Rapid Implementation of BI with Oracle Business Intelligence Applications

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“From adapting to change,

to anticipating change,

today’s businesses need is

to create the change, to

stay ahead… “

Rapid Implementation of BI with

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications

© Bahwan Cybertek, 2011

SOA Pillar

Partner

Sundararajan Padmanaban

Vice President

October 3, 2011 Session # 09587

• Oracle BI Applications – Overview

• Bahwan CyberTek - Overview

• Key Business Challenges

Agenda

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• The Solution

• How did we go about it?

• Lessons learned

• Q & A

Oracle BI Applications - Analytics


Oracle BI Applications


� Single Data Model & Unified Metrics

� Oracle BI & BI Apps are the core embedded Intelligence

Foundation for Fusion Apps

� Pre-built Warehouse with 16 star

schemas designed for analysis and

reporting on financial analytics

� Pre-mapped metadata including

embedded calculations and metrics for

finance users/execs� Presentation Layer� Logical Business Model� Physical resources

Financial Analytics


� Pre-built Warehouse with 16 star

schemas designed for analysis and

reporting on financial analytics

� A “Best-Practice” library with 300+ metrics,

30 Dashboards, 200+ reports and alerts

for CFOs, Fin Controllers, Analysts,

AR/AP Managers and Execs

Best Practice Analytic WorkflowFinancial Analytics


Best Practice Analytic WorkflowFinancial Analytics


Procurement & Spend Analytics

� Optimizes Supply side performance

by integrating data from across the

enterprise value chain

� Increases visibility into complete

P2P process including

comprehensive:


comprehensive:– Procurement & Spend Analysis

– Supplier Performance Analysis

– Supplier Payables Analysis

– Employee Expenses Analysis

� Reduce costs, enhance profitability,

increase customer satisfaction and

gain competitive advantage through

end-to-end Insight into factors

impacting enterprise performance

Procurement & Spend Analytics:Key Features & Benefits

� 360°view of Procurement and Spend— gain detailed visibility into direct

and indirect spending, and identify opportunities for consolidation and

reduction of costs.

� Improve Procurement Performance— reduce corporate spending

through stronger strategic sourcing initiatives. Identify procurement

bottlenecks and proactively take corrective action before they become


bottlenecks and proactively take corrective action before they become

major issues.

� Enhance Insight into Supplier Performance— monitor price, delivery,

and product quality to determine best - and worst - performing suppliers.

This will be helpful in improving contract usage and compliance.

� Control Employee Spend — understand how the money related to travel

and expenses is being spent by gaining a complete picture of Employee

Expenses.

Supply Chain & Order Management Analytics

� Delivers deep customer insight into

order and inventory data, enabling

better decisions throughout Order

Life Cycle

� Assess inventory levels and

determine likely product fulfillment


determine likely product fulfillment

needs before order booking

� Identify potential order backlog

issues

� Stay on top of A/R and DSOs

� Transform Supply Chain and Order

Mgt processes to improve financial

performance and customer

satisfaction

Supply Chain & OM Analytics:Key Features & Benefits

� Better Business Performance –improve revenue

recognition with faster order to booking conversion and

fewer bottlenecks in the order to cash cycle

� Better Order Fulfillment—improve inventory

management for those products that consistently fall into


management for those products that consistently fall into

backlog due to a lack of appropriate stock levels

� Better Inventory Management—gain visibility into

inventory activities to minimize unnecessary

expenditures and optimize inventory to conserve working

capital.

Sample Decision Flow –Procure to Pay


Tmax gear - Overview

� Exclusive licensee for all Taylor

Made, Adidas and Ashworth Golf

branded golf bags, gloves, headwear

& accessories in the US.

� HQ in Carlsbad, CA


� HQ in Carlsbad, CA

� Key Applications include:

– Oracle E-Business Suite

• Financials, Order Management, Inventory,

Procurement

– Warehouse Management System

– Web Store

BCT is a global products and services company enabling customers in leveraging their enterprise information systems infrastructure to accomplish

business goals.

