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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Oracle Apps Accounts Receivable Test Script

Thanks to Mell for uploading the AR Test Script to the Forum. She’s looking for the FA test script if anyone has one to upload.

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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Blog Links - Oracle vs SAP, Open Source, XBRL, Change Management and Blackberry ERP

More news on the Oracle versus SAP battle. Some thoughts on Open Source and news on Compiere. A few notes on change management in ERP and a story on Blackberry’s ERP move. Also looks like the UK is moving towards businesses filing their tax reports in XBRL.

• A chill in Oracle’s hot numbers?
• Addressing Cultural Change and Resistance to ERP Projects
• Blackberry goes ERP
• Compiere ERP Selected For Software 2006
• Expert predicts new front in Oracle-SAP battle
• It’s Not a Small World After All: Managing Change on International ERP Projects
• Oracle looks to get more out of your data - Techworld.com
• Oracle: Open source keeps vendors on their toes
• UK moves forward with XBRL

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Oracle share price and financial information on Google Finance

Google Finance just launched and you might want to check out the latest share price and financial information on Oracle. What’s most interesting is that when you do a search for a company the results returned also incorporate the latest blog entries on that company.

What exactly is Google Finance? According to their site:

Google Finance is an early beta product that offers a broad range of information about North American stocks, mutual funds and public and private companies along with charts, news and fundamental financial data.

Features include:

Company Search — With Google Finance you can search for stocks, mutual funds, public and private companies, using both company names and (where available) ticker symbols.

Interactive Charts — Google Finance charts correlate market data with corresponding dated news stories to help you determine if there is a relationship between them (for instance, by seeing news stories that came out about a certain company in the context of what that company’s stock did that day). You can also click and drag the charts to see different time periods and zoom in to see more detailed information.

News and More News — Google Finance incorporates our Google News service, which gathers stories from more than 4,500 English news sources worldwide. Stories are clustered by topic so you can see different opinions on a single subject; you can also review news stories by monthly date range and by importance (which is determined by algorithms).

Blogs — If you want the opinions of citizen journalists, you got ‘em; Google Finance includes company-related postings from Google Blog Search.

Company Management Team — Google Finance helps you put a face to a name. Mousing over an executive name shows you their picture as well as links, where available, to their biography, compensation details and trading activity.

Discussion Groups — Talk amongst yourselves. Google Finance offers high-quality Discussion Groups whose dedicated team of moderators work to keep conversations on and spam-free.

Portfolios — Google Finance offers a fast, easy and powerful way to keep create and maintain your portfolio of stocks and mutual funds.

Related entries from Blogs I read:

• First Thoughts on Google Finance: All Whiz, No Bang (Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed)
• Google Finance Beta
• Google Finance Disappoints
• Google Finance Launches with Blogs
• Google Finance: Blogs Won’t Get You Everything
• Google Finance: Nice charts, but users won’t switch quickly (Charlene Li/Charlene Li’s Blog)
• Google Inching into BI
• TechCrunch | Google Finance - Lots of Flash & Ajax

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Oracle announces impressive Q3 profits for 2006

According to the press statement:

Oracle Corporation today announced that in Q3 fiscal 2006 GAAP earnings per share were $0.14, up 40% compared to the same quarter last year. Third quarter GAAP revenues were up 18% to $3.5 billion, while quarterly GAAP net income was up 42% to $765 million. Total GAAP software revenues were up 20% to $2.8 billion with GAAP database and middleware new license revenues up 5% and GAAP applications new license revenues up 77%. GAAP services revenues were up 9% to $671 million compared to the same quarter last year.

Some other interesting related press releases:

Strategic Deals Drive Growth For Oracle During Its Third Quarter of 2006 – Oracle’s Commitment to Strong, Strategic Customer Relationships Continues to Contribute to The Company’s Growth.

Leading Organizations Worldwide Continue to Choose Oracle Applications over SAP – Small, Midsize and Large Organizations across Industries Invest in Oracle to Achieve Greater Business Insight and Flexible Business Processes.

Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa Reports Increased Revenues For the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2006, Over Same Period Last Year – Customers in the region endorse Oracle products and services over that of competitors as applications new license revenues increase by 119%

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ERP Channel - a new ERP Blog

Came across a new ERP blog today called ERP Channel which is run by Matt Bowcock.

The about section of the blog reads as follows:

ERPChannel’s content is developed solely by me. And my name is Matt Bowcock. I am a software developer/analyst working in the US for a large manufacturing company. In the last few years I have worked with ERP packages from PeopleSoft, Intentia, and Encompix. I have always had a passion for applying technology to business problems and creating solutions so working with ERP systems is actually interesting (if you can believe that). Anyway, As this site grows I hope it will provide some help to those of you looking for more information on systems in general and more specifically ERP systems.

Some recent entries from the blog:

• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
• ERP and the Data Warehouse
• ERP System Implementation - Basics
• Lessons From Hershey
• Lessons from Invacare
• On-Demand CRM
• Organizing a Successful ERP Implementation
• Single or Multiple Instance ERP Installation?
• US Military ERP Resource
• What is Enterprise Resource Planning?

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Blog Links - Larry Ellison, Open Source, ERP Basics and Business Objects

Links from this week include a look at what’s going on in with open source ERP and moves towards open source models. Also covered are ERP basics, readiness benchmarks and performance measures. There’s also a couple of good Oracle related pics I came across on flickr and info on Business Objects connecting to Oracle.

