What You Need to Know About Implementing Oracle in Latin America

What You Need to Know About Implementing Oracle in Latin America

Presenter:

Cecilia Aceti IT Convergence Global Marketing Manager

September 28-October 2, 2014 San Francisco, California, USA

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Agenda

LatinOAUG Facts

Mission

Goals

Activities

Latin America Overview & Main Challenges Risk Management

LatinOAUG


Oracle Users Groups: LatinOAUG


LatinOAUG

LatinOAUG is Spanish speaking OAUG affiliated GEO that has the objective of making the Oracle apps more robust, and giving its members a unique role in the continuous search for improvements


LatinOAUG Facts

Founded: 2005

Members: Over 350

Management: Governed by a 5 person volunteer Board of Directors

Headquarters: Buenos Aires, Argentina


Main Companies that belong to the Group: Emerson

Enersa

Frito-Lay

Marsh

Salmofood

Aguas Argentinas

Cablevisión

Airliquide

Panama Canal

Sponsor:

LatinOAUG Facts

Multicanal

Dana

Nextel

Aluar

Serono

Barrick

Maple Gas Corporation

Danone

Vitopel


LatinOAUG Facts

2007-2012 OAUG Distinction Award Winner!


LatinOAUG Mission

The LatinOAUG empowers its membership by delivering the highest quality opportunities for:

Networking SharingInformation

Gaining accessto timely

Education


LatinOAUG Goals

Share and benefit from real-world user experiences Gain access to a network of peers for collaboration and

information exchange Voice opinions of the region for future Oracle services and

technology


LatinOAUG Activities

Meetings Conference Calls Discussion Forum


Activities


Join the LatinOAUG Today!

www.latinoaug.org

Latin America Overview & Main Challenges


Population: +500 million people in 21 countries

Culture: Mix of native, European and

African cultures

Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

Economic Transformation: Permanent regulatory changes

Market transformation

Latin America: An Overview


Latin America Main Challenges


Overcoming Challenges

Change Management Define Project Scope

Communication

Change Management



Best Practices

Global Guidelines

Strong Local Commitmentto the Project

BusinessProcess Standardization



Instances and System Language

End Users Language

Support Language

LanguageConsiderations

Spanish

Portuguese

French



Local Legal Requirements Identification

Expected Future New Statutory Requirements

Gap Analysis

Long term maintenance?

Currency and StatutoryRelated Issues


Oracle Standard Functionality

Latin American Localizations

Latin American Add-on Localizations

Customer Defined Extensions

Solution Layers

Overcoming Challenges: Solution Components


A successful Rollout not only allows you to meet these challenges but gives you the chance to convert each challenge into an asset.


Anticipated Corporate Guidelines and Expectations Communication

Local Business and IT are part of the agreed Scope

Readiness for Change Continuous

Communication

Company processes consolidation

Improvements on internal support - collaboration

Improvements on Reporting to Corp – Better visibility

Commitment from system users

Optimized Support Process

Follow best practices while complying with local statutory requirements

Increase Accountability & Auditing for Legal Requirements

Transforming Challenges into Assets

Change Management

LanguageStatutory

Issues

BusinessProcess

Standardization

The most important challenge?Managing the implementation project!

Risk Management


Risk Management

Carefully Plan Latin America Rollouts Make key business decisions in advance Rely on experienced partners Address Localization issues proactively


Risk Management Think Global Act Local Multicultural Project Team (Global Team and Local Leaders) Project members with proven Global and Local business

expertise On site presence Staff with a strong Best Practices in Business Processes and

Oracle Application Expertise Bilingual staff capable of representing both global and local

business and IT parts


Risk Management Global Model Global Model Deploys

Quality Assurance Standards

Tools

Methods

Ensures consistent use modules in different sites Respects legal statutory requirements

Building Blocks Standard Business Process Flows Regional Specific Localizations Unified Organization Structure

Operating Units, Set of Books, Inventory Orgs

Regional Localizations

Global Design Model

Standard Processes

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Use Global Definitions for Key Master Data across the enterprise: Chart of Accounts

Customer Information

Supplier Information

Items

Organization Structure

Employees

Cross Functional Definitions: Country Localizations and Statutory

Requirements

Multi-Language & Currency

Documents or Forms

Flex Fields Usage

Time Zone and Calendar

Workflow

Risk Management Global Rollout Definitions


Risk Management Global Rollout Definitions

CommonShared

Data Model

Items

Chart of Accounts

OrganizationStructure

Customers

Suppliers

Employees


Risk Management Strong Program / Project Management

Short Duration Single Person Tied to Deliverable

Standards Structure Organization Leverage Shared Learning Integration Communication

Milestone Orientated Major Grouping of Tasks Common Skill Sets

End Goal Tangible Result

Project Organization Team Orientation Focused Efforts

Common Goal Time Boxed

ProgramManagement

Project

Phases

Tasks

Deliverables

Oracle is a Powerful Business Tool for Latin America…

… as for any other Region!


Questions & Comments


Cecilia Aceti

[email protected]

Thank You

What You Need to Know About Implementing Oracle in Latin America

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