ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning Migration to the Cloud – July 2023 Go Live! Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) Business Challenge + Opportunity Migrate existing footprint and well-established business processes from Oracle EBS and NetSuite financials into Oracle ERP Cloud (Fusion), with over 500 custom reports written across different tool sets (FSGs, Discoverer, GL Wand, […]
Matt Makowsky
Matthew is the managing director of Perficient's Oracle ERP practice. He has 19 years of experience in Oracle Financial Applications which include 5 large-scale, global, full cycle implementations across multiple industries and multiple countries across Europe and Latin America, plus upgrades across many release of Oracle EBS. Matthew has extensive application experience in General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Fixed Assets. In addition he has managed implementations ranging from 2-3 people to as many as 100 people. Matthew is personable, and has both excellent written and verbal communication skills. Matthew has experience conducting workshops– both formal and informal and is charged with driving design sessions. Matthew’s application experience extends into supply chain modules including purchasing, order management, and inventory, and with that he is able to guide our clients through month end and financial reporting, seamlessly, end to end.
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Oracle ERP – Selecting Between Oracle Smart View and Oracle Financial Reporting Studio
If you’re new to Oracle Cloud ERP, you are probably wondering about the different tools Oracle offers to write financial statements. Balance Sheets, Income Statements, and Cash Flows are all created in either Financial Reporting Studio (FRS) or Smart View. Each tool has its own advantages and sometimes one tool simply outshines another based on […]
ERP Essentials – Business Process Design, Optimization, Reporting Requirements
ERP Essentials – Business Process Design, Optimization, Reporting Requirements Know Your Audience If you think about the make up of your company, in terms of personnel and the roles they play, no matter what level someone sits at, CEO, Line Manager, down to Assembler, you can describe that person as a creator of data or […]
Data Conversion Do’s and Don’ts – Oracle ERP Cloud
Hi Everyone! If you have stumbled across this blog, I’m sure it’s because you searched “Data Conversion”. Like most, you have a boss to whom you answer, and your boss wants answers. So having done this now for 20 years and working in the Cloud for the last four, I’m in a pretty good position […]
Period End Close 123 in Oracle Cloud ERP
The Period End Close Challenge As an EBS consultant for the last 20 years, one of the hardest parts of my job has been explaining the period end process. The reconciliation reports, roll forwards, the disparate screens, lack of consistency across the modules. Don’t get me started on inventory, with its archaic requirement to close […]
How to Eliminate Intercompany Errors with AGIS at #C18LV
Global companies face a common challenge balancing intercompany accounts across ledgers. Failure to balance intercompany accounts and identify and eliminate intercompany transactions may put the company at audit risk. I spoke about this issue at last year’s Collaborate conference, and I’m looking forward to returning this year to tackle it again. If you’re attending Collaborate […]
Oracle EBS – Ledger Sets vs. Data Access Sets
The intent of this document is provide the reader with a fundamental understanding of Oracle Ledger Sets and Data Access Sets, enriched with lessons learned from actual implementations. Matt Makowsky is an Oracle Financial Applications Consultant with 17 years experience and a Senior Solutions Architect with Perficient. In Oracle EBS Release 12, two new concepts were […]
EBS Financials – Oracle Loans
The intent of this document is provide the reader with a fundamental understanding of Oracle Loans, enriched with lessons learned from actual implementations. Matt Makowsky is an Oracle Financial Applications Consultant with 17 years experience and a Senior Solutions Architect with Perficient. Oracle’s EBS Financials offerings include many “niche” products that are not considered “Core” […]
Oracle EBS – Multi Org vs. Single Org
Enterprise Design in EBS is one of the first things you tackle when beginning a new client engagement. It will likely include chart of accounts design, number of business groups, ledgers, legal entities, operating units (OU), and inventory organizations. This document will brush lightly on a few of these areas but will focus primarily on […]
Oracle EBS – Secondary Ledgers and Reporting Currencies
The intent of this document is provide the reader with a fundamental understanding of Oracle’s Secondary Ledgers, enriched with lessons learned from actual implementations. Matt Makowsky is an Oracle Financial Applications Consultant with 17 years experience and a Senior Solutions Architect with Perficient. Feel free to ask him any questions in the comments section below the […]
Oracle EBS – Cross Validation Rules Best Practice
The intent of this document is provide the reader with a fundamental understanding of Oracle’s Cross Validation Rules, enriched with lessons learned from actual implementations. Matt Makowsky is an Oracle Financial Applications Consultant with 17 years experience and a Senior Solutions Architect with Perficient. Feel free to ask him any questions in the comments section below […]
Oracle EBS Journal Entry Approval Workflow R12.1.3
The intent of this document is provide the reader with a fundamental understanding of Oracle’s Journal Entry Approval Workflow enriched with lessons learned from actual implementations. Matt Makowsky is an Oracle Financial Applications Consultant with 17 years experience and a Senior Solutions Architect with Perficient. Feel free to ask him any questions in the comments section […]