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Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2
Clive WellsSales Consultant
29 April 2015
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Program Agenda
Strategy Overview
E-Business Suite Investment Priorities
Building your Roadmap
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Program Agenda
Strategy Overview
E-Business Suite Investment Priorities
Customer Engagement
Building your Roadmap
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Applications Unlimited - Continuing InnovationOracle E-Business Suite – Strategy and Roadmap
1. User Experience Innovation2. Functional Innovation3. Operational Efficiency
Ongoing Investment Priorities
12.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.x.y
Sep’13 Dec’13 Aug’14
12.1 12.1.2 12.1.3 12.1.3+
May’09 Dec’09 Aug’10
12.0 12.0.6
Jan’07 Dec’08
New Releases For 12.1.3 & 12.2+
EBS Extensions for Oracle Endeca
Smartphone Applications
In-Memory Applications
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Program Agenda
Strategy Overview
E-Business Suite Investment Priorities
Building your Roadmap
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• User Experience Innovation• Functional Innovation• Operational Efficiency
Oracle E-Business Suite
Investment Priorities
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User Experience Innovation
EBS Extensions for Oracle Endeca
UXStrategy
Smartphone Apps
Tablet OptimizationsSimplified User
Interfaces
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Oracle Endeca Extensionsfor Oracle E-Business Suite
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Oracle E-Business Suite Extensions for Oracle EndecaAvailable Today
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SCM
Discrete Manufacturing
Process Manufacturing Inventory
WarehouseManagement
QualityCost Management
Enterprise Asset
Management
DepotRepair
Field Service
Installed Base
Service Contracts
TeleService
ALM & Service ManagementERP
ReceivablesiProcurement
Channel Revenue
Management Payables
Project Management
Order Management
Human Resources
Learning Management
iRecruitment
HCM
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Delivery Strategy
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Be Informed and Take Action on the GoE-Business Suite Smartphone Apps
Horizontal Apps – for most employees• Approvals• Expenses
Line of Business Apps• Sales Orders• Inventory• Product Information• Procurement• Project Manager
• Timecards• iProcurement
• Discrete Production Supervisor• Process Production Supervisor• Project Manufacturing• Maintenance• Field Service
• iOS and Android
• EBS 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and above
• No additional costs for licensed users of base products
Smartphone Apps
For app availability, check EBS Mobile Apps MOS Note 1641772.1 or search ‘Oracle EBS America’ on app store
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Mobile Approvals
View pending and past approvals and filters
Quickly act onpending approvals
Drilldown to view and act on document
Approve, Reject, or Request Information
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Fusion Mobile Expenses for E-Business Suite
Quick access to enter and submit expenses
Enter expenses, includingproject related expenses Attach photo of receipt Submit expenses
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Mobile iProcurement
Check requisition with alerts requiring attention
View requisition, approvers, and lines
View line detail, receipts & open shipments
Collaborate in context with buyer or receiver
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Mobile Procurement
Easily view purchase orders requiring attention
Search orders by supplier, item, requestor, and more
View the order, approvals, lines, and exceptions
Review shipment exceptions and
contact the supplier
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Oracle E-Business Suite on iPadOA Framework Certified on iOS Safari Browser
• All OA Framework Applications are certified with Apple iPad – Expenses– HR Self-Service– Projects time entry– iProcurement– Order Information Portal– Etc...
