In the Back-to-Back (B2B) Order to Cash flow, ordered items are purchased from a supplier. The Sourcing Rules have been defined for the item and the buy flow has been initiated. The sales order line…

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Options

• AThe sourcing rule is incorrect.
• BSupply order is generated with exceptions.
• CPrepare is not valid.
• DNo Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) exists for this supplier-item combination.
• EBuy requests originate from Order Management.

• A
  92% (23)
• D
  4% (1)
• E
  4% (1)

Explanation

In Oracle Fusion SCM's B2B flow, a purchase requisition cannot be generated if the sourcing rule - which defines how and from whom to buy - is misconfigured. The system can initiate the buy flow and produce a supply order, but without a valid sourcing rule correctly assigning the supplier and organization, the engine has no reliable routing information to convert that supply order into a purchase requisition. This creates the exact symptom described: supply order exists, PR does not.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B - Supply order exceptions flag problems but don't inherently block PR generation; they appear alongside the PR, not instead of it.
• C - "Prepare" is an orchestration step that runs before the supply order is created; since the supply order already exists, Prepare already completed successfully.
• D - A Blanket Purchase Agreement is optional; purchase requisitions are created independently of BPAs and do not require one to exist.
• E - Buy requests originating from Order Management is a correct description of normal B2B behavior, not a failure condition.

Memory tip: Think of the sourcing rule as the GPS for procurement - if the GPS has wrong directions (incorrect sourcing rule), the supply truck (PR) never leaves the depot, even though the delivery request (supply order) was already filed.

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