OATUG eLearning

Cloud Transformation – Changing Dynamics Along the Cloud Maturity Model

Abstract:
The move to the Cloud is filled with exuberance and challenges as your organization progresses along the Cloud Maturity Model. The wave of digital transformation brings disruptive changes to organizations, but it’s also an opportunity to evaluate processes and incorporate efficiency. True transformation succeeds when people themselves transform and adapt to change. This session will reveal what one of the largest fast-food icons had to consider when they started their journey and their ensuing cloud maturation. Every role in the organization, from technologists to leaders, were required to embrace change for them to become “value creators.” What does your organization need to consider as it progresses along this maturity model? Has your organization considered the roles required as you go from data center transformation to application stabilization, to supporting hybrid deployments before you modernize your applications?

Come join Pramod Alluri, Global Cloud Transformation Leader, for this insightful session as he guides you through the stages of transformation and provides key insights that your organization needs to contemplate across the Cloud Maturity Model, each step along the way!

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the Cloud Maturity Model and Adoption Framework
• Discover use cases for the Cloud Maturity Model
• Explore available cloud deployment options

Educational Track:
Cloud Migration

Presented by:
Pramod Alluri - Vice President, Datavail Solutions & Delivery, Practice Lead Enterprise Applications Division ​

Cloud-Care FinOps Visibility for Optimized Cloud-Spend & Governance of Cloud-Deployed Enterprise App

Abstract:
Learn how Data Intensity’s Cloud-Care solution can provide visibility, automation, and single-pane of glass reporting for your OCI and other public cloud-deployed EBS applications for precise cost-management and inter-departmental governance controls with no disruption to your current environment.

Objectives:
• Learn how to obtain full cloud-spend visibility across multi-cloud deployments with a common data model and reporting.
• Understand the power of machine learning for right-sizing recommendations.
• Learn how to better automate and schedule resource consumption for prod & non-prod application environments.
• Learn the possibilities of cost optimizations in your cloud infrastructure, (e.g. riddance of unattached storage).
• Discover how the Cloud-Care platform can help build stronger inter-departmental communications for cloud-spend and budgeting.

Oracle Product Lines:
#EBSonOCI
#E-BusinessSuite 
#Database
#DatabaseCloud

Presented By:
@Richard Froble - VP Product Management & Marketing, Data Intensity
Andrew Elliott - VP Cloud & Infrastructure Services, Data Intensity
Desmond Chan - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Aquila Clouds ​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Customer Spotlight: Operational Reporting that's Controlled, Compliant, and Changeable

Abstract:
Managing the dynamic business reporting needs of Hologic, a S&P 500 company specializing in women's health, while providing clarity, transparency, and control, certainly looks like it could be a herculean effort. By utilizing the right tools and the proper techniques, we’ve removed variables so we can clearly demonstrate our reporting processes, while also giving users the flexibility that they need to take things to the next level.


Learning Objectives:
1. Transparency throughout the entire technology stack for reporting and clear definitions of roles for segregation of duties
2. The power of flexible, real-time operational reporting across all business functions.

Educational Tracks:
#Analytics/BI 
#CloudMigration 
#DataScience 
#E-BusinessSuite 
#EBSSCM 
#EBSonOCI 
#EPM/Hyperion 
#CloudEPM 
#CloudERP 
#CloudSCM 

Presented by:
@Glenn Kretkowski, Hologic, Senior Manager, Business Intelligence
Sean Williams, Orbit Analytics, Regional Software and Consulting Sales Director
@Arvind Bellur, Orbit Analytics, Architect - BI, Reporting and Analytics ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Reduce Compliance Complexity with Integrated Tax Technology

Abstract:
Tax impacts every business transaction. But in today’s digital, omnichannel, unified commerce world – customers expect to have the same seamless experience regardless of how and where they decide to engage and purchase from your business and whether you are selling B2C or B2B.

There are a growing number of potential issues which can impact their experience and your bottom line: from low bandwidth and the inability to accurately calculate tax, to latency and delayed checkouts and more.

In this session, we will explore strategies to remove barriers to your business growth and customer satisfaction.

Learning Objectives:
• Aligning your tax and financial strategies with IT and the business to support growth
• Applying modern strategies for deploying tax technology such as containerization and EDGE
• Reducing risk from a tax, regulatory and technical perspective

Educational Tracks:
#CloudMigration 
#CloudERP 

Presented by:
Matt Thoman, EDGE – Product Manager Principal, Vertex ​​​

SafePaaS Policy-Based Access Controls Governance for Access Review/Certification

This is a Solution Showcase Session.

Abstract:
Learn how you can prevent the risk of application access control failure by completely automating the enterprise certification process for ALL IDENTITIES across Oracle applications and ALL other data sources, including IDM, IGA, ITSM, Oracle Database and Servers.