• All EBS Extensions for Oracle Endeca on iPad
Key Benefits Click icon to add picture
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Tablet Optimizations
• Home Page with Icons
• Touch-friendly Layout– Increased Row Height and Spacing– Increased Button Height
• Gesture Support– Page Navigation– Vertical Table Scrolling, Drag & Drop for Reordering, Pull Down to Refresh
• Device Support– Camera, Email, Maps– Responsive Layout for Portrait & Landscape (Planned)
Enhanced User Productivity and More Appealing User Experience
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New in 12.2.4Touch Friendly New Home Page with Icon Favorites Product
Specific Icons
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Touch Friendly LayoutFor Improved User Experience
Increased Button Height
Increased Column Header Height
Increased Row Height
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• User Experience Innovation• Functional Innovation• Operational Efficiency
Oracle E-Business Suite
Investment Priorities
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Improve Business Efficiency
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FinancialsImprove Business Efficiency
• What– Payment Acknowledgement Import
– Construction Industry Scheme (CIS): Exclusion of Out of Scope Contract Invoices in Monthly Returns Reporting
– Customer Tax Profile Import
– New Tax Rule Operators
– Support for loading AMEX Hotel Folio Data file
– Ability to schedule AP/AR Netting Batch Program
• Benefits– Improve automation and efficiency
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Financials
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• Review and Manage Accounting Exceptions during Period Close– New “Sweep Invalid Distributions” report details accounting exceptions holding up the period close, for review and
action– Accounting exceptions can be automatically swept forward to the next open period
• Parallel Approval of Invoices– All approval requests can be sent to all approvers simultaneously– Approvals can be performed in parallel– Shortens the transactions approval process time
NEW IN 12.2.4
Improve Business Efficiency
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Accounts Payable – Endeca Extension
• Effectively manage working capital– Quickly identify key invoices based on aging/ amount due
– Gain visibility of discount opportunities and time payments to realize them
• Resolve holds to eliminate disputes– Assess invoice holds to eliminate potential disputes
– Improve efficiency/ streamline payables process by clearly understanding hold reasons and likely bottlenecks
• Strategic view of open payables– See ‘big’ picture of all your open payables
– Identify and improve relationships with key suppliers
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Accounts Receivable – Endeca Extension
• Lower bad debt write-offs– Assess dispute activity and eliminate invalid disputes– Identify and resolve receivables processing bottlenecks promptly
to collect payments more quickly and effectively
• Reduce days sales outstanding & improve cash flow– Improve management of processing exceptions across the end-to-
end Receivables cycle – Empower customers to reconcile their own accounts and take
advantage of available discounts
• Improve efficiency and payment collection– Obtain a 360 degree view of open receivables and quickly identify
high value invoices that are past due– Recognize potential problems early to enable focused user
attention
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Property ManagerImproved Controls
• What– Operating expense support for advance payments
– Create and update of leases, index rent agreements, and variable rent agreements through services
– Lease approval workflow
– Normalization support for multiple amendments and partial periods
• Benefits– Improve integration
– Better control of lease updates and accounting
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Environmental Accounting & Reporting
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Environmental Accounting & Reporting
• What– Manage greenhouse gas emissions and other sustainability
metrics including energy, water, and waste
– Pre-built reporting and analytics tools
• Benefits– Maximize ROI by leveraging existing Oracle IT investments,
data, and business processes
– Drive continuous improvement, delivering both environmental and financial performance gains to the organization
– Comply with global regulations
For Both 12.1.3 and 12.2
Environmental Accounting & Reporting (EA&R)
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Labour Costing with Projects & PayrollBetter Cost Control, Improved Cash Flow
• What– Costing Using HR Rates – Rate by Criteria– Prevailing Wage Support – Costing using Payroll Actuals– Calculate & bill accruals prior to payroll run– Costing reversals for error correction– Support non-Oracle time and payroll systems– Total Time Reporting for Exempt Employees
• Benefits– Better cost control using actual payroll costs– Improved cash flow by billing prior to payroll run
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Project Accounting for (EBS) Service Operations More Complete View of Project Costs Including Service Work
• What– Track Service Costs on Projects
– Associated SR and task to project tasks
– Display project tasks on scheduling & dispatch
– Update project info on task execution and debrief
– Transfer project related costs to Project Costing
• Benefits– More complete view of project costs executed via service
flows
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Project Cost Breakdown StructureBetter Planning and Management with Standard Cost Coding Structure
• What– Standard Cost Coding Structure across Projects
– Define cost breakdown using cost codes
