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OpenWorld 2014

A webcast presented by IT Convergence – October 9th, 2014

Exclusive Insight on R12.2.4 from OpenWorld 2014

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And we host our systems running Oracle VM

Used the

E-Business

Suite since 2004

Upgraded

to R12

in January 2009

Implemented

OBIEE

in January 2010

Oracle Fusion

Applications

in 2012

R12.2 Beta

Program

in January 2012

Taking Our Own Medicine



On the Phone

Host Keith Thomas

Marketing Automation and Demand Generation Supervisor

IT Convergence

Presenter Gustavo González

Chief Technology Officer, IT Convergence

Oracle ACE Director

Online Patching

Beyond Online Patching

EBS Roadmap

R12.2.4 OOW Takeaways



Oracle E-Business Suite Support Timline Updated Support Polices for 11.5, 12.0, 12.1& 12.2

2010 2011 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2012 2013 2014 2021

12.0 Jan '12 Jan '15 Jan ‘07

PREMIER EXTENDED SUSTAINING

12.1 May ‘09 Dec‘16

PREMIER EXTENDED Dec’19

Extend 12.1 Premier Support thru Dec’16

12.2

11.5.10 Nov '10

EXTENDED SUSTAINING Nov '13 Dec ’15

EXEPTION

PREMIER

Sep‘18 Sep‘13

EXTENDED

Sep’21

Offer Exception to Sustaining Support

General Availability of R12.2.4

Aug‘14



What Did Oracle OpenWorld 2014 Mean for R12.2?

Innovations

Online Patching

Functional Enhancements

WebLogic Server

Modern User Experience

Simplified User Flows

New products

EBS Extensions for ENDECA

Smartphone Applications

OEM Applications Management Pack

Online Patching


EBS Roadmap




Golden Ticket for Smoother Business Processes Online Patching

E-Business Suite will

remain available to users

during patching

operations

Downtime

window will

be predictable and in

minutes

Patches are applied while

the production application

remains online



The Basics of Online Patching

Online Patching Cycle include 5 phases

Application is only offline during the “Cutover” phase

Online Patching is used to apply all patches in 12.2

Prepare

Copy the

production

application code

Apply

Apply one or

more patches to

the copy

Finalize

Ready the

system for

cutover

Cutover

Restart

application on

patched copy

Cleanup

Remove obsolete

objects

Users Online Users Online Users Offline

Resource: Oracle E-Business Suite: Mobile Strategy and Roadmap [CON7492] Jeanne Lowell - VP, EBS Product Strategy, Oracle , OpenWorld 2014



Get the Full Benefit of Online Patching in R12.2.4 New Online Patching

Downtime Mode

Apply patches directly into the

“run edition”

Online Patch Log Analyzer

Standard Cleanup

Online Patching


EBS Roadmap




Leverage 12.2 New Features and 12.2 New Products Reduce Customization and Improve Automation




What’s New in 12.2 Financials? Improved Operational Efficiency

What

Payment Acknowledgement Import

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




What’s New in 12.2 Financials? Support for Worldwide Accounting & Reporting Requirements

What

Legislative & regulatory updates for:

SEPA, CNAO, Spain, Brazil. India,

Portugal, Japan, Italy

Benefits

Compliance with global requirements




What’s New in 12.2 Channel Revenue Management? Increased Productivity with Simplified User Flows

What

New OAF Screens for Offers & Claims

Simplified User Flows

Benefits

Faster, more efficient program creation

Simplified claim settlement processes




What’s new in 12.2 Enhanced Labor Costing with

Projects & Payroll? Better Cost Control, Improved Cash Flow

What

Costing Using HR Rates

Rate by Criteria

Costing using Payroll Actuals

Total Time Reporting for Exempt

Employees

Benefits

Better cost control using actual payroll

costs

Improved cash flow by billing prior to

payroll run




What’s new in 12.2 Project Billing? Streamlined Billing 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

Labor Adjustments Only

All Adjusted Transactions

Benefits

Streamlined invoicing to speed customer payment

and cash flow




What’s new in 12.2 Order Management? New HTML: More Flexible Ordering for Products and Services

What

Enhanced billing and extended warranty

Standardized for Mobile and Tablet

Modern and personalized look & feel

Tablet friendly layout

Advanced Search Parameters & Saved

Searches

Multi-Select Actions From Search Results

Benefit

Increased flexibility and improved productivity




What’s new in 12.2 Order Management? Selling Services: Flexible Selling of Subscriptions and Warranties

What

Selling Subscriptions

Enhanced Billing for Extended Warranty

How

Sell a model with various services as

options (eg Cloud Subscription, with

Apps, Java, Social)

Capture subscription related attributes in

OM and pass on to Service Contracts

Issue first bill from OM and others from

Service Contracts

Benefits

Flexible ordering for any type of product

or service




What’s new in 12.2 Order Mgt / WMS? Advanced Catch Weight: Flexible Fulfillment with Different UOMs

What

Advanced Catch Weight

How

Fulfill in primary or secondary UOM

Allocate & reserve in multiple UOMs

Enhanced inventory tracking, invoicing &

shipping in multiple UOMs

Benefits

Flexible fulfillment

Enhanced pricing & invoicing




What’s new in 12.2 Inventory Management? Improved Operational Efficiency

What

Optional Lot Allocation: choose any lot at pick time, manual move order allocation

without lot

Return to Vendor: track shipments for vendor returns, return without PO, return

from any org

Simplified counting for lot controlled items

Distributed WMS integration with R12

Benefits

Operational efficiency

Better user experience




What’s new in 12.2 Manufacturing Execution System? E-Kanban: Optimize Inventory Levels and Drive Toward Lean Manufacturing

