Oracle Business Intelligence Applications - Manufacturing and Enterprise Asset Management Analytics (OBIEE based)
The coverage of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications for Oracle and SAP ERP continues to extend. The most recent addition from April 4, 2012 is the the new Oracle Manufacturing Analytics and Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Analytics Applications including the connectors for IBM Maximo. This was released through the Extension Pack for 7.9.6.3 branch. At the same time Oracle extended the coverage for the SAP customers from Finance to Sales & Distribution and Materials Management with the support for Procurement and Supply Chain Performance Applications on the 7.9.7.1 branch. I have come across companies that are a mix of Oracle and SAP either by choice such as PeopleSoft for HCM and SAP for Finance and Manufacturing or due to acquisitions. With the availability of coverage for back-office applications (ERP) for both Oracle and SAP, now customers have increased choice for packaged applications.
The new applications such as the Manufacturing and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Analytics currently comes with the support for Oracle E-Business Suite. The support for J D Edwards is not available right away, which is little interesting as a lot of manufacturing shops use JDE. So how do these applications differ from the prior release of new functionality? These applications will come with a new OBIEE repository (rpd) that can be merged with the current release at the customer site such as 7962 or 7963. This is the same concept as the Spend Classification that has its own rpd. The three way merge for RPD comes in handy here. The new applications were developed for companies in the manufacturing, energy production, utilities and other asset-intensive industries. Also the first time IBM Maximo connectors are made available as it very popular for managing fixed assets specially in the public sector.
What does it mean for current 7.9.6.1, 7.9.6.2 and 7.9.6.3 customers of Oracle EBS? The good news is the new functionality is available for all these customers. For instance a 7.9.6.1 customer can take the newly released rpd for 7.9.6.1 based on OBIEE 10g and merge it with their current 7.9.6.1 (and retain any configuration and customization) easily. The same option applies for 7.9.6.2 or 7.9.6.3 (OBIEE 11g based) customers. In the way the Informatica and DAC metadata has to be merged with the existing code. Please note the new SAP analytics functionality is on its own branch 7.9.7.1 and the above (7.9.6.3 extension pack) does not apply to it.
These 7.9.6.3 Extension pack is certified to run on Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, as long as you use 11.1.1.6 version of OBIEE. Native support for tablet and mobile devices, such as the Apple iPad and iPhone is provided as well on the OBIEE 11g path. I personally thing the RIM/blackberry support is a gap, but I think most other Mobile Computing enthusiasts will differ from me and say the Blackberry OS has no role in tablet space and hence in enterprise mobility! Well time will tell.
The new Manufacturing Analytics will allow the customers to gain visibility into manufacturing schedules, cost, quality and service levels and correlate work order information with production plans. This can lead to possible reduction in work order cycle time and aging of open work orders. Customers can now perform non-conformance and disposition analysis and improve insight into raw materials and finished goods. To make best use of this Analytics Application, you must be using E-Business Suite Manufacturing Applications, including Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Flow Manufacturing, Hi-Tech Manufacturing Quality and Inventory modules. Current SCM Analytic Applications had support for Discrete inventory and it lacked OPM support, so this is a good enhancement release. You can see the piece of the Manufacturing Analytics in the visual below.
The new EAM Analytics will help to provide information to improve the quality of decisions and ultimately optimize asset utilization. Companies can manage plant, machinery, and equipment by asking these questions:
• What does it cost to maintain & operate my assets?
• What is the expected life of our assets?
• How can we get timely asset information and respond more quickly to change?
• Which asset strategies work to our advantage to drive uptime?
These questions can be answered with the help of the following areas of EAM Analytics:
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What does it mean for current 7.9.6.1, 7.9.6.2 and 7.9.6.3 customers of Oracle EBS? The good news is the new functionality is available for all these customers. For instance a 7.9.6.1 customer can take the newly released rpd for 7.9.6.1 based on OBIEE 10g and merge it with their current 7.9.6.1 (and retain any configuration and customization) easily. The same option applies for 7.9.6.2 or 7.9.6.3 (OBIEE 11g based) customers. In the way the Informatica and DAC metadata has to be merged with the existing code. Please note the new SAP analytics functionality is on its own branch 7.9.7.1 and the above (7.9.6.3 extension pack) does not apply to it.
These 7.9.6.3 Extension pack is certified to run on Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, as long as you use 11.1.1.6 version of OBIEE. Native support for tablet and mobile devices, such as the Apple iPad and iPhone is provided as well on the OBIEE 11g path. I personally thing the RIM/blackberry support is a gap, but I think most other Mobile Computing enthusiasts will differ from me and say the Blackberry OS has no role in tablet space and hence in enterprise mobility! Well time will tell.
The new Manufacturing Analytics will allow the customers to gain visibility into manufacturing schedules, cost, quality and service levels and correlate work order information with production plans. This can lead to possible reduction in work order cycle time and aging of open work orders. Customers can now perform non-conformance and disposition analysis and improve insight into raw materials and finished goods. To make best use of this Analytics Application, you must be using E-Business Suite Manufacturing Applications, including Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Flow Manufacturing, Hi-Tech Manufacturing Quality and Inventory modules. Current SCM Analytic Applications had support for Discrete inventory and it lacked OPM support, so this is a good enhancement release. You can see the piece of the Manufacturing Analytics in the visual below.
The new EAM Analytics will help to provide information to improve the quality of decisions and ultimately optimize asset utilization. Companies can manage plant, machinery, and equipment by asking these questions:
• What does it cost to maintain & operate my assets?
• What is the expected life of our assets?
• How can we get timely asset information and respond more quickly to change?
• Which asset strategies work to our advantage to drive uptime?
These questions can be answered with the help of the following areas of EAM Analytics:
- Maintenance Cost Analytics
- Work order Analytics
- Inventory and Costing Analytics
- Quality Analytics
- Resource Analytics
- Asset Genealogy Analytics
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