The Oracle Redwood Saga: Upcoming Updates in Responsive Self Service Procurement UI

Oracle Redwood has been gaining attention due to its recent updates and announcements. The Redwood theme is designed to provide a high-quality user experience to its users. As per Oracle, “The idea is to transform the whole company’s communication and its vast portfolio of technologies and applications to share a common vision and user experience.”

Many of you might ask: “What’s the need? We’re accustomed to the classic UI/UX, and it does the job very well. So, why go through such a significant change?”

A simple explanation would be that when you compare the UI/UX and animations of modern web pages, Oracle Fusion Cloud might come off as a bit outdated. Even when compared to its newer competitors, the design may seem less attractive at first. The user interface becomes more challenging to navigate. And last but not least, the current pages aren’t responsive on devices like mobile phones or tablets. In today’s world, where we’re used to doing everything at our fingertips, this might seem like a turn-off.

But don’t worry; Redwood has you covered. It has an eye-catching modern design. It also has a responsive UI and module-specific apps. Mobile devices run them without a hitch.

Now, many of you might be thinking, “So, is it all about user experience and theme?” The simple answer is ‘NO.’ It goes beyond that and certainly brings a lot more features as well. Oracle has definitely seized the opportunity to enhance features wherever possible. In this blog, we’re listing down some of the key features, with a focus on ‘self-service procurement.’

1. Secure the catalog by delivering it to locations.’
2. Procure goods from preferred sources during catalog shopping (applicable for supplier-sourced as well as internal transfer requisitions).
3. Bill-only requisitions and other requisitions requiring special handling.
4. A dedicated field is for extra supplier contact emails. It ensures that further communication to the supplier will also go to the extra contact.
5. It provides a powerful, smart new search experience. For example, you can search for items by the manufacturer or supplier part number mentioned in the item master.
6. Enhanced Requisitions Status, which goes beyond ‘approved’ status. Many new statuses, such as Action Required (for invoice hold), Ordered, Shipped, In Receiving, Billed, Order on Hold, etc., are being introduced.
7. View the current requisition approver and the refined approval tree view of all the approvers.

The above features offer just a brief overview of what Oracle has recently announced. Many more features have already been announced or are expected to be announced in the coming months.

Important Announcement:

If you haven’t heard, the classic requisition UI is being retired starting from update 25A and will be replaced by the Redwood-themed Responsive Requisition UI. An approximate timeline for the retirement of the classic UI would be 7-8 months from today. Now is the perfect time to start planning the transition to the RSSP.