Value of Upgrading to R12.1 Projects

8/12/2019 Value of Upgrading to R12.1 Projects

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Value of Upgrading to Release 12.1 for E-Business Suite Proects

Dean Herback Adwait Marathe

Oracle EBS Projects Strategy Oracle EBS Projects Development


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Progra" #genda

!"#! $pgrade Overview %&nctional

ecent elease History

Projects Speci'ic (hanges

$pgrade (onsiderations and eso&rces

!"#! $pgrade Overview )echnical

Overview

$pgrade Best Practices

*essons *earnt

!"#! (&stomer S&ccess + P,(O Holdings


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EBS Product Update*+ontinued Releases #nd Inno(ation

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eleased

%inancials-

)echnologyProc&rement- H(M- Service- S(M- Projects-

%inancials- )echnology- MDM%&nctional

,nnovation

Major elease

Minor elease

EBS!!i!1

EBS

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7ewEBS !"#!#0 released on A&g "1- "1!1

%&nctional Enhancements across s&ite- pl&s stat&tory8reg&latory &pdates and error

corrections


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THINK GLOBALLY

To Make the Right Decisions

MANAGE GLOBALLY

To Lower Cost & Increase

er!or"ance

E-Business Suite Release 12,e lo/al Business Release 0 'racle Proects

Project Port'olio Analysis

Achie#e g$o%a$ #iew o! csto"er'

s(($ier' (artner & o(erations

S&bledger Acco&nting

e)a6

Simpli'ied Maintenance

Management

I"($e"ent' "anage' an) sca$e

g$o%a$ a(($ications easier

M&lti9Org Access

(ontrol

emoval o' S&pplier

(ost Adj&stmentestrictions

Enhance E6pendit&re

,n:&iry with batched

adj&stments

*ork %etter across a(($ications'

)i#isions' an) regions

*ORK GLOBALLY

To Be More Co"(etiti#e


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Results*

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7anaging our full Proect9ifeccle )it less effort

7a:e /etter decisions )itgreater insigt


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A(($icationIntegration

ro)ctInno#ation

E-Business Suite Release 12.1'racle Proects

MSP "113 (erti'ication

,mproved Services

Proc&rement

,ntegration

Advance Processing 9

Enhanced ,ntegration

between A and

Project Billing

E+ten) enter(rise %on)aries with

enhance) %siness (rocesses

Project Manager

eporting Pack

Sel'9Services

E6pendit&re ,n:&iry

,ncreased A&tomation in

eso&rce Management

I"(ro#e ser satis!action throgh

increase) (ro)cti#it,

$P; (ontent 'or EBS

B, P&blisher eporting

Set&p A&tomation

I"($e"ent' "anage an) (gra)e

a(($ications at $ower cost

-(erior Ownershi(E+(erience


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< ro.ect Ana$,tics< /e)era$ /inancia$s

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< 3I I"(ro#e"ents

$anning Enhance"ents

< 4 Integration

< M- Integration

Enhance"ents

< -(($ier Cost Dash%oar)

-e$! -er#ices E+(en)itre

In5ir,

er!or"ance Re(orting

-et( A)it

< Re(orting er!or"ance

I"(ro#e"ents

rogra" AIs

< Enhance) Change

Manage"ent

Enterprise and Proect Insigt

Proect Resource7anage"ent

Proect +ostingProect Billing

Proect +ontracts

Proect+olla/oration

Proect7anage"ent

Personalized

Role-Based Views

lo/alProect

Repositor

Proect Portfolio #nalsis

Resource 7anage"ent

Proect Billing

< Integrate) -er#ices

rocre"ent

< -(($ier a,"ent Contro$s

< E&C De)ction rocessing

< ro.ect -ecrit, in Orac$e

rchasing

Proect Billing

Proect +osting

Proect &oundation

Proect Reporting

Proect 7anage"ent

< re(a,"ent Recei(tA(($ication

< E!!ecti#e Date /n)s

Cons"(tion

< I"(ro#e) -earches

< Date 6a$i)ations & De!a$ts

< -trea"$ine) Na#igation


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R 12.1 Upgrade '(er(ie)&unctional

Architect&ral8%inancial &ptakes that bene'it projects

&sers

(atch &p all o' !!i!1 M $P2 enhancements8patches

7ew '&nctionality leveraging %&sion technology

Easier &pgrade path i' and when yo& decide to move

to %&sion


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Building te Business +ase for Upgrading

