Atlanta OAUG MeetingAtlanta OAUG Meeting

Automation, Centralization and Simplification

with Oracle Applications

Eric StoufferVP-Information Systems

About National Data CorporationAbout National Data Corporation

Premier provider of information services for the health care and electronic commerce markets

Global Payments offers end-to-end solutions for electronic commerce and payment processing

NDC Health offers the broadest scope of health information products and services in the world

About our Technology and ResourcesAbout our Technology and Resources

NDC Health Intelligent network processes over 2 billion real-time health care transactions annually,

peak rate of 650 transactions/second Connected to over 4,000 payer plans 39% of nation’s hospitals > 400 beds, about 1,200 hospitals 90% of nation’s pharmacies, about 50,000 pharmacies > 150,000 physicians 25 terabyte Oracle database for the pharmaceutical industry, over 100 pharmaceutical

manufacturers Over 3.5 billion prescriptions on fileGlobal Payments Processes billions of business and consumer transactions Over 1.2 million points of service 750,000 physical merchant locations Growing number of virtual sites Solutions used by more than 700 financial institutions Numerous federal and state government agencies

The Road to Oracle ApplicationsThe Road to Oracle Applications

Antiquated and non-integrated financial systems Mergers and acquisitions created an arsenal of

different systems and chart of account structures Lack of management information Inability to support international operations Desire for centralized shared services, i.e, procure-

to-pay Undefined financial systems strategy

All leading to Oracle Applications…

Current EnvironmentCurrent Environment

Production use of Oracle GL, AP, PO, FA, Cash Management and Alert

Extensive use of procurement card in AP HR/Payroll on Lawson w/Sybase database Standalone billing/AR systems Disparate sales force automation systems Manual sales compensation

Next Step – Execute the strategy!

The StrategyThe Strategy

Create integrated financial information system effectively supporting company goals and objectives Plan to implement, integrate or replace Leverage Oracle investment – to be implemented:

• Receivables, Sales Compensation, Projects, Self-Service Expenses, Self-Service Purchasing, Service

Evaluate OracleSalesOnline.com Keep an eye on international requirements Upgrade Lawson HRIS to Oracle DB Prepare for Release 11i

Be Flexible and Evolve!

The Result…Were Getting There!The Result…Were Getting There!

ERP solution employing standard functionality on a manageable technology stack

Centralized customer management Employee self-service - lower cost of internal

transactions Accurate and timely information Business intelligence

Scalable for Growth and Change!

In SummaryIn Summary

AutomationReplace manual, inefficient processes with standard

application functionalitySeamless integration from sub-ledgers to General Ledger

CentralizationAbility to support corporate procure-to-payFinancial information centralized in single database

SimplificationSingle, standardized chart of accounts structureAbility to effectively cross-train end-user and application

support personnel