Release 12: The Global Business ReleaseIncrease Competitiveness Through Streamlined, Global Operations
Thomas Fricke
Principal Sales Consultant
AppsTech Western Continental Europe
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Workflow
XML Gateway
Business Intelligence
Human ResourcesHR Management
Payroll
Talent Management
Learning Management
CRMSales & Marketing
Field sales online
Service Management
Call Center
Sales Compensation
Supply Chain ManagementInventory
Purchasing
Order Management
Demand Planing
Product LifecycleManagement
Configurator
Advanced Planning System
ProjectsProject Costing
Project Billing
Project Management
ManufacturingPrototyping
Discrete Manufacturing
Flow-Manufacturing
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Quality
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Fixed Assets
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iReceivables
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OracleDatenbank
HumanResources
HumanResources
FinancialsFinancialsProjectsProjects
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Customer
Relationship
Management
Customer
Relationship
Management Supply
Chain
Management
Supply
Chain
Management
Oracle E-Business Suite One Integrated yet Modular Application
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Oracle E-Business Suite
• One Integrated yet Modular Application
• One Underlying Technology Platform
• One Enterprise Data Model
• One Embedded Business Intelligence
• One Approach to adopt the solution to customers needs
• One Global Application Solution
The Oracle solution is based on:
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Materialized Views
Data Guard
Partitioning
Grid
Global Single Data Model
Workflow
BI & Reporting OLAP
User Interface
Client
ExcelAdd-In
Spatial
E-Business Suite Architecture
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IntroducingOracle E-Business Suite R12
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Release 12 -- By the Numbers
High Quality Release
• New Development Lifecycle Management Dashboard with 100s of Status, Milestone, and Exception Reports
• 187,164 Documented Test Cases
• 1000+ of Internal Testers
• 100+ of External Testers
• 6 Rounds of Testing
• 15 Software Builds
Our Largest Release Ever
• R12: Over 2350 New Capabilities
• R11i.10: Over 2182 New Capabilities
• R11i.9: Over 1874 New Capabilities
Broad Distribution of Capabilities
• 40% Industry Specific Capabilities
• 60% Cross-Industry Capabilities
11 New Modules / Products
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Flexible Architecture Meets the Needsof Dynamic, Global Businesses
FusionMiddleware
Database RAC / Grid
Enterprise Security
Role-Based Portal Access
PerformanceManagement
Analysis, Planning& Reporting
Com
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Syste
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Applications
• Integration Services• Process Orchestration
• User/System Configuration
• Data Hubs
• Application Server
• Web Services• Development Tools
• Collaboration Tools
� Complete
� Integrated
� Standards-based
� Adaptable
� Accessible
� Secure
� Scalable
Release 12 Enables You To…Release 12 Enables You To…
Think Globally
Work Globally
Manage Systems Globally
Think GloballyThink Globally
Work GloballyWork Globally
Manage Systems GloballyManage Systems Globally
Make more informed and compliant
decisions with a global view of customers,
suppliers, partners, and operations
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R12 Improves Global Decision Makingby Supporting All Types of Reporting/Analysis
• Make timely decisions
with integrated
information systems
• Target information
delivery with role-
based dashboards
• Protect organizational
integrity with secure
information delivery
Financials, Supply Chain, Projects,PLM, Sales & Marketing, HR, Service
Transaction Processing
Use
rs SensorBasedServices
AnalystsManagersExecutives
OperationalReporting
ProfitabilityAnalysis
PerformanceScorecards
Consolidation & Compliance
Forecasting& Modeling
Network Optimization
Inventory Optimization
Portfolio Analysis
Reporting Planning
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OperationalReporting
ProfitabilityAnalysis
Consolidation & Compliance
Network Optimization
Inventory Optimization
Portfolio Analysis
Make more informed financial decisions
Achieve greater insight into the profitability of global operations
Make better and faster decisions at dramatically lower cost
Balance and align global projects with organizational objectives
Optimize supply chain networks
Optimize global inventory levels and locations
R12 Improves Global Decision Makingby Supporting All Types of Reporting/Analysis
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Global Financial ConsolidationMake more informed financial decisions with a single, accurate,
global view of financial position
• Perform true global consolidation by bringing together financial datafrom any source
• Automate consolidation process to improve speed, consistency, and auditability
• Capture and apply accounting rules to meet local reporting standards worldwide
• Use familiar spreadsheets to build sophisticated financial statements with drilldown links
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Profitability AnalysisAchieve greater insight into the profitability of global operations and
provide actionable information for driving margin improvement
