OFM4APPS iDay August 2012 Dennis Lin, Senior Manager Strategic Programs Asia Pacific Manish Palparthy, OFM4APPS leader (India Region)
OFM4APPS iDay August 2012
Dennis Lin, Senior Manager Strategic Programs Asia Pacific
Manish Palparthy, OFM4APPS leader (India Region)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW What is the ofm4apps program all about
The Opportunity
• Appeals to ALL Apps customers – not just the ones with a SOA vision
• Addresses the most important Apps customer need: “Avoiding
customizations
15%
SOA Suite penetration of Apps Customers
MORE
INTEGRATION
BUSINESS
Oracle Fusion Middleware THE BIGGEST GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR ORACLE PARTNERS
EVERY APPS
CUSTOMER WILL USE
IT OVER TIME
APPLY YOUR
BUSINESS PROCESS
SKILLS
• Companies have more than one application
• Oracle Apps will utilise components of OFM
• As new releases are implemented, customer demand for services around OFM will significantly increase as their architectures evolve
• OFM + E-Business Suite etc skills are unique in the market
• Therefore, your industry and process expertise can easily be extended beyond the traditional borders of E-Business Suite
• OFM integrates people, information and processes. This goes beyond the current messaging hub concepts and results in more consulting required at a data, applications, message, presentation, process and business tier
The Growth Opportunity
Apps Customer
Readiness
Apps Customer
Needs
Process
- High
SOA
- Low
Integration Customizations
Self Service
Collaboration
Process
Quality
AIA Foundation
Pack
BPM Order to Cash
Procure to Pay
#1: “OFM4APPS” offers solutions for
all Apps customers
BAM Apps Process
Visibility Code-free
P2P
Integrations
Apps Customer
Readiness
Apps Customer
Needs
Process
- High
SOA
- Low
Integration Customizations
Self Service
Collaboration
Process
Quality
AIA Foundation
Pack
BPM Order to Cash
Procure to Pay
#2: “OFM4APPS” offers a way to avoid
apps customization
BAM Apps Process
Visibility Code-free
P2P
Integrations
Upgrade-
Safe
Extensions
(Comp. Apps)
3 MAIN AREAS Where does OFM come into play
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Three main areas
• User Interface Customizations
• Functionality Customizations
UI Customizations
• Lifecycle - Design, Implementation & Management
• Visibility, Exception Handling, Metrics & Reporting
• Access and Security
Business Process Lifecycle
• Multi-Channel Capability and Development Management Mobility
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Three product lines
• User Interface Customizations
• Functionality Customizations
WebCenter Suite
• Lifecycle - Design, Implementation & Management
• Visibility, Exception Handling, Metrics & Reporting
• Access and Security
SOA/BPM Suite
• Multi-Channel Capability and Development Management
ADF Mobile
USE CASES
OFM4APPS iDay August 2012
Dennis Lin, Senior Manager Strategic Programs Asia Pacific
Manish Palparthy, OFM4APPS leader (India Region)
UI
Modernisation
Composite Applications
Interface to
Wiki/Discussions
Accounts Receivables
(EBS)
CRM Data (Siebel)
• The end-user sees the
transaction “in Context” within
one screen.
• Allows for overlay of Web2.0
features onto the transaction.
Exposing Application Components
Adding Value to Your Customers #4: Aggregating Useful Applications
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Demo
CUSTOMER CHALLENGES/OPPORTUNITIES
• Required an enriched UI so as to engage end-users more effectively
• Staff needed to be able to access system via smartphones • Back-end system was PeopleSoft • Competing against a cloud-based application
SOLUTIONS
• Leave requisition from PeopleSoft available on portal (through
the use of SOA Suite and WebCenter)
• SOA Suite
• WebLogic Suite
• WebCenter Portal
• PeopleSoft Adapter
View the demo for this customer:
Adding Value to Your Customers #4: Aggregating Useful Applications
Business
Process
Management
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Introducing DBTA
Document and Business Transaction Architecture
“A framework to maintain control over an organization's business transaction documents, including scanned images as well as generated files, for the purpose of supporting the business operations.”
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DBTA Worker Processing
ERP Application
Access WorkTray Map Document
Exception Handling
Search for Documents
DBTA Worker Processing
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Entry points/channels into DBTA
Fax/eMail
Mail/Scan
DBTA Work Tasklist
Upload document via
Corporate Portal
DRA*
* Document and Routing Approval Process Template
See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bpm/documentroutingapproval-1612453.pdf
New!
