspective and resolving the accounting exceptions is likely to delay the period close, then the transactions with invalid accounting can be swept to the next open period. Automated Auto Lockbox Processing (via CP) API Support for Unidentified Receipt Assignments

Subledger Accounting Enhanced Multi-Reporting Currency Functionality Improved Reporting and Analysis with Supporting References

Treasury New Automatic Floating Rate Reset for Bonds Automated Cash Pooling Across Legal Entities Automatic Bank Account Update for Redirecting Payments to a New Bank Account



Projects- Efficiencies

Project Costing Labor Rate Schedules by Criteria Enhanced Payroll Integration Total Time Costing Increased Control and Visibility for Multi-Funded Contingent Workers Allocate Funding Based On Time And Expense Entry Batch Processing of Mass Adjustments



Procurement- Efficiencies

iProcurement Automatic Updates of Encumbrance Dates Eligible Information Template Information Stored as Attachments Override Employee Charge Account Preference Dual Budgetary Controls (Encumbrance Acctg) Item Master Attachments Support Post-Approved PO Requisition Attachment Support PO Import Process Can Use Account GeneratorAuto-generate Charge Accounts during Requisition Import (blank charge accounts)

iSupplier Portal Enhanced Prospective Supplier Registration – Adaptive Supplier Onboarding E-Kanban Support (Flow Manufacturing) Enh. Supplier Contact Information DataURL, Alt. Contact Name/Phone

Purchasing Automatic Updates of Encumbrance Dates Additional WF Extensions for Custom Validations

Procurement Contracts Multiple Templates Applied to Purchasing Docs New API’s for Templates, Questions and Constants New Clause Descriptor Field Clause Mandatory Attribute at Rule Level Clause Section Placement by Contract Expert Deletion of Provisional Sections from Solicitation to Award Instruction Text including URLs Multi-Row Contract Clause Variables Display and Sort by Clause Number Enh. Repository ContractsLicense Agreements, Nondisclosure Agreements, Merger Contracts, Misc. Agreements (user-defined) User Defined Attribute support for Deliverables Sync/Down/Upload: MS Word 2010 Certification Contract Expert Performance Improvements

Sourcing Add Requisition lines to a Draft Negotiation Ability To Withdraw Responses Submitted On An RFI/RFQ Track Supplier Amendment Acknowledgements Staggered Awards on Split Negotiations Import of Price Breaks and Tiers via Excel Negative Cost Factor Support New API’s to Create RFIs, RFQs, Auctions and Negotiations Online Discussions Attachments and Messaging Terms and Conditions Display Controls Lot Pricing Summaries (also by Lot Line)

Spend Classification Reclassify Historical Data Asynchronous Classified Batch Approval Flows Enhanced Training Data Upload (up to 100MB) Enhanced Knowledge Base Tracking Capability Improvements in Analyzing KPI Batches with Excel Export Classification Code Reset by Ranges



Human Capital Management- Streamlining, Efficiency