Oracle E-Business Suite Reviews

I use the product for financial management, value chain, manufacturing, and human capital management.

The user experience in supply chain and operations management is excellent. The product is powerful in the supply chain, manufacturing, and financial domains. The system is powerful enough to absorb any business case we face during our implementation, regardless of the industry. Whether it is the public sector, retail, or FMCG, Oracle E-Business Suite can fit any business process.

It was very easy to integrate the product into our existing infrastructure. The analytics and reporting tools streamline our processes. We can implement the standard and emerging best practices to enhance decision-making. The tool has a lot of reports. We can develop custom reports easily. We can easily connect it with any data warehouse and use the analytics features. Right now, the product can handle any business case, even manufacturing. Discrete manufacturing and process manufacturing can be handled easily.

We find challenges in the manufacturing modules. The users feel that the product is not user-friendly. Continuous manufacturing is very complex. We must automate the whole manufacturing process cycle and connect multiple production lines. It is not an easy task in Oracle to implement such things. Other than that, the solution is excellent.

I have been using the solution for 20 years.

The technical support is excellent.

Positive

The deployment, implementation, and integration are very easy.

Oracle generally gives a lot of discounts. If we get discounts, the tool will not be costly. It will cost less than S/4HANA. The product might cost the same as Microsoft Dynamics. The cost is based on the discount that Oracle provides to us.

I use and implement the tool. I will recommend the product to others. You will see the benefits of the solution if you have the right partner. As an implementer or consultant, I rate the product a ten out of ten. However, since the user experience must be improved, I rate the solution a nine out of ten overall.

We use the solution for our mainstream business. We use it for financial, procurement, and asset management.

Financial and asset management features are valuable.

The initial setup is complex.

I have been using the product for almost ten years.

The tool is stable.

Oracle provided us with one or two solutions. When we purchased the products, Oracle gave us scalable solutions. Almost 180 people are using the solution in our organization. The number of users will decrease after the upgrade process.

We raise service requests to Oracle.

The deployment took one and a half years. The solution is deployed on-premises. The deployment process has two phases. It took us nearly two years. We need at least ten people to deploy the product.

We contacted Deloitte to deploy the solution.

The product is worth the money.

We need to pay for the license annually. The solution is quite expensive.

We are not using the latest version of the solution. We are planning to change the product. We are researching ERPs from SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft. We decided to use Oracle ten years ago. We are more interested in Microsoft Dynamics because we use Microsoft products like Microsoft 365 and Teams.

Currently, we are upgrading the software. We contacted Oracle to upgrade the tool. I would recommend the solution to others, but we faced some issues. We couldn't upgrade to the latest version. We don't have the latest version of the database or application.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We are a large company using every function of Oracle E-Business Suite, such as human capital management, financial management, manufacturing, plant maintenance, and many more. We've implemented almost thirty-seven modules of Oracle E-Business Suite in our organization.

Oracle E-Business Suite improved my organization by automating every function and integrating all departments. For example, HR is integrated with Finance through the payroll module. Inventory is integrated with Finance through the inventory module. Plant maintenance is integrated with the stores and spheres, so there's a single source of truth across the organization. There's no need to maintain separate databases, software, or functions within the organization through Oracle E-Business Suite.

My organization uses the same source of truth, so there's less hassle and more accurate information, making decision-making easier because of this solution.

I like the automation and integration features of Oracle E-Business Suite.

A downside of Oracle E-Business Suite is its interface because it's less user-friendly than the latest cloud solutions.

As an organization, Oracle now has more interest in cloud applications, so nowadays, it doesn't focus much on Oracle E-Business Suite, an on-premises solution, so this is another downside.

In the next release of the solution, I want to see an enhanced GUI so that it can attract more users and for Oracle to focus more on Oracle E-Business Suite and make it more user-friendly.

I've been using Oracle E-Business Suite for twelve years.

Oracle E-Business Suite is pretty stable, and I'd rate it as nine out of ten, stability-wise.

Oracle E-Business Suite is a highly scalable solution, and I'd rate its scalability as ten out of ten.

Oracle E-Business Suite technical support is a seven out of ten for me.

