The Knowledge Base

Panelist Information: Brian Lewis, VP of Finance and Corporate Controller, eprentise, LLC
Recording Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 12:00 pm ET
Duration: 1 hour
Vendor prices can fluctuate, sometimes significantly over time, resulting in unintended higher costs. A periodic price analysis should be performed to determine there are no overcharges or no discrepancies depending on the operating unit and inventory delivery site. A sudden price change may also indicate an expired contract or a significant, unnoticed increase. This session will review key Oracle reports to leverage your purchasing across the business, and to identify inventory item cost savings opportunities.

It's becoming a tradition...almost every year, I provide new examples for personalizations to cover new features in the latest release. In addition, the questions generated by past presentations on personalizations provide real world problems with personalization solutions beneficial to all users. Learn how to make the user experience more productive with easy to implement improvements. Pick that low hanging fruit for quick innovation wins.

Panelist Information: Charity Burrell, Burgelectric
Recording Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020, 3:00 pm ET
Duration: 1 hour
Every software roll-out is a construction project. From understanding the desired end result to building the basic foundation of the project to testing the various systems and educating the end-user on the use of what you built. Let me share with you what I have learned from several larger roll-outs in E-Business Suites Projects when it comes to turning over the project on time, within budget and providing the end-user with the desired end result. The presentation will also discuss methods to ensure that the end-user adapts to the new software and/or processes put in place to support the software.

• Understand The Requirements
• Determine The Solution
• Measure Success of the Project
• Construction & Acceptance Testing
• Operation & Maintenance Manuals
• Measure Your Success

Panelist Information: David Welch and Tom Leonard
Recording Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Duration: 90 minutes
All international shipments are regulated, some more than others. A shipper must determine if an item can legally be imported to a country, and what documents (invoices, licenses, certificates, and statements) must travel with the shipment. This webinar will provide ideas on how better manage these decisions by configuring Oracle GTM document determination and regulatory eligibility processes. We will cover several heavily regulated industries from an export and import perspective.

The presentation was provided by David Welch, Manager with Inspirage and Tom Leonard, also with Inspirage.

David has 20 years’ experience with Oracle EBS – Order Management, OTM, GTM, Endeca, iStore, Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Item Master. Business experience includes managing supply chain, logistics, and trade compliance in several regulated industries: Oil& Gas, Mining, Medical Devices, and Aerospace. Project experience includes both from a business user perspective and consulting perspective. Credentials include US Licensed Customs Broker, prior Dangerous Goods certification for US and Canada for all transport modes.

Tom has 30 years’ experience in business software including 25 years in TMS and 19 years with OTM.

Panelist Information: Ramesh Kumar and Wayne Van Sluys
Recording Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 12:00 pm ET
Duration: 1 hour
Join the Oracle Applications and Technology Users Group (OATUG) Analytics, BI and Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) in a discussion with Wayne Van Sluys of InterRel Consulting in a discussion about the data visualization capabilities in Oracle Analytics solutions. Data Visualization (DV) is the newest member of the Oracle Analytics (BI) family! Whether you are using OBIEE on-premises, are in the cloud with Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), or on your desktop, DV allows you to rapidly dig into your data and to create visualizations off of many sources. This self-service freedom often presents new challenges. People who are new to DV are often confused by all the possible visualization options or they pick the wrong visualization. We will discuss the various visualization types, showing where and how they are best used to help tell the data story and drive deeper data discovery.
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The Oracle Applications and Technology Users Group (OATUG) Analytics, BI and Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) was formed to allow users to share information and best practices related to the use of Oracle Analytics, BI and Big Data on-premises and cloud solutions. Through the SIG, users have access to education and training programs and may provide feedback to Oracle by recommending product enhancements and influencing future versions of the software. If you are interested in participating in the SIG, please join the membership on our website.

Presenter Information: Nadia Bendjedou, Vice President of Product Strategy for Oracle EBS
Recording Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 11:00 am ET
Duration: 35 minutes

Description:
Although OATUG contains many functional EBS users, we also have a strong partnership with the Oracle Corporation. With Oracle’s announcement of “Continuous Innovation Release on 12.2” of EBS, it is even more important to attend COLLABORATE and get the face to face information from Oracle directly. In this preview session, Nadia Bendjedou, Vice President of Product Strategy for Oracle EBS, will discuss the many exciting session offerings at COLLABORATE 20.

