Oracle | Fusion Applications

fusionappsFusion Applications have been developed using open standards, Oracle are empowering companies to lower their costs, as integrations and customisations will increasingly be handled by in-house resources. Fusion applications are also able to be deployed on premise, or in a public/private cloud.

For those considering the implications Fusion will have on their IT Strategy, Oracle's message is;

  • Upgrade - get yourself on the latest release of your existing core system (eg E-Business Suite, or JD Edwards)

  • Adopt standards-based technology - Oracle Fusion Middleware will help you extend, integrate and manage your existing applications, as well as ensuring you're ready to adopt Fusion Applications when you're ready.

  • Co-existence - when you're ready begin adding Fusion applications to your existing environment

More Insight Into Fusion Applications

Fusion applications is a suite of ERP applications that have taken the best features and functionalities of Oracle's existing core ERP platforms; E-Business Suite, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft, as well as Siebel. Oracle's goal of building a complete suite of standards based applications for companies of all sizes is well and truly on its way.

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The pillar Fusion Applications available now are;

  • CRM

  • Financials

  • Governance Risk & Compliance

  • Human Capital Management

  • Procurement

  • Project Portfolio Management

  • Supply Chain Management

     

    Fusion Application Overview Downloads
    CRM

    Fusion CRM goes beyond Oracle's existing Siebel CRM offering in that it is geared more heavily towards the sales end of the organisation.

    The sales component of traditional CRM is focused on automating the sales process and transaction processing, whereas Fusion CRM delivers real Sales Performance Management.

    Fusion CRM aims to close the gap between "Actual Performance" vs "The Plan", and a big component of this is resolved with integrated territory management and advanced prospecting tools.

    Also with Fusion CRM, sales reps are able to take charge of their own campaign management.

    Fusion CRM is a modular suite of CRM components that can either plug into your existing CRM applications portfolio, or can be utilised as a complete sales solution.

    Fusion CRM - Solution Brief
    Financials

    Fusion Financials promises to set new standards for reporting and analysis based on real time information, with embedded intelligence to aid in decision making. The modular Fusion Financial

    applications promise to deliver fast ROI thanks to reduced implementation time, increases in processing speeds, and increased user adoption and productivity.

    Some of the end user gains include; self-service report building, information is secure and easily accessible without the need for IT to get involved: Embedded intelligence

    providing insight into the potential impact of actions: Fully integrated imaging solution for invoices that speeds up processing time and eliminates the need for third party integration.

    Fusion Finance
    - Solution Brief
    Governance, Risk & Compliance

    Compiling a holistic view of all GRC activities across the Enterprise involves the collation of both qualitative and quantitative data covering multiple business

    divisions and geographical regions. Due to the lack of centralised knowledge and the significant amount of manual business processes, there is a high risk that

    someone will inadvertantly fail to identify when the business is about to expose itself to regulatory risk. The cost of compliance failure can be enormous, where the

    fines and punishments in place have the potential to not only negatively affect shareholders, but can also result in imprisonment for directors and key executives.

    Corporate Governance not only incorporates financial reporting compliance and regulations, but also covers the activities of almost every department in

    your corporation, such as IT or the Sustainability department, corporate policy management, and HR. Regulations can even affect the way your corporation manages

    its network of suppliers.

    Oracle's Governance Risk and Compliance component of the Fusion Applications Suite is a comprehensive offering of risk management, compliance management,

    and controls management. The Governance Risk and Compliance Suite of modules brings all activities, documentation, and controls management together with GRC Manager,

    and presents stakeholders with relevant information tailored to their roles, through interactive dashboards. Hundreds of predefined reports and metrics help

    managers quickly see the overall status of assessments, testing, remediation, and certification activities.

    Enterprise Transaction Controls, Configuration Controls, and Preventive Controls Governor, deliver enahnced fraud detection and improved business process integrity -

    help protect customers’ business processes by enabling tighter controls and expose suspect transactions and other emerging risks

    Fusion Governance Risk & Complaince
    - Solution Brief
    Human Capital Management

    Oracle's Fusion Human Capital Management alleviates a lot of administrative tasks, allowing the HR team to refocus on HR related matters instead of updating an address

    book.

    Able to be deployed straight out of the box, regardless of the complexity of your organisation - workers can be on multiple pay and benefits systems, including third party

    systems that are seamlessly integrated to Oracle HCM. Fusion HCM is built on web services, so that deployment, customisation choices, and integrations survive upgrades

    and reduce costs.

    Embedded Intelligence and analysis tools enable you to move your business towards data driven performance - increase productivity, make better informed decisions faster

    Fusion Human Capital Management
    - Solution Brief
    Procurement

    With embedded analytics and dashboards, simplified exception management, repository, and universal contract standards, Oracle's

    Fusion Procurement module delivers the Best of Breed functionality either as a single module, or a complete suite on demand (or on premise).

    Drive savings across the business with embedded analytics to provide you with timely understanding of spending patterns, employee expenses and supplier performance.

    Remove the information bottlenecks, and gain deeper visibility into opportunities and gaps in compliance.

    Dashboards are role based, and provide a consolidated view of worklists and watchlists, as well as providing a universal contract repository, contract standards and

    search - with the aim of standardising collaboration and compliance.

    Fusion Procurement - Solution Brief
    Project Portfolio Management

    Fusion Project portfolio Management promises to revolutionise the way project work is managed, thanks to the seamless integration of

    project plans, resources, budgets and forecasts - all presented through embedded analytics, with information provided based on roles.

    Fusion Project Portfolio Management allows you to do away with the spreadsheets and intensive administrative activities thanks to, and provides single step budget generation,

    the automatic generation of forecasts, and straightforward creation and management of budget version.

    Facilitate better project communication between team members, with web 2.0 tools, wikis, blogs, RSS, forums, and instant messaging.

    Fusion Project Portfolio Management
    - Solution Brief
    Supply Chain Management

    As with other Fusion Applications now available, Oracle's Fusion Supply Chain Management Module promises to revolutionise the way companies handle incoming orders

    and fulfillment. The key component of Fusion Supply Chain Management is the Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration component which was developed to normalise

    processes and data held in multiple order capture and fulfillment systems, to provide a single view.

    Regardless of the order entry point - be it online, via a mobile phone application, through a legacy system used by your customer service team taking an order over the phone,

    or any other entry point, Distributed Order Orchestration decomposes the orders into logical groups, creating an efficient fulfillment plan that considers and

    utilises all the resources available in your network.

    The result is lower fulfillment costs, significantly increased customer service levels, and enhanced profit margins.

    Fusion Distribution Orchestration - Solution Brief