Oracle’s R12 solution has now been here for more than 3+ years since it was released in the year 2007. The adoption of the R12 solution over the past few years has grown as expected, with companies seeing value in their investment in the new solution. The new R12 solution not only has a good number of technical changes, but in many process areas there are major functional changes for example, financials, and manufacturing. In addition to this, Oracle has also introduced many new products bundled with the R12 solution which can also work standalone with 11i. Customer can leverage these solutions while retaining their current investments in R11i or migrate to R12. They can either look at moving to R12 solution through an implementation route or through technical upgrade route. Each of this approaches have their own pros and cons and every industry vertical has something to look up to for leveraging this solution.
Through this blog I want to share my views on the R12 solution, upgrade approach, best practices, challenges for process industry vertical. As a part of its strategy for R12, Oracle has introduced many solution enhancements for the Process industry customers. I believe the R12 upgrade initiative by any process industry enterprise is a major decision which should be evaluated and planned with proper due diligence.
In the next part of this series, I would write about the process manufacturing industry in general, the typical challenges that they face and so on. The subsequent blogs would be about IT approaches suited for this industry, challenges, solutions and best practices available as of now.
Stay tuned.
At Sierra Atlantic, we have always been at the forefront in aligning our business strategy with that of Oracle in terms of key technology and product focus areas. As a part of this endeavor, our R12 experts, with their rich experience of successful multiple Oracle R12 engagements execution, have evolved ACCLIVITY , a Cloud based R12 Accelerator to help Oracle ERP 11i Customers Assess, Strategize, Plan and Execute R12 Upgrades.
The breadth of services covered under the Acclivity tool program spans across the life cycle of an Upgrade Project ranging from pre-upgrade assessment services, impact analysis during the upgrade and data reconciliation efforts in the post upgrade phase.
To help our Oracle ERP customers align with Oracle’s direction, Sierra Atlantic has always believed in making available to its customers, cutting edge technology tools and Solutions that enable them to seamlessly upgrade and leverage the product benefits. These tools are aimed at managing the complexity associated with the myriad of customizations that enterprises have, so that they can have crystal clarity into their future application roadmap.
Having already implemented the Acclivity tool in several successful R12 engagements, we have yet again taken another generational leap in futuristic technology tools by migrating it to a cloud based paradigm that would help our customers access the tool from anywhere, pay per use, and leverage the compelling benefits that the multifaceted cloud computing architecture offers.
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