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OAUG Cost Management SIGSession ID#: 15323

Douglas A. VolzDouglas Volz [email protected]

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Introductions – Your Name, Company, Current Oracle Version & Costing Method

Introduction to the OAUG Cost Management SIG

Oracle Proactive Support – New Information for Cost Management

Oracle Cost Development Presentation – New Capabilities for R12

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Agenda

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Who Are We?▪ Oracle Cost Management volunteer group▪ 275+ members from 16 countries

Monthly webinars – free to attend▪ Help each other do more with the Oracle Applications▪ Showcase new products and ideas▪ Latest news from Oracle Cost Development▪ Nine webinars each year, since 2007

Introduction to OAUG Cost Mgmt SIG

Douglas Volz – President▪ [email protected]

Jerry DeVore – Vice President▪ [email protected]

Joe VanWagner – Vice President▪ [email protected]

OAUG Cost Management SIG Board

Cost Mgmt SIG elections This June

Roles:President / CoordinatorVice President (2)Secretary (1)

• January 28th, 2014 – Improved Oracle EBS Enhancement Tracking & Enhanced Proactive Services for Cost Mgmt

• February 18th, 2014 – Create Shipping Burdens for Oracle Cost Mgmt• March 18th, 2014 – Solving Create Accounting and Other Cost Issues Using

the Revised Self-Service Cost Mgmt Diagnostics• April 15th, 2014 – Reconcile Your Inventory to G/L Balances With Ease• May 20th, 2014 – OPM Subledger Accounting (SLA)• June 17th, 2014 – Proactive Cost Support Improvements & ER Tracking• July - August – Summer Break• September 15th, 2014 – How to Setup, Transact & Use OSP• October 21st, 2014 – EAM Differences from MFG Costing• November 18, 2014 – Open• December 2014 – Holiday Break

OAUG Cost Mgmt SIG – 2014 Schedule

OAUG Cost SIG Mgmt Home Page http://costmgmt.oaug.org/

OAUG Cost SIG Membershiphttp://costmgmt.oaug.org/Membership.php?page=Membership

OAUG Cost SIG Minuteshttp://www.volzconsulting.com/oaugcostsig.html

Introducing Laura Miller from

Laura [email protected]: 1 719‐757‐3794Principal Technical Support EngineerOracle E‐Business Suite

• 16 years Oracle E-Business Suite Support• Discrete Manufacturing Execution and Financials

Oracle Proactive Support– New Information for Cost Management

Introducing Ashish Pathak from

Ashish [email protected] Product ManagementOracle Cost Management

• 15 years Oracle E-Business Suite Development• Discrete Manufacturing & Cost Management

Oracle Proactive Support– New Information for Cost Management

E-Business SuiteIn-Memory Cost Management

Enabling a Bottom-up Approach to Maximizing Profit Margins through Real-time Insight into All Aspects of Cost Management

Ashish PathakSenior Director Product Management

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Agenda

In-Memory Cost ManagementEndeca based Cost ManagementSummary


High Performance In-Memory Cost Management Applications

Solution Overview

Introducing Oracle In-Memory Cost ManagementInstantly Visualize Impact of Cost Fluctuations to Your Business

Cost and profitability analyses in real-time

What-if simulations using a spreadsheet-based UI to analyze the business impact of cost changes (fluctuations to cost of raw materials, labor rates, resources, transportation, currency, etc.)

In-memory technology to process large volumes of data related to cost elements, suppliers, BOMs, components, items, formulae, recipes, resources

Enables cost accountants, finance, supply chain operations, manufacturing, procurement, sourcing professionals to make critical business decisions in time to make a difference

Process

Discrete



Key Features

Oracle In-Memory Cost ManagementReal-time Impact to Product Costs and Inventory Valuations

Cost Impact SimulatorCreate scenarios to simulate the influence of changes to raw material costs, landed costs, inflation, competitive pricing, discounts, potential tax increases, etc.Real-time analyses to visualize the impact of cost changesInvestigate the impact of cost changes down to the most granular levelAccurately and instantly simulate inventory, manufacturing, and supplier shipment related in-bound valuations



Key Features

Oracle In-Memory Cost ManagementInstantly Visualize Cost Details Across Products and Manufacturing Locations

Cost Comparison ToolEasily aggregate and compare complex cost structures across multiple operating units, simulations, accounting periods, item revisions, manufacturing locations, etc.