Eval&ate the new !"#! 'eat&res in the prod&cts yo& arec&rrently r&nning

Opport&nities to eliminate c&stomi=ations

>reater 'le6ibility to match the needs o' yo&r b&siness

Opport&nities 'or additional a&tomation and process improvement

*ook 'or adjacent prod&cts that might add val&e

Many prod&cts are m&ch stronger at the !"#! level than they were

in !!#?#!1

Adding mod&les is low cost since yo& are leveraging the

implementation work yo& have already done Some c&stomers have j&sti'ied the &pgrade primarily by the need

to get to the !"#! level so they co&ld implement additional

prod&cts


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Upgrade +onsiderations

Sec&re cons&lting skills early

!"#!#6 implementation e6perience will be in short s&pply 'or

the ne6t while

)he n&mber o' c&stomers &pgrading to !"#! will be

signi'icantly higher than to !"#1 Some c&stomers might want to consider a

reimplementation rather than an &pgrade

(onsider increasing $A) and )raining time'rames

Signi'icant n&mber o' enhancements will increase timere:&ired


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e 7essage to EBS 11i +usto"ersUpgrade to EBS 12.1 and et 7ore Return on ?our In(est"ent

eleaseVALUE@ !"#! provides b&siness val&e across thes&ite in addition to the %inancials 'oc&sed elease !"

(&stomers sho&ld eval&ate the b&siness val&e o' the elease !"#!

*everage complementary Apps incl&ding %&sion Applications

QUALITY esults@(&stomers are live today on !"#! 7ew and e6isting c&stomers are already live and &pgrading

(&stomers are achieving predictable res&lts &se O(S-

E6perienced S,s or Oracle On Demand#

Choose OADMAP@ !!i s&pport deadlines are coming &p Premier S&pport ends in 7ov "1!1C &pli't 'ee waived &ntil 7ov "1!!

E6tended S&pport ends in 7ov "1!0


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< #gilss* Upgrade fro" 11i1

< Proects= #ssets= Paa/les=iProcure"ent

< 5eeded integrated ERP sste"

"anage and /alance "aintenanceto support continued gro)t

< 7c8onald4s * Upgrade fro" 11i1

< Proects= #ssets= Paa/les= iProc

< Standardi@e construction "g"tprocesses= trac: and "anage costs /proect areas and ensure continuedsste" support

< +PS* Upgrade fro" 11i1

< 5e) &eatures and &unctionalit

< 8atacard* Upgrade fro" 11i;

< $A 7odules* &inancials= '7= In(=37S= iSupplier= +R7= Proects=',9= iProcure"ent= Purcasing= etc.

< #,,* Upgrade fro" 11i1

< &inancials= #P= < 9argest Paa/les 8eplo"ent 33

< Pentel #"erica* Upgrade fro" 11i;

< &inancials= In(entor= 37S

< Better functionalit /etter supportoptions a/ilit to eli"inatecusto"i@ations

< 'racle +orp. Upgrade fro" Release 12

< &inancials= HR= Procure"ent= SSHR=+ontracts= etc.

< Usana Healt Sciences* Upgradefro" 11i1

< &inancials= P7= #d( Plan= In(= 37S

< Support te "ulti-national co"pan=I"pro(ed in(entor control= de"and(isi/ilit= reduce cost of "anaging"fg processes

'racle E-Business Suite Release 12.1A Sample o' (&stomers ho have $pgraded


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'racle Proects&or 7ore Infor"ationC

< *ink to the elease (ontent Doc&ment 'or Projects< $p to and incl&ding !"#!#0< https@88metalink"#oracle#com8metalink8pls:l8ml"Fdoc&ments#showDoc&ment

< %or more in'ormation abo&t Oracle Applications

< http@88www#oracle#com8applications8home#html

< B&ilding the B&siness (ase 'or yo&r $pgrade

< $pgrade Advisor My Oracle S&pport note and comm&nities

< https@88s&pport#oracle#com8(SP8main8articleGcmdshowtype7O)id"?
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Building te Business +ase for our Upgrade#ccelerate our e(aluation and planning

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Upgrade #d(isor on 7 'racle Support


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,ecnical '(er(ie)


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12.1 upgrade o(er(ie)

< !"#! was generally available J>AK in May "114

< Lia Oracle Electronic Prod&ct Delivery JEPDKand oracle Store

< %or all the s&pported plat'orms and lang&ages

< (an be &sed by new and &pgrading c&stomersJ!!#?#4 and aboveK to go directly to !"#!

< ,' yo& are on !!i- &se !"#! apid ,nstall 'rom EPD# %ollow

instr&ctions 'rom the $pgrade >&ide@ !!i to !"#!N

< ,' yo& are on !"#1#- &se !"#! Maintenance Pack

J3010101K 'rom MyOracle S&pport JMOSK# %ollow instr&ctions'rom !"#!Maintenance Pack ,nstall ,nstr&ctions 3?"/!4#!KN


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12.1 upgrade o(er(ie)Upgrade Pats

< Minim&m EBS s&ite level 'or direct &pgrade to !"#!