Drivers
Resources
Activities
Statistics
Costs / Revenue
Transactions
Cost Pools
% Distributions
Rate X Volume
Models
Methods
ProfitabilityEngine
ProfitabilityEngine
• Achieve global view
of profitability from
multiple data sources
• Calculate profitability
based on user-definable
rules and formulas
• Analyze profitability
along any dimension
including geography,
product, channel,
segment, customer,
organization, etc
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Daily Results,Daily Results,Flexible PeriodsFlexible Periods
Flexible ComparisonsFlexible Comparisons
MultipleMultipleCurrenciesCurrencies
Graphs /Graphs /TrendsTrends
PerformancePerformanceMeasures (KPIs)Measures (KPIs)
Real-Time Operational ReportingMake better and faster decisions at dramatically lower cost
Reports w/Reports w/DrilldownDrilldown
• Get rapid results with an out-of-the-box mgmt reporting system
• Get the rightinformation with role-based dashboards
• Get complete information with seamless drilldowns
• New in R12:- 6 dashboards, 49 KPIs, 90 rpts
- A focus on global sourcing, purchases, and supplier mgmt
Drag & DropDrag & DropPortletsPortlets
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Scenarios
StrategyProjects
Metrics &Ranking
BalancedPortfolio
Project Portfolio AnalysisBalance and align global projects with organizational objectives and strategy
• Define: Build consensus by establishing and communicating a common framework for evaluating projects
• Evaluate: Simulate the impact of business change by evaluating “what-if” scenarios
• Select: Rate and rank portfolios to ensure strategic fit and/or maximize return on investment
• Integrate: Ensure individual project success by seamlessly connecting with Oracle Projects for tracking and planning
• Communicate: Streamline the delivery of project portfolio status and decisions toglobal stakeholders
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Strategic Network OptimizationCreate optimal supply chain networks by continuously evaluating the
cost and revenue impact of global supply & fulfillment decisions
• Increase profits through asset rationalization
- Model supply chain to determine optimal mix and
location of facilities and equipment
- Analyze scenarios via geographical visualization
• Reduce costs through dynamic sourcing
- Leverage network plan to improve sourcing,
inventory, and replenishment strategies
• Manage global risk more effectively by
anticipating supply and demand fluctuationsGraphical Simulation of Network
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Global Inventory OptimizationOptimize global inventory levels & locations based on anticipated demand
Inve
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Product Delivery
10 30 50 75 80 85 90 95 100
WithoutOracle
WithOracle
LowerLowerInventoryInventory
CostCost
ImproveImproveOnOn--TimeTimeDeliveryDelivery
• Maximize on-time product
delivery while minimizing
inventory costs
• Improve delivery flexibility by
storing common subassemblies
which are completed only when
an order is placed
- Account for global demand,
supply & lead-time variability
- Select the best global inventory
investment strategy
• Reduce inventory write-offs
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Release 12 Enables You To…Release 12 Enables You To…
Think Globally
Work Globally
Manage Systems Globally
Think GloballyThink Globally
Work GloballyWork Globally
Manage Systems GloballyManage Systems Globally
Increase productivity with global processes
that cross applications, divisions, and regions
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A New User Experience for R12Accelerate global roll-outs with simplified user interface and business flows
• Reduced pop-ups and
duplicate screens
• Re-designed and streamlined
entire workflows
• Reduced the number of steps
to complete key tasks
• Improved overall look & feel
and visual style
• Increased personalization
capabilities
• Campaign Management• Customer Support• Collections & Payments• Loan Management
Improved Workflow in Targeted Areas
• Financial Consolidation• Online Candidate Registration• Absence Management• Salary Administration
• Self-Service Purchasing• Sourcing• Supplier Collaboration• Business Intelligence
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Global Financial Management
Increase the efficiency of shared services and single database operations
with streamlined processing, reporting, and access across operating units
Single
GlobalDatabase
Single
GlobalDatabase
Shared
Service Center
Org 3Org 2Org 1
Examples: Payables, Purchasing, Collections, HR
Drive
Shared
Services
with R12
Financial
Management
Initiatives
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Single Responsibility
Holland
Legal Entity
Denmark
Legal Entity
Belgium
Legal Entity
Belgium
Operating Unit
Holland
Operating Unit
Denmark
Operating Unit
Perform multiple
tasks across
operating units (OUs)
without changing
responsibilities
• Define and manage OUs from a central location
• View and manage customers across OUs
• Enter and pay invoices across OUs
• Receive goods across any OU
• Negotiate with suppliers for your enterprise, not just your OU
For Example:
Global Financial Mgmt: Multi-Org AccessIncrease the efficiency of shared services and single database operations
with streamlined ACCESS, processing, and reporting across operating units
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Single subledger
transaction (e.g.