Neutral

We've used custom and in-house solutions before using Oracle E-Business Suite. Still, because of the benefits, scalability, integration, and support we got from the solution, we went with Oracle E-Business Suite.

As Oracle E-Business Suite is an ERP system, it has a complex implementation process. It's unlike any other software you can install and start using immediately. The system requires installation, then configuration, so depending on the complexity of the business, it takes around three to six months to configure and run it within the organization.

Installing the software onto the server, for example, isn't a matter of one to two days maximum. The steps to deploy Oracle E-Business Suite depend on your business requirement, how you map your business requirements into the system, and how you want the system to operate according to your needs. It varies based on the complexity of your business where Oracle E-Business Suite would be implemented.

The first time Oracle E-Business Suite was implemented, configured, and integrated with our systems, we worked with a third party who was an expert, so we won't run into cost overruns.

The digitization projects we implemented in multiple areas resulted in millions of savings because Oracle E-Business Suite helped keep queries simpler, so there's ROI from the solution.

My organization has been using the solution for the past twelve years, so I'm sure it paid off, but I have yet to calculate the ROI.

Pricing for Oracle E-Business Suite is seven out of ten. You must pay extra for maintenance and technical support, apart from standard license fees.

Since we've been using Oracle E-Business Suite for twelve years, we've evaluated different solutions from time to time but eventually chose SAP as our primary solution.

I'm using the latest version of Oracle E-Business Suite.

Two or three people can maintain Oracle E-Business Suite for a small organization. Still, for a vast implementation, for example, within my organization, about twenty-five to thirty people handle the maintenance of the solution.

Around two thousand to three thousand people use Oracle E-Business Suite within the organization.

All departments use the solution, whether Presales, Sales, Finance, Plant Maintenance, HR, Compensation, Payroll, etc.

I recommend Oracle E-Business Suite, but since the newest technology is now on the cloud, I wonder if people would be interested in an on-premise solution.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten because the GUI needs improvement. I would give Oracle E-Business Suite a nine or ten if its GUI were improved.

My company is simply an Oracle customer.

I use the solution in my company for supply chain management. I also use the tool to deal with WMS implementation.

The integration features of the tool on on-premises weren't that great, making it an area where improvements are required.

I have been using Oracle E-Business Suite for seven years.

The technical support for the solution was very good. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

Positive

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The solution can be deployed in a few months.

Overall, the tool reduces customer capital expenditure. It is difficult to explain the actual reduction in capital expenditure, considering that my company deals with a huge customer base, in which a lot of things are absorbed, and there are a lot of complexities involved in supply chain management. The tool provides value for money.

Products concerning areas like CRM and ERP should provide value at lesser costs to customers, especially if you consider that the initial cost of implementation is high.

The area of service planning was neither very difficult nor very easy.

Oracle E-Business Suite has impacted our business process from the standpoint of KPIs.

The features of the product were not useful for me since they were mostly used to help my customers.

The tool's integration capabilities were standard in nature since the product is deployed on an on-premises model.

The tool was integrated with a lot of other legacy solutions and Oracle Siebel CRM because it was on an on-premises deployment model, but not everything was as fast as things are on the cloud, so there was the need to have multiple devices in our infrastructure.

The tool has had an impact on industry-specific solutions in our company's customers' operations since it gives customers autonomy over third-party logistics and service providers. The tool also helps to reduce the problems in the supply chain management.

I recommend the tool to enterprise-sized businesses. The problem with Oracle is that it comes with everything and may contain certain modules that customers don't need. With Oracle products, since you get a lot of features, the prices are pushed up. The tool can only be used by those who start off as a reseller and want to become a manufacturer in the future since it helps to manage both workloads.

Considering that it is one of the best tools I have worked with, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

We use this product for the management of purchasing, accounts payable, general ledger accounting, and other things. TheyHyperion software is good for management as well as processes such as accounts receivable. The product has many use cases. I'm an applications consultant and we are service providers and Oracle customers. 

It has improved our organization by enabling us to move from manual to automatic processes. It means that our clients can focus on analysis instead of transactions and dealing with a lot of paperwork. Transactions can now be approved by mobile or when you're on the road. The approval workflow has improved significantly. 