• Antonov 320 Cargo Plane
• Business Objects Connects to Oracle Apps
• Compiere drives with open source ERP & CRM dashboard (Computer Weekly)
• Does It Matter Which ERP Vendor You Choose?
• ERP basics - excellent article
• ERP Opening To Open Source (WebProNews)
• ERP Performance Measures and KPIs: Finding the Right Balance
• ERP Readiness Benchmarks: Do Companies Know What They’re Getting Themselves Into?
• Larry Ellison vs Chuck Norris
• Oracle/BMW Sailboat
• Oracle: New Economic Order
• Will Oracle go subscriptions or not?

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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Larry Ellison (Oracle CEO) Biography

Wikipedia has a pretty good bio of Larry Ellison.

It has information on his early life, career and properties as well as his earnings. Peoplesoft Planet also has some additional information on Larry.

Happy reading

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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

ERP Resource Center - Key Implementation Considerations

I came across a gem of a site recently with lots of great content on ERP implementations. It’s the Enterprise Solutions Competency Center (ESCC) for the U.S. Military.

Popular links and documents on the site are as follows:

Most Often Viewed

1. A Guide to ERP Success
2. Critical Success Factors for ERP
3. Vendor Profile - SAP AG
4. Six Sigma Qualifications
5. Vendor Profile - Oracle Corporation
6. RFI Review - Enterprise Application Integration
7. ERP Insight Day
8. CPI Single Frame
9. ERP Single Frame
10. Interface Guide

Most Visited

1. ERP Overview
2. CPI Tools
3. CM Models
4. ERP Basics
5. CPI Critical Success Factors
6. John Kotter’s Transformation Process
7. CM Models - Committment to Change
8. Army ERP Programs
9. DoD ERP Programs
10. CPI Overview

In particular I wanted to point out the ERP resource center which discusses the following Key Implementation Considerations

• Transformation Management
• Governance
• Performance Measurement
• Customization and Configuration
• Data Management
• Competency Center
• Post Go-Live
• ERP Upgrade Plan

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Saturday, March 04, 2006

More4Apps Extensions and add-ons for Oracle Applications

I came across the More4Apps site the other day which has developed a number of front end data loaders for Oracle Applications.

More4Apps is a software development company, focused on developing extensions and add-ons to Oracle Applications. These applications provide richer functionality and improved processing ability to Oracle Applications users. All of our products have been designed and developed with advice and input from current users of Oracle Applications.

The products page of their site lists the different loaders they have available right now (shown below) whilst the news page shows work in progress and planned new developments.

Tools for Oracle Projects
 
Load Projects with Project Wizard
Load Project Budgets with Budget Wizard
Load Project Transactions with Transaction Wizard
Load Revenue and Billing Events with Event Wizard
 
Tools for Oracle Payables
 
Load Payables Invoices with AP Invoice Wizard
 
Tools for Oracle Receivables
 
Load Receivables Invoices with AR Invoice Wizard
 
Tools for Oracle Purchasing
 
Create Requisitions with Requisition Wizard
Create and Maintain Requisition Templates with Req Template Wizard
 
Tools for Oracle Human Resources
 
Load HR Elements with HR Element Wizard
 
More More4Apps Tools
 
Distribute Reports by email with Mail-It
Convert text to PDF on the fly with OraPDF
Load Value Sets with Account Wizard
Load Directly into Database Tables with Upload Wizard

I’d be interested to here from anyone who has used these products and what your thoughts are one them.

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Friday, March 03, 2006

Blog Links - ERP Vendors & Software, Oracle XE, Trace Analyzer, mySQL and Project Mendocino

Useful links from this week, featuring Oracle XE, ERP Vendors and Software packages, Project Mendocino, mySQL and Oracle Trace Analyzer.

• “What’s business ERP?” from the Ask Dave Taylor! Tech Support Blog
• Enterprise resource planning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Enterprise Resource Planning audit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• List of ERP software packages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• List of ERP vendors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Oracle Database Express Edition Tutorial
• Oracle Trace Analyzer
• Oracle tried to buy open-source MySQL | Tech News on ZDNet
• Pink slips on the way for Siebel employees? | Tech News on ZDNet
• Project Mendocino: Revolutionizing How Information Workers Access SAP Business Applications

If you want to keep track of the links as and when I find them then subscribe to this RSS feed on the link blog.

Here’s a good post on creating a list of links for your blog: FeedDemon Tips: Creating a Link Dump with FeedDemon

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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

GL Wand - Oracle General Ledger reporting using Excel Add-In

Today I came across the Excel4Apps site which is selling a product called GL Wand. It’s an Excel Add-In which allows you to produce reports off your General Ledger Data.

On the site you’ll find the following reporting examples and tutorials:

• 60 Second GL Wand Overview
• GL Wand Overview
• Oracle Financials Ad hoc Account Query
• Statutory Reporting From Oracle Financials
• Oracle Financials Cost Allocations
• GL Wand Tutorial

According to the site:

GL Wand uniquely manages the information flow between Oracle Financials and Excel in a secure, single version of the truth and highly productive manner.

• Installs in minutes
• HTTP internet architecture
• Online Vision “Test” account

Most Oracle Financials users already have and know how to use Microsoft Excel. GL Wand simply makes the Excel interface highly productive by eliminating manual refreshes and placing your Set of Books information at your fingertips.

This results in shorter reporting cycles, quicker month end closes and an enhanced experience when using Oracle Financials.

Looks like an interesting product, certainly looks a lot easier to use and maintain than FSG’s!!. There’s also a GL wand blog which is described as a place where existing GL Wand users can share their real life experiences of using our GL Wand product on Oracle Financials and hear directly from the founders what the future product plans are.

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