< !!i4- !!i4($!- !!i4($" or above

< !!i!1- !!i!1($!- !!i!1($" or above

< !"#1#1 and above

< Minim&m EBS s&ite level re:&ired 'or database to be at

< !1gr" J!1#"#1#2K @ !!i4($"- !!i!1($"

< !!gr! J!!#!#1#3K @ !!i!1($"- !"#1#2

< !!gr" J!!#"#1#!K @ !!i!1($"- !"#1#2

< One or more o' the 'ollowing choices apply based on

yo&r c&rrent con'ig&ration and yo&r target con'ig&ration< $pgrade database and EBS level in a single downtime

< $pgrade database and EBS level in separate downtimes


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12.1 upgrade o(er(ie),ecnolog ad(antages

< ich $,

< *ook ahead *OLs

< Hover9over pop9&ps

< Spider graphs

< idgets

< Better look and 'eel< M* P&blisher + (&stomi=e reporting needs

< eporting Pack sol&tion

< Every D% - report is converted in 6ml# 6ml and D% do co

e6ists 'or e#g# PAA$M)( PAA$M)(FM*


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< Hover yo&r c&rsor on Project 7&mber in the project listtable to view project details

2$

12.1 upgrade o(er(ie)Sa"ple of o(er o(er pop-up


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'perational #d(antages

< S&pportability

< Stability

< Better per'ormance 8 Opport&nity to re engineer

< %re:&ent ($s< *ess Maintenance (osts


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< Identification of reLuired patces

< Prepare a complete list o' pre and post patches andrecommended code levels

< ;eep the system c&rrent on AD8A)>8OAM code e#g# latest

AD8A)> $Ps on !!i8!"#1 and once on !"#!

< High priority patches 'rom My Oracle S&pport

< (onsolidated $pgrade Patches J($PK and re:&ired one o''sthat need to be applied in pre9install mode# !"#! ($P!

J7303029:12.1.0) is available now

< eview ;nown9iss&esN sections 'rom key doc&ments to

determine additional pre or post &pgrade patches @

< elease notes- MP ,nstall ,nstr&ctions

Upgrade Best Practices


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< Patch merging and se:&encing

< )ake advantage o' patch merge- hot patching and apply patches

in the correct se:&ence# %or e#g# apply M*S as hot patches

< (omplete pre &pgrade activities

< ,denti'y and e6ec&te tasks that co&ld be completed in a

separate downtime period- prior to the prod&ction &pgrade

< $se applicable steps mentioned in the Downtime red&ctionand $pgrade By e:&estN appendices E and > o' the !"#!

&pgrade g&ide

< $pgrade DBMS version to latest certi'ied 'or the c&rrent APPS

level J !!#"#1#! 8 !!#!#1#3 8 !1#"#1#2 K

< (onvert to Oracle Applications )ablespace ModelJOA)MK< (ompacts database- optimi=es storage settings and red&ces ,8O

< Other planned H or OS &pgrades



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< Pre-upgrade acti(ities continued...

< $se )$MS J)he $pgrade Man&al ScriptNK to avoid r&nningtasks that are not relevant 'or yo&r system

< (onvert to m&ltiple organi=ation architect&re Doc&ment

"!1!40#!K

< Drop M( schema J !!#?#!1 and above K

< >ather stats with >A)HEFA$)O option 'or all schemas< Minimi=e historical data to be &pgraded as per b&siness

re:&irements + $pgrade By e:&estN

< P&rge old and8or transient data be'ore &pgrading

< Over "/1 standard p&rge programs in !"

< $se new P&rge PortalN in OAM to administrate



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< PRE Upgrade

< ,nter'ace with payables< Adj&stments on e6isting Prepayments- Prepayment Disco&nts

and Prepayment Applications will be prohibited#

< (&stomers have to ens&re that all necessary adj&stments are

per'ormed be'ore &pgrading to !"#

< Ens&re all the adj&stmenst to E6pense reports and S&pplier,nvoices are '&lly processed prior to &pgrade#

Jpa!"1&1?#s:l K

< P'S, Upgrade

< M( @ ,' yo& have some c&stom col&mns de'ined 'or M(amo&nts- those may generate errors

< $nderstand and con'ig&re new pillar 'eat&res like ebta6- sla-

moac etc#

Upgrade Pre 6 Post Reco""endations


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9essons 9earnt< Properly si=e DBMS 'or &pgrade

< init#ora

< $ndo

< Shared pool

< DB (ache

< P>A Aggregate )arget

< Plan 'or additional storage 'or staging patches- pre9b&iltcode

< $se prod&ction like hardware 'or $A)

< Optimi=e (BO stats

< Set pls:lFnoFcompileyes

< $se higher batch si=e J!11119"1111K

< (hoose ade:&ate n&mbers o' workers


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9essons 9earnt

< epeat the &pgrade &ntil all iss&es are 'i6ed and

downtime is consistent< Ens&re new c&stomi=ations comply to new standard

< )est )est More )est


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References&or 7ore Infor"ationC


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