The new Subledger Accounting feature is very strong. It's the most powerful thing Oracle has done in this latest upgrade. We can easily customize which is something that wasn't easy with the SaaS product. With an Oracle database and application, everything is integrated into one solution from one provider. The entire process is now integrated. Because we use Excel and Outlook a lot, there's no need to log off and on, it's all integrated. It's transparent for the end user, which is good. Oracle implemented OTBI, which saves the need to print reports. Everything is available as you go and on the go, which is a good feature. It's great for analysis. 

The implementation can take some time and it's one of the difficulties with Oracle as compared to SAP. Deployment takes way too much time.

I've used this solution for 20 years. 

The solution is scalable. We have around 400 users in the company which includes finance people, supply chain staff, and management.

The technical support is responsive and have helped us apply patches or find solutions when we have bugs.

Positive

The initial setup is a bit complex. The EBS takes more than 12 months to implement from scratch. We're a team that carry out deployments as well as provide service and support for our customers. We have a team made up of architects, project managers, consultants, functional analyst developers, DBAs, close to 20 people in total.

We have to invest a lot but we get a good return. 

They have licensing models based on the number of users as well as one-time packages. If you're on the cloud, it's pay-as-you-go. It's not cheap technology but they have good consultants who know all the features. They are one of the longest-standing players in the market so they can dictate the price.

My recommendation is to not customize E-Business Suite. The upgrades are complicated and when you go from version to version, it's not a good thing. You have to spend a lot of money so if you're already doing that you might as well go for a product that satisfies your requirements. If an organization has the opportunity to go to the cloud, then it's worth doing. It's pay-as-you-go, you're free from DBAs and a lot of complicated processes, and everything is taken care of in the cloud, 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Our use case is primarily finance and procurement. We have a procurement team, a finance department, and some managers responsible for approving a procurement request. We also have users who build and customize reports for board members, senior management, or auditors.

We plan to adapt Oracle EBS to integrate with our CRM, HR, and other applications. It provides financial insights and covers payroll, so it needs to be combined with the project portfolio management solution or the CRM. We have many changes ready for when we go live with the CRM.

Oracle EBS is flexible enough for any use case, allowing us to configure the changes we want how we want. 

Oracle EBS adapts to our business rules, so we don't have to change them, whereas SAP is rigid. We need to change our business rules to implement SAP. Oracle's reporting is also excellent and it's easier for our technical team to customize the solution compared to SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and other products.

Oracle is easy to implement at a new organization like ours, but it might be more challenging for an established organization with more rules and policies in place. I don't have many feature requests because we are still in the early stages. I'm currently trying to gather all the small change requests that arise out based on our business requirements. 

We have been using Oracle EBS for a year and a half. 

Oracle EBS is highly stable.

Oracle technology is advanced, so it shouldn't be a problem to increase capacity by adding configurations or reporting. Almost everything is there.

I rate Oracle support eight out of 10. They're really fast. 

We were using different solutions in silos. For example, there was one for inventory called Maximo and another for finance. All those systems were in silos, so we wanted to replace them with a single ERP system that offers a 360-degree view of data and precise reporting without the need to change many things in the data. 

We wanted to avoid many manipulations by manual editing errors. Having everything in one system gives you complete native automation built into the system.

It was not complicated, but you need a business analyst to bridge the gap between the implementation team and the business team. We had around three people on our team. We still haven't fully deployed it, but the expected duration is about nine months. 

It's not implementation time per se. It's more like evaluating the solution to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the product. After deployment, you don't need to maintain anything. Some change requests crop up now and then from the business team. They ask us to adjust the business rules or transfer the approval authority from one person to another because someone has left the company or gone on vacation. 

You need someone with technical expertise, and Oracle-certified engineers are somewhat costly compared to other ERP products. For example, there's a German ERP product with an easy mechanism that allows any software programmer to change the configuration. Still, Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft Dynamics require certified professionals to change the configurations.

We used an integrator because we lack in-house expertise with Oracle ERP. 
We have a technical team and a business analyst, but we don't have the knowledge to handle Oracle ERP onboarding.

When we evaluate a solution, we assess whether implementing it is useful for the business. You can gain many benefits in terms of productivity and operations by using an ERP solution. Oracle has advantages over other products because they are well established and mature in the market.