Objectives:
1) Discover why policy-based access controls are critical to safeguard Oracle ERP systems
2) Learn how effective access controls can be used to ensure sensitive data is kept safe from hackers and cybercriminals
3) Understand how access review limits access to sensitive privileges and data to only authorised users


Oracle Product Lines:
#E-BusinessSuite 
#CloudERP 
#Database 

Presented by:
@Adil Khan - SafePaaS, CEO
@Robert Enders - SafePaaS, VP Solution Specialist ​​​​​

Oracle RPA Showcase: Uncover the 3 Best Use Cases for EBS Automation

Abstract:
With the global Robotic Process Automation market size expected to reach $13.74 billion dollars by 2028 (Gartner), it is no secret that automation is a key factor helping to increase organizational productivity and profitability.

Organizations are now looking to automation to help streamline their mission critical Oracle back-office business processes. However, they often struggle to identify which workflows are their low hanging fruit and the high value use cases that will bring the most ROI.

Join Oracle ACE Director, Mia Urman, for this informative session showcasing common EBS use cases that can bring organizations the most value when automated. Learn how to take a phased approach to automation and to identify which processes to consider first. This session will also feature live demos and customer success stories.

Learning objectives:
1. Learn our phased approach to automation
2. Learn what EBS use cases are best suited for automation that will bring the most value
3. Learn how to identify clear, defined, and repeatable processes that are worth automating

Educational Tracks:
#E-BusinessSuite 
#EBSonOCI 
#EmergingTechnologies 
#MiddlewareandIntegrationTools 

Presented by:
@Mia Urman - CEO, AuraPlayer
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Fusion (SaaS) Cloud Applications: Automated and Flexible Setup Loading, Reporting and Compares

Abstract:
Using the right tools, you will deliver the right results each time and save time, cost and risk in the process. Working with complex enterprise systems such as the Fusion (SaaS) Cloud Applications requires a huge amount of configuration work to be performed and maintained over multiple environments (Dev / Test / UAT / Production). Basic implementation tools are provided but do not consider practical usage, lack clarity of reporting or consistency checking and require numerous loading mechanisms / user interfaces.

Join us for this presentation where we will take you through just how easy it can be, with the right tools, to work with the Cloud configuration settings and extract, transform, load, compare them across environments, entities, time and even the quarterly patch updates.

We will touch on the automated generation of MC050s, comparing settings across multiple Cloud environments, seeing the impacts of quarterly patch updates, loading targeted settings across environments, tracking who / what is making changes and user access / segregation of duties reporting etc. The session should be of interest to anyone working with the Oracle Fusion (SaaS) Cloud Applications.

Learning Objectives:
1. How to easily check the consistency of settings across multiple Cloud environments
2. How to load / migrate only the specific records you need
3. How to clearly see where quarterly patch updates have added or impacted Cloud settings

Educational Tracks:
#CloudMigration 
#E-BusinessSuite 
#CloudERP 
#CloudHCM 
#CloudSCM

Presented by:
@Gordon Halley - Business Development, ConfigSnapshot / Rookery Software ​​​​​​

Empower Your People with Financial Insights from Oracle ERPs

Abstract:
It is critical for your team to have better awareness and a stronger understanding of all activities that impact the bottom line. Lacking the ability to identify and examine the underlying root causes behind the issues in financial reports (e.g., unpredictable revenue or unstable supplier relationships), your finance team may need to be able to research and autonomously resolve the issues at hand.

Creating the actionable insights your business needs is often a complex process that falls upon IT. Custom reports or dashboards are requested by business leaders, and eventually delivered by teams of data analysts from the IT team or a partner. This process can often take weeks, if not months, and in many cases, the report or dashboard is limited to a single use case and applicable only to a single business unit or user – perhaps only the requester.

Join this webinar to discover how using Wands for Oracle in conjunction with Angles for Oracle can enhance your organization’s financial and operational reporting needs by:
-Providing easy, self-service reporting for Oracle EBS in Excel or in the BI tool of your choice.
-Accelerating daily reporting activities with easy access to EBS data in Excel.
-Empowering your financial teams to access deep enterprise application, business, and functional insights.
-Viewing, identifying, and analyzing processes across the entire value chain.

Learning Objectives:
1.) Accelerate daily reporting activities with easy access to EBS data in Excel.
2.) Empower your financial teams to access deep enterprise application, business, and functional insights.
3.) View, identify, and analyze processes across the entire value chain.

