ORACLE FUSION PROCUREMENT · 26C RELEASE SPOTLIGHT

Qualifying Suppliers Earlier: What Changes in Oracle Fusion 26C

By Omer Al-Okaidi · Oracle Supply Chain & Procurement Consultant

If you work on supplier onboarding in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement, you have probably run into this question: can we see the supplier’s qualification results before approving them to transact? In 26C, Oracle improves the answer for spend-authorized registrations.

WHY IT MATTERS

The change separates registration qualification from supplier-promotion qualification. That gives approvers an earlier checkpoint and makes the sequence easier to explain during reviews or audits.

Why the old timing was difficult

In Oracle Supplier Model, a supplier may be prospective—able to participate in sourcing and qualification but not financial transactions—or spend authorized, meaning it can enter procure-to-pay activity once approved.

Before 26C, a spend-authorized registration created one qualification initiative only after spend authorization was approved. In other words, the approval could happen before reviewers saw the qualification results that might affect it. That was awkward for teams that need to check certifications, insurance, conduct attestations, or diversity documentation before a supplier begins transacting.

What’s new in 26C

In 26C, Oracle creates qualification activity at two points. Once the registration request is approved, it creates the qualifications and initiative associated with the Registration event in your rule sets. Once spend authorization is approved, it creates a separate initiative for the Supplier Promotion event. This gives each decision point its own qualification record.

BEFORE 26C

One late qualification event

Registration and promotion qualification were effectively bundled after spend authorization. That meant qualification information arrived too late to be useful in the authorization decision.

WITH 26C

Two purposeful checkpoints

Registration qualifications are created after registration approval. Promotion qualifications follow after spend authorization. The checkpoints are clearer, and so is the supporting evidence.

Why this matters

For procurement teams, the practical benefits are straightforward:

• Approvers can review qualification status before authorizing spend.
• Compliance or certification gaps are visible earlier in the process.
• Registration and promotion checks are easier to trace in an audit.
• Teams have more time to resolve issues before a supplier starts transacting.

How to enable it

This is an opt-in feature in the Supplier Qualification Management offering. Before enabling it, take a few minutes to confirm how your rule sets and roles are configured:

1. Enable Redwood — Qualify Suppliers After Spend Authorized Registration Approval in the Opt In UI under Procurement.
2. Review qualification rule sets and confirm which areas belong to the Registration event versus the Supplier Promotion event.
3. Confirm that approvers and administrators have the required qualification search, view, monitor, and evaluation privileges.
4. Note that the change applies only to the spend-authorized supplier-registration flow; prospective supplier registration is unaffected.

A small change with practical value

The 26C update does not reinvent supplier qualification, but it puts the review at a more useful point in the process. If you are planning 26C testing, check your qualification rule sets before opting in—especially the areas tied to the Registration event. Getting that right upfront will make the new flow work as intended.

Reference: Oracle Documentation