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Client Layer Process Layer Service Layer Content Layer Application Layer
Solution Overview
Ora
cle
Serv
ice B
us
Other applications
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DBTA Process Overview
• The DBTA process
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Process Accelerators
• Ready-to-use process solutions built on
top of Oracle BPM Suite
• Built with extensibility in mind
• Not overlapping yet leveraging services
of Oracle Applications when needed
• Addressing both critical industry
processes and areas that fall off IT’s plate
• Aggregators of best practices and building
blocks from internal and field experience
What
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Document Routing & Approval – Horizontal
Strategic Goals
• Improve operational efficiencies
• Reduce costs
Process Advantages
• Replace undependable email approval process
• Automated notification
• Standardize approval patterns based on
document type
• Role based approvals enables increased
approval pool
• Track late approvals
• Identify bottlenecks
Business Process Overview
Store Document
Submit for Approval
Rules Driven Routing
Ad-hoc Routing Disposition
Request Final
Disposition Notification
Best practice BPM-driven solution to enable end-to-end automation of the Document
Routing & Approval process – from initial submission to final disposition and
notification
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Oracle DRA and DBTA
• Works hand in hand
Process a document that has been
submitted and check relevance,
quality, etc.
Process a business transaction document
and check the business data quality,
relevance and map into ERP
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DBTA Demo
Mobile Toolkit &
Integration
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Multi-Channel Development Single Programming Model
Java Business Logic
User Interface
ADF Faces / WebCenter ADF Mobile Portlets
HTML (5.0)
Mobile Desktop Web Office
AJAX Flash WAP 2.0
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• Build once, and deploy to
virtually all mobile platforms
• Deliver mobile-optimized user
experience
• Mobile-enable enterprise
middleware and applications
• Developer Productivity
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Oracle ADF Mobile
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• Automatic detection and delivery of content based on browser
capabilities and device form factor
• Automatically leverages AJAX features in smart phone browsers
– Degrades gracefully to support plain HTML browsers
• Optimized for network bandwidth and performance
– Leverage Partial Page refresh where supported
– Framework files and pages are delivered as needed
Compatibility with Virtually Any Mobile Device
Browser
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• Out-of-box support for both touch-screen or
touch-pad based user interface
• Touch-optimized user experience for smart
phones
– Such as Android, iOS, Latest BlackBerry..
• Native iOS application user experience
– Achieved through support of Apple’s iOS UI
Standards
• Support for wide-variety of touch-pad/button
based consumer phones
Mobile-Optimized User Experience
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Developer Productivity
• Complete Enterprise Application Framework
• Declarative and visual development
• Reuse business services
• Reuse developer skills and tooling • Consistent developer experiences for web,
mobile, desktop, and MS Office
applications
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Highly Scalable Foundation Adapters
1 2 3
4
Oracle knows ERP
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• Drag & Drop
• Visual
• Single Unit of Deployment
• Easy versioning
• Based on SCA standard
Declarative Composite Assembly SOA Composite Editor
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Business Drivers for Mobile Applications
• Upper Management uses mobile devices lot more than
desktops/laptops.
• Increase efficiency by providing mobile application on
various devices.
• Centralized view of Expense Reports.
• Ease of use.
• Increased employee satisfaction.
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ADF Mobile Browser vs. Mobile Client
Mobile Browser is preferred when:
• Most or all data needs to be accessed real time.
• Basic integration with device native services.
• Can be easily skinned to achieve device native look-and-
feel.
• Need to support users on wide variety of mobile devices.
• Need to develop and go-live today.
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ADF Mobile Browser vs. Mobile Client
Mobile Client (device native) is recommended when:
• Data needs to be available while device is offline.
• Extensive integration with on-device services such as
integrated barcode scanner.
• Requires consistent client performance.
• Targeted set of mobile devices by enterprise users.
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SOA Suite
Fusion Middleware
Oracle AS, WebLogic
Oracle e-Business Suite (11.5.10)
Apps
Adapter
ADF
Browser
UI
JAAS
Authentication
CRM
On Demand
Mobile
Applications
PIP/AIA
Architecture
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Expense Receipt Mobile Browser Application
• Integrated with EBS version 11.5.10.2
• Mobile browser based application built using ADF.
• Optimized to run on iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry,
Windows mobile devices.
• Users can access Expense Report details,
Approve/Reject.
• Integrated with EBS via Oracle Apps Adapter (SOA).
• Authentication implemented using JAAS.
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Expense Receipts
Mobile Demo
THE END What is the ofm4apps program all about