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Solving Complex Global Time Entry Requirements

with Oracle Time and Labor and Microsoft Excel

Allen DSouza, Geokinetics Inc.

Peter R. Budelov, Project Partners, LLC


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One of the largest independent, international land and shallowwater geophysical service companies

Services:

Seismic Data Acquisition - Land, shallow water OBC (Ocean Bottom Cable)and transition zone

Advanced processing and interpretation services

Extensive multi-client data library

Industry Leader:

Capacity of over 30 acquisition crews, 200,000 channels, 5 data processingcenters around the world and 10,443 square miles of multi-client data

Clients: Independent, international, and national oil companies

Headquartered in Houston, Texas

Geokinetics Inc.


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Global Presence in Challenging

Environments

Global Presence: Offices in 19 major countries, and

employing over 60 nationalities

Challenging Environments: Arid deserts of the Middle

East, jungles of South America, Alaskan foothills,

heli-portable mountain front of the Andes

Connectivity Challenges: High internet latency, bandwidth

isnt always reliable


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Oracle Time and Labor Environment

EBS 12.1 HCM RUP 6; OTL integrated with HR and Projects Time was collected in spreadsheets and keyed by OTL Timekeepers

Large Timekeeper groupsSlow OTL performance given internetchallenges

Requirements:

Need for disconnected time entry yet with OTL & Projects standardvalidations intact

Dual Mode- Combination of admins & self-service based on Office vsCrew

International Rotators- Capture Worked Country for tax purposes

PTO Balance Validations- Sick Leave/Vacation/ATO On-shore/Off-shore variations for Rotational Breaks (ATO)


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Solution

Smart Excel worksheets

Individual Time Entry

Crew Entry

Allow on-site Timekeepers to enter time and work locations for

crew members; Need internet only to Save/Submit/Refresh

See Accruals real-time and adjust for entry within current period

Onsite error collection

Project Partners TimeSpeed


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Founded in 1997 by the former chief architect of the Oracle

E-Business Suite Projects applications

World leader in delivering Oracle applications to project-

driven firms

ServicesEBS, Fusion, NetSuite functional and technical

services

ProductsTime Management, SharePoint Integration,

Invoicing, Excel based User Interface to Oracle Projects

Global delivery network provides consistent delivery

Project Partners, LLC


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Individual Time Entryspreadsheet with offline entry

capabilities

See ONLY the data YOU need -

all on one page

Options include: One-Click submit and retrieve

Easy template creation and

maintenance

Automatic comment

defaulting

Historical timecard edits

Descriptive Flexfields (DFFs)

Change and Late audit reason

entry

TimeSpeedfor Individual Project

Time Entry


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Spreadsheet interface to enter time for the groups of people you are

responsible for

Leverages Timekeeper function in OTL

Utilizes default project, tasks and expenditure types for the group

Provides automatic comment default options

TimeSpeed for Group Project Time Entry


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Oracle E-Business Suite Projects Applications R11.5.10 FPM, RUP4+, R12+

Project Costing or Project Billing

Oracle Time & Labor

Oracle Database Version 9i -11g

Microsoft Excel 2007/2010

Windows Windows XP/7/8

Software Compatibility


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Results

Then :

Additional Time Spent validating & correcting plain spreadsheets

No visibility to actual PTO balances

Tedious Manual compilation of Worked Country data for Tax

Now: Smarter spreadsheets reduce errors

Faster, reliable time recording; data still in OTL

Country Admins of International Rotators trained and using solution

Future:

Rollout to Crew Admins initiated Final Phase - Individual Entry

Possible Use of Mobile Solution

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