In the throes of a big ERP implementation of Oracle R12 and evaluating business processes and key features, it is easy to overlook the importance of valid addresses for customer sites, supplier sites, and internal locations. Obviously, a valid address is important for physical logistics when identifying a location for delivery or shipment of goods […]
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11i to R12 Upgrade: Impact for Tax [Part I-Procurement]
This is the first part of a series discussing the impacts for tax configurations and processing when upgrading from 11i to R12. Part I will address how Procurement tax components are migrated. Part II will address how Receivables tax components are migrated. Part III will identify migration challenges and issues. Tax data structures and technical […]
Why UDAs and not DFFs?
With the advent of Oracle Project Management we were introduced to the concept of the User Defined Attribute (UDA) as an alternative to the standard Descriptive FlexField (DFF). However, I’ve had many clients that were unaware of the advantages of using UDA’s rather than DFF’s. In the past the DFF has been the goto item for storing […]
We’ve Gone Global. Or Have We?
I am in beautiful, sunny Florida attending the Vertex Exchange conference with 300 or so other tax technology folks. The people attending this conference are mostly tax managers and tax analysts from companies that are based in the US but may operate around the globe. I was discussing certain challenges I encountered recently on a project […]
To EBtax or Not to EBtax …
With Oracle R12 applications, indirect tax (sales, use, VAT) functionality has been transformed from independent and simplistic setups within a few applications to a centralized tax service or engine. Initially, that sounds great! Especially to those of us who have tried to implement tax complexities with limited features in 11i. Dig in and what you […]
What’s New from Open World 2012 Part Two
Well, Open World 2012 is officially in the books and although it was exhausting, it has been exciting. As I stated in my last blog, there has been no official release date for Oracle 12.2. However, there are some exciting developments coming in the near future. From the OAUG Engineering and Construction SIG we learned […]
Health Exchanges Need More Emphasis
No one likes to be sick, but it is encouraging that so much information is at our fingertips to help understand our ailments and more importantly how we can prevent becoming ill in the first place. The Internet is not enough though… Last fall, I experienced a circumstance related to the care of my elderly […]
What’s New from Open World 2012 Part One
Well, day one is officially in the books for Open World 2012 and it has been exciting. For those of you who were in town on Sunday to attend the various special interest group (SIG) conferences it is obviously day two. Either way there have been some informative sessions presented by the various presenters at […]
Truly Making Contingent Workers Work for You
I remember several years ago (too many to mention) in one of my former careers (once again too many to mention) at a marine construction facility, we had to bring in a large number of contingent workers to supplement our workforce in order to meet project deadlines. As you can well imagine this introduced the […]