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Oracle Wants Your Input on Fusion Features

June 1, 2006 on 8:47 pm | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press | Enter Comments |  Print |  Email

Here is full text of the OAUG press release soliciting your feedback on strategic improvements to current Oracle E-Business Suite functionality:

Dear Oracle Applications User,

Have you had to customize a module to get the features you need? Would additional functionality save you time and money? Are you living with a work around that is increasing your cost of ownership?

As an Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) member and/or Oracle Applications user, Oracle is requesting your feedback on strategic improvements to current Oracle E-Business Suite functionality for their initial Fusion releases.

Submit your strategic requests via the OAUG Enhancement Request System (ERS) today!

Submitting and voting on requests is a four-step process:

1. • Determine your strategic feature suggestions. Submit as many as you want, but be sure to provide a complete description so the reviewer and the Oracle product manager understands your request – don’t try to tell Oracle how to implement it, but be clear on what you need. A strategic feature is generally defined as functionality that has strategic value or a high impact on your current operations and is missing from the current module but would reduce your cost of ownership if it were available. For example: A Bank Reconcile feature for Oracle Cash Management. Bank reconciliations, unless you have a customization, are typically done manually and are very cumbersome and time consuming. Be sure to include customizations you have made, especially if you think they are generally applicable to other Oracle customers.

1. • Initial strategic request submission. The stronger your business case, the more likely other OAUG members will vote for it and Oracle will accept your suggestion.

1. • Review and acceptance of the requests and merging of duplicate or related requests. The ERS allows special interest group reviewers to evaluate and append to an existing request to ensure submissions accepted into the voting engine are of the highest quality. Your search of the ERS for requests similar to yours and submitting comments against it rather than submitting duplicates is every much appreciated and will make this task much easier.

1. • Voting on the requests submitted. In order for you to vote, your OAUG key contact must designate you as an enhancements contact. Talk to your key contact to ensure you have access to voting. It is important for you to vote on all requests even if you have not submitted one, but please limit your votes to the applications you use. Voting starts June 26, 2006, and runs through July 17, 2006.

Each accepted feature request qualifies the submitter to be entered into a drawing to win a free full-conference registration to COLLABORATE 07: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community in Las Vegas, April 15-19, 2007.

To learn more about how to use the OAUG ERS, please review the Users Guide (PDF file) or download and view the ERS demo (10.5MB) (Please note: this session was recorded via WebEx and requires the WebEx Player, which you may download and install from the WebEx Web site).If you have any questions, please contact the OAUG at enhancements@oaug.com or +1 404.240.0897.

Your input is critical! Please log on to the ERS today and remember to vote beginning on June 26, 2006.

Best Regards,
OAUG Technology Commitee