Christmas and Newyear Wishes

Thanks & Regards,

S.Grace Paul Regan

Successful Go-Live

Dear All,

We had a successful take off on Nov-03 to date with no issues. We are on the Post-Implementation support for three months.

I have lot of Localized information to share with ! Shortly !

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan

US Client with India Localization Implementation

Dear All,

After about six months I am back with my complex experience. I am leading a India Localization project where we are implementing India Localization with roll-out of nine modules (INV,PO,OM,WMS,MRP,AP,AR,GL,FA) with a totel key resource of three including me and a complete offshore implementation.

This was a quite challenging and tricky implementation to carry out the entire phase through conference calls and meetings. The best part in this - to date we have interacted only with the key users in US not with any the users in India.

The project seems to be normal till date and hope to have a smooth transition after Go-Live which we have planned on the Diwali Date (27-Oct-2008). Will let you know where we are after Diwali holidays.

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Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan

Video Link

Dear All,
I am planning to post Video Links relevant to Oracle Modules explaining precise functionality of a particular concept in Oracle Application.
For Eg : You can find the user creation video in "Oracle Sys-Admin" Child B-log page.
Hope this approach will help you a lot in getting an clear understanding of the concept.
If you need some video explaining particular concept, Kindly feel free in writing to me. I will try my best to help you.
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Inter-linking B-log pages

Dear All,
Form now on, I would like to expand my learning link by creating different blog-pages with helpful data and I will use this B-Log page as my Parent page where you can find the link to all the child pages. For Example to get some information about purchasing you can find a B-log link "Oracle Purchasing" in the right side of this page under the Sub-Title "Regans Clild B-log Pages". By the way I will open a new blog-page for each module.
If you have any doubts or concern please feel free to contact me through mail or mobile. I will be happy to assist you.
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Second Venture in my new company QUEST- AM

Dear All,

My first venture was in Riyadh, Saudi ,this is my second venture in my new company, We are rolling out for Indian operations with India Localization for an US based company again in real shot duration of Four Weeks we are rolling out (9)-Modules- GL, AP, AR,FA, INV, PO, OM, WMS and Planning.
Time frame and India Localizations are the greatest challenges we are facing in this roll out project. Hope to shatter all those issues and will do the very best to deliver the very best.
This is totally an offshore project as we are doing the setups through VPN. Really I am having a great time in Leading this crispy project.
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Beautiful Little Princess

Dear All,

With my family, I am extremely happy to share the joyous moment of our life.. "With the blessings of our almighty, a beautiful little princess has stepped into our life" on 06-01-2008.

Thanks & Regards,

S.Grace Paul Regan.

ZAIN.KSA Saudi-Riyadh, Implementation Project

Dear All,

My Last project but not the least project was in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.

I was working in a implementation project for a multinational Telecoms Giant -Mobile Telecommunication Company(MTC), ZAIN - Marketing name.

The project phase was really an challenging task, We were implementing HRMS,INV,PO,AP,GL and CM in just two months !!!!

This might be the shortest life cycle implementation Project , That I have ever involved in...

For our amazement till now things are moving very smooth with nil issues. We gone-live by Oracle Purchasing, Oracle i-procurement and Oracle Inventory on DEC-31st. Hope to have a safe and smooth take off . Till this moment the journey is safe and happy, Hope the same till safe and happy landing.

Unfortunately , I was not there at the time of go live. Due to some personnel reasons , I was forced back to my native. I hope my backup the hero looking guy Mr.Mostafa would have done the right job. Because till date I was not bothered by not even by a single phone call or mail, hats off to him.

Right now I am suffering from chicken pox taking rest in my native and waiting for a new horizon.

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan

Training - Lahore (Oracle Pakistan )

Dear All,
It was really an great experience for me in Lahore , Training 12-People from various domain for Oracle Pakistan in a centre Techno-Ed was an tricky experience. Most lovable and disciplined students in their personal life not in the class. Experienced Professors to Experienced End users ,a batch with vibrant colours I could say..!!!

Their hospitality was really great especially Mr Tariq and Mr Sadiq. We had really a great get to gather in Tariq's place. I enjoyed the most. They took lot of extra care about me more than a Consultant. Actually they treated me as their close Family Member, No words to explain their love and affection.

Hope every one from this batch should become an Renowned Consultant in this Universe and wish them all a very bright future.

The most academic Umer Zubair and Nomana being as an end user really they had a great stuff of knowledge in Oracle. My best wishes for them ...

I should thank Nomana and Tariq for their gifts , I loved the gift .

I would love to be again in Pakistan, might visit back my friends officially or Personally.

The Training Centre Techno-Ed and the People in the centre were really too good and highly cooperative and helped me a lot to get along the batch. Special thanks to Mr Shahid Aslam and Mr Ashok.

The success of this Training should be equally shared between Pakistan IT board (PITB) and the individuals in this training program.

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan

Sr.Functional Consultant

Oracle Latest Release Meet - Bangalore (India)

Dear All,

I got some time this Tuesday and Wednesday to attend the meet over the release of Oracle Products.....