– Capture cost codes in source transactions
– Map cost codes to financial tasks
– View by work, resource, or cost breakdown
• Benefits– Better estimating, planning, and tracking
– Improved cross-project reporting and benchmark productivity measurements
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Standard Code of Accounts
A. Substructure B. Shell
3000 Concrete
3300 Pouring
3100 Formwork
L - Labor M - Material
TL – Trade Labor
LS – Supervisor Labor
Activity Breakdown
Cost Breakdown
Resource Breakdown
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Streamline Project BillingBilling for Adjustments
• What– Eliminate Automatic Generation of Credit Memos
– Bill Transaction Adjustments on Standard Invoices• Project and Task Options• Transaction Type Selection
– Accrual Reversals Only– Labour Adjustments Only– All Adjusted Transactions
• Benefits– Streamlined invoicing to speed customer payment and cash
flow
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Before
After
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Fusion Accounting HubReporting Cloud Service (FAHRCS)
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Multi-dimensional Essbase Analytics
General Ledger 12.1.3+
Drill back to
transactions
Balances
Reference data synchronization
FAHRCS - Overview
Financial Reports Center
Dashboards
Reporting & Analytics
SocialCollaboration
Mobile reporting and SelfService
SpreadsheetIntegration
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• User Experience Innovation• Functional Innovation• Operational Efficiency
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Investment Priorities
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Results: Drive greater end user productivity
Reduce cost of ownership
Increase agility and lower integration costs
What’s New in Applications TechnologyIncrease the Operational Efficiency
Procurement
AssetLifecycle
&Service
ApplicationsTechnology
EBS
SupplyChain
HumanCapital
Financials & Projects
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E-Business Suite 12.2Leveraging Latest Oracle Technology Stack
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DBA
Online Patching
• Functionality leverages Oracle 11g R2 Edition-Based Redefinition features to support online patching
• Patches can be applied while the production system is fully operational
• Only a short downtime is required to complete patching process
• The amount of downtime required by any patch will be consistent
NEW IN 12.2
Old EditionOld EditionOld Edition
Dramatically Reducing Patching DowntimeBusiness Users
Run EditionPatch Edition
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12.2 Leveraging Latest Oracle Technology Stack
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E-Business Suite 12.2 Architecture
• WebLogic Server uptake
• 64-bit operating systems (middle-tier)
• Oracle Access Manager 11g
• Oracle WebCenter Portal
• Oracle Database 11gR2
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64-bit OS
Oracle Access Manager
New EBS Online Patching Skills
Application
WebLogic JSP
Forms
BI Publisher
BC4J
Web
Lis
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UIX 11g
WebLogic Server
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Program Agenda
Strategy Overview
E-Business Suite Investment Priorities
Building your Roadmap
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Which Release Should You Target?Will Depend on Your Circumstances
Choose 12.2 if you:• Need the high availability provided by Online Patching• Want the functional enhancements that are in 12.2• Prefer to invest in a single project to upgrade directly to 12.2
Choose 12.1 if you:• Prefer to target a release with thousands of live customers• Would like to stay on 12.1 for 3-5 years before upgrading to 12.2• Need to move from a release below 11.5.10 with no direct upgrade to 12.2
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Financials & Projects
Procurement
SupplyChain
HumanCapital Asset
Lifecycle&
Service
ApplicationsTechnology
EBS
Leverage 12.2 New Features and 12.2 New ProductsReduce Customization and Improve Automation
Applications Technology 12.2 New Features:• Online Patching• WebLogic Server Uptake• OAF Improvements
Asset Lifecycle & Service 12.2 New Features:• Project Accounting for Service Operations• Service: Simplified HTML Flows • EAM: Safety Management: Lockout – Tagout• Enhanced Linear Asset Management• Field Service Tech Load Balancing• Field Service Tech Work Schedule/Shifts
Management
HCM 12.2 New Features:• Recruitment Candidate Profile• Oracle Webcenter Content Integration• Paycheck Modeling• Payroll Dashboard• SelfService HR - Transaction Dashboard• Enhanced Total Compensation Statements
SCM 12.2 New Features:• OM: HTML Order Management Workbench• OM: Selling Subscriptions• OM: Item Substitutions in Internal Orders• OM: Configurator Returns• OM/WMS: Advanced Catch Weight• MES: Electronic Kanban (E-Kanban)• MES: Express Transact for Serialized MfgSCM 12.2 New Products:• Yard Management
Financials & Projects 12.2 New Features:• Fin: Review and Manage Accounting
Exceptions during Period Close• Fin: Parallel Approval of Invoices• ChRM: HTML Screens for Offers & Claims• PRJ: Federal Contracting - Sell Side• PRJ: Labor Costing with Projects & Payroll• PRJ: Project Cost Breakdown Structure
Procurement 12.2 New Features:• Spreadsheet based authoring of PO
Lines• Mass Update of Buyers (Sourcing)• Add Requisition lines to a Draft
Negotiation (RFx & Auction)
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Summary• Value-add with New Financials features and optional modules
• UI usability improvements- Cloud UI adoption from 12.2
• Reduced upgrade costs - Point updates from 12.2 onwards
• Efficiency gains with Oracle technology features