Oracle E-Business Suite Reviews

We implement the support. We are using this solution for a couple of things. We have customers from various sectors, such as the manufacturing sector, sales sector, service industry, and hospitality industry. We've been using Oracle E-Business Suite in these areas. 

Their great technical support is one of the most valuable features. 

It should be made a little bit more user friendly. When I complete my implementation and hand it over to the clients or the person who will operate it on a day-to-day basis, they find it a little bit difficult because they are not from a highly qualified IT background. I want Oracle to make it a little bit more user friendly.

We have been using Oracle E-Business Suite for the last two and a half years.

There are no issues with stability and scalability.

Technical support from Oracle has always been great. We have never faced any issues when it comes to anything related to technical support from Oracle. In fact, there have been times when they went the extra mile to support us. 

The initial setup is neither too complicated nor too simple. If you are experienced, it doesn't take too long.

We are satisfied with the pricing of Oracle E-Business Suite. Pricing is pretty much okay if you consider the products and the service that you are getting. A quality product never comes at a cheap price. Oracle is costly, but they support you. If you are looking for pricing, then I would say not to go for Oracle.

Performance-wise and support-wise, everything is fine. I don't see any challenges.

I would rate Oracle E-Business Suite a nine out of ten. It just needs to be a bit more user friendly. 

We are using Oracle E-Business Suite as our back-office system for HRMS, financials, and projects. We first implemented in 2003 and we've been upgrading to the release 12.2.6 which is our current version. It has been integrated with other Oracle and non-Oracle products.

Since 2013, IT Convergence has been growing at a two-digit pace and Oracle E-Business Suite has been supporting the operations and every new subsidiary/country that we have expanded to, minimizing risks.

We were able to grow from 250 employees, as of our first HRMS implementation, to more than 800 employees. In terms of financials, a 4x growth in revenue since the first implementation was possible by having world-class business software like Oracle E-Business Suite.

The most important features are related to the Financials and Project Management suites. Flexibility in configurations and how it supports business globally in a single instance are definitely the most valuable aspects of the tool.

Reporting is a big area for improvement. It needs to provide the ability to extract data from the suite. Oracle has also been making a great effort to make E-Business Suite more user-friendly but there are still areas where a focus on User Experience would help.

I'd rate it an eight out of 10. It is very stable and has all the required functionality. It's very flexible and capable of integrations. I think the technology has some room for improvement and the lack of embedded reporting creates a need for external reporting.

The most valuable feature is that all the modules are tightly integrated. We have Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and others. Because they're all integrated, HR data, for example, is available in the Finance and Supply Chain modules. It's an enterprise system, so integration is the best feature that it has.

We can efficiently access data from one module in another when necessary. This provides us with transparency of data across our different business segments.

I think the main drawback and complaints are related to the UI. It needs modernization and more user-friendly-ness. Compared to other webpage interfaces, the Oracle screens are not user-friendly, so they need to improve it. I do think, however, that Oracle is spending more time with the UI of new versions, but there are so many places where they're still using old-looking UIs.

Other areas of improvement are better and more tightly-integrated reporting tools. Most reporting today is done outside of Oracle, meaning we have to buy a third-party tool. It would help us if Oracle had a better, integrated reporting product.

I have been working on it for almost 20 years.

We have no issues deploying it.

It's stable. We haven't really had issues with instability.

It's scalable for our needs and we've had no issues doing so.

Technical support is not the best and have to keep pushing. There have been a lot of times when we keep calling to get prompt support or escalations to a manager in order to get better support. This is an area that has deteriorated over time as we used to get better support. I don't know why, but with the number of clients increasing, the level of support has dropped.

The initial setup was definitely not straightforward. One reason is because we've customized the product and it's not as-is. We have so many customizations and interfaces and reports and other things, that we have to make sure that they all work with the new versions. And that takes time: for example, we did an upgrade two years ago from version 11 to 12.1.3. This was an eight-month process for us from development to testing to production. So this was a huge project.

Even when Oracle releases patches just to upgrade maybe one module, we still go through a testing just to make sure everything works. We don't just blindly put it in production because we have seen a lot of issues. We have faced a lot of issues earlier when we put up bad patches, something stops working, and then we have to fix it again. We just make sure that we test that patch before we put it.

It does the job. It's what we are looking for. It has a lot of features, and Oracle is constantly upgrading and adding things to that, so it's a solid product, but there is always room for improvement.

• Integration
• Ease of use
• API interface
• Personalization capabilities

The punch-out capabilities to other vendors e-commerce sites for shopping. The county does not need to manage catalogue content. All information is exchanged electronically including purchase orders and invoices, this automation has improved county efficiencies.

Prior to Oracle, the county procurement system was antiquated and individuals typed orders on a typewriter or filled out paper forms. Orders were faxed to suppliers and delivered to a central county warehouse that farmed out orders to departments. The county was dependent upon a 20+ year old mainframe system and there was no integration between the procurement and financial systems.

