Glossary

EBS has its own set of terms and language, which I call Oracle-ese. The most commonly used terms in this text can be found here.

3-way matching A purchase order option that allows invoices from Payables to be matched to both a purchase order and its receipts.

Advance Shipment Notice (ASN) Notifications received electronically from a supplier when they ship an order, alerting you to the anticipated receipt date as well as the items and quantities shipped. Can be used to create receipts on the expected delivery date.

Approvals Management Engine (AME) A module that comes delivered with EBS (it is not a separate license) and can be used to configure both hierarchical and non-hierarchical rules for approving, among other things, expense reports, ...

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