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Miat S.p.A. Grows and Organizes Internal Data With Improved Information Management System

Miat S.p.A. wanted to implement a flexible, dependable enterprise-level solution which is quick and easy to install and deploy an application suite that adapts to the needs of small commercial enterprises. The challenge was to solve the problem of data consistency experienced with the previous management software and adapt the...

Tags: Information Management, Oracle Corp., Oracle Financials, Miat S.p.A., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Financial Services, Software

Case studies 2008-07-01

Oracle's Financial Management Solutions: Preparing U.S. Companies for the Transition to IFRS

As the U.S. enters the period of historic debate over global accounting and financial reporting standards, companies should be preparing for change. Whether one is on the path to becoming an early adopter or want to know how the transition to IFRS went for companies outside the U.S., this white...

Tags: Financial Reporting, International Financial Reporting Standards, Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle Financials, Solutions Inc., Financial Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Free Trade, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software

White papers 2008-04-01

Public Power Corporation Optimizes Value of Software Investments and Ensures Rapid Financial Reporting

Public Power Corporation wanted to optimize the value of Public Power Corporation's strategic investment in Oracle Database and Oracle applications by ensuring fast and smooth upgrades to new versions of the software and maintain high availability of Oracle Financials for the company's more than 2,000 users of the software. The...

Tags: Financial Reporting, Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle Financials, Investment, Power Corporation, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Finance, Data Management

Case studies 2007-11-01

Rivas Zorggroep Standardizes Work Processes and Automates Procurement

Rivas Zorggroep provides a broad range of healthcare services in the Dutch provinces of Zuid-Holland, Noord-Brabant, and Utrecht. The company wanted to enable managers to quickly access accurate information. The challenge was to standardize and streamline work processes and automate authorization for procurement. The company integrated data from various legacy...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Financials, Procurement, Rivas Zorggroep, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Purchasing & Procurement, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Human Resources

Case studies 2007-10-01

Streamlining Oracle Financials Implementation

The company has multiple operating units and business groups employing nearly 85,000 people worldwide. Realizing rapid growth in all of its business sectors, and with an intense focus on Internet-based customer service functions, the company needed a platform that would provide cost-effective support for its widespread operations. In addition, the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle Financials, BearingPoint Inc., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies 2007-04-01

Feature Comparison: Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Mini-Pack B With Oracle Financial Analyzer

Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting provides finance and business managers with the right information and self-service tools to help them understand the business better, control the planning process, and tune plans to improve results. Enterprise Planning and Budgeting is a key component of Oracle Corporate Performance Management, a comprehensive solution...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle Financials, Budgeting, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2005-09-01

Hipotecaria Credito y Casa, S.A. de C.V. Saves on Personnel and Space With On Demand Model

Hipotecaria Credito y Casa, S.A. de C.V. is an intermediary mortgage company created to help Mexican families acquire suitable homes. The organization's goal is to offer individual credit and to finance home construction. The company wanted to find a technological platform that supports an annual growth rate of 30% to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle Financials, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Globalization, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management, Finance

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Grupo Telecentro Reduces Accounting Close Time and Simplifies Business Processes

Grupo Telecentro is a group of cable television companies in Argentina. The company wanted to improve management of information by implementing a database system with high levels of availability, reliability, integrity, and robustness. The challenge was to implement internal company processes with a high degree of control following the best...

Tags: Business Process, Accounting, Oracle Corp., Oracle Financials, Grupo Telecentro, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Financial Services, Software, Finance

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Arts Council England Aligns Technology With New Business Strategy to Increase Efficiency and Cut Costs

Arts Council England develops and promotes the arts in England using public money from government and the National Lottery. The council wanted to restructure chart of accounts in Oracle Financials following the implementation of a grant lifecycle management solution that replaces eight diverse legacy systems with standard processes. The challenge...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Financials, Lifecycle Management, Council, Business Strategy, Arts Council England, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Hardware Upgrade, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

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KCC Engineering &Construction Cuts Monthly Reporting Time From 25 Days to 5 Days With Oracle E-Business Suite R12

