Oracle E-Business Suite Reviews

The integration of the various modules is definitely the most valuable feature for us. Our clients being business-minded, which involves customers and suppliers. 

We pay bills and look to Oracle primarily for products which can integrate into our existing systems.

Due to the integration, we can just access just one software for AP, GL, PO, AR, and everything just integrates together. It has helped us to reduce data entry, because we can just enter data once and it is accessible from the other modules. It certainly reduces human intervention, which in turn saves time and, ultimately, money.

The issue of frequently applying patches and updates to fix bugs. Oracle should improve upon this issue, especially since it happens too frequently.

For Oracle R12.1.3, we have used it for a considerable length of time in most of the projects we support. We also have used other products, which are 12.2.4 and 12.2.5 for the last three years.

This product could be stable if there was a good support team supporting it. If there is a team of experts supporting it, you are guaranteed of its stability. Sometimes it becomes unstable, then a good support team jumps into it and makes it stable again.

It has been able to scale for our needs.

The support at Oracle is good. It is not very good, but okay. The Oracle support is through the Oracle MetaLink, where you open up the Oracle SR, then get the support needed. For this, we spend at least a day or two providing them with information and it is time consuming. Hence, I think it is okay. However, in case of any urgency, we need to go to the escalation route for any urgent support that is needed and need to go over the issue with them. We struggle in terms of getting the right support.

We used Oracle Applications 11i. The reason for switching is because we opted for the new release of r12, which had more advantageous features.

Initial setup really depends on the module. It is not very consistent, because different people have developed the different modules. You have to get used to it.

Oracle scales the pricing, but E-Business Suite is still very expensive for small to mid-sized businesses.

From the beginning, we were only using Oracle. It is not a small product; it is a big company. Going from Oracle to another vendor would be very costly. That's why they are not thinking about it. Maybe for the next five to 10 years, my company will be using only Oracle, but I am not completely sure.

Make sure that you have a very solid project management plan prior to implementing it. 

Be sure to assess your timeline, duration, and everything else that is relevant to a successful implementation and actually using the products. It really helps if you have a solid performance assessment done prior to starting the implementation.

Order to cash and procure to pay process: They are valuable features because of their integration and flexibility.

The tool reduces manual processes and controls in our systems.

Fixed Asset process has no need to wait until supplier invoices, but can be done after GRN. Movement of CIP Inventory cannot be monitored in Inventory module when we are using the CIP Account or movement of CIP Inventory in Asset module, which is not flexible like Inventory module.

For eight years.

No.

No.

A seven out of 10.

Accurate Accounting. We switch to get better control of our processes.

It was not complex.

We did the implementation of Oracle EBS internally without a vendor.

Find a best Oracle partner and get a better discount.

No.

Use an experienced Oracle consultant.

Our client implemented the Oracle Human Capital Management part of the solution. With these features, they can:

• Rapidly implement jobs, positions, grades, and steps within setup of organizational structure.
• Measure and monitor performance for personal goals and corporate objectives.
• Define and manage workforce competence through the management of learning path, course completion, and learning certification.
• To do this before on paper basis, it was very time consuming. Now, they can use the gained time to properly manage their workforce.

Our client has not only implemented the Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) solution. They did also the integration with other solutions, such as the Work Management solution, so when there is a certain work order to be issued, they can easily and rapidly identify the proper available resources to perform the work.

More flexibility in configuration related to the Payroll module, in order to easily implement the local legislation.

We implemented this product for one of our clients. This client has used the solution since 2010. In 2015, they upgraded the solution from version 12.1.3 to version 12.2.4.

No.

No.

I would rate the level of the technical support as a seven out of 10. There are big delays in the issues of resolution times

Our client previously used an internally developed application. They switched because this application covered only a small part of their needs related to human capital management, and it was difficult to maintain due to the lack of IT specialized resources.

The initial setup was straightforward. Our team has a lot experience in the Oracle E-Business Suite implementation and we also cooperated with professionals from Oracle Romania. Lastly, the client was actively involved in all the stages of the project.

All pricing and licensing information is public and available for everybody. I advise others to check this information in advance in order to correctly decide what to ask to the vendor.

Our client evaluated other options from smaller and similar companies, as Oracle, but Oracle’s solution was suitable for them at the time in terms of features and possibilities for integration with other already existing solutions.

Be careful at the number and complexity of the reports needed to compare with the pre-defined reports. If the gap between the two is big, then they have to consider a bigger duration for the project and its corresponding additional price.

Easy in implementation.

Maybe the contract, which is too complicated.

Six years.

None, but some issues with the Java launching.

Sometimes, yes.

It is good.

No.

No, none at all. We did start with two products, but it was not perfect in terms of integration.

Oracle licencing is very complex, and the pricing is too expensive .

No, it was strategic to go with Oracle.

Oracle has a low risk in implementation against all other products.

The system is reliable and the backbone of financial and other core systems in many organizations worldwide.

It has improved our business processes.

• Interfaces (downstream and upstream)
• End user interface (UX design)
• Performance
• The EBS Design to some extent is still monolithic.
• Maintenance activities still require a lot downtime.

I have used the solution for five years.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Satisfactory.

Support on Unix platforms is good.

I used Oracle Applications 11.0.3. This was an upgrade (out of place) to 12c.

It is very complex as its tightly coupled with business processes and also involves a very large number of interfaces.

Vendor plus in-house.

As the brand name says, Enterprise Resource Planning, and that's all. It offers integration for all business areas in one database.

I would like to see improvement in the overall UI.

We have been using this for more than 20 years.

Technical support is fair.

Valuable features include expense management and the accounting suite of products.

It has improved our efficiency and time to market.

I would like to see more automation.

There were no issues with deployment.

There were no issues with stability.

There were no issues with scalability.

Customer service is good.

Technical support is good.

We used a home-grown solution.

The setup was moderate.

We implemented through an SI.

The ROI has yet to be calculated.

Be careful.

We evaluated SAP.

It is better to work out the requirements properly and minimize the customizations.

It's quite secure and fast, and we get an end-to-end solution.

Whenever you are growing, you get new products on the database server level, application server level and software. It definitely grows as your needs increase.

They started on the mobile app and tablets, but still I see there are no short-forms used in EBS, which are not I’m seeing coming on the tablet. Maybe increasing that will help because now everyone carries their tablets and handheld devices. You don’t need to go back to your seat and do anything if you are in the store or anything: warehouse.

You don’t need to spend time going back from there, you can solve the issue.

I’ve been using it for the past 13 years (approximately).

I started using Oracle applications from around 2003, from version 11.9 onwards. I have done some work on 10.7 as well, and from there, onwards.

It’s quite stable. Wherever you have issues you can get some patches on a one-off. We have CPU half-yearly and all those kind of things that makes it like whatever known issues, you can get rid of those beforehand.

No.

Overall, support is good. Earlier, we used to have MetaLink, now we have support with Oracle.com. We can pay the Support Representative or we can find so many documents and all that, but still there is a thing if you need anything development related, then SRs and getting solution may take up to years of time. That is a kind of thing I’d like to get rid of.

If a person is knowledgeable, it’s good enough.

Definitely I’d say data and different application, new servers and 12c and Database, all these have very cool features and In-Memory and EBR.

They should use these things more to get the most out of the solution.