1. What is Oracle?
- Oracle stands for:
Oak Ridge Automatic Computer Logical Engine
2. Oracle applications?
- Application means group/Collection of forms/features (UI: user interface)
For example, all below forms will be used by Payable purpose; we will group and assign them to Payable applications
3. Oracle Financials?
- Instead of using the name Finance, we call it Financials, it’s decided by Oracle
- Finance Departments (the Departments that deal with Money)
| Finance Departments | Oracle Financial Applications | Functions |
|---|---|---|
| Payables Department: Payment | Oracle Accounts Payable (AP) | Purchase Invoices |
| Payments | ||
| Receivables Department: Cash Receipts | Oracle Accounts Receivables (AR) | Sales Invoice |
| Customer Payments/Receipts | ||
| Asset Department: Fixed Assets | Oracle Fixed Assets (FA) | Bank Accounts |
| Bank Statement Reconciliations | ||
| Cash/Treasury department: Cash | Oracle Cash Management (CM) | Assets |
| Depreciations | ||
| General/Common Department: Financial Reports | General Ledger (GL) | Finacial Reports |
4. Oracle Product Families
- Oracle Product Families are group of applications
| Product Families | Applications |
|---|---|
| Oracle Financials | GL,AP,AR,CM,FA etc |
| Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) | Oracle Purchasing (PO) |
| Oracle Inventory (INV.) | |
| Oracle Order Management (OM) | |
| Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) | Oracle Core HR |
| Oracle Payroll | |
| Oracle Talent Management | |
| Oracle CRM | |
| Oracle Projects |
5. What is ERP?
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Establish the communication between different applications
6. Oracle Applications Versions
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11i (i-internet): started version; (Stopped, they are not selling it to clients, but some big companies are still using)
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R12 (R-release): More than 90% clients are using.
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Fusion Applications 11g g-generation): Oracle choose the best solutions for each product families, from other ERP products in the market, and combined them to one.
For example: Financial from Oracle & HRMS from Peoplesoft
7. Oracle Functional Consultant Job?
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Requirement Gathering
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System Configuration
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Train Business Users
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Support