KCC Engineering & Construction (KCC E&C) is one of South Korea's leading building companies. KCC E&C is aiming to become the foremost residential apartment builder within the next two to three years. To achieve this, the company decided to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system that could be adapted...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, KCC E&C, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Software, Finance, Sales

Case studies 2009-10-01

Harvest Foods Reduces Purchasing Costs by 30% With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12

Harvest Foods wanted to integrate multiple disparate modules for financial systems across the company's two manufacturing facilities and reduce generation times for standard financial reports, such as trial balance. The challenge was to enable custom reporting, such as sales forecasts and reduce raw ingredient purchasing costs to optimize profit. Harvest...

Tags: Food, Oracle Corp., Financial, Oracle E-Business Suite, Financial Accounting, Food & Beverage, Enterprise Software, Finance, Manufacturing, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

Golden Temple of Oregon LLC Improves Data Integrity and Increases Profitability

Golden Temple of Oregon LLC wanted to support the company's growth and international expansion by improving data integrity and providing visibility into all aspects of the business - from manufacturing to financials and migrate away from an average actual costing method to something more suitable to the consumer goods industry....

Tags: Data Integrity, Oracle Corp., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

GoodHope Asia Holdings Gains More Purchasing Power, Generates Financial Reports Faster

GoodHope Asia Holdings Ltd GAHL is the holding company for overseas oil palm plantations run by Carson Cumberbatch PLC, an organization with interests in a diverse group of businesses in Colombo, Sri Lanka and across South East Asia. GAHL owns and operates plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia under the "Agro"...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, GAHL, Human Capital, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Improves Visibility and Extends Reporting With Integrated Financial System

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. wanted to integrate disparate financial systems - resulting from rapid growth through several acquisitions - for more visibility and enable the organization to record financial information from various systems in a single location. The challenge was to accelerate and improve the level of detail in...

Tags: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc., Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2009-09-01

Herbalife Lowers Total Cost of Ownership, Gains Priority Handling and Proactive Support

Herbalife's vision is "Changing people's lives," and for almost 30 years, the company has been helping people lead healthy, active lifestyles. Herbalife is committed to helping people improve their lives through better nutrition and an unparalleled business opportunity. To support continued growth in the United States and abroad, Herbalife needed...

Tags: Oracle Corp., TCO, Herbalife Ltd., Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Management

Case studies 2009-09-01

Gartner financial apps MarketScope

Earlier today I saw Oracle crowing about getting a top slot in Gartner's Marketscope for financial applications. They weren't the only ones. SAP took a similar top slot. But then all the others Gartner looked at: Epicor, Lawson, Microsoft, Exact, Infor, Sage and Unit 4 Agresso scored 'positive.' Odd you...

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Financial, On-demand, Gartner Inc., Sage, KashFlow, Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, Cloud Computing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-08-17

PT Daya Adira Mustika Handles 50% More Product Orders Each Day With Integrated System

PT Daya Adira Mustika wanted to replace heavily customized legacy applications used to manage financials, product procurement, sales orders and inventory and overcome data quality and workflow issues that exist in the database and across various application platforms. The challenge was to deploy an integrated solution that can be easily...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financials, Purchasing & Procurement, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Databases, Business Operations, Sales, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

Your implementation is killing us

When I think about the enterprise apps landscape, it seems almost impossible to get away from MISO's addiction to multi-million dollar implementations. Those days are gone and yet financial analysts seem obsessed with the notion that somehow, some day they will return. Oracle continues to wow the...

Tags: Implementation, SAP AG, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimates

Oracle bucks economic trends; beats Q4 estimatesOracle's financialsOracle did beat market expectations.

Tags: Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Delivering Value in Uncertain Times: Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources Management System Release 12.1

With Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1, Oracle delivers on its Applications Unlimited commitment, the long-term plan to provide continuing enhancements to existing investments in Oracle applications. Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Release 12.1 is based on extensive customer feedback, industry best practices, analysts' research and Oracle's own commitment to thought leadership....

Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, HRMS, Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Release 12.1, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software

White papers 2009-06-01