•Established in 1999

•SEI-CMMi Level 5

BCT Group

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•SEI-CMMi Level 5

•1450 associates in 11 countries with 6

development centers

•350+ global customers

•US HQ in Natick MA, Offices in Reston VA

and San Jose CA

•Global Offices – India and Middle East

�Platinum Partner- Apps and Technologies

�VAR & VAD (FUDA)

�Oracle Verified SOA Pillar Partner

�Oracle nominated Pillar Partner for Platform

Oracle Practice Since 1999

Specialized Recognized by Oracle Preferred by Customers

�Oracle Service Oriented Architecture

Specialized

PracticeOracle


�Oracle nominated Pillar Partner for Platform

Stack

�Oracle Business Accelerator Certified Partner

�Top 15 in USA on E2.0

�Joint Go-to-Market on AIA & SOA

�Experience include 100+ e-Biz engagements

and 250+ Technology/Middleware engagements

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�Oracle Service Oriented Architecture�Oracle Database

�Oracle Business Intelligence�Oracle Real Application Clusters�Oracle Database Performance tuning

�Oracle E-Business Suite SCM

�Oracle Solaris

�Oracle Linux

OS / Virtualization

Database Middleware ApplicationsBusiness

IntelligencePortal

Architecture Strategy /

Design

Installation, Configuration, Maintenance

Managed Services

Oracle Practice - Technology Services

�WebCenter

�SOA/BPM/AIA

�Data Integration

�WebCenter

�SOA/BPM/AIA

�Data Integration

24/7


Composite Application

Development & Integration

Production Readiness

Assessment

Performance Tuning &

Optimization

Environment Upgrades / Migration

Training, Knowledge

Transfer

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�Data Integration�OBIEE / OBIA

�Database�Operating Systems�Virtualization

�Exalogic/Exadata

�Data Integration�OBIEE / OBIA

�Database�Operating Systems�Virtualization

�Exalogic/Exadata

BCT’s BI Services

• Rapid Implementation of OBIEE – Bundle Offer

• Enterprise wide BI Implementation using OBIEE with DW and /or Transactional Systems

• Discoverer to OBIEE – Migration Services

OBIEE

• Rapid Implementation of ‘Out-of-the-Box’ functionalities using OBIA – Bundle Offer

• OBI Analytics Implementation including Financial Analytics, Supply Chain and OM Analytics, HR Analytics, Procurement & Spend Analytics, Project Analytics, CRM Sales and Service Analytics

OBIA


Architecture & Design Services of DW/DM & BI

Installation & Configuration Services of BI

Design and Implement KPIs, Dashboards & Reports

Integrate Data Sources using ODI / Golden Gate

Training and Knowledge Transfer

Production Support & Ongoing Maintenance/Monitoring Services

Other Apps including Custom

Apps

Oracle Apps (E-Biz,

PSFT, JD, Siebel, etc.)

Tmax gear: Key Business Challenges

� Lack of Analytical and Decision Support System

� Over 200+ Transactional Reports built through years with limited or

no documentation:

– Not helping in appropriate analysis of the operations and financial

performance of the enterprise

– Not catering to dynamic business needs


– Not catering to dynamic business needs

– Inflexible to modify & Expensive to maintain and manage

– Lack of drill-down capabilities

– Lack of “Business Intelligence” capabilities which is a key for decision

making.

– Not a true ‘Decision Support System’

� Information available is not ‘up-to-date’

Goals and Objectives

� Rapid Implementation aimed at ‘Quick Win’ –

faster ROI

� Address Revenue Management Challenges –

DSOs


DSOs

� Encourage ‘Self-Service Reporting’ to reduce

dependency on IT

� Improve overall efficiencies

The Solution

� Pre-built BI Solution

� Pre-integrated with Oracle Applications

(EBS, PSFT, JDE & Siebel)

� Rapidly deployable with combined


� Rapidly deployable with combined

warehouse

� Multiple Data Sources ; Single, Unified

BI Solution – provides a complete view

of business operations

� Self-Service Capabilities for users

BI Applications

Financial Analytics

Procurement &

Spend Analytics

Supply Chain and Order Management

Analytics

Tmax gear : OBIA Implementation Scope

� Rapidly implement the ‘out-of-the-

box’ functionalities of OBIA

� Discoverer Reports Migration to

OBIEE:

– Migrate Discoverer 4i EULs to OBIEE


– Migrate Discoverer 4i EULs to OBIEE Repository (migration tool) as RPDs

– Convert (redevelop using migrated RPDs)

reports in BI Answers

� Training and Knowledge Transfer

� Production Support

BI Applications

Financial Analytics


Supply Chain and

Order Management Analytics

Approach & Methodology

•Review and Analyze requirements

•Review and Analyze requirements

Install, Configure & Migrate •Train Super Users

•Train IT

•Train Super Users

•Train IT

Production & Support

Program Management


requirements

•Determine Priorities

requirements

•Determine Priorities

Planning & Analysis

•Install OBIEE, OBIA and components

•Verify

•Migrate Discoverer EULs•Develop Dashboards, Reports

•Install OBIEE, OBIA and components

•Verify

•Migrate Discoverer EULs•Develop Dashboards, Reports

•Train IT

•Perform ETL load and verify

•Conduct CRP & UAT

•Train IT

•Perform ETL load and verify

•Conduct CRP & UAT

Training & CRP

•Setup Production environment

•Verify

•Go Live•Production Support

•Setup Production environment

•Verify

•Go Live•Production Support

Quality Assurance

High Level Architecture

Web

Store

Oracle BI Applications

Financial Analytics


Supply Chain and Order Management


EBS

WMS

Supply Chain and Order Management Analytics

Data Warehouse Admin Console (DAC)Informatica 8.6.1

OBAWarehouse

OBIEE 10.1.3.4.2 (Analysis & Interactive)BI Answers (Analysis), Dashboards, BI

Publisher (Published Reporting), ActionableIntelligence (Agents & Actions)

Discoverer to OBIEE: Migration Methodology

Conversion of Discoverer 4i

Migrating Creation of


Discoverer 4i EUL to

Discoverer 10g EUL

Migrating Discoverer 10g EUL to OBIEE

Repository

Check for Data Integrity

Creation of Discoverer

reports in BI Answers

Discoverer EUL Migration to OBIEE


Migrated Reports in OBIEE:Order Status with Delivery Order #


Migrated Reports in OBIEE:Availability


Migrated Reports in OBIEE:Daily Sales


Migrated Reports in OBIEE:Field Sales Open Orders


Implementation Challenges & Issues

Oracle EBS 11.5.10 running on 9.2.0.5. OBIEE requires 9.2.0.7

•EBS upgrade 11.5.10 CU 2

•DB upgrade to 10.2.0.4


DFFInformation entered in DFF requires

customization of ETLs and Reports in OBIEE

Use of Aliases in Discoverer –Database views were causing

problems

•Original views created with alias names with spaces (“Item Name”)

•Modified to remove spaces (Item_Name)

Discoverer alias naming Issue

While migrating from Oracle Discoverer reports to OBIEE, database views causing problems

•Original views are created using alias names mentioned within quotes (“”)

•This created issues in OBIEE while querying data from these views.

•When alias names are mentioned with space in between then these views

Implementation Challenges & Issues


space in between then these views causes problem while querying in OBIEE.

•So these views have to be modified to remove these “” and update the column name accordingly.

•For example ‘Order Number’ has to be changed to ‘Order_Number’.

OBIEE / OBIA Versions / References

� Oracle Business Intelligence, v. 11.1.1.5.0

� Repository Creation Utility (11.1.1.5.0)

� Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, v. 7.9.6.3

� Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse


� Oracle Business Intelligence Data Warehouse

Administration Console (10.1.3.4.1) (DAC)

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Licensing and Packaging Guide version 7.9.6.3

Documentation Library for Oracle Business Intelligence Applications v. 7.9.6.3

The Results

� Single Unified Business Intelligence Solution integrated with core

business processes and with a range of data sources – E-Biz Suite,

WMS, Web Store and other legacy applications

� “Role Based Business Intelligence” from “Frontline staff to Top

Management” enabling them to effectively carryout the business

processes, make better decisions and take actions!


processes, make better decisions and take actions!

� Dashboard Reports on Key Performance Indicators help in analyzing the

operations and performance of the enterprise

� “Information On Demand” with reduced dependency on IT, resulting in

improved efficiency/productivity of staff with ‘self-service BI’

� Better control on DSOs resulted in improved revenue management ,

reducing costs and increased ROI

Fast Facts

� Rapid Implementation in 8 weeks

� Fixed Price – No Costs or Schedule Overruns –

No Surprises!

� Pre-packaged reports, KPIs and Dashboards in


� Pre-packaged reports, KPIs and Dashboards in

OBIA transformed the way Tmax users access

information

� Knowledge Transfer & Training helped TMX IT

who is currently in the process of migrating the

100s of legacy reports to OBIEE by themselves

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� Our Website www.bahwancybertek.com

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“From adapting to change,

to anticipating change,

today’s businesses need is

to create the change, to

stay ahead… “

Thank You

© Bahwan Cybertek, 2011

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Vice President

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