invoice, payment)
can create multiple
accounting entries
• Ensure both corporate visibility and local compliance by automatically creating accounting for all legal entities
• Simplify inter-account reconciliation for key business flows such as procure-to-pay or order-to-cash
• Streamline reporting and inquiries by leveraging a common and consistent data model across all subledger applications
Global Financial Mgmt: Subledger AcctgIncrease the efficiency of shared services and single database operations
with streamlined access, PROCESSING, and reporting across operating units
Ledger B
French GAAP/IASPlan ComptableFrench Calendar
EUR
Ledger A
US GAAPUS COAUS Calendar
USD
Subledger TransactionSubledger
Transaction
Dr Cr
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• Provide real-time view of financial position without first performing a consolidation
• Simplify daily ledger operations including accelerating the monthend close
Allocate, post,
and report on
many ledgers at
the same time
Global Financial Mgmt: Ledger SetsIncrease the efficiency of shared services and single database operations
with streamlined access, processing, and REPORTING across operating units
Ledger C
US GAAPUS COAUS Calendar
GBP
Ledger A
US GAAPUS COAUS Calendar
USD
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Certify and Report Results
Track Compliance Status, Document Findings, Recommend Changes
AssessInternalControls
ScopeAudit
TestControls
DocumentProcesses
Create Library & Org Structure
Corporate GovernanceDocument, test, monitor, and certify ongoing compliance with
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, Basel II, and other global regulations
• Reduce risk by
continuously
monitoring controls
• Reduce costs through
reliable and repeatable
compliance processes
• Ensure auditability via
secure, change control
and history
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Human Resource LocalizationsManage all employees within a single system while adhering to
local, in-country regulations
Mexico Sweden
RussiaNorway Poland
KuwaitDenmark
UAE Finland India
New in R12: Localizations expanded for10 countries
Oracle now has localizations for 30 countries covering 87% of world GDP
• Enterprise & workforce management
• Workforce sourcing & development
• Compensation & benefits management
• Payroll management
Business
Process
Examples
Think Work Manage
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Manufacturing Practices for APACSatisfy local requirements to compete in key outsourcing regions
Chargeable SubcontractingAutomatically create replenishment orders and track component allocations & inventory for sub-contracted manufacturing (e.g. Shikyu)
Golden Tax Support for ChinaProvide compliant VAT calculation, invoicing, and tax reporting via China-certified “Golden Tax” software
Customer Acceptance, Deferred Revenue and COGSRecognize and account for COGS and revenues in the same proportion, based on flexible contingencies & within the same accounting period
Periodic Average CostingSupport accounting compliance requirements in countries such as China/Taiwan
Asia Pacific is
the factory floor
for the world
In 2005, China’s
global trade
surplus more
than tripled
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Global Transportation ManagementDrive down logistics costs and increase on-time delivery by managing
the international movement of goods within a single, scalable system
OptimizeModes& Routes
• Plan across multiple legs, tiers, nodes,
and modes (truck, air, train, ocean)
• Handle all supplier inbound and
customer outbound deliveries
• Display results via intuitive, graphical UI
AutomateExecution &
CollaborationPayments
Event Mgmt
• Manage internal and 3rd party fleets
(eg. LSPs) in the same system
• Enable partners to transact and
“self-update” (eg. pick-up request)
• Handle exceptions via automated
event management notifications
Integrated with Shipping, Receiving, Inventory Management, and Purchasing
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Pre-Built, Adaptive Vertical Flows
Increase competitiveness by automating industry-specific core
business processes
Industry Flow:
Clinical Trial Management
LifeSciences
Life Sciences Data Hub
• New product to facilitate data integration, analysis and reporting
for regulatory submission
Adverse Event Reporting System
• Enhanced support for product
compliance & Japan market
Industry Flow:
Service Provisioning & Billing
Commun-ications
• Streamlined ordering & reconfiguration flows for B2C & B2B service reps and customers via self-service iStore
• Telecom Billing Integrator: new product to synchronize CRM apps with telecom billing apps
Industry Flow:
Merchandising & Store Mgmt
Retail
Integrated EBS Financials with
Oracle Retail (Retek) to support:
• Direct merchandise invoice
