Oracle Openworld Directory Index

Today’s Goals
Educate each other
Present & discuss new/different ideas and topics
Prepare ourselves to help our business organizations
Improve our own intellectual value
Provide you an intellectual tool (Information Path)
Network
Today’s Topics
Review Business Drivers and E-Business
Present Information Path - Levels 1&2
Outline Oracle’s E-Business Suite
Match Information Path with the E-Business Suite and business drivers
Questions & Answers
Business Drivers
Technology is a long term investment living in a short term world…..

Why do companies implement technology ?
Short Term
Increase Revenue
Decrease Costs
Comply with regulations (Fed,State,Local, IS9000)
Long Term
Increase Organizational Value
What is E-Business ? (Oracle Website)
A true e-business is a business that utilizes the full power of the internet to make its operations dramatically more efficient, less expensive, and more flexible than ever before.
E-Business Features:
integrated and streamlined organization
360 degree view of its organization and a comprehensive view of its customers
Lower operating costs and improves accuracy of its data by providing self-service applications to customers and employees.
Works online with its suppliers facilitating supplier-managed inventory and providing products and services faster and cheaper than ever before.
Expands its marketplace globally and thinks
"Web" first. 

What is the Information Path ?
Graphical model of the process of data becoming information as it passes through virtual focus areas within an organization.

The purpose of the Information Path model is to act as an instrument for identifying and documenting the internal and external focus areas where technology alternatives can be most efficiently applied to reach the organizational goals.

Each focus area contains risk and control processes and procedures that can help or hurt the flow.

The Information path is only as strong as the
weakest link.
Information Path Levels
Information Path Level I
… moving data to information…

Information Path Level II
… becoming a world class e-business …
Information Path – Level I
Level I Focuses on:
Transactions/Data
Baseline Hardware & operations
Applications
Information
Internal management
& staff

Information Path – Level II
Level II Focuses on:
Investors
Board of Directors
Suppliers
Customers
Other Business Partners
Competition

E-Business Suite (Oracle Website)
complete set of business applications that run entirely on the internet, enabling you to cut costs across customer relationship management, supply chain, financials, projects, human resources, and business intelligence functions.
Matching of E-Business Suite with Information Path
Present major organization goal within each area:
Short Term
Increase Revenue
Decrease Costs
Comply with regulations (Fed,State,Local, IS9000)
Long Term
Increase Organizational Value

Present E-Business Suite Feature/Function
Data/Transactions
Major Organizational Goal –
Decrease Costs – Foundation for rest of path

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Integrated database
Web based application
Suite of products

Hardware/Telecommunications
Major Organizational Goal –
Cost Reduction – Need baseline functionality - webtone

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Multiple hardware platforms, etc
Standard communication methods
Computer Operations/Security
Major Organizational Goal –
Cost Reduction – Baseline 24/7

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Internal Oracle tools and design
Integration with third party solutions
System Development/I.S. Organization
Major Organizational Goal –
Cost Reduction
Increase Revenue (New Ideas)

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Industry Standard Database
Integrated Tool
Usage of business rules
Office Automation
Major Organizational Goal –
Overall Value, Cost Reduction & Increase Revenue


Oracle E-Business Suite -
Integration with ‘shrink wrap’ software
Industry standard interfaces
Operational Applications
Major Organizational Goal –
Cost Reduction, Increase Revenue, Overall Value, regulatory

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Simplify, Integrate, Self-service, Globalize, Think Web First
Develop
Plan
Procure
Manufacture
Fulfill

Financial Applications
Major Organizational Goal –
Cost Reduction, Overall Value, Regulatory

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Shared services
Integrated Processes
Block & Tackle


Executive Information System/Management Decisions
Major Organizational Goal –
Increase Revenue, Cost Reduction, Overall Value

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Timely informed decisions
Information to every user
Customer Profitability

Level II – Suppliers & Partners – They want to please you
Major Organizational Goal –
Cost Reduction, Increase Revenue, Increase Value

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Self-Service
Supply Chain Management
Financial Systems
Integrated Database
XML
Level II – Board of Directors/ Investors - They want information
Major Organizational Goal –
Increase Overall Value

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Integrated Financial Systems
Business Intelligence
Level II –Customers & Customers’ Customers – You want to make it easy
Major Organizational Goal –
Increase Revenue, Decrease Costs, Increase Value

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Self-Service
Globalize
Customer Relationship Management
Supply Chain Management
Think Web First - XML
Simplify
Business Intelligence
Level II - Competitors – You want to beat them
Major Organizational Goal –
Decrease Cost, Increase Value

Oracle E-Business Suite -
Globalize
Business Intelligence
Simplify
Wireless ? ? ? ? ? ?

Closing – Did we meet our goals ?
Educate each other
Present & discuss new/different ideas and topics
Prepare ourselves to help our business organizations
Improve our own intellectual value
Provide you an intellectual tool (Information Path)
Network (beer or jeffcaldwell@ciovision.com)