According to the Oracle SCM Business Process Certified Foundations Associate Rel 2 document1, production operator is the job role that is required to issue components to a work order. Production operator is a person who performs the production activities on the shop floor, such as reporting material and resource transactions, reporting output and scrap, printing labels and documents, etc. Production operator can use the Issue Material task in Oracle SCM Cloud to issue components to a work order. Components are the raw materials or subassemblies that are used to produce a finished good. Issuing components means that the components are moved from the inventory location to the work order location.

According to the Business Process Training and Certification - Oracle University document2, users should set up both item cost and price list in order to use the financial review summary properly. The financial review summary is a dashboard that shows the key financial metrics and indicators of a supply plan, such as revenue, gross margin, cost comparison, plan versus forecast, unmet revenue, etc. The financial review summary requires both item cost and price list to calculate the revenue and cost of the supply plan. Item cost is the amount of money that is spent to produce or procure an item. Price list is the amount of money that is charged to sell an item.

According to the Oracle Inventory Management Cloud User Guide, a reservation is a link between a supply source and a demand source. A supply source can be a purchase order (B), a transfer order , or a work order (D). A demand source can be a sales order line, an internal material transfer, or a work order component requirement. A sales order (A) is not a part of supplies of reservation, but rather a part of demands of reservation.

According to the Oracle SCM Business Process Certified Foundations Associate Rel 2 document1, push is the supply type that enables a Production Supervisor to manually issue material to a work order. Push supply type means that material is issued to a work order before it is consumed by an operation. The Production Supervisor can use the Issue Material page or a mobile device to issue material to a work order.

According to the Oracle SCM Business Process Certified Foundations Associate Rel 2 document1, WIP, Contract Manufacturing, and Supply type are three item attributes that belong to the Manufacturing Attribute group. The Manufacturing Attribute group contains attributes that define how an item is manufactured or procured. WIP is an attribute that indicates whether an item is enabled for work in process (WIP) transactions, such as creating and releasing work orders, reporting material and resource usage, etc. Contract Manufacturing is an attribute that indicates whether an item is manufactured by a contract manufacturer (CM) or by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Supply type is an attribute that determines how material is issued to a work order, such as push, pull, bulk, supplier, etc.