Oracle E-Business Suite Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management [Paperback]

Bastin Gerald (Author), Nigel King (Author), Dan Natchek (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 18, 2001 | Series: Oracle Press

Implement Oracle's Internet-based Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management products using this Oracle authorized resource. This comprehensive guide explains how to implement the planning, engineering, pricing, order fulfillment, and inventory management components of Oracle Manufacturing and Supply Chain--and develop and deliver goods and services faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than your competitors.

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Establish a Truly Global E-Business

Take full advantage of the only fully integrated, end-to-end, Internet-based manufacturing and supply chain management software that is designed for e-business operations. Fully authorized by Oracle Corporation, this comprehensive guide explains how to implement the planning, engineering, pricing, order fulfillment, and inventory management components of Oracle Manufacturing and Supply Chain--and develop and deliver goods and services faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than your competitors.

• Create and manage items using Oracle Inventory
• Define manufacturing departments, resources, and production lines with Oracle Bill of Material and Oracle Flow Manufacturing
• Record, track, and implement engineering changes to items, bills of materials, and routing with Oracle Engineering
• Oversee sales, planning, manufacturing, and procurement operations with Oracle E-Business Intelligence
• Use the Oracle Order Management Suite and the Oracle Procurement Suite to capture and communicate your demand and supply information efficiently
• Streamline material handling with Oracle Inventory and Oracle Warehouse Management
• Execute your manufacturing plans with Work in Process, Flow Manufacturing, and Oracle Shop Floor Management
• Plan and optimize material and capacity usage with Master Scheduling/MRP and Advanced Supply Chain Planning

About the Author

Bastin Gerald (Fremont, CA) has 7 years’ experience encompassing all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle. Currently he’s working on the designs of various features for Oracle Product Development Exchange (OPDX), Oracle’s new product to enable design collaboration over the Web. Prior to OPDX, Gerald worked on the development of Oracle Warehouse Management System and as an implementation consultant with Oracle Consulting.

Nigel King (Redwood Shores, CA) has worked at Oracle as Director of Design and Architecture Supply Chain Apps since 1997. He is a current chairman of the Oracle Architecture Review Group, the Cross Product Suite forum for Applications Architects, which brings together Financials, Manufacturing, Distribution, CRM and Applications Technology to provide solutions for functional problems that cross product family boundries. King was also an Oracle Board Member for the Open Applications Group.

Dan Natchek (Brookfiled, WI) has been working with manufacturing systems for more than 20 years. With the Oracle Corporation since 1992, he was the first manufacturing instructor hired by Oracle Education. He developed, then delivered, the Technical Foundation class for the Oracle Manufacturing applications, and has participated in documentation and curriculum reviews.

Product Details

• Paperback: 823 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (December 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072133791
• ISBN-13: 978-0072133790
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Relational Databases

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for end users and implementors, December 31, 2001

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Anubala (Belmont, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle E-Business Suite Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management (Paperback)

It is very hard to write a book of this size and at the same time cover all aspects of Oracle Mfg. and Supply Chain Mgmt modules and I congratulate the authors for having done a commendable job at that.

The first thing I see as different from other books and Oracle documentation is the fact that the topics are organized by functional areas rather than individual Oracle modules. This approach gives the complete picture of a business process and then illustrates how each oracle module is used in that business process.

Instead of just talking about what each modules can do, the authors have tried to blend plain functional content along with the discussion of oracle specific implementation of that process, which would help even novices to understand why something is done in oracle in the way it is done. One example is the way they discuss "Enterprise Structure" in the second chapter, starting from the Enterprise at the top, going down all the way up to Stock Locators.

Another good thing is that the authors have used logical data models to illustrate certain areas of the mfg. and SCM modules. There are also lots of table references through the book. This will be of interest for someone who is doing custom reports.

Finally, I've found that similar books lack in the number and accuracy (filled with appropriate data) of screenshots. This one has numerous screenshots that aid in better understanding of the subject being discussed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless, March 15, 2004

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This review is from: Oracle E-Business Suite Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management (Paperback)

I just got this book 3 days ago, and it is better than I expected it to be even after reading the rave reviews. It is the first book you should get when joining an Oracle apps project. I am going to be building a Data Warehouse on Oracle Apps, and my team has not been involved in transactional implementation (surprise??). After weeks of being lost in the conversations/meetings, now we can use this book to quickly understand the lingo and issues of the implementation.

Priceless.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for learing Oracle Apps., May 6, 2002

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Lochan Narvekar (hayward, ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle E-Business Suite Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management (Paperback)

I bought this book in the hopes that atleast this one will Give me more insite into Oracle Apps. Oracle Apps are so huge that some times its difficult to understand how the key components are connected. I am glad that this book does precisely that. I am glad I bought it.