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Friday, June 25, 2004

Oracle Apps Implementation Documentation for a University

This post contains details of implementation documentation for an Oracle Applications Implementation at the Queensland University of Technology. In particular, I will discuss the Chart of Accounts documentation available at the Universities web site.

The Queensland University of Technology has some very useful Business Forms, Procedure Manuals and Training Documentation at the Division of Finance and Resource Plannings site. In particular the Chart of Accounts documentation clearly illustrates the accounting flexfield structure and associated values that should be used in such types of organization as a University.

Another sample Chart of Accounts can also be downloaded from my personal site.

Thursday, June 24, 2004

Oracle Applications Documentation - Business Forms, Procedures and Training Manuals

This post contains information on some Oracle Documentation I came across at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

According to their site, “the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) implemented Oracle Financials in October 1998. Over 350 users campus wide access the on-line system to prepare journal entries, inquire about account transactions and run custom and standard reports”.

I found some useful documentation on their site and thought I should mention it to readers of the blog. The Finance and Administration  section of the Institutes site has some very useful Business Forms, Procedures and Training Manuals which they used in their implementation and which I believe would be useful to other Apps implementors. Make sure you look under the Training Material section where you will find the Accounting Practices, Procedures and Protocol Manual.

Monday, June 21, 2004

Oracle E-Business Suite implementation documentation

This post contains information about Oracle E-Business Suite project documentation and training materials.

Maricopa Community Colleges have implemented a College Financial System using Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.8. According to their site "The College Financial System (CFS) is the system of record for all purchasing, accounts payable, fixed assets, and accounting transactions. CFS is used by the Business Services Division, Campus Fiscal Officers, Administrative Secretaries, and Receiving Clerks to create, act upon, and review Purchase Orders, Invoices, Assets and Financial information. The annual Financial Report is derived from information in CFS. The CFS application interfaces with the BDS application, the HR application, and the Student Information System. 

The Application is Oracle E-Business Suite, version 11.5.8, with relatively minor customizations. It operates on a Compaq Tru64 Server with a Unix 5.1a Operating System on an Oracle 8.1.7.4
Database". 

I came across their site and thought this documentation would certainly be useful to anyone implementing Oracle Apps. At the College Financial System site you will find Oracle the following documentation: -

Customization impact analysis

Design and Build Standards

Application Architecture

Objective, Scope and Approach

Testing Strategy

Project Training Strategy

End User Training Documents

End User Navigation Training Documents

End User Inquiry Documents

Fiscal Agent and Buyer Documents

Project Plans

Implementation Team Structure

You should also visit the Maricopa Technology Training Services site where there you can obtain training material for a variety of Microsoft and other software products.

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Oracle Applications Documentation - Training Courseware

This post contains information about some useful Oracle Applications Training Courseware.

The University of Northern Iowa has implemented a Modern Executive Management Financial Information System (MEMFIS) using Oracle E-Business Suite.

According to their web site: -

The MEMFIS Project at the University of Northern Iowa is a campus-wide initiative with the primary objective of replacing the core system of human resource, payroll, general ledger, purchasing, accounts payable, grants and contracts, projects, and budgeting. In July 2001 general ledger, purchasing, accounts payable and cash management went “live”. Additional modules are scheduled for implementation in 2004. These modules include human resources, advanced benefits, self service HR, payroll, and time collection”.

I had a look at the site and believe that in particular their training courseware might be particularly useful for anyone implementing or learning Oracle Applications.

Oracle Documentation for the Enterprise Accounting System 〈EAS〉

The George Washington University has implemented an Enterprise Accounting System (EAS) using Oracle Applications. This post contains links to the business forms, procedure documentation and training materials used in the implementation.

The Universities implementation of an Enterprise Accounting System (EAS) has been very well documented. On this site you will find various business forms, procedure documentation and training materials which I am sure will be helpful to anyone implementing Oracle E-Business Suite.