Oracle Application Consulting

Kanrad's Offering
Kanrad provides a wide range of Oracle Apps Consulting Solutions which includes:

Planning Phase

Implementation Program

Upgradation Program

The Kanrad Approach Kanrad provides complete project definition, implementation and support services for Oracle ERP and CRM applications, and are able to provide system integration services connecting the extended enterprise with the Oracle application suite.
Kanrad provides complete enterprise consulting solutions to support your mission critical suite of business applications. Whether you are a startup or a large Fortune 1000 enterprise, our consultants possess the business, technical, and enterprise modeling expertise to support your initiatives.

Planning Phase
Our experts work with your project team to understand the scope, goals, and objectives of your project, and define a project plan with the best approach for deploying Oracle Application.

Planning is a first major milestone for companies planning to either implement Oracle Applications or to upgrade to the latest release of Oracle Applications (i.e. R11i). Kanrad's Oracle Apps Consulting Solutions practice can help you to do an effective assessment, which will draw a roadmap for rest of the successful project

• Activities
• Deliverables
• Implementation Plan Report
• Upgrade Plan Report

Activities
Kanrad's planning approach encompasses the following key activities:
Engagement Kick-off
Project Planning
Collection Information
Information Verification
Information and Summary Findings Analysis
Formulation of Recommendations
Findings and Recommendations Presentation
Discussion of Proposed Upgrade Plan

Deliverables
In addition to a written plan report, Kanrad prepares the following deliverables:
Project work plan and schedule
List of personnel interviewed
Interview notes
List of documents reviewed
Status reports
Most assessments can be conducted in 2 to 3 weeks and are competitively priced.

Implementation Plan Report
The Oracle Applications implementation planning program is a pre-implementation service that aligns your implementation plans with your business objectives, examines your specific Oracle ERP/CRM system requirements, and defines project scope, expected integration time, and required resources to implement a specific transaction. Kanrad's planning program also delivers phased implementation plans and vendor-neutral product and service recommendations, based on your Oracle ERP/CRM system environment.

Upgrade Plan Report
Today, most Oracle customers are challenged with why, when, and how to transition to the latest release of Oracle Applications R11i. Kanrad assists companies making these decisions through our effective assessment. The Program includes the following key features:

Identify the gaps:
Between your current release and the R11i release to determine what upgrade effort is required
Hardware, communications and operating system gaps
Review
Existing infrastructure strategy and high-level operations review
Existing modules and identify new modules to be added
Assess the database, reporting and interface transition issues
Evaluate management controls required: timing, resources and training issues
Recommend an approach (Upgrade vs. Re-Implementation)

Implementation Program
Increased reliance on technology has created a basic need for Internet-based business applications. Companies are incorporating innovative business processes and business intelligence to gain sustainable results from their investments.

The Oracle Applications R11i runs entirely on the Internet, enabling you to cut costs across financials, projects, customer relationship management, supply chain, human resources, and business intelligence functions.

Some of the benefits, that clients can expect to achieve upon implementing Oracle Applications R11i are:

Reduction of IT expenses due to low cost deployment
Open and integrated business application
Make smarter decisions with better information

With the help of Kanrad, companies can achieve their business objectives. At Kanrad, we pride ourselves on providing fast and effective enterprise-wide solutions by utilizing the business process knowledge and implementation expertise of our consultants and proven methodologies.

Kanrad's Oracle Apps Practice has consultants implementing complete project life-cycle implementations of Oracle Applications, including 10.x, 11.x, and 11i. The project life-cycle activities include, but are not limited to:

Program & project management
Change management and risk mitigation
Business process reengineering
Requirements specifications
Gap analysis
Configuration and setup
Customizations
Interface development

Kanrad's Oracle Apps practitioners have extensive implementation experience in the following Oracle Applications R11i modules:

• Financials
• Manufacturing
• CRM

Financials
Account Payables [ AP ]
Account Receivables [ AR ]
General Ledger [ GL ]
Fixed Assets [FA ]
Cash Management
OFA (Oracle Financial Analyzer)
FSG (Financial Statement Generator)
ADI (Application Desktop Integrator)

Manufacturing
Order Entry [ OE ]
Inventory [ INV ]
Bill of Material [ BOM ]
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Service
Contracts
Sales
Marketing
eCommerce
Sales Analyzer

Upgradation Program
Every application upgrade introduces some amount of change. All releases introduce changes in navigation, customization, features, and functionality. With Oracle's release of R11i, your organization may be considering an upgrade.
Kanrad consultants can help your organization realize a higher return on your upgrade investment by working with your staff to:
Thoroughly understand each new feature of Oracle R11i
Match existing customizations to new features for possible replacement
Identify existing customizations that can be eliminated without a change in business process Identify existing customizations that can be eliminated with a change in business process