Differences between versions

Release Content Documents (RCD) Note:404152.1

Differences between versions

Release Content Documents (RCD) Note:404152.1

Oracle apps Documentation

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html
11 -> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/A60725_05/r11_doc.htm
11i -> 11.5.10 and 11.5.10.2
R12 -> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B34956_01/current/html/docset.html

Why Freshers in Oracle Applications Suffer ? How to overcome it ?

Dear All,most of the people who attend training from oracle university or any other training institute, will never know what are the types of designations and jobs profiles available in the market. Many instructors are informed well in advance, not to teach or train candidates on what is not in the Training institute material. This results in lack of awareness of the students who comes out from training, since they are ready made for the job rightaway.... !And even during the training, the students are not in a great level on clarity to cope with the instructors pace most of the times.... ! Few hesitate to ask doubts, few ask too many doubts ... !Students are not taught about the practical difficulties that could happen in a implementation, no case studies... only standard hands on exercises, without any purpose, that too most of the time neglected during classes... !Inspite of all these, students needs to work really hard to create an edge to become saleable in the job market today !What one can do ?1) During the training period one should show more concentration and determination towards the subject.2) Even the most difficult setup or concept will look easy inside a classroom when you are in the presence of the instructor, but when u look back the same after couple of days, it will look as Greek and latin. So constant revision is needed during the training itself, and knock off doubts at the earlier stage...3) Never carry on with your doubts till the last day of the training, that never works !4) When trying for job, practice harder and read more with the materials u have in the hand , rather than depending on few Standard FAQ questions .5) Be more clear with the concepts than the setups, since setups can be learnt just by practice, whereas Concepts are the core skill of yours, so you should posses it from the very beginning !6) Practice on dummy projects on your own, just by imagining a company and develop a structure and perform operations and transactions etc7) Update yourself with the latest in the Oracle world by visiting Oracle.com regularly8) Register for forums/Communities where real time Professionals share thier experiences9) You must know what is possible and what is not in the Applications....Things will work out fine , when you perform your duty... !All the Best...In this particular Blog , i will make every one aware of few basics that need to be known !

Different Job Profiles available in Oracle Applications !

Dear All,will let every one know that what are the job profiles that are available in the market for Oracle Applications Professionals and thier role in implementation1) Designation = Oracle Applications DBA (Data Base Administrator)Role = He is the one who is responsible for installing oracle applications and making it ready for usage2) Designation = Oracle Functional Consultant ( Normally a Senior Consultant)Role = To understand the clients Business and offer solutions to overcome current bottlenecks3) Designation = Oracle Associate Consultant ( Middle level experienced Consultant)Role = To assist the Senior Functional Consultant in making decisions4) Designation = Oracle SME ( Subject Matter Expert)Role = To assist the Client in case of issues which are relating to the business or a specific functional area5) Designation = Oracle Support ConsultantRole = To assist the Client in solving issues that arise by performing day to day operations...6) Designation = Oracle Technical ConsultantRole = To assist the Functional Consultant when standard functionality needs to be customized or creating something new to satisfy the clients requirement7) Designation = Oracle Trainer / Instructor ( Super users / End Users )Role = To train the candidates as per the requirements8) Designation = Project ManagerRole = Direct and Control all the activities of the above mentioned people effectively including the client !!!!

How an Oracle Implementation Project is carried out in real time !

Dear All,many would have been working in the field of oracle Applications on various specializations without knowing the whole cycle of a project. Most of the professionals are asked to do only what they are told to do with a limited period of time....due to which the learning process on other areas are completely blocked out. He carries out his routine job for years without any knowledge upgrade and value addition.Just in case if some one is interested in knowing, how a Project is practically Carried out in real time Scenario, you can continue reading further...In order to make the whole picture easy and understandable, let me give it as an Scenario first :Assume that you are owning a Company called " ABC Limited " and you are running a Business ( Can be any industry ) . You have been using a Customized software for recording your financial transactions of the company.After few years, your business have grown, and you got expanded geographically through out the world. The customized software which you have been using so far is not compatible enough to handle your requirements at this stage and future requirements that may arise...You decide with the top management that we should implement an ERP for the company, to save time and cut down costs, and to increase profitability.Now that you have got the approval from the managment to implement an ERP, you got to select the ERP package which suits your line of business . There is nothing called as best or worst, since every package is intended for a specific purpose.Assume that by doing a competitive analysis, finally you have decided that you will go for Oracle Applications !Now having decided that your need to implement Oracle Applications, the next step is that you need to buy this product from ORACLE by paying the required licence fee.After having the product in hand, you need experts to implement that product, so that it can be put in to optimum usage !(For sake of Discussion let us assume that we have paid licence fee for Oracle Financials Product and we are looking for experts in that area to implement it for our company )Those experts are called Consultants or Consulting Agencies. You can approach an Consulting agency and sign up a contract to implement the product by so and so date.After Signing the agreement, the Consulting agency will send thier consultants to the Clients place to carry out the the implementation work. Here the consultants sent by the consulting agency can be thier regular employees or contract employees from some other concern or people doing freelance.. ! During the course of implementation, the Consulting agency and client will provide consistent support to the Consultants at the Site to facilitate them in completing the implementation successfully.Once the consultants job is done, he will demonstrate the work perfomed by him so long, and get it accepted and signed by the Client, since that moment the consultant dissappers from the picture.The consulting agency then will provide another consultant to the client called a Support Consultant, who will be in the clients place for some time till the client gets a comfort level in usage of applications.After a specific period of time, support consultant will also be taken away from the client, from that moment , client is on thier own and they can get in touch with Oracle Support for future queries.....Will write more about an Implementation Consultants Work in the Project in my future posts !

Work of an Oracle Functional Consultant !

Hi all,in the previous post, you might have seen how an implementation project is carried out as a whole picture. Now let us see in detail about the work that will be handled by an Oracle Applications Functional Consultant.We will start from the stage where the Client has brought the product from oracle and now looking for a Consultant who can implement it for them.For discussion purposes, we will take up the Client Name as Anil Passi LTD and Consultant Name as Richard Byrom, and the product to be implemented is Oracle Financial Modules ( AP,AR,GL,CM,FA)Lets assume that Anil Passi Ltd has appointed Richard Byrom to implement Oracle Financials, we will see the work which Richard Byrom will be perfoming...>> Find out the reason as to why they want to go for ERP. If they have any bottlenecks in thier software which they have been using, what was it?>> Understand the Business Process of Anil Passi LTD and find out the operations that are performed and the line of business, and other statutory compliances>> Document the Current Business Process>> Document the requirements from the Client or the Key users in modifying the existing Process or building new process ( This step is important, since in future client will always point it out)>> Map the Current Business process and Clients Requirements in to Oracle Application Business Flows and Set ups>> Collect Sample data from the client and carry out the setups in application>> Demonstrate to the client and Key users how Oracle Application will help them in solving thier problems>> When any requirement is not met by oracle directly, do think about the possibility of Workarounds and Customizations>> Once the client is satisfied with your solutions, then collect complete data from the client and perform the complete real time setup and test itJob Well Done !!It is the Functional Consultants job to make sure that all requirements are taken in to account before the production begins !