• Oracle Roadmaps: These sessions talk about Oracle product strategy for the coming years
• Meet the Oracle Experts: Sit down directly with the Oracle speakers, product leads, and technical support at small round table sessions
• Oracle Hands-on-Lab: This will provide you with an opportunity to test how to prepare your EBS applications, configure the appropriate Compute services, and lift and shift (migrate) your EBS systems to Oracle Cloud. Bring your laptop to this Hands-on-Lab (HOL) to learn how you can move your Oracle E-Business Suite workload to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Oracle Support Sessions: Are you using Oracle Support offerings to the fullest? Oracle support engineers will have sessions that showcase the most valuable support offerings and teach you the do’s and don’ts.
• Oracle Open CAB: This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an Open Customer Advisory Board meeting. You will be directly involved in speaking with EBS developers, sharing incites, providing recommendations, and speaking with other Users. This is a must-see program if you run EBS.

Panelist Information: Cam Larner and Skip Straus, Absolute Technologies
Recording Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 12:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour
Controls over Oracle EBS User Access and Activity are a challenge for public auditors and internal audit. EBS is hugely complex, and it's a moving target. The goal is to have controls that protect the business assets and financial reports, business and IT processes, and the integrity of EBS itself. Auditors must balance business risks against the cost and operational burden of the controls.

This presentation looks at controls over how EBS users access EBS and what they do within the application. We'll look at how to recognize problems and impact. Sometimes problems can be masked or overlooked. Fortunately, auditors can query EBS itself to answer many questions about what users can potentially and actually do, how business activities are divided among users (SOD), and whether user controls are efficient.
You will gain insight into the following -

• The problems user access and activity controls address.
• How to weigh the problem risks and look for mitigating controls.
• How to look at access control, and how to limit access to what individuals need to fulfill their job roles.
• Access control components that are often overlooked.
• How to determine who changed EBS data, and pick out exception situations for detail review.
• How to evaluate segregation of duties controls intended to prevent fraudulent business activities and damaging EBS configurations.
• How auditors can increase their independence and EBS support staff can reduce their audit support workload.
• Key operational performance indicators for access and activity controls can be the foundation for continuous improvement, reducing risk and costs.

Panelist Information: Sebastian John, Head of Application Architecture at Qatar Foundation,
Recording Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 11:00 am ET
Duration: 60 minutes
Qatar Foundation is on an inspiring digital transformation journey which has delivered several unique regional and global firsts. The success so far can be accredited to the amazing and dedicated professionals who have taken the opportunity that comes with risk.
This webinar was presented by Sebastian John, Head of Application Architecture at Qatar Foundation, and he discussed this journey and their successful migration of E-Business Suite and other applications to Oracle Cloud.

Panelist Information: Manasi Puranik, Product Management Director - Oracle, & Sista Sivaramakrishna, Principal Product Manager - Oracle
Recording Date: Tuesday, February 18, 12:00 pm ET
Duration: 1 hour
Learn about Oracle EBS' new features for dashboard capabilities. Oracle EBS has added an Enterprise Command Center to its applications, including Cost Management for both Discrete and Process modules. Learn how this can improve your visibility for Cost Accounting and backlog for your weekly and month-end tasks. Identify and act on priority transactions without custom reporting. Better ability to manage and monitor your period close processes, including all of those pesky transaction interfaces! With no additional license costs!
This webinar was presented by the Cost Management SIG.
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Panelist Information: Ramesh Kumar and Wayne Van Sluys
Recording Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 12:00 pm ET
Duration: 1 hour
Join the Oracle Applications and Technology Users Group (OATUG) Analytics, BI and Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) in a discussion with Wayne Van Sluys of InterRel Consulting in a discussion about the data visualization capabilities in Oracle Analytics solutions. Data Visualization (DV) is the newest member of the Oracle Analytics (BI) family! Whether you are using OBIEE on-premises, are in the cloud with Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), or on your desktop, DV allows you to rapidly dig into your data and to create visualizations off of many sources. This self-service freedom often presents new challenges. People who are new to DV are often confused by all the possible visualization options or they pick the wrong visualization. We will discuss the various visualization types, showing where and how they are best used to help tell the data story and drive deeper data discovery.
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The Oracle Applications and Technology Users Group (OATUG) Analytics, BI and Big Data Special Interest Group (SIG) was formed to allow users to share information and best practices related to the use of Oracle Analytics, BI and Big Data on-premises and cloud solutions. Through the SIG, users have access to education and training programs and may provide feedback to Oracle by recommending product enhancements and influencing future versions of the software. If you are interested in participating in the SIG, please join the membership on our website.