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Dec UKOUG 23 Nov 2000Douglas Volz & Robert Lawton
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Is Release 11i Ready for Production?
Two Manufacturing Case Studies
Douglas Volz & Robert Lawton
Disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of KPMG Consulting UK or KPMG Consulting LLC – however, this paper reflects the experiences at two active Oracle
implementations as of 23 November 2000
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Release 11i Stability
Matsushita Implementation
Robert Lawton
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Background
• IBM AIX (first client in the world)
• Release 11.5.1
• Project started in June 2000
• CRP1 completed early November for Finance, Operations and Sales
• CRP1 for Planning to start December 2000
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4Release 11i
Scope of ProjectOracle Applications
Financials– General Ledger and OFSG– Accounts Payable– Accounts Receivable– Cash Management– Fixed Assets
Operations– Bills Of Material/Engineering– WIP– Purchasing– Cost Management– Inventory– Flow Manufacturing
Sales and Distribution– Order Management– Shipping
Planning– APS– MPS/MRP
Deployments to the UK and Eastern Europe
Matsushita manufactures TVs, set-top boxes, microwave ovens, laser printers and PCBs at these implementation sites
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CRP Overview
Track Tests Planned Tests Completed
Finance 90 76
Operations 229 212
Sales & Distribution
40 7
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Neat New Features• Architecture easier to deploy to wider groups• Increased use of Workflow (Order Management)• Screens / Forms easier to use• Cost management, more ways to do inventory
valuations, e.g. Periodic• Production and move order Kanbans introduced• Discrete workstation in WIP (GUI)• Phantom BOM’s can have their own operations• Planning constraints for suppliers, e.g. Delivery
calendars
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Sample Bugs
• Period End Closing
• Inventory stock counts
• Cost Management
• Raising internal orders
• Drop shipments and deliveries
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Overall Stability / Usability
• Finance – med/high
• Operations – med/high
• Sales / Distribution - low
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Things to watch out for
• Scripts in install for AIX required modification by Oracle
• Oracle still getting up to speed with new modules, slow to resolve issues / fix bugs
• New modules, such as Order Management, not ready for production in 11.5.1
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Release 11i Stability
Precision Cast Parts Corporation
Wyman Gordon Division Implementation
Douglas Volz (courtesy of Behzad Shakibal)
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Background
• HP UX, L and N class machines
• Release 11.5.1, incrementally patched up to 11.5.2
• Project started in late August
• CRP1 completed 25 Oct 2000 for Finance, Operations and Order Management
• CRP2 starts on November 27th
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12Release 11i
Scope of ProjectOracle Applications
Financials– General Ledger and OFSG– Accounts Payable– Accounts Receivable– Cash Management
– Operations– Bills Of Material/Engineering– WIP (Discrete Manufacturing)– Purchasing– Cost Management– Inventory– MPS/MRP– Quality– Capacity
Sales and Distribution– Order Management– Shipping
Deployments to multiple sites on the same database instance
First division for go-live is Wyman Gordon, located in the Western United States
Wyman makes forged parts for high precision aircraft engines, and metal extrusions for pumps, petroleum lines, and other applications
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CRP Overview
Track Approx. Tests Planned
Approx. Tests Completed 95%
Finance 110 105
Operations 130 122
Sales & Distribution
120 114
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Neat New Features• Architecture easier to install than prior versions (11.03,
10.7, etc.)
• Increased use of Workflow (Order Management, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering)
• Screens more similar to Microsoft look and feel
• Discrete workstation in WIP (GUI), drop and drag transactions
• Planner workbench enhancements
• Better integration of Quality collection plans with Purchasing receipts and inspection
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Neat New Features (Continued)
• Phantom BOM’s can have their own operations and labour
• No documentation in 11.5.1, but 11.5.1 has alternate resources on a routing (used for downtime, etc.)
• Inventory item category codes are more flexible, items can share multiple category names across category sets
• Supplier scheduling and supplier management portal: view purchase orders, expected delivery schedules, etc online by your suppliers
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Sample Bugs
• Order Management, pick and reserve by lot
• Inventory stock counts, cycle counting
• AP matching
• AR reconciliation
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Overall Stability / Usability
• Finance – med/high• Operations – low/med (lots of bugs with MRP and
Capacity)• Sales / Distribution – low
• Note, these ratings are after patches that bring you up to a level similar to 11.5.2
• 11.5.3 is expected to be more stable and include patches for the above
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Things to watch out for• Scripts in install for HP UX required modification
by Oracle (first install, 11.5.1, now fixed 11.5.3)• Oracle still getting up to speed with new modules,
slow to resolve issues / fix bugs (such as lot control bugs)
• New modules, such as Order Management, not ready for production in 11.5.1, better after patches expect continued improvement in 11.5.3
• 11.5.1 Oracle Vision not stable until you apply further patches
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Overall Recommendations
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Overall Recommendations• Unless you only use Financials, 11.5.1 is only
suitable for prototyping, and only after many bug patches
• If you can wait, skip 11.5.2, start with Release 11.5.3 (As of 22 November 2000, 11.5.3 was not shipping to the Oracle public)
• If you can wait even longer, start with Release 11.5.4 (but the Euro deadline is coming….)
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Overall Recommendations• Be prepared to add in “slack” or extra time into
your project schedule for quality issues, especially if you are using Order Management or the new CRM modules
• Financials appears to be relatively stable, out since March 2000
• Manage the expectations of your user community; Oracle Release 11i can enable new processes, but will not fix your broken business processes unless the business is willing to fix them
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Questions and Answers
• Thank you for your time and participation!