10 Ways to Justify the Oracle EBS R12 Upgrade to Your Management

Every upgrade project should start with a clear business justification. We have listed below some of the most common drivers Oracle EBS Directors report as a justification for an upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite R12. Of course, not all of them will apply to your situation. Choose the ones that apply to your business.

1. End of Standard Support

This one is simple. If your release is not supported, you will need to pay more for extended maintenance and you may not be able to receive the prompt problem resolution your business requires.

2. Sooner is Cheaper than Later

The longer you wait with your upgrade, the more it will cost. Why? Because you will have more customizations to upgrade (Part of them are not documented and nobody will remember them) , because some of them will be so old that no one will know how they work, because some of the original developers may not be around, and some of them no longer support your organizations business processes anymore.

3. Compliance
Responding to todays truly globalized business strategies requires the ability to achieve universal compliance, reduce IT costs, obtain flexible reporting, and perform efficient integrations. The launch of Oracle EBS R12 includes a host of enrichments like an improved intercompany transaction model (AGIS) and significant enhancements to access / privileges controls, which will enable enterprises to meet these goals and increase IT efficiency.

4. Standardization
If you have a substantial number of custom objects, a good deal of them can probably be replaced by standard Oracle R12 functionality that is now available in Oracle E-Business Suite R12. You can use some of the new technology offered in R12 (e.g., BI Publisher, Oracle Framework) to improve the functionality and usability of your customizations. This will reduce your TCO and increase your flexibility and your users satisfaction.

5. Shed Redundant Code

According to our customers experience, on average, 20-50% of custom development is unused. Thats a lot of excess weight that you are paying for every day. If you use upgrade simulation tools, they can automatically map your customizations and locate unused objects for removal as part of the upgrade project.

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6. New Functionality
Oracle EBS R12 provides IT teams with a lot more flexibility in how they can design the companys global structure. There are many new options included in R12 that enable IT to more easily set up a truly global business model. Specific enhancements in Oracle EBS R12 that provide this ability include: A new ledger architecture for supporting legal entity configuration and multi reporting modeling, sub-ledger accounting capabilities for greater control, transparency, and auditability, A centralized banking model using a trading community architecture and more.

7. Robust and Scalable Architecture

Upgrading can provide advanced database capabilities, better integration, newer extensions and personalization, and improved security for enterprise applications.

8. Increase User Productivity

Oracle EBS R12 offers an overall improved experience which includes reduced time to complete tasks, screens that can be personalized by the end user, reduced pop-ups, less duplicate screens and improved overall visual style and look & feel.

9. Consolidating Instances & Platforms

If you are running multiple EBS instances, you could consolidate them into a single instance or into a smaller number of instances. Upgrading can provide an excellent opportunity to upgrade enterprise applications from a legacy platform by utilizing the new integration and administration capabilities.

10. Easier Maintenance

Oracle EBS R12 offers improved maintenance procedures such as: Ensuring patch compatibility with your installation and automatic incompatibility alerts; Generating custom read me instructions based on customer-specific setup and configuration; Leveraging faster programs to analyze patch prerequisites and automatically detecting patches that have already been downloaded.

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