matching to payments
• Stock ledger and point-of-sale transactions to GL
Industry Flow:
Asset Lifecycle Mgmt
• Common asset repository
• Enhanced fleet asset mgmt
for mobile assets
• Mobile / wireless work
executionAsset
IntensiveIndustries
Release 12 Enables You To…Release 12 Enables You To…
Think Globally
Work Globally
Manage Systems Globally
Think GloballyThink Globally
Work GloballyWork Globally
Manage Systems GloballyManage Systems Globally
Reduce implementation, integration, and
management costs of global applications
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User Interface Application logic Database logic
Application
JSP
Forms
Reports
BC4J
OC4J
We
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UIX
Client
9i or 10g
Database
9iAS 1.0.2.2
3-Tier Logical ArchitectureR12 Technology Stack
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A New User Experience for Release 12
• Reduced overall number of pop-ups and duplicate screens
• Re-designed and streamlined entire workflows
• Reduced the number of steps to complete key tasks
• Improved overall look & feel and visual style
Results
• Perform extensive out-of-the-box usability tests on released products leveraging focus groups and eye-tracking studies
• World-class usability labs: Over 14,000 sq. ft of testing facilities across Redwood Shores, Denver, Toronto, Boston, London, Hyderabad
• Campaign Management• Customer Support• Collections & Payments• Loan Management
Example Improvement Areas
• Financial Consolidation• Online Candidate Registration• Absence Management• Salary Administration
• Self-service Purchasing• Sourcing• Supplier Collaboration• DBI
• Over 120 user experience professionals, many from Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, etc.
NewNew
FontsFonts
NewNew
IconsIcons
NewNew
ButtonsButtons
New BackgroundNew Background
PatternPattern
NewNew
ColorsColorsNewNew
ColorsColors
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Secure the Global EnterpriseAddress global security pressures with a comprehensive security portfolio
• Provide enterprise-wide,standards-based security
- Single sign-on
- Corporate directory
- Access / identity management
- Identity federation
• Simplify security administration
- Decentralized, delegated user admin
- Automated & self-service provisioning with approvals
- Extended IT and system admin security with DB tools (e.g. DB Vault)
• Continuously monitor environment
- Security dashboard / reports
- Best practice & typical violations
Audit & ComplianceGovernment mandated accountability is driving new scrutiny of security
CostUser provisioning, de-provisioning and re-provisioning are often manual and labor-intensive
ManageabilityMultiple user communitiesrequire management (clerical,self-service, customers, suppliers)
RiskWithout control of data integrity and access, business risk increases
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Comprehensive Integration RepositorySimplify and accelerate systems connectivity
• Enable key integration types- Business to Business
- Enterprise Application Integration
- Business Process Management
- Business Activity Monitoring
• Support industry-standard messages
• Support standards-basedXML documents
• Search and view available interfaces via powerful UI
• Automatically keep in step with source code via standard patching
A Catalog of All EBS Integration Points
• Web Services
• Public Java & PL/SQL APIs
• Business Events
• Batch Interfaces
Think Work Manage
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Next Gen. Business Process MgmtIntegrate Oracle, 3rd party & legacy applications to extend process automation
BPEL Process Manager
Step1
Step1
Step2
Step2
Step3
Step3
Step4
Step4
Step5
Step5
BusinessProcess
OracleEBS
SiebelCRM
PeopleSoftFinancials
Custom OrderApplication
Mainframe HRApplication
New WebApplication
• Standard Interfaces
• Cross-application maps
• Quickly integrate heterogeneous applications using an intuitive, graphical UI
• Manage system performance via web with a user-friendly console
• Reduce connectivity headaches withpre-packaged, standard interfaces for applications and legacy systems
• Built on widely adoptedindustry standard language (BPEL)
Think Work Manage
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XML PublisherBusiness Users Format and Deliver Documents
Integrate Out-of-the-Box with Oracle Applications
Templates
XML Publisher
Oracle Applications
CRM
ESA
FMS
HCM
SCM
Output FormatsData Sources
Any XML
Data Source
PDFRTF
Business User
PublishingEngine
XML
• Printer
• Fax
HTMLXML
Letters
FundTransfers
OnlinePaychecks
OrderConfirmations
BillsGovernmentGrant Forms
Destination
EDIExcel
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R12 Applications XML Publisher Highlights• Used across entire division from Financials to SCM
to CRM.
