Applications Unlimited and Fusion Applications Applications Unlimited and Fusion Applications The Next Five Years
Debra Lilley UKOUG & Fujitsu
August 2010
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Debra lilley Deputy Chair UKOUG Board of Directors Chair of Product Development Committee IOUC Oracle ACE Director, OCP & Master Principal Consultant Fujitsu Services Principal Consultant Fujitsu Services Working with EBS since 9.4.1 (1996) Once was a Financials Consultant now Strategy & Education Oracle Magazine User Group Evangelist of the Year 2008
Oracle Fusion Applications
Questions rather
Do you understand Applications Strategy? What are Fusion Applications? Where is Oracle? What do People think of Fusion Apps? What about Applications Unlimited? How About InFusion? How to I get from Where I am now to
Questions rather than Agenda
How to I get from Where I am now to Fusion?
How Your User group Can Help Who is where? Big guess where will we be in 5 years?
The Fusion Message
Fusion is mentioned all the time But does everyone get the right message? But does everyone get the right message?
Oracle Strategy
The most important part is
integrated; Fusion is all about
the integration of data, but to
have integration you need have integration you need
standards across all your data
sources - the open, and as
everything you need is
available from Oracle (or they
will buy it) Oracle is complete.
We view acquisition as successful R&D without risk. Customers are actually getting access to a whole industrys
More Speed, Less Risk: Creating Options
More Speed, Less Risk: Creating Options
Customers are actually getting access to a whole industrys R&D.
Charles Phillips, President, Oracle Corp.
Recap Oracle Applications StrategyLifetime Support
You dont have to upgrade ever again!
Applications Unlimited
Continued Product Releases
Fusion Applications
Next Generation Adaptability
There are rules and starting points but no more simple upgrades based on Desupport matrix
There is also a cost in Oracle Support
Customer Driven Roadmaps
Dedicated Development Teams
No Forced Upgrade to Fusion
Next Generation Productivity
Next Generation Manageability
January 2100 Debra Lilley
Unique, customer focused strategy
Oracle Graphics
What are Fusion Applications?
We understand Fusion Applications to be taking the best of the best functionality from traditional applications built or acquired by Oracle and delivering them in the next generation tools available today, but more than that it is delivering this to the end user in a
According to Oracle, Fusion Applications are
being developed to unify best-of-business
capabilities from all Oracle Applications in a
more than that it is delivering this to the end user in a single experience, everything together in one place.
But you dont need to use everything Oracle, their Complete, Open and Integrated strategy means that where you have a need or desire for something else it can simply be slotted in.
Oracle Applications in a complete suite delivered
on Oracle's open technology.
http://www.oracle.com/applications/fusion.html
Next Generation ADAPTABILITY
Optimize business flows with process configurability and applications extensibility
Easily integrate with other applications with native SOA
Provide business users with flexible organizational modeling
Next Generation PRODUCTIVITY
Oracle Fusion ApplicationsDesign Principles
Drive optimal operational decisions with embedded business intelligence
Empower information workers with rich, pervasive, personalized user experience
Connect people to people with Enterprise 2.0-enabled business processes
Next Generation MANAGEABILITY
Improve efficiency with centralized financial management components
Protect information privacy and ensure statutory compliance with centralized security, audit and controls
Achieve superior ownership experience with unmatched manageability
Oracle Graphics
Where is Oracle? Tomas Kurian article Jan 2009 http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/integration/showArti
cle.jhtml?articleID=212800207&subSection=Application+optimization
Larry Ellison Showcased Fusion Applications at Oracle Open World 2009 Promised Release Calendar 2010
Where is Oracle? User Experience: Its How You Work,
Not Just How You Click
http://blogs.oracle.com/usableapps/2010/01/my-thoughts-on-ukoug-10/01/my-thoughts-on-ukoug-technolog.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPbpbhKDVRs
Where is Oracle? Agile development
Short bursts of design build test 7 cycles of this by end June
5 rounds of Customer Validation Jul Nov 09 5 rounds of Customer Validation Jul Nov 09 Each 60 120 customers and partners 500+ people @ 30 hrs each
Quality Assurance Started OCS, Partners, Support
What do People think of Fusion Apps?
Floyd Teter its all about the experiencehttp://orclville.blogspot.com/
Basheer Khan "Why We Can't Wait for Fusion Applications".http://khanb.blogspot.com/http://khanb.blogspot.com/
Debra Lilley How Proud am I (about UKOUG input)http://www.debrasoracle.blogspot.com/
APPLICATIONS
Early Adopters Early Adopters starting
Many signed up Others still assessing
Fusion Applications Launch OOW? Lots of Fusion Apps
Content Steve Miranda as part of
first Keynotefirst Keynote Early Adopter Stories
What about Applications Unlimited?
Continues to be developed for at least another decade same cycle 18 24 months
E.g. EBS 12.1 E.g. EBS 12.1 Have you evaluated yet? Why not? Staying put is not a bad option if you have assessed Putting off an upgrade is like putting off the dentist
How About InFusion?
