Special Edition Using Oracle® 11i

Chapter 12. Using Oracle Payables

In this chapter

• Relationship to Other Oracle Applications

• New Features in Release 11i

• Configuring the Application

• Processing Transactions

• Balancing the Subledger to the General Ledger

• Using Open Interfaces in This Application

• Using Oracle Cash Management

Oracle Payables is the final link in supply-chain management. The primary purpose of Payables is to enable you to perform the tasks required by this last stage of the procurement cycle. The primary task is paying suppliers for goods and services received. Oracle Payables enables you to pay suppliers using every form of payment, including automatic checks, manual payments, wire transfers, bank drafts, and electronic funds transfers.

A good payables system ensures that suppliers ...