Visualize the differences in cost structures between products or sub-assemblies manufactured at multiple different locations

Identify and propagate cost savings across the enterprise



Key Features

Oracle In-Memory Cost ManagementReal-Time Impact of Cost Fluctuations to Gross Profit and Margins

Gross Profit Analyzer Multidimensional analyses to assess the impact to current margins, potential margins from unshipped orders, on forecasted demand, etc.

Obtain the most profitable product mix

Identify optimal pricing for finished goods

Plan target costs and predict margins based on historical data and the influence of external parameters

Visualize the enterprise-wide impact of cost changes in real-time


Oracle In-Memory Cost Management

Spread sheet based solution

Cost Simulator Gross Profit Analyzer Cost Compare


Endeca Based Information Discovery for Cost Management

1. Period Health Check

2. Transaction Accounting Register

3. Landed Cost Management


Runs on the Best Hardware

EBS Endeca In‐Memory Accelerator

Enhanced EBS Applications

E-Business SuiteDatabase

ExExadataEa

ExExalyticsEada

ExExalogicEada


EBS Applications With New UI Experience• Advanced Visualization

• Tag Clouds

• Charts

• Guided Navigation®

• Performance Metrics

• Range Filters

• Record Details

• Results Table

• Search Box

• Metrics Bar

• Cross Tab

• Find Similar


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Metrics bar

Graphs to provide better visualizations

Charts to enhance UI experience

Guided Navigation

Range Filter for

Date

Tag cloud to highlight data distribution

Google like search

capability

Endeca based Period Health Check

Transaction information organized by Source


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Transaction distribution by transaction sources

Visual insight into transaction backlog

Result table listing all important transaction attributes

Guided Navigation, Shopping

Experience intuitive

transaction filtering

Range Filter for Date based

filtering

Transaction distributions by

organization

Free text search for transactions

Endeca based Period Health Check

Information organized by source



Experience for transactions

Range Filter for

Date

Google like search

capability

Metrics bar

Graphs to provide better visualizations

Complete shipment level information

Tag cloud to highlight data distribution

Transaction an Cost information organized by

Source

Endeca based Landed Cost Management


Various accounts that have been posted during transactions

Balance amounts by organizations from three

primary sub-ledgers of Supply chain

Endeca based Transactions and Accounting Register


Experience intuitive

transaction filtering

Range Filter for Date based

filtering

Free text search for transactions


All accounting entries posted for Purchase Order #6055

against Manufacturing – OSP transactions including multiple

orgnizations

All accounting entries posted for Purchase Order #6055 against

Inventory transactions including multiple organizations



<Scroll right> to see other accounting details.



Endeca for Cost ManagementValue Proposition

Effectively manage period close processQuickly identify and correct supply chain transactions that are delaying period closeAnalyze root cause of bottleneck transactions and initiate corrective measures

Ensure accuracy of accounting transactions across sub ledgersReconcile accounting transactions posted across multiple sub ledgers to identify discrepanciesReview all accounting entries in the context of any business document before GL posting

Improve global procurement decisions based on landed costsSource efficiently using the right suppliers based on overall landed cost structuresMitigate risks by identifying outstanding liabilities against received inventory


• Enables strategic cost management• For both discrete and process industries• Provides real-time analyses

• Optimize costs and working capital• Evaluate COGS and valuations• Maximizing margins and gross profits

• Spread sheet based UI• Powered by Oracle Engineered Systems

• In-memory database • Flash cache, flash cache write back• Hybrid columnar storage & Data compression

Oracle In-Memory Cost ManagementSummary

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Product Maintenance• Bill of Materials• Routings• Items

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Product Maintenance• Bill of Materials• Routings• Items

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What’s New?____________________________________

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■ Douglas A. Volz▪ Principal Consultant at Douglas Volz Consulting, Inc.▪ 30+ years Cost Accounting experience in industry, Oracle systems designer,

implementation consultant and project manager in 12 countries▪ Specializing in efficient Cost Accounting processes▪ Founding Board Member of OAUG Cost Management SIG

■ Joe D. VanWagner▪ Senior Manager at CSS▪ 25 + years Industry experience ▪ 14 years Oracle Application Implementation experience▪ Specializing in Supply Chain and Cost Management

■ Jerry DeVore▪ Accenture Management Consultant▪ Over 20 years in industry for cost accounting staff & mgmt positions▪ Over ten years experience implementing the Oracle Applications▪ Specializing in Supply Chain and Cost Management ▪ Founding Board Member of OAUG Cost Management SIG

About the SIG Officers

Any Questions?

Doug [email protected]

www.volzconsulting.com +1 510 755‐7050

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