OCW mutual materials (2).pptx
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Guy DeFlorio, CTO of Mutual Materials, discussed their company's journey to improve their user experience (UX) by modernizing their Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) system. Some of the challenges they faced included a dated UX, the need for remote access, and a desire to mobilize EBS. Their goals for modernizing were to make the system easier to use, mobilize processes, and integrate other systems. Options they are considering include upgrading Oracle applications, using products like Oracle APEX and Visual Builder, or a third-party solution. So far the process is going well, and Guy advised others to assess their needs, understand their current systems, and conduct proofs of concept before defining
OCW mutual materials (2).pptx
- 1. How Mutual Materials Achieved a New Look and Feel Mia Urman Oracle ACE Director and CEO, AuraPlayer Guy DeFlorio CIO/CTO, Mutual Materials
- 2. Agenda 1. The UX revolution 2. What’s in the Oracle development toolbox 3. Meet Guy from Mutual Materials – hear about their journey to an improved UX 4. Other companies’ success stories of use case implementations 5. Getting started 6. Q&A
- 4. Business Drivers For the UX Revolution COVID has set stage for new IT realities • Remote workers • Need for mobility • Need simple systems to make basic decisions, save time, make better decisions Agility • Need to keep up-to-date with rapidly changing UX digital landscape • Modernize with redevelopment - conserve resources, quick time-to-market Hybrid Applications – Virtual Dashboard • Need to connect and integrate a myriad of systems, including legacy, on-premise, cloud and external Millenials enter the workforce • Need for easier to operate systems - chat/dashboards • Business users will need to take more active role
- 5. Oracle Forms: The Original Development Tool For Oracle Character Mode Client Server Web based – Java front-end SQL*Forms
- 6. Today Is About Engaging User Experiences
- 7. What's new in the IT world in 2022? • Hyper-automation - increasing productivity, efficiency and agility by automating as many processes as possible. Decreases error, and helps to upskill workers • Digital assistants - helps with ease and efficiency, by answering questions and performing simple tasks • Machine learning- identifies patterns, eliminates need for human involvement • Virtual reality (VR) / Augmented reality (AR) - often used for maintenance application /training and simulation • Decision intelligence- using analytics and AI to help makes decisions faster and smarter
- 8. Oracle APEX Oracle VBCS Open Source Oracle Automation The Oracle Toolbox for 2022-23 Oracle Chat Oracle Command Center
- 9. What is APEX? Database-centric web application development framework Develop desktop and mobile web apps Visualize and maintain database data Leverage SQL Skills and database capabilities
- 10. • Build and host web and mobile applications in a faster and simpler way with zero install and visual development experience • The Visual Development Environment for Oracle JET. Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service
- 11. • Build and host web and mobile applications in a faster and simpler way with zero install and visual development experience • The Visual Development Environment for Oracle JET. Key principles for Visual Builder Cloud Based SaaS Integrated Nothing to install, configure or maintain. Runs in the browser. Apps accessible from any device. Easy access to SaaS data and processes via REST catalog. Enrich SaaS with engaging custom UI. Extensible More complex behavior can be implemented in standard JavaScript and HTML. Creates Oracle JET code. Easy to Use Drag and drop visual development with live WYSIWYG designer and multiple Quickstarts (wizards) Visual Builder Cloud Service
- 12. Meet Guy Deflorio, CIO / CTO at Mutual Materials
- 13. Please tell us a bit about Mutual • Size of the Company • Main business • Number of Employees • Number of Locations
- 14. What were some of the EBS digitization and UX challenges that your company was facing that led you to begin your modernization journey?
- 15. What did you hope (or, are you hoping) to accomplish by mobilizing EBS?
- 16. What options are you considering right now for your modernization process? What were the pros and cons of each?
- 17. How is it going so far? What are your closing thoughts/ advice to others looking to modernize EBS?
- 18. Jubilee Life - Insurance
- 19. Manual Process Before : 1. Employee gives notice that they want to leave 2. Company paperwork is filled out 3. Sent via snail mail to the main branch for processing and approvals- a 24-hour process 4. Manual termination of that employee’s access to company applications
- 20. Process after: 1. Employee gives notice via SharePoint 2. Managers gets notice via email and approve the termination online 3. Automated bots terminate employee access and account in various company systems
- 21. Shaina – Jubilee Life’s Digital DBA
- 22. What Shaina Did 6 Months…
- 23. Worthington Industries- Steel and Manufacturing
- 24. The Challenge: Workers were spending 75 hours a month on manual data entry for Item Creation. Worthington Industries
- 25. The Solution: By digitizing their Item Creation process, Worthington now saves 75 manual hours of data entry per month. Hours of manual data entry and synchronization each month. Full ROI from their RPA strategy Stability and accuracy of their automated Oracle application
- 26. Getting Started ● Assess Your Requirements –What systems are ripe for digitization? –What platforms do we need to integrate with ? ● Understand Your Existing System –Where does the business logic sit today? –Do we have documentation? ● Understand your development resources –Do you have Java, PRSQL, JavaScript developers? ● Conduct POC with Top Choices ● Define Timeline and Budget ● Decide on RPA Implementation Method –Integrate, Migrate, 3rd party solution ● Define Security and Arch and Get Started
- 27. Questions?