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Oracle R12 Upgrade.
Why upgrade?
With the exception of guaranteeing ongoing product support, organizations typically only consider upgrading if there is a compelling business reason. Some of the major benefits of upgrading include:
- Obtaining a more robust and scalable architecture. Upgrading can provide advanced database capabilities, better integration, newer extensions and personalization, and improved security for enterprise applications.
- Enhancing efficiency. Upgrading can lay the foundation for a shared services model, enable the easy design of multiple tax models, and introduce newer, more flexible accounting elements.
- Streamlining compliance. Obtaining compliance with industry regulations can be greatly simplified by upgrading to a newer version of the application. For example, new features in Oracle EBS R12 include alternate accounting representations, revenue management, and transaction sequencing.
- Enabling more efficient collaboration. Enterprise application extensions can provide a platform for collaborating with all trading partners leading to greater efficiencies in inventory, procurement, and logistics costs.
- Well-defined project phases with associated deliverables
- structured training sessions to aid fuller understanding and choices for implementation of business-relevant enhancements
- Phased acceptance to aid risk mitigation
- A set of re-usable artifacts, aiding remote execution and helping provide clients with cost advantages
- Comprehensive problem solving practices that reflect the collective set of our experiences
- Facilitation of a consistent and predictable customer experience
- Provision of a robust project management structure :
- It contains a licensed derivative of Project Management Institutes (PMI) & Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- a customizable set of activities and tools that are relevant to across engagements
- a framework and a common language for our consultants, project managers, and client team members
- Elimination of guess work and ambiguity from an engagement
Conclusion
It is important to keep the upgrade vs. reimplementation discussion in the context of the overall transition to R12. First understand what the R12 target needs to be. Compare that to the 11i instance(s). Itemize and inventory everything that needs to change. Then consider how you would make each change via upgrade (with expertise Transformation software plus Oracle upgrade), and via reimplement (implement it and migrate your historical data). A parallel analysis considers everything in the 11i instance(s) that does not need to change on the path to R12. When planning the transition to R12, focus on the components that are dependent on the specific transition methods. Cost/benefit and resource expenditure analyses will assist in your transition planning, specifically aiding you in deciding which method will be best for your organizations adoption of R12 and the new features that come along with it.
Oracle EBS R12 Upgrade Services
Consulting is positioned to assist enterprises in these efforts, providing a range of robust Oracle E-Business Suite R12 upgrade services. The Consulting Methodology provides a flexible and scalable process for projects of all sizes. Highlights of the Consulting service include:
Oracle R12 Upgrade.
Why upgrade?
With the exception of guaranteeing ongoing product support, organizations typically only consider upgrading if there is a compelling business reason. Some of the major benefits of upgrading include:
- Obtaining a more robust and scalable architecture. Upgrading can provide advanced database capabilities, better integration, newer extensions and personalization, and improved security for enterprise applications.
- Enhancing efficiency. Upgrading can lay the foundation for a shared services model, enable the easy design of multiple tax models, and introduce newer, more flexible accounting elements.
- Streamlining compliance. Obtaining compliance with industry regulations can be greatly simplified by upgrading to a newer version of the application. For example, new features in Oracle EBS R12 include alternate accounting representations, revenue management, and transaction sequencing.
- Enabling more efficient collaboration. Enterprise application extensions can provide a platform for collaborating with all trading partners leading to greater efficiencies in inventory, procurement, and logistics costs.
- Well-defined project phases with associated deliverables
- structured training sessions to aid fuller understanding and choices for implementation of business-relevant enhancements
- Phased acceptance to aid risk mitigation
- A set of re-usable artifacts, aiding remote execution and helping provide clients with cost advantages
- Comprehensive problem solving practices that reflect the collective set of our experiences
- Facilitation of a consistent and predictable customer experience
- Provision of a robust project management structure :
- It contains a licensed derivative of Project Management Institutes (PMI) & Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
- a customizable set of activities and tools that are relevant to across engagements
- a framework and a common language for our consultants, project managers, and client team members
- Elimination of guess work and ambiguity from an engagement
Conclusion
It is important to keep the upgrade vs. reimplementation discussion in the context of the overall transition to R12. First understand what the R12 target needs to be. Compare that to the 11i instance(s). Itemize and inventory everything that needs to change. Then consider how you would make each change via upgrade (with expertise Transformation software plus Oracle upgrade), and via reimplement (implement it and migrate your historical data). A parallel analysis considers everything in the 11i instance(s) that does not need to change on the path to R12. When planning the transition to R12, focus on the components that are dependent on the specific transition methods. Cost/benefit and resource expenditure analyses will assist in your transition planning, specifically aiding you in deciding which method will be best for your organizations adoption of R12 and the new features that come along with it.
Oracle EBS R12 Upgrade Services
Consulting is positioned to assist enterprises in these efforts, providing a range of robust Oracle E-Business Suite R12 upgrade services. The Consulting Methodology provides a flexible and scalable process for projects of all sizes. Highlights of the Consulting service include:
Considerations for Your Website as Your Business Grows (Page 1 of 2)
It is the dream of most business owners and entrepreneurs that their business will grow over time and become a success. In the growth process, your business and web hosting needs may change. These changes can be a challenge to manage. Often expanding operations or venturing into new avenues of business is a matter of taking advantage of opportunities. Sometimes you can plan carefully and structure the timing; however, more often business find themselves thrown headlong into a situation where they suddenly have a rush of business and have to figure out a way of handling it. Planning the structure of your website and hosting package can help you cope with the changes as they happen.
Start with the Basics
As a start-up business, one of your priorities is keeping efficiency up and costs low. Your best option is to select a shared hosting package with a reputable service provider. Do an online search for different hosting providers. Read the customer reviews and find out what type of products they have to offer. It is not recommended that you select a free hosting package. Often these have limited customer service and support and they don’t allow you upgrade when needed. A good hosting provider should have entry-level packages as well as more advanced packages that you can migrate to when needed.
Key Things to Look for in a Hosting Package
One of the most important aspects of a hosting package is the customer support that is offered. A quick phone call to the support desk will quickly show how knowledgeable the support staff are. They should be able to provide you with technical information and advice regarding your web hosting package. You should then consider upgrade options. How easy is it for you to migrate from a basic starter package to a more advanced hosting option? Are there penalties involved? Are there different hosting requirements that you will need to incorporate into the design of your website? Do you have to use specific scripts? The last consideration is website security. Even on a basic hosting package, you will want to know that a level of security is maintained on the server.
When Do You Consider Upgrading?
One of the factors that determines what type of hosting package you choose is the amount of data or bandwidth that you require. Starting out, your website will probably be quite small. Unless you are going straight into e-commerce, it will probably be just a corporate or marketing-type website that profiles your company. As your business grows, you may want to add features such as a blog, forum, chat facility or various article posts. These features usually add quite significantly to the data requirements of your website. You may then need to upgrade to a larger package that can accommodate these features. If you decide to launch a full scale e-commerce site, you will probably have specific hosting requirements. Many web hosting providers have detailed e-commerce hosting packages available for businesses. If your business gets to the size where you want to have a dedicated server then you want to be with a hosting provider that can facilitate the transition without there being too much disruption to the uptime of your website. You may consider a dedicated server when you have specific hosting requirements. When you want greater control over your website and server or want to use specific scripts, a dedicated server is a good choice. You may also decide that you want improved security for your website that you can only get from a dedicated server. You can then upgrade your hosting package as needed.