Oracle Retail provides a full suite of applications that can cover the requirements of the modern retailer. If you visit the Oracle Retail homepage you will be amazed by the variety of the applications that are available.

When a retailer decides to go ahead with Oracle Retail they have to decide which applications they need and what the order of installation will be. The decision for the first question the is entirely up to the retailer. For the second question can be a little bit more complicated. The order in which the various applications will be installed can determine the success or failure of the entire project. There are dependencies between projects and they need to be defined in advance. There are always constraints from the customer side that affect the order of the installation.

According to Oracle Retail the ideal order of installation of the entire Oracle Retail application suite is the following:

1. Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS), Oracle Retail Trade Management (RTM), Oracle Retail Sales Audit (ReSA)
2. Oracle Retail Service Layer (RSL)
3. Oracle Retail Extract, Transform, Load (RETL)
4. Oracle Retail Active Retail Intelligence (ARI)
5. Oracle Retail Warehouse Management System (RWMS)
6. Oracle Retail Allocation
7. Oracle Retail Invoice Matching (ReIM)
8. Oracle Retail Price Management (RPM)
9. Oracle Retail Central Office (ORCO)
10. Oracle Retail Back Office (ORBO)
11. Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management (SIM)
12. Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB)
13. Oracle Retail Point-of-Service (ORPOS)
14. Oracle Retail Analytics Applications
15. Oracle Retail Advanced Inventory Planning (AIP)
16. Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (RPAS)
17. Oracle Retail Data Warehouse (RDW)
18. Oracle Retail Workspace (ORW)

As the government cut-backs are started to bite into the contractor  market – at least in my neck of the woods – four contractors in my department, including myself,  are bidding a premature farewell as the local authority attempts to reduce costs in an effort to reduce its financial shortfall.

In my case it is no great surprise as my latest project  had been  running on borrowed time since the start of the UK general election campaign when both the Liberals and Conservatives pledged to scrap it if they won, so with the advent of the coalition it was a bit like dead- man walking.

Whilst preparing for my next assignment and congratulating myself that my current contract lasted nearly three years I discovered that this is relatively short-term. I now know of contractors who have lasted 4 or 5 years – with repeated extensions – in the same organisation and wonder if there are any even longer ones. Maybe there’s an Oracle Contractor somewhere out there who holds the record for the most long-lasting continuous contract. 

Hello Everyone,

Happy Friday!!!

I am pleased to announce the next release in our extensive oracle related White Paper Library of:

Installing Oracle GRC Applications: Factors to Consider Before and/or During the Installation

Authored by Roger Drolet

‘The Objective of Roger’s paper is to not provide you with step by step instructions to install the Oracle GRC Application Controls Suite.  Roger wrote this white paper to help you address some, not all, of the technical issues that you need to consider before and/or during the installation of the Oracle GRC Application Controls Suite.’

This paper is now available in our White Paper Library please regisiter or logon to request a copy today, Otherwise feel free to email me on rebecca.bragg@oraclecontractors.com for a copy.

A big thank you to Roger for putting together this paper.

I am pleased to announce the next release in our extensive oracle related White Paper Library of:

Fast Deployment of Oracle Demantra 7.3 on Windows Environment

Authored by Horatiu Cirtita

Purpose of Horatiu’s Paper;

This papers intends to introduce readers into the world of demand planning envisioned by Oracle Demantra, a suite of tools that enables companies to model future demand, define and optimise trade promotions, manage deductions and settlements and support Sales and Operations Planning (SOP), serving as a visual toolkit for those professionals that want to install and implement the latest release (Oracle Demantra 7.3).

Please feel free to drop by the White Paper library to request your copy of the White Paper today. Remember to email Horatiu with any feedback you may have relating to this white paper or post it to this blog!

Horatiu thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

I am pleased to announce the next release in our extensive oracle related White Paper Library of:

Oracle EBS R12 Receivables Closing Period Procedures

Authored by Mohamed Nazih

Purpose of Mohamed’s Paper;

This paper will help you understand the steps, order, and reports required to close Oracle Receivables period. Proper closing each month helps minimizing year end time needed to issue financial statements.

Please feel free to drop by the White Paper library to request your copy of the White Paper today.

Remember to email Mohamed with any feedback you may have relating to this white paper or post it to this blog!

Thanks Mohamed