• 852 seeded XML Publisher templates across 55 products
• More than 450 templates will be translated to 30 languages for customers
• HRMS uses government forms to a high degree
• Payments team using XMLP for all payments
• Financial Applications has consolidated many data sources and providing templates
• R12.x project to migrate remaining reports to XML Publisher format
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Configure, Don’t CustomizeHighly configurable global system lets you tailor the system
without programming
Flexfields – User definable data key
Folders – User tailorable forms
Workflow – Configurable business process flow
Custom Library – Directory for customer extensions (forms)
OA Framework / Forms Personalization –
Configurable page “look & feel”, navigation, tabs, fields, buttons
XML Publisher – Flexible report / document output
�Eliminate costly
customizations
�Preserve configurations
through upgrades
�Accelerate systems
deployment
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Apps Management Pack for EBSConsolidate and simplify systems management
• Manage entire systems infrastructure (apps, middleware, DB, H/W) from a single console
• Provide visibility across dev, test, and production systems
• Proactively monitor KPIs andevents with alert notifications
• Drive root cause analysis with graphical topology views andconfig / patch level comparisons
• Accelerate EBS provisioning with automated system cloning
• Open integration with 3rd party products and mgmt frameworks
Think Work Manage
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EBS Integration with Secure Enterprise SearchUbiquitous Search-based Navigation
Results based Results based
on user, role and on user, role and
responsibilityresponsibility
Global Search, Global Search,
with category with category
dropdrop--downs downs “For every 1,000 workers,
Enterprises waste $2.5 million per year due to
an inability to locate and
retrieve information.”
IDC, The High Cost of Not Finding Information
• What is it?• Omnipresent, simple, fast, easy
search
• Common enterprise application
objects (PO, Invoice, customer,
etc.)
• Menu items
• Documentation
• Notifications
• Why?• Increases productivity: less time
searching, more time doing.
• Lowers training costs.
• Decreases duplicative work,
increases collaboration.
• Promotes access: increases use of
self-service applications.
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EBS Release 12
Feedback
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EBS R12 Feedback: From a Leading Analyst
Executive Brief: Oracle E-Business Suite R12October 2006
“In our opinion Oracle's EBS 12 is a significant step
forward in the integrated suite approach to enterprise
applications. The Suite is functionally rich and serves the
global enterprise well. As a tightly integrated suite of
products, businesses will realize significant gains from
the interoperability of the suite environment.”
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EBS R12 Feedback: From Our Global Partners
“We found Oracle’s E-Business Suite Release12 to be rich in functionality that our clients need to succeed in today’s business world.”
“Release 12 features will help solve our clients’ biggest business process and industry-specific challenges and we look forward to partnering with Oracle and our joint clients.”
“For many of our clients, sharing services is strategic and we are pleased that Oracle recognizes this as one of the main drivers for changing its E-Business Suite financials architecture to facilitate businesses operating global shared service centers.”
Brian A. Mitchell
Global Business Services
Americas Oracle Practice Lead
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EBS R12 Feedback: From Our Global Partners
“Oracle continues to invest in a better user experience in E-Business Suite Financials Release 12 -- from centralized accounting, tax and supplier maintenance to a new user interface.”
“Oracle’s new XML Publisher is visionary and empowers end users. This new capability enables users to create their own reports, minimizing the dependency on the IT staff.”
“Many clients are evaluating whether to upgrade from OracleE-Business Suite 11i to Release 12 or wait for the larger Fusion release. There are significant application & architecture changes in Release 12. Upgrading now will help build the foundation to prepare for Fusion -- maximizing business value while mitigating risk.”
Feedback from Release 12 TrainingOctober 2006
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Summing it up…
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R12 is the Global Business Release
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�� Work GloballyWork Globally to be more productive
�� Manage Systems GloballyManage Systems Globally to lower cost and
increase performance
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