Educational Tracks:
#Analytics/BI 
#E-BusinessSuite
#EBSSCM 
#EBSonOCI 
#EmergingTechnologies 

Presented by:
@Beth Moran - Senior Account Executive, insightsoftware 
@Al Tietz - Sales Consultant, insightsoftware 
@Tim Miller - Solutions Engineering Strategist, insightsoftware ​​​​​​​​

How Managing Oracle Cloud Projects Differs from On-Premise: Here’s What You Need to Know

Abstract:
For many Oracle practitioners who are accustomed to delivering Oracle EBS, CX, VCP, JDE, Peoplesoft, or Agile PLM, it may seem reasonable that implementing Oracle Cloud projects would be no different. However, key differences should be considered to avoid roadblocks such as an ever-expanding project scope or missing the mark on leveraging the power of Oracle Cloud applications altogether.

Join us to discuss the critical differences between Oracle Cloud projects and on-premise. We’ll cover the steps to set expectations, organize, and manage Oracle Cloud differently to help ensure success utilizing modern applications.

Learning Objectives:
1) Leverage the power of Project Management for the Oracle Cloud implementation
2) Understand the differences between Project management to support a Cloud implementation
3) Visualization without requirements for better Cloud adoption

Educational Tracks:
#CloudMigration 
#DevOps,Development,andDeploy 
#ProfessionalDevelopment 
#Projects 
#Upgrades 

Presented by:
@Dawn Baker - Project Manager & Sr. Business Analyst, NexInfo Solutions Inc.​​​​​​

Multi-Currency Best Practices in Oracle ERP Cloud and EBS

Abstract:
Oracle ERP Cloud and E-Business Suite have excellent multi-currency functionality. We will cover how it works and what configuration and processes you need to make it work efficiently.

We will put forward best practice proposals based on the experience of hundreds of FXLoader clients, including:
- Setup of rate types for daily transactions and period end processes
- Rates sources - market rates providers, official central bank rates, statutory requirements
- Inverses, averages, rounding
- Reconciling to rates applied by your bank

Learning Objectives:
1.) How multi-currency works in Oracle ERP Cloud and EBS
2.) Best practices for the source of rates, including countries with statutory requirements
3.) Best practices for transaction conversion, revaluation and translation

Educational Tracks:
#E-BusinessSuite 
#CloudERP 
#FinancialServices 

Presented by:
@Peter Care - Technical Director, FXLoader 
@Bert Tavares - Global Accounts, FXLoader ​​​​​

Achieving the Highest Level of Automation for Accounts Payable Using Oracle EBS

Abstract:
The processing of Accounts Payable (AP) invoices is an expensive, manually intensive process, bringing a risk of errors that cost your company time and money. When your AP department is inefficient, it is time to automate your process.

To get the most from your AP department, consider choosing Intelligent AP Automation to radically improve the benefits and payback of automation. Intelligent AP Automation:

• Maximizes the number of invoices that are Straight-Through Processed (line item validated, 3-way matched, GL coded into Oracle E-Business Suite and vouchered - untouched by people)
• Streamlines the processing of invoices that require intervention and approval, all while minimizing processing time to increase your early pay discounts
• Eliminates duplicate payments and other costly errors

With Intelligent AP Automation, you’ll learn how to turbo charge the processing of AP invoices for maximum savings, greatly improving your AP process and cash flow. Join us for Achieving the Highest Level of Automation for Accounts Payable Using Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and discover:
• The benefits of real-time integration with Oracle EBS
• The latest advances to maximizing straight-through processing
• How to accommodate the true complexities of the invoice matching process
• Productivity advances for exception handling
• The secrets to mobile access and approval
• Better visibility and management of invoices in the AP process
• Advanced metrics to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of your AP department
• The value of true content management in your Procure-to-Pay process

Learning Objectives:
1.) Learn the definition of the highest level of automation and what you can expect to achieve from it
2.) The importance of real-time integration in your AP process
3.) How straight-through processing increases accuracy and productivity within an AP Department
4.) The impact of a Hybrid Agile-Waterfall implementation with customer discovery and industry best practices

Educational Tracks:
#Analytics/BI 
#E-BusinessSuite 
#EmergingTechnologies 
#MiddlewareandIntegrationTools 

Presented by:
@Brian Spiro - Vice President of Sales, IntelliChief ​​​​​

Cloud ERP Week

Cloud ERP Week:

November 14-18, 2022

Managing day to day activities such as accounting, financials, procurement and supply chain are mission critical activities that serve as the backbone for operations for any company.  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions provide organizations the opportunity to run more efficiently than ever in a constantly changing and demanding environment.  Join us for Cloud ERP week to hear about Oracle’s ERP solutions for Financials, Project Management, Procurement, Risk Management and Compliance, Supply Chain & Manufacturing and ERP Analytics can improve your ability to support the backbone of your Company’s processes. 


This one-week, 15-session series is free to OATUG members. Non-members can participate for just $297 and also receive a free one-month preview OATUG membership with purchase.


Session information to come soon closer to the event!


Many thanks to Config Snapshot, Datavail, Syntax, Axia, and DWS for sponsoring Cloud ERP Week.