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Implementation Overview
This chapter covers the following topics:

• Process Description
• Implementation Task Sequence

Process Description
In procurement organizations, there is a need to author and negotiate procurement contracts
using accepted legal and business terms. Many of these contracts tend to be similar in nature
and can be created from previously defined templates. The Oracle Procurement Contracts
Contract Terms Library is a repository of such templates and terms (clauses). This library also
contains a repository of custom contract expert rules which bring in additional required clauses
into a contract. These rules are based on information that is available in the contract or from
additional questions to which contract authors respond during authoring. Procurement and
Sourcing professionals can then create documents (including request for quotations (RFQ),
blanket purchase agreements, and purchase orders) using standard templates, clauses, and
contract expert rules. Setting up business documents and the Oracle Procurement Contracts
Contract Terms Library are important steps in implementing Oracle Procurement Contracts.

Implementation Task Sequence

Before installing Oracle Procurement Contracts, you must install Oracle Purchasing.

You also need to install Oracle Sourcing and Oracle iSupplier Portal, if you are planning to utilize
additional contract functionality provided by these applications.

For more information, see Oracle Procurement Contracts Dependencies .

The following table describes the implementation process for Oracle Procurement Contracts:

Step Description Mandatory Performed by Seeded One Time

Responsibility Set Up
1 Set up organizations Yes Oracle Purchasing Super User Yes
2 Set up profile options Yes System Administrator Yes
3 Set up approval workflows Yes Oracle Workflow Administrator Yes
4 Set up lookup codes Yes System Administrator No
5 Enable keyword search Yes Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
6 Set up layout template Yes XML Publisher Administrator Yes
7 Set up purchasing document Yes Purchasing Super User Yes
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8 Associate layout template to Yes Purchasing Super User Yes

document types
9 Set up descriptive flexfields No System Administrator Yes
10 Set up AutoNumbering No System Administrator Yes
11 Set up value sets Yes System Administrator No
12 Set up function security No System Administrator Yes
13 Migrate clauses to contract terms Yes Contract Terms Library Yes
library Administrator
14 Import clauses from external No Contract Terms Library No
sources Administrator
15 Set up contract folders No Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
16 Set up variables No Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
17 Set up numbering schemes No Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
18 Deploy Searchable Objects Yes Application Search Yes
Administration
19 Set up sections Yes Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
20 Set up standard clauses Yes Contract terms Library No
Administrator
21 Set up contract templates Yes Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
22 Set up contract expert No Contract Terms Library No
Administrator
23 Set up contract repository No Contracts Workbench Yes
Administrator
24 Set up contract workbench No Contracts Workbench Yes
Administrator

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