http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle A forum for sharing Oracle knowledge! Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:11:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whether you're implementing a new system or simply changing office procedures, there are five core steps to successfully transforming your business process and implementing change. Step 1 – Bringing Awareness To effectively bring awareness, the objective is to influence the business users': Thinking – Helping them to understand the main objectives and the ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/09/18/process-transformation-change-management/ In my last Qualifier article, I delved into the inner workings of Qualifiers in Advanced Pricing by walking through a quick demo of how to setup a Qualifier to reference Descriptive Flexfield data on a sales order transaction. In this article, I'd like to touch on how some Qualifiers require ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/09/12/pricing-qualifiers-%e2%80%93-how-they-work-and-creating-your-own-part-ii/ Good question. I'm in the process of figuring this out myself. However, here are a few things I do know based on my research and my recent R12 engagement. Multiple Operating Unit Access – In 11i, a responsibility could only be tied to a single operating unit. However, in R12, responsibilities ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/09/11/r12-order-management-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-changed/ Oracle Advanced Pricing allows you to create discounts, surcharges, and other promotions (called Modifiers) that can be applied against sales orders both manually and automatically. Often there are requirements for Modifiers to only apply in certain situations. For example, promotions on specific products or product lines, discounts on customer types, ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/07/21/pricing-qualifiers-%e2%80%93-how-they-work-and-creating-your-own/ Consultants - can't live with them, can't live without them. Majority of today's software implementations require the need for outside consultants for their technology and industry expertise, but the costs of outside consulting can be a hard pill for top executives to swallow. Engaging consulting experts is a necessary evil ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/06/04/cutting-costs-by-leveraging-more-of-your-internal-it-resources/ In the United States there are numerous international embargo laws in place that restrict U.S. based corporations from selling to countries that are deemed a threat by the government. Cuba, Iran, and North Korea are all examples of countries which no one in the U.S. can conduct business with. These ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/05/30/implementing-export-compliance-in-oracle/ Oracle's Application Implementation Methodology is the "industry standard" for Oracle project management and implementation strategy.  The main feature of the AIM software is the documentation templates that are available.  I typically do not use all available templates, but there a few key documents such as the BR100, MD50, etc. that ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/05/06/download-oracle-aim-applications-implementation-methodology-software/ One of the fundamental flaws in Oracle Order Management (OM) is the inability to include tax on freight and special charge modifiers that are setup in Advanced Pricing (QP).  There’s just no way to do it out of the box.  Even if you use the Oracle suggested work around, which ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/02/29/tax-on-freight-special-charges-in-order-management/ These days it's standard practice for American based companies implementing software systems to send technical development overseas to countries like India, Singapore, and China. If you walk around the corner of your office, you may find a small offshore team crammed into a cubical gathering and reviewing technical requirements to ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/01/21/there%e2%80%99s-more-to-outsourcing-than-just-cutting-costs/ Over the years I've been involved with several Oracle implementations where the decision was made to retain the existing warehouse and inventory management systems in place of Oracle WMS. Perhaps your organization had made a similar decision knowing that the existing warehouse solution was best suited for your operations. Not ... http://www.bryanthompsononline.com/oracle/2008/01/10/interfacing-oracle-to-your-legacy-wms-a-good-idea/