With Oracle, the county switched from paper-based purchasing to an automated solution which allows departments to place orders and receive within days or a week. The Purchasing department was centralized and allows the county the ability to better manage contracts and negotiate better prices. The purchasing operations were fully integrated with back office financial systems.

Reporting, particularly in the area of public sector encumbrances.

I've used it for 11 years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

10/10.

9/10 - there is always room for improvement. Occasionally It takes too long to work problems and there is typically an unnecessary long list of information that has to be supplied before the analyst will start work on the issue.

We previously used a custom mainframe solution that was developed in house. We switched because we wanted to leverage modern technology, with a vendor who would enhance their solution, and incorporate new intellectual property through acquisitions and/or mergers.

Oracle implementations are complex and require that the customer understands, and reviews their business processes. Often time it is difficult to revert from one configuration to another. Customer need to wisely consider things like set of books and general ledger account structure and how their business processes align with best practices and what Oracle has to offer.

We used Oracle Professional Services for our implementation. The team was extremely knowledgeable.

While I cannot provide a tangible amount for the ROI, the county has definitely seen a significant return in regards to operational efficiencies.

The county spent $8million on licenses, training, and implementation services. Oracle offers the best deals at the end of their fiscal year in June. The licensing for Oracle is very complex, and it is best to buy only what you need. Oracle, like most vendors, is not amenable to removing products that you are no longer using/need.

The county did look at SAP, but decided on Oracle E-Business.

• Make sure you document and understand your business processes and how they align with the product and best practices
• Ensure that you have a plan for governance and adoption
• Limit the number of integrations and customizations. While Oracle API’s are good, they require strong technical resources to develop. Once developed, they are very stable and require little maintenance
• Make sure you have appropriate support staff. Oracle is very complex and requires a lot of expertise to support and maintain
• Make sure you have a plan to perform and keep up with upgrades. Again, upgrades require a lot of testing and it would be nice to have a dedicated team to work on upgrades
• Look at Oracle’s road map for Oracle E-Business over the years. The strategy and road map keep changing

We use it for our interfaces and to run APIs.

The implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite is easy.

They should have a nicer way to handle very high volumes of data because we deal with really high volumes, and sometimes, we end up with performance issues.

I've been using Oracle products since 2005.

Oracle E-Business Suite is currently deployed on-premises, but we hope to move it to the cloud soon.

The stability of this solution is good.

It's scalable. We have hundreds of users.

We have a separate team that manages the installation, and I expect that it was a straightforward process for them.

We have about 15 to 20 people on-site and off-shore for maintenance, deployment, patches, etc.

Prepare yourself before you start the installation because sometimes you can end up in a mess. You don't want to have to uninstall everything and re-install it. So, read the manual carefully, prepare the infrastructure and hardware properly, and then slowly go for the installation and deployment.

Overall, I'd give Oracle E-Business Suite a rating of eight out of ten.

We use Oracle E-Business Suite for our financial modules in our business procurement projects. We are using the team models in our organization.

The use of the Oracle E-Business Suite has kept our organization healthy.

The most valuable features of Oracle E-Business Suite are all the 15 to 20 modules. We use them on a day-to-day basis.

Oracle is continuously evolving with new versions and updates, it is a mature solution.

I have been using Oracle E-Business Suite for approximately 20 years.

Oracle E-Business Suite is a stable solution.

The scalability of the Oracle E-Business Suite is good.

Oracle E-Business Suite is a very mature solution. I recommend it for any organization, medium to large scale organization, it would be the right choice.

I would rate the support for Oracle E-Business Suite a four out of five.

Oracle E-Business Suite requires maintenance.

We have an annual license to use the Oracle E-Business Suite and we have an enterprise license.

We are migrating to the cloud version of this solution in the days ahead.

I rate Oracle E-Business Suite a nine out of ten.

Oracle E-Business Suite is being used in the manufacturing industry. The solution has been good in the planning that can help financial stability. It is a good product to go ahead with.

Oracle E-Business Suite is easy to use, and we have enough resources out in the market.

I have been using Oracle E-Business Suite for approximately eight years.

The solution is stable.

Oracle E-Business Suite has been scalable.

We have approximately 1,400 using this solution. We are planning for the organic growth of the organization of approximately 500 users in a year's time.

The support from Oracle is very good.

The implementation took a long time but it was for many reasons. However, Oracle made sure that the solution and systems were up and running. 

ERP solutions are hard to evaluate for implementation because the process is more of a journey. When an ERP solution is implemented in an organization, it's a journey, it's not a simple out-of-the-box installation. The whole process is different from other solutions.

Oracle E-Business Suite is heavy subscriptions based and the solution's upgrades, under the technology licensing, are quite costly. Additionally, support is an extra cost. The price of the solution could be reduced.

I have not evaluated the cloud version of this solution which is the latest version of Oracle Fusion. I can't say exactly at the moment what they must improve from it.

Oracle E-Business Suite is best for financial transactions, especially for finance users. With respect to material and production planning, they are quite stable and we are happy. From that perspective, I recommend Oracle E-Business Suite

I rate Oracle E-Business Suite a seven out of ten.

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