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 : The Global Business Release

Peoplesoft Enterprise 9.0 : The Extended-Value Release

JD Edwards Enterprise One 8.12 : Designed for Demand-Driven Environment

JD Edwards World Release A 9.1 : The world Renaissance Release

Siebel Customer Relationship Management 8.0 : Transformational CRM the power to lead

Siebel CRM On-Demand Release 14 : Comprehensive CRM for Maximum Results

To my part the R-12 Release and Description was useful to an extent. There are lot more topics and details that has to be covered, Still a clear picture can be presented to customers regarding the R-12 release by Oracle.

I am planning to Post more data related to R-12 very soon. People can call me any time to have clarifications regarding the R-12 release.

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Training Programme in Sri-Lanka

Dear All,

I had a training programme in Sri-Lanka , We could say it was an intercontinental forum. Students from Pakistan,Consultant from India,Organized in Sri-Lanka, It was an remarkable plan. I had more than 20-people from various age group ranging from 25 years to 60 years.

The whole batch was from the leading energy sector in pakistan "SUI SOUTHERN GAS COMPANY LIMITED", One of their basic business is to Manufacture Gas Metres.

It was really an amazing experience an Consultant Could have. I found them to be one of the Most Friendliest persons in the world. I faced the beginners to most accomplished consultant as my audience, from the most cooperative to the most disobedient . Its really an unique experience an consultant could ever come across in his profession.

They are Very Friendly,Very Piratical,Very Good in Character and Behaviour.

We had discussed a lot with Manufacturing Module and Costing to an extent.

Mr Fizal & Mr Shazad were the best academic with the team.

Mr Irfan one of the Best Leader as well as an well wisher the Team Could have, Without him it would be an Nightmare for an consultant to keep up the Phase with just an huge wave of audience.

Experienced By,
S.Grace Paul Regan

Business Intelligence

OVERVIEW
Business Intelligence, also known as "BI", is a term currently used to describe a discipline which captures and assesses various aspects of a company, its customers and competitors. This includes processes and software which assist in gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to intelligent information on a company's data in order to identify significant trends or patterns that ultimately facilitate the decision-making process and provide the company with a competitive advantage.

BI ideally serves as a unified presentation layer for data that originates in one or more data sources such as a transaction or ERP systems. Optimally, BI shares this data in a more intuitive manner that allows business users to easily comprehend the issues depicted by the figures - and to then take appropriate action.

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Oracle R 12 Vision Instance

Dear All ,

To access R-12 Vision Instance through Solution Beacon.

User Name : gr1013
Password : 1013gr

R 12 Vision Instance URL:

http://vis1213.solutionbeacon.net

Kindly let me know if you have any issues logging in. You will have the Sys Admin resopo alone, If you want you can create your own login user name and password with your own responsiblity.

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Applications Unlimited Q&A

• Oracle Applications Unlimited ?

Applications Unlimited is Oracle’s plan to continue providing ongoing enhancements to current Oracle Applications beyond the delivery of Oracle Fusion Applications. Applications Unlimited will provide customers with more visibility into our existing product roadmaps and help them derive continual success with their current applications by delivering dedicated, world-class development and support for years to come. Applications Unlimited is driven by Oracle’s commitment to protecting customer’s investments.

• How is the Applications Unlimited strategy beneficial to Oracle customers?

Oracle is giving customers the option to choose what is best for their business. Customers can continue to derive value from their existing applications, which we plan to continuously update or they can upgrade free of charge to future technologies if there is a business case to do so. It is entirely the customer’s choice.

• How will the Applications Unlimited announcement impact the Oracle Fusion timeline?

Applications Unlimited will not impact the scheduled 2008 delivery of Fusion Applications. In addition to providing ongoing enhancements to the current Oracle Applications, Oracle has dedicated development teams designing the first release of Oracle Fusion Applications and working through upgrade scenarios with customer advisory boards and user groups. The scale of our applications business allows us to continue investing in all existing products, which in turn allows us to address a wide range of customer requirements. Oracle Fusion Applications, which is built completely on industry standards, will simply represent another addition to the Oracle Applications family.

• Will I have to wait for Fusion Applications to get new functionality?

Dedicated development teams will work closely with customer advisory boards and user groups to design new releases and functional enhancements to current Oracle Applications product families. As part of these enhancements, Oracle plans to deliver next-generation application capabilities, such as XML reporting, data hubs, Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), business activity monitoring (BAM), and industry-specific analytics to the current Oracle Applications. These next-generation enhancements will leverage the same industry standards and technologies that we plan to use in Oracle Fusion Applications, preserving your investments.

Thanks & Regards,

S.Grace Paul Regan

Oracle Fusion

In January 2005, Oracle announced Oracle Fusion Applications, a next generation product suite that will combine the best functionality of Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards Enterprise One, and JD Edwards World. Oracle Fusion Applications will leverage industry-leading, standards-based technology to deliver on the promises of adaptive business processes, greatest business insight, and Superior Ownership Experience.

The posted link below will help you get an clear understanding of Oracle Fusion.

https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/docs/EBS_to_fusion_wp.pdf

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan.

Document Resource R 12

Dear All,

This link provided below describes the published information available for Oracle Applications, Release 12. Use this document to learn which documentation resources to review, whether you are new to Oracle Applications, or upgrading from a previous version of Oracle Applications.

https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=130:14:1743155736916115905::::p14_database_id,p14_docid,p14_show_header,p14_show_help,p14_black_frame,p14_font:NOT,394692.1,1,0,1,helvetica

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan