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Time

The Release 12 Workshop NJOAUG

8:00am – 9:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:45am – 9:30am

General Session –  Salon A, B, and C

Welcome and Introductions

Release 12 Are you Ready for Fusion? A Practical Guide to What You Should Know – John Stouffer, Solution Beacon

9:30am – 9:45am

Break

9:30am – 9:45am

Technical Track

Salon A

Functional Track

Salon B

Management Track

Salon C

9:45am – 10:50am

Release 12 Java Infrastructure

Learn about the new Java infrastructure underlying the Release 12 environment. The new technology delivers significant changes to how the application server works. Topics covered include the architecture of the new technology components, and administration tasks necessary to support them.

Release 12 What’s New in Financials?

Stay on the leading edge of Release 12 Financials. This compelling presentation provides an overview of the Oracle Release 12 features and enhancements in the Financials product family. Topics include shared service functionality, new centralized processing, and key highlights on a module by module basis for the Financials product family.

Release 12 Security Recommendations

Don’t let Security threats be an issue! Travel through the Release 12 technology stack and review security best practice recommendations that help protect the Release 12 environment from external and internal threats.

10:50am – 12:00pm

Release 12 Technical Introduction Part I –

 for Newcomers

So you want to know what lies under the hood of your E-Business Suite environment, do you? Part I in our technical series provides a high level introduction to Release 12 for newcomers to Oracle Applications and provides a Technical Introduction to Release 12.  If you are a new Applications DBA or are new to Oracle’s E-Business Suite and want to learn more about the technical aspects of this system, start here.

Release 12 Supply/Chain Part I – Fulfillment and Manufacturing

In this two part series, explore the new Release 12 functionalities for the Supply Chain product family.  Gain an understanding in Part I of how inventory convergence and other enhancements will impact order fulfillment and the manufacturing applications/processes.

Release 12 Multi-Org Access Control (MOAC) – An Inside Look

Join us as our Solution Architect focuses on Multi-Org Access Control (MOAC), which supports the enhanced shared service functionality in Release 12. Topics include detailed setup instructions and processing flows after MOAC is enabled. Technical impacts of the MOAC architecture will also be presented at a high level.

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Lunch Sponsored by TBD

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Technical Track

Salon A

Functional Track

Salon B

Management Track

Salon C

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Release 12 Are you Ready for Fusion? A Practical Guide to What You Should Know

For those of you concerned about Fusion’s place in your organization, this presentation will tell it like it is.  We'll discuss the things you need to know - and prepare for - in order to be ready for Fusion when it arrives in December, 2008. This presentation is aimed at both technical and functional users, and we'll start with the most important questions of all: "What's the big deal? Why should I care?"

Release 12 E-Business Tax Engine

While peeling away the fluff, this presentation takes a detailed approach to reviewing the Release 12 E-Business Tax Engine.  This new centralized model offers many improvements, including "needed functionality" to previous Oracle Tax versions.  It integrates global control of foreign jurisdictions and specific requirements in an easy to configure application while still retaining localized/domestic controls.  Along with the overview, see examples of the E-Business Tax Engine at work, module integration and integration to existing third party tax applications via a user-friendly, self-service interface – all within the Oracle E Business Suite.

Release 12 Sub-Ledger Accounting Engine: What it is, What it does, and How to use it

Be in the know by attending this presentation. The Sub-Ledger Accounting engine enables centralized processing of accounting from the sub-ledgers in Financials.  This presentation highlights features, functionality, setups, and processing.

2:10pm – 3:15pm

Release 12 Technical Introduction Part II – Advanced

Don’t miss this presentation as we discuss the different technical components and tiers involved in the Release 12 Applications. We will outline the technology features that comprise the underlying technology stack along with the layout of the application file system. AutoConfig, cloning, the Oracle Applications Manager (OAM), as well as E-Business Diagnostics, will also be covered. Finally, we will cover the iRepository functionality that outlines all interfaces into the Release 12 system.

Release 12 Procurement Part I – Buyer Workcenter

Exciting things are happening to the Procurement Suite in Release 12, as the whole module has been recoded with a new user interface and further integration of the various purchasing modules. In Release 12, contracts, services and sourcing have all come together in a coordinated fashion in the Buyer’s Workbench. The Buyer’s Workbench was completely redone using the new “Swan Interface” to bring the purchasing user out of the forms world and into the 21st century.  See the new user interface along with the integration of the Procurement Suite and a review of the related Release 12 new features and functionality.

Release 12 Accounting Setup Manager 101

Learn the basics of the Release 12 Accounting Setup Manager from this exciting presentation. This new and powerful tool allows users to setup and maintain legal entities, ledgers, accounting rules, reporting currencies and intercompany transactions through a user-friendly interface.

3:15pm – 4:15pm

RAID and Oracle E-Business Suite Applications - RAID and Oracle E-Business Applications

The level of RAID you choose for your Oracle E-Business Suite Applications impacts your I/O capabilities as well as your tolerance for hardware failure. While there have been numerous papers written about the different levels of RAID and their affects on Oracle databases, this presentation looks at the implications of RAID choices on an Oracle E-Business Suite environment.  This presentation also discusses other RAID factors like stripe sizing, storage array caching, and I/O capability arithmetic.

Release 12 CRM Part II – Content Management

You’ve learned about the new features in the Service Execution offerings; continue your experience with Part II. This presentation reviews the new Content Management Application.  The Oracle Content Manager (OCM) is the integrated content backbone supporting the needs of Oracle’s E-Business Suite’s Sales, Marketing and eCommerce Applications.  New product features and enhancements as well as business considerations will be discussed.

Release 12 Oracle Payments – The Centralization of Payment Processing – Keep ahead of the competition by putting this presentation to work!  Our Solution Architect will highlight the new Oracle Payments module.  The discussion will focus on the benefits of centralization, setups, and processing changes.