Fusion Middleware components are certified with all Apps Unlimited
The pre configured solutions will also be there in Fusion Apps The pre configured solutions will also be there in Fusion Apps PIPS OBIA GRC
Fusion Middleware The Technology
Fusion is here Today
Integrating the EnterpriseIntegrated business processes
Integrated user experienceIntegrated user experience
Integrated business intelligence
Slide taken from Steve Miranda ACE Director Briefing Jan 2010
Fusion Technology for the IT Estate
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From This .To This
10 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for the Next Generation Applications
Leverage Future-Proof Solutions and Technology TodayExtend the Value of Oracle Applications Unlimited
Rethink your Customization Strategy
Consolidate your Master Data
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Applications Best PracticesKeep Current with the Oracle Applications Releases
Inventory your Enterprise Business Assets
Prepare your Roadmap for the Future
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B
C
Consolidate your Master Data
Embrace SOA-Based Integration
Extend your Business Intelligence Applications Portfolio
Adopt Enterprise Reporting & Publishing
Secure your Global Enterprise
Increase Information Workers Productivity
Centralize your Document Management
Consider Grid Infrastructure
Centralize your Applications Lifecycle Management
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White Paper from Dr. Nadia
Bendjedou Oracle
Upgrading to Fusion ApplicationsOracle is getting ready for Fusion
Applications, they are developing their application taking the best processes from what is available today and writing it in the best today and writing it in the best next generation tools, As part of their preparation they are making the technology available to existing applications, are you exploiting this ?
Preparing to UpgradePlan
Doesnt have to be Oracle Fusion Apps
Doesnt have to be now Doesnt have to be now Doesnt have to be big
bang
The Journey to Business ValueChoose a Path Thats Right for You
Continue on Your Current Path
Move to Fusion Step by Step
Evaluate the latest Applications Unlimited releases to
add value to your business
Move to Fusion Step by Step
Upgrade to Fusion Applications
Enhance business value by augmenting Applications
Unlimited with Fusion Middleware and Fusion
Applications
Upgrade by pillars or a global single instance
APPLICATIONS UNLIMITED
Slide taken from Steve Miranda ACE Director Briefing Jan 2010
Preparing to Upgrade Understand you current portfolio
Extensions Do you still need them Can they be replaced Can they be replaced
Consider latest version of your apps
When to Upgrade When it is available? Larry says 2010
Early adopters will be heavily controlled by Oracle General Availability will be a lot later in 2010 New installs possibly earlier
How Your User Group Can Help?
Oracle Applications Planning Tool Started as Fusion Readiness, relevant for all Apps Unlimited
Questionnaire that will help you evaluate and discuss where your organization is and wants to go with Fusion Middleware.
Based on http://www.oracle.com/applications/evolutionary-path-to-fusion.pdfwhite paper by Nadia Bendjedou
Original Estate
Oracle EBS HCM (11.5.10) Fujitsu Glovia ERP Bespoke Scheduling System
Example
Small Fujitsu Subsidiary
Used to be 80% Manufacturing
20% Service of equip
Now 100% Service Bespoke Scheduling System
EBS HCM
11.5.10
Fujitsu Glovia ERP
Bespoke Scheduling
Now 100% Service
EBS ProjectEBS HCM
11.5.10
Fujitsu Glovia ERP
Bespoke Scheduling
Upgraded to 12 Extensive Use of BI Publisher
Challenges User Maintainence User gets set up in:
EBS when they join Glovia when they first submit expenses Scheduling when they first go out on a job
Data not always matching, not timely
EBS HCM
11.5.10
Fujitsu
Simple solution, quickly adopted when a new user entered in EBS, trigger sends email to admin of other 2 systems with user details
Currently SSO being implemented Planned SOA for the actual onboarding Note, EBS is being used as Master Data Management
Fujitsu Glovia ERP
Bespoke Scheduling
Challenge Scheduling Not Effective in Changing Organisation Scheduling now critical Staff no longer need to come to office each day but scheduling uses office
location
EBS HCM
11.5.10
location Need to understand performance Fujitsu
Glovia ERP
Bespoke Scheduling
BI Project
Stage One
EBS HCM
11.5.10
Fujitsu Glovia ERP
Bespoke Scheduling
OBISE
Stage One OBISE pilot, combined personnel data and scheduling Analysis albeit scary of performance
OUTCOMES Able to adjust scheduling system to work efficiently Performance being targeted Business case created and accepted for OBIEE rollout
May use EBS for ERP in a consolidation of Fujitsu Companies
At that point it would be useful to look to EBS to also do to look to EBS to also do scheduling
All FMW activities can simply be remapped no need to discard.
How Does it Look
How to get it Downloadable tool from IOUC http://www.iouc.org/p/cm/ld/fid=52
Supported by Cliff Godwin Give us feedback
IOUC websitehttp://www.iouc.org/index.php?mo=cm
&op=ld&fid=32
Who is where? (as at Sept 09)
Big guess where will we be in 5 years?
The Past tells us first release slow to adopt especially existing customers
However Fusion is not an all or nothing Mix & Match
Fusion GL with EBS Procure to Pay Fusion GL with EBS Procure to Pay Same Integration internal to Fusion will integrate different
applications At your own pace
My prediction 10 years before numbers on full Fusion higher than EBS, 6 years for partial implementations
Summary Fusion Apps are almost here Think about where you are and why Knowing what you know now what can you do in your organization? Get your own vision Take small steps to get there Take small steps to get there Have you taken some already? Keep up to date with your user group
What I Think About Fusion Apps Fantastic Cant wait to use (if you want to
go early employ me) Uptake will be slow BUT Uptake will be slow BUT It is a phenomenal showcase of
what Fusion Middleware technology can do
Acknowledgements Fujitsu for supporting my user group work with UKOUG Nadia Bendjedou, Director of Applications Technology, Oracle Corporation Cliff Godwin for his support Markus Zirn and Nishit Rao FMW4APPS who have worked to help
Applications people (like me) understand the technologyApplications people (like me) understand the technology Duncan Mills, senior director of product management for Oracle's
Application Development Tools - including the JDeveloper IDE, and the Oracle Application Development Framework and his team especially Grant Ronald.
Steve Miranda SVP Fusion Applications ACE Briefings Insync for having me back and the ACE program for making it happen
Questions
Tell us what you think http://feedback.insync10.com.au
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