Posts Tagged ‘Enterprise Resource Planning’

Larry Ellison ends his welcome keynote at Oracle Open World on Sunday evening with Big Data. He announces 2 new cloud services from Oracle related to big data: 1. Big Data Preparation: A cloud product that serves to prepare, repair, enrich, govern and publish data before its ready for analysis. For instance if you are […]

In the fifth of a five-part series on implementing Oracle Cloud ERP in eight weeks or less, we look at AP Scanning 101: getting started, setting up the application, and managing stakeholder expectations. Presented by Samantha German, Practice Leader, Cloud ERP at Perficient.

Gone are the days when several spreadsheets, pen and paper, and calculators are needed to reconcile financial reports. A common challenge in financial reporting is validating that what gets reported on executive dashboards matches with more detailed financial statements and transaction level reporting. What aggravates this endeavor is the fact that executive level dashboards are […]

How should you best navigate Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI)? What expectations should you set for your OTBI project? Samantha German delivers expert insights in this 6-minute video. What’s New at Oracle OpenWorld 2015? Find out.

Yes, I admit it. I listen to NPR most evenings. I suppose I prefer my news read to me by people speaking softly very close into the microphone. Tonight on NPR’s All Things Considered I listened to the latest installment in their Ideas series which explores innovation in education. Neal Phillips, English professor at Valencia College […]

How do you identify the key qualifications for a successful Cloud ERP implementation, and how do you manage expectations? Samantha German delivers expert insights in this six-minute video. What’s New at Oracle OpenWorld 2015? Find out.

Interested to get a closer look at how quick-to-deploy and scale-able Oracle BI Cloud Service is? Meet us at Oracle Open World on Oct 29th, for a best practices and case study of CPI Card Group, a leading provider in payment card production and services. Tyler Wilson of CPI Card Group will join me in telling […]

Rapid Implementation Spreadsheet: The Real 411. In the second of this five-part weekly series, this video covers the need for, and use of, rapid implementation spreadsheets for implementing Oracle Cloud ERP. Presented by Samantha German, Practice Leader, Cloud ERP at Perficient.

In this six-minute video, Perficient’s Cloud ERP practice leader, Samantha German, covers the critical five steps to begin a successful cloud implementation. The first of a five-part weekly series. Watch it and share.

Over the last few years, we’ve learned that one of the greatest appeals of the move to the cloud is that the providers’ capital expenditures enable users to focus their budgets on operational expenses. After all, a standard on-premise approach can require you to purchase, install and maintain the software and hardware, while also spending […]

This week there’s a short, excellent article on the Forbes site about Boise State University and its transition to a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning solution. Even though one of the advantages of cloud is the relatively quick rollout time (compared to customized software), the school’s leaders knew that employees aren’t always eager to embrace a […]

Client Headquartered in Denton, TX, Sally Beauty is an international specialty retailer and distributor of professional beauty supplies with revenues of more than U.S. $2.6 billion annually. Through the Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group businesses, the company sells and distributes to more than 4,000 stores, including approximately 200 franchised units, throughout the United States, […]