White Papers

This white paper is for decision makers in organizations that run Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and are planning how to get to R12. The purpose is to show how reimplementation became a widely considered approach instead of upgrading, and to give EBS 11i customers a new perspective on upgrading.

The consolidation of IT assets, particularly databases, has garnered considerable interest in recent years, and the general concept of IT consolidation – migrating multiple, heterogeneous systems to run on a single hardware and/or software instance – is relatively well-understood in the market. The typical rationales for IT consolidation, largely centered around cost reduction, improved operational efficiency, and the development of more responsive, dynamic, and customer-centric IT systems, are also familiar in the literature, and are fairly well-understood.

In the vast majority of cases, IT consolidation – and in particular database consolidation – while providing some value, falls far short of its potential to positively impact the business side of the enterprise.

Reducing costs is the major strategic focus for most companies. An often-overlooked cost is the general operation of financial operations. This paper details a methodology for calculating the costs of running financial modules in ERP systems.