Your supplier has reduced the supply quantity from 100 to 80 for a supply order with a requested quantity of 100. Supply Chain Orchestration is unable to find an alternative source of supply to meet this demand. What will this supply line be grouped under?

In Oracle Supply Chain Orchestration (SCO), when a discrepancy occurs that the system cannot automatically resolve, the affected supply line is categorized as an "Exception." In this scenario, the supplier reduced the quantity, and SCO was unable to find an alternative source for the deficit. This creates a mismatch between demand and supply that requires manual intervention. The "Exception" status flags the supply line for a planner or user to review and take corrective action, such as accepting the change or manually finding another source.

B. Jeopardy: This status typically indicates that a supply order is at risk of not meeting its need-by date, which is a time-based issue, not a confirmed quantity shortage.
C. Error: An error signifies a system processing failure or invalid data. The system is functioning correctly here by identifying a valid business scenario (a supply constraint).
D. Mark for Review: This is a manual action a user can take on a supply line, not an automatic status assigned by the system when it encounters an unresolvable issue.

1. Oracle SCM Cloud

Using Supply Chain Orchestration (Release 24B)

Chapter 4: Monitor and Manage Supply.

Section: Supply Lines with Exceptions: Explained: This section details the conditions that cause an exception. It states

"Supply Chain Orchestration raises an exception when it receives a change request from a supplier or a contract manufacturer for a purchase order or a transfer order... For example

a supplier might not be able to fulfill the entire quantity on a purchase order." This directly matches the scenario in the question.

2. Oracle SCM Cloud

Using Supply Chain Orchestration (Release 24B)

Chapter 4: Monitor and Manage Supply.

Section: Overview of Monitoring Supply Lines: This page describes the infolets on the Supply Orchestration work area

including "Exceptions" and "Jeopardy." It clarifies that Exceptions are for "supply lines that require your attention

" while Jeopardy is for lines "at risk of not meeting the need-by date." This differentiates option A from B.