I don't know the precise details about pricing because I am from the project management side, and another team handles procurement, but if I had to estimate, I would say it's probably around eight out of 10 for affordability. 

Of course, it depends on which modules you select. There is not standard price. You need to dig into the exact pricing for your requirements. It's not a single one bundled. There is a named user license plus some module licenses.

I rate Oracle E-Business Suite eight out of 10. I believe going to the cloud is much easier and faster. I advise people not to make a lot of changes initially. Implement it the way it is in the first round so you can leverage the benefits immediately instead of adding a lot of customization in the Oracle ERP.

We are primarily using this solution for financial reporting, financial management reporting, and consolidation.

The solution offers strong integration capabilities. It's balanced and sends good reports. It's easy to use.

The solution is stable.

It's a scalable product.

Technical support has been great.

The solution could be improved especially for budgeting. We are using budgeting in GL, which is a basic budgeting module. We need enhanced budgeting and a few other parts. For example, we need supply chain. That's based on financial health. Currently, we are using financials, however, in financials, most of what we are missing is enhanced budgeting. I want an enhanced budgeting module.

The initial setup is complex.

I want built-in dashboards. 

I also would like more center reports or center reports like FSG. It's only available in GL and I want FSG in other modules as well.

I've been using the solution for a while now. 

The solution is stable. It's reliable. There are no issues with bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

The solution is scalable. You can expand it easily.

We have 15 to 20 people using the solution currently. They include managers, super-users, supervisors, and accountants. 

Technical support is quite good.

Positive

We did not previously use a different solution.

The initial setup is not simple. it's quite complex, very difficult. In terms of ease of implementation, I'd give it a 3.5 out of five. 

We implemented it a long time ago before I was a part of the organization, however, it tends to take seven to eight months. 

The initial setup was handled by Oracle partners. 

I can't speak to the licensing costs. I don't have any details in regard to pricing.

I'm working with this solution on behalf of an organization.

We're using version 11 right now, and we're about to update to 12.2.8.

This is a good product. If you have a good start, then you can easily implement the solution. An Azure study is the most important thing, however.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Our company has both our renewable and thermal fleets through the E-Business Suite. This includes planned maintenance for the thermal fleet, equipment operation and maintenance, and procurement of necessary spare parts through inventory management. Finance users also leverage the suite for invoicing, purchase order processing, and other financial tasks. It's a comprehensive solution that even supports our budgeting needs.

Sometimes, when you prepare your rules, the robustness of the rules is essential. Allowing excessive user modifications can lead to situations where only specific scenarios are considered, neglecting others. This can cause difficulties for users.

SAP doesn't allow changes in their processes beyond the limit. While this might restrict some flexibility, it fosters repeatability in system behavior, which users eventually adapt to. In Oracle E-Business Suite, we've faced situations where a procurement workflow appears stuck in someone's inbox, even though it's not there. This discrepancy is potentially caused by configuration or feature issues.

I have been using Oracle E-Business Suite as an end user for one year.

We over-implemented and customized Oracle, leading to stability issues. It's like buying a BMW and driving it for 20 years. Tomorrow, you shift to Tesla, and you still want to drive it like you drove a BMW. So, you start modifying Tesla for BMW's pleasure. Modifying it excessively compromises its inherent capabilities. Our process owners, accustomed to SAP, sought similar workflows in Oracle despite its different approach. The software has inherent rules; tweaking them too much can cause instability. Additionally, our system integrator, E&Y, might have over-engineered processes, making them fragile. Unlike our 9-month SAP implementation with a stable product, Oracle took two years with issues.

We evaluated both SAP and Oracle. We chose Oracle because of SAP's higher cost. Additionally, SAP no longer offers on-premise licenses, focusing solely on Software as a Service (SaaS), making it a bit more costier to operate regularly.

Oracle E-Business Suite is reasonably good. It offers a licensing model, which offers long-term cost advantages compared to the cloud-based license provided by SAP. As an end user, my role was very limited. In 2011, when we implemented SAP, I was heavily involved because I was heading operations and maintenance. We had inventory management, budgeting, and everything integrated seamlessly from that perspective.

Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.