Welcome to Florida OAUG

ANNUAL TRAINING DAY
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
STILL TIME TO REGISTER! 

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Annual Training Day on November 2, 2011 at the Tampa International Airport Marriott from 8:00am – 5:00pm. 
 Get things started by joining us on November 1, 2011 for the Happy Hour from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. 
Remember no fee to attend
Please register using the following link:
 

http://www.tampaairport.com/floaug/

 
FLOAUG has negotiated a $109 hotel discounted rate for this event. All hotel, travel and other plans and expenses incurred are your responsibility.  Use the following link to make your reservation: 

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/tpaap-tampa-airport-marriott/?toDate=11/2/11&groupCode=fgdfgda&fromDate=11/1/11&app=resvlink

 

Parking at Marriott Hotel $10.00 Overnight Parking /$6.00 Local Parking

Session Line Up

Oracle will be speaking on R12 upgrade and lessons learned

EiS Technologies – “Got OBIEE?  Got Discoverer? Got Views? ”  -
· Need to convert from Discoverer to OBIEE?
· Are your views truly ready for R12 or Fusion?
· Having performance issues?
· Is security being enforced or is it simulated? Having to customize your views? 

In this session you will learn what options are out there that can replace Discoverer, see how you can use OBIEE for detailed transactional reporting and see how EiS can convert your existing Discoverer reports AUTOMATICALLY!  BI Platform and BI Apps are the core elements to OBIEE.  EiS can show you how to use them for strategic and tactical reporting against the pre-built BI Analytical Apps and also for operational reporting.  All this in just seven days!   This applies to everyone using Financials, Supply Chain, Projects, Manufacturing and HR/Payroll.
 

AST Corporation
– “How to Jump-Start and Use BI Applications” – Oracle BI Applications can be intimidating, with the extensive configurations, the DAC, and hundreds of pre-built integrations, reports and dashboards.  Our targeted “tips and tricks” focus on our lessons learned for standing up the out-of-the-box BI Applications, but also include guidelines for extending them. This presentation will provide our targeted tips and tricks around implementing BI Apps; for each, we’ll provide context, highlight best practices, and provide examples where appropriate.   Attendees of all backgrounds will learn actionable “tips and tricks” that can be implemented in their future BI Apps endeavors.  

Zanett
- “So You’ve Decided to Upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1: Now What?” – Upgrading to the latest release of Oracle Applications protects your investment and increases productivity. By upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1, your organization can take advantage of several significant new features and the benefits of improved performance, integration, scalability, and manageability. However, an upgrade is a complex endeavor involving many experts from different tracks of your IT department. This presentation details a step-by-step process for upgrading your Oracle Applications to Release 12.1. It discusses several tips and tricks to reduce downtime and best practices to minimize risk. 

eprentise – “Designing a Chart of Accounts for a Global Company going to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12” – A good chart of accounts provides flexibility for recording and reporting accounting information, provides structure for managing business uniformly, and enhances communication across all parts of the business. There are five fundamental criteria for creating a chart of accounts in Oracle E-Business Suite to optimize growth and flexibility while minimizing maintenance. New features in Release 12 including Subledger Accounting and Ledger Sets provide an added incentive to adopt a well-designed chart of accounts. 

Vertical Edge
– “What's New in Oracle EPM 11.1.2.1 and 11.1.2.2” – Are you considering a new implementation of Oracle EPM or perhaps upgrading from an older version?  Whether you are a seasoned Oracle|Hyperion user or entirely new to the products this session will shed some light on new and improved features in the latest 11.1.2.1 release as well as a preview of what will be included in the future 11.1.2.2 release. 

Noetix
– “Spanning the Oracle EBS Reporting Spectrum: Operational to Analytics” – Discover how your company can address both real-time operational reporting and analytical (data warehouse) reporting using technology that is quick to implement as part of a cost effective, pre-built solution.  This session will cover packaged reporting solutions for versions 11i and Release 12 of Oracle E-Business Suite that leverage existing investments in your current tools, including OBI EE, IBM Cognos, and SAP Business Objects. 

Polk
County – “Extending the E-Business Suite with APEX” – The list of Oracle’s E-Business Suite’s strengths is long; however, you won’t find “easy to add functionality” in there.  Fortunately Oracle provides a wonderful tool called Oracle Application Express (APEX). This session will provide an introduction to the use of APEX to add custom functionality to the E-Business Suite.  Technical and functional users will gain an understanding of how to use APEX within an EBS environment.

Office Depot
Case Study for Oracle Services in Retail and Online” –Implemented Oracle Services in Office Depot Retail Stores to enable selling and execution of Technology Services aka TechDepot Services. This was done by real time Integrations of Oracle Service Modules with External Vendors (Service Provider) systems as well as internal eCommerce Applications and Point of Sale Registers.  Implemented Teleservice for Initiation of Services, Field Service for execution of services and Spares Management for parts receipts and excess returns, Scripting for capturing pre-service Q&A.  Enabled Field Service Technician Portal for Store Technician to track the deliver of Services.  Integrated the Oracle technician portal with vendor site for remote service engineer to connect into and repair the customer machine. Also integrated into vendor site to punch out and order external vendor parts without leaving Oracle Application. Implemented SOA (BPEL) 11g between Oracle EBS and Vendor or external Applications.

Palm Beach
County – “ePermitting using AutoVue” –Palm Beach County’s Land Development Division is responsible for issuing permits for road construction of the county’s more than 3,000 roads, utility work, landscaping, irrigation and onsite drainage reviews of commercial, industrial, and some residential facilities.  To manage the vast amounts of paperwork required for these processes, the county implemented an electronic permitting (ePermitting) system, which incorporates Oracle’s AutoVue visualization solution as an essential component.Oracle’s AutoVue has allowed the various agencies within the county to simultaneously review documents, digitally comment on and markup plans, as well as compare resubmitted plans, all of which has helped to standardize and streamline workflows for permit reviewers.  This presentation will show how ePermtting has:
  • provided structure to the permit review and approval process
  • decreased review time and improved efficiency of permitting processes by 25%
  • given customers around-the-clock ability to submit and track applications and plans
  • improved accountability


Visit the New GEO/SIG User Community Webinars
OAUG User Community Webinars present a wealth of knowledge and expertise in specific areas of interest to users of Oracle Applications. Everyone is invited to take advantage of this valuable training resource.

Thank you CPG http://www.cpgsolutions.com and VerticalEdge http://www.verticaledgecg.com for a fun-filled and educational meeting at Collaborate 2011.


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