Archive for July, 2006
So you work for a global corporation. Your company has operations in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, etc. The marketing division for your company states that they offer products and services at competitive prices – but do they really know? And while offering competitive prices, your company also states that margins are realized to the max at a global scale – but can they prove this? What are they basing their marginal goals on? And are these goals consistent across your organization globally?
These can be tough questions to answer depending on the pricing policies your company enforces. Surprisingly, many of today’s global corporations still manage pricing of their products and services independently at a regional level. Even companies that are running a global ERP system have implemented their pricing strategy in this fashion…
Continue Reading July 28th, 2006
So many times throughout my career I’ve wanted to slightly change the way a form behaves but have been held back because it was considered, dare I say it, a customization to the form. Just seeing the word customization sends implementers running, screaming for Larry. I can just see the developers giving me that “crazy” look when I ask for an open text field to be validated. The horror!…
Continue Reading July 21st, 2006
The Diebold and Stryker projects are both representative of the large-scale, global Oracle implementations for Deloitte Consulting. As leading manufacturers within their respective industries, unique requirements would need to be met that would test the limitations of the Order to Cash (OTC) process from a functional, technical, and performance prospective. The Order Management module, a major hub to the OTC process in Oracle, was one of the more challenging modules to implement for both projects…
Continue Reading July 20th, 2006
If you want a high-level overview of Oracle Order to Cash, check out this deck.
July 20th, 2006
Let’s face it; as consultants we may be smart but we don’t know “everything”. And that’s fine – consulting isn’t just about what we know. It’s also about what we’ve experienced and knowing where to look if we don’t have the answers. Most of us have the knowledge and experience, but often don’t have the network or resources to search for the unknown.
Each of us encounters new experiences everyday – so many that often we tend to forget about them. And some of these experiences are valuable not only to you but also to other consultants who encounter the same situations. I created this forum for that very reason. I wanted a place where I could share my client experiences with others in the industry while gaining ideas and different perspectives on the topics I share.
So feel free to browse and contribute! I hope you find this website to be a valuable tool – especially in times where the answer may be out of reach.
Regards,
Bryan
“Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it.” ~ Samuel Johnson
July 19th, 2006
