Planning your EBS R12 future
Earlier this year, Oracle delivered the EBS Enterprise Command Centers – April 2022 Update as well as three EBS Cloud Manager Updates: 22.1.1 (March 2022), 22.2.1 (September 2022), and 22.2.1.1 (October 2022).
Want to know more about ECC and the benefits they provide please watch the Oracle Apps Unlimited Finance Special Interest Group, Enterprise Command Centers webinar ECC Recording showing you the capabilities.
Thousands of organisations around the world still rely on Oracle E-Business Suite to run their key business operations. It is natural that organisations that rely on EBS for so much need to feel confident that their EBS systems will remain viable through their planning horizon.
The continuing pattern of new releases is consistent with Oracle's strategy of continuous innovation on Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2, which delivers ongoing applications and technology updates without a major upgrade, along with Oracle Premier Support for Oracle EBusiness Suite 12.2 through at least 2033.
It has always been Oracle's long-term plan to deliver a major release beyond EBS 12.2. This has now been clarified with the committed updated roadmap to support the next release of EBS through 2033 at least.
Customers now have the opportunity to review their current strategy and investments in EBS to take advantage of this continued support.
Oracle has now announced the availability of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) innovations delivered in 2022, including the release of EBS 12.2.12. See the full summary,
The Enterprise Command Module enhances the power and reporting capabilities by Identify and Act on Priority Transactions without Custom Operational Reporting
Information-Driven Navigation
Browse and drill on actionable indicators
Use consumer-like search and filters
Displayed data recalculated with each drill
“Conversation with the data” to narrow in on most important priorities
Take action on selected transactions
How to Future Proof your investment in Oracle
One of the major components of an EBS environment which is very labour intensive is the P2P processes, initially in raising the purchase order (PO) and then the data entry of supplier invoices.
The supplier invoice entry process in EBS requires significant manual effort and necessitates the users to go through a number of screens to complete the task.
This area has seen major 3rd party technology enhancements over the past decade and clients who previously purchased a system, even in the past 3 years, can see significant improvements and cost reductions. The best generation of products are now cloud-based, which enables significant cost advantages, and provides automatic updates over the contract period for no additional fees.
They can also offer a seamless upgrade path from on-premise to Oracles ERP Cloud SaaS solution, future-proofing the automation of P2P.
Importantly they offer business users real benefits, as they have modern and intuitive interfaces to minimise mouse clicks and required keystrokes, typically with friendly single-screen processing. Some are even using mobile technology to further enhance the process and minimise user effort. These ensure you can obtain real and measurable ROI. Want to know how? Watch our Invoicing Insights Videos
So, whether you look to upgrade your EBS platform on-premise or migrate your environments to Oracle’s Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to gain many of the benefits of Cloud operation, you can continue to run EBS and take advantage of your existing investments and customisations.
Updating your invoice automation can provide further business benefits and financial rewards as part of your ongoing business strategies.
To see the latest features and capabilities and how you can enhance your AP team's processes to make them stand out from the crowd and achieve ROI.
Working closely with the EMEA Apps Unlimited team we have become their recommended partner for Invoice Automation requirements for E-Business Suite.
With the Apps Unlimted Team, we launched the Finance Special Interest Group (SIG) a series of events dedicated to Business Finance Users of Oracle E-Business Suite to make them aware of the latest features to enhance their Procure to Pay processes and networking opportunities to share experiences.