What

Lean Inventory Management

Graphical User Interface for Electronic

Kanban

Card and Process Management

Card planning, status and execution mgt

Supplier access through iSupplier Portal

Visual alerts and inventory health indicators

Benefits

Improved card visibility and data integrity

across supply chain

Reduced procurement spend




What’s new in 12.2 Service Contracts? Greater Flexibility & Agility

Usability & Configurability

Mass Update price, status, dates

Configurations-based search when add products

Flexible invoice text defaulting

Re-value vs re-price when currency changes

Performance

Renewal workflow, re-pricing, cascading

attributes, and main billing program performance

enhancements

Benefits

Efficiently renew service contracts with a large

number of covered products




What's new in OATS for the R12 Oracle Applications? Reduce Testing Effort with Flow Builder & EBS Pre-Built Test Content

Use Flow Builder to Generate Automated OATS

Test Scripts

Start with EBS Pre-Built Test Content

3600+ Components and 230+ Flows

Create and Maintain Your Automated OATS Test

Scripts

Add Your Flows & Data

Extend with More Components

Benefits of Flow Builder

Reduced Automation Time by 60%

Minimizes the need for technical resources

Reduces the testing complexity

Minimizes the effort to keep your test assets

current

Record

Manually

Generate

Test

Automation

Scripts

OpenScript

Record & Playback

+ Advanced Scripting

Flow Builder

Framework to combine

flows and data to

generate test scripts

EBS Pre-Built

Test Content

Your

Data

Your

Flows

Ora

cle

Fu

ncti

on

al

Testi

ng

Su

ite

for

Ora

cle

Ap

pli

cati

on

s



Oracle Applications Framework Enhancements

EBS HRMS Embeds ADF in OAF

Actionable organization charts

E-Business Suite 12.2 E-Business Suite 12.1.3

Integrated SOA Gateway

WS

Framework

Adapter Framework & EBS

Adapter Lib WSIF

Oracle AS & 10g for E-Business Suite

Integrated SOA Gateway

SOA Suite

WebLogic Server 11g



Discover the Innovative User Experience

Oracle Applications Framework

Enhancements

EBS Extensions for ENDECA

Simplified User Interfaces

Universal Global Header

New homepage with favorites

New icons and Favorites tab

Personalized screens by the end-user

Tablet Optimization

Smartphone Apps



Several New EBS Extensions for ENDECA

Advanced Search

Search across all data

Dynamic type ahead

Automatic spell correction

Unlocks unstructured data

Visual Analysis

Charts, crosstabs, key

metrics

Geospatial visualization

Tag clouds

Contextual Navigation

Data-Driven. Freely browse

data without predefined

paths or writing queries

Interactive. Shows only

valid next steps

Easy to Use. Familiar online

experience + +



Projects Discrete

Manufacturing Order

Management

Enterprise Asset Management

iProcurement Inventory Process

Manufacturing

Outsourced Manufacturing

Cost Management

Learning

Management

Install Base

Depot Repair

Field Service iRecruitment Channel Revenue

Management

Warehouse

Management

Receivables

Beefed-up ENDECA Applications Overview



EBS with the New Embedded ENDECA Content

Authentication

Fully Integrated with EBS Security

No need for extra setup

No SSO setup required

Authorization

UI is secured by FND function security

Flexibility in granting access to ENDECA

content

EBS data security is enforced

UI Integration

Out-of-the-box UI Integration

Embedded experience



Enjoy the Improved Overall Look and Feel Modern and Productive UI



New Proxy User Functionality

Multiple users: Allow to delegate all the system for a more person

who meant to be a user

Exclude responsibilities, add existing policies

Create and add your own policies

Allow or restrict privileges

Proxy report



Oracle Takes Mobile User Experience to a Next Level

Dedicated mobile apps for

selected products

Functions targeted at

mobile users

Mobile Apps from Oracle

Custom Apps

Safari on iPads

All OA Framework screens

Some inherent restrictions

(e.g. can’t upload attachments)

Mobile Browsers Custom Apps Mobile Apps from Oracle

ADF Mobile

Define standards

Provide mobile APIs, services



Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile App

Oracle EBS Mobile App MOS Note

Oracle Mobile Timecards for Oracle E-Business Suite Note 1669224.1

Oracle Mobile Approvals for Oracle E-Business Suite Note 1642423.1

Oracle Mobile Field Service Implementation Guide R12.2

Oracle Fusion Expenses Note 1625446.1



Going Mobile



Extend Mobility to iPad

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

Online Patching


EBS Roadmap




Recommendations for Those Who…

Need high availability provided by Online Patching

Minimized Down Time and Extended Support

Prefer to invest in a single project to upgrade directly

Want to explore the new information-driven user experience

provided by E-Business Suite Release 12.2.4

Leverage SOA Suite as part of the tech stack



Key Takeaways

Online Patching for continuous business operation

Tech stack modernization for operational efficiency

More modern user experience to appeal to users

New functional features to reduce customizations & improve

automation

Continuing, easy-to-adopt updates on 12.2

Longer support life on 12.2




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