Rapid Implementation E-Business Suite using OBA and other Tools17th August 2010

Norman Weaver,Managing Director, Dataweave

Agenda

Reducing Configuration effort with Oracle Business Accelerators

Optimising Training with UPKEnhancing Data Conversion with Data

Load ProfessionalKU Children’s Services Business

Benefits

OBA Overview

OBA Configuration Process

Pre-Project ReviewDownload & InstallationWorkspace CreationData EntryMid-Project ReviewDownload & Run Setup ToolPost config. SetupPost-Project Review

2 – 3 weeks

OBA Project Lifecycle - Accelerated

Scope Confirmation

Deal

Automatic Configuration

Conversion, Reports

Additional Functionality

Manual Configuration

Training & Transition

Preparation

Post Accelerator Activity

Go Live

7 to 14 Days Average

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES: HARDWARE, NETWORK, SOFTWARE INSTALL, ETC

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Testing

Baseline

DELIVERYSALES

Best Practice Process Flows

Automated Configuration

Automated Configuration - Example

Example: KU Children’s Services

Established in 1895 as the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales

Today KU employs more than 2500 early childhood specialists in 150 early childhood centres throughout Australia

KU provides programs for more than 12,500 families and over 14,000 children throughout Australia

KU is proudly a community based, not for profit organisation

Project Timeline

Discovery Phase June 09 – Aug 09Contract signed Sept 09System configured using OBA in 2 weeksGo Live after 90 days in Jan 2010

Project Highlights

Used latest release (12.1.1)Used Oracle Business Accelerator

(OBA) for rapid configurationUPK for End User TrainingData Load Professional for Data

Conversion

Project Challenges

Availability of Customer ResourcesUser ReadinessRapid Decision-making requiredProject Management Testing Testing Testing

User Productivity Kit

Visualisation tool that snaps screens and captures key strokes for immediate play back

Latest version has a sound editor End users can practice in their own time and

conduct their own assessments before accessing live system

Playback scripts can be published into training manuals automatically

Training and Online Process Help

User Productivity Kit (UPK)

New version has sound editor

Play back scripts can be published into training manuals automatically

Dataload latest Version 5.X

Professional dataload for EBS R12Allows data conversions to be done by end

users without any need for back end scripts New Look and Feel for EBS R12New features – HTML Mapping to Individual

Fields

New Look and Feel

KU Business Benefits

Completed month-end financial reports in two hours rather than six weeks

Saved A$150,000 (US$132,200) on staff costs Provided more accurate asset depreciation figures for insurance

and tax purposes Created yearly budgets for 150 childcare centres almost

immediately, instead of spending two weeks sifting through spreadsheets for each center

Delivered more detailed reports to centre managers to help them better determine how many children they need to have coming into their center to meet their KPIs

OBA rapid deployment methodology enabled CRP after 2 weeks and go live in 3 months

Summary:Rapid Implementation of EBS Discovery – a running start Oracle Business Accelerator (OBA)

Rapid configuration capability Uses industry templates Provides on-line tools for testing business flows

User Productivity Kit (UPK) Builds end user manuals using on line recorder Uses client data for training to improve learning

speed. DataLoad Professional

Reduced data migration timescales and effort.

Questions

Q&A