Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

Date: Friday, October 15, 1999

Time Called: 9:30 a.m.

Location: BellSouth

I. Presentation

"E Commerce Implementation Process"

Chiranjib Chatterje, KPMG Consulting

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/index.html#oct99

II. Presentation

"Technical Foundation – Accounts Payable"

Steve Bradley, Oasis Consulting

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/index.html#oct99

III. Breakout Sessions

The following sessions were held on October 15.

iStore Chiranjib Chatterje - KPMG

AP Tables Steve Bradley - Oasis Consulting

"Preserving Customizations Thru Upgrades" Eric Shin - Sage Group

Data Warehousing Mary Ledbetter - Decision Point

Use Taxes Michael Levine - Oracle

Volunteers are needed to facilitate the breakout sessions. Please send an email to bcarlton@kpmg.com and volunteer in your area of expertise.

 

  1. General Business - Brenda Carlton, KPMG Consulting

Next Meeting – November 19

Host: Optio Software

JW Marriott at Lenox, 3300 Lenox Road, Buckhead

Reservations: Jennifer Stutler, 770-283-8571 jens@optiosoftware.com

November 19 Agenda

Member Spotlight Company, Flexible Products

Flexible Products has graciously agreed to bring their super users and share with Atl-OAUG their successes and lessons learned in implementing Oracle Applications. Flexible Products went live on 10.7 April 1997, NCA in August 1998, and will upgrade to 11i next year. They are using the manufacturing apps along with OE, GL, AP, AR and PO.

Release 11i, Chris Thornhill, Oracle Corp

Oracle Corporation has announced the availability of Oracle Applications Release 11i during the first half of 2000. While it's the industry's first truly global Internet enterprise applications suite, what's new when we talk features and functionality? This presentation will focus on what's new with Release 11i, particularly in the areas of Financials, Self Service Web Applications and Internet Procurement. Information regarding the new Release 11i features and functionality of Manufacturing, Projects, CRM and Human Resources will be made available at the end of the presentation.

Breakout Sessions, 11:00 – 12:00

Release 11i Chris Thornhill - Oracle

Technical Lance Walton – Home Wireless

Flow Manufacturing, Randy Nauta - Grant-Thornton

Balanced Scorecard Kevin Bromberg - Oracle

E-Business Enablement Optio Software

Golf Outing

Eric Shin has volunteered to organize a golf outing after November’s meeting. Stay tuned to Atl-Apps-L@atloaug.org for more details.

ECO/SEOUC Conference in Atlanta – March 19-22, 2000

For the first time ever, the East Coast’s "oldest, newest and best" Oracle developers’ conference (ECO) is joining forces with their southern (SEOUC) counterpart. Join us in Atlanta March 19-22, 2000 at the Atlanta Hilton and Towers. Ten tracks per day, 100 sessions (35+ for apps) are scheduled. Attendance is expected to be ~800. Deadline for presentation abstracts are Oct 20. Web sites are www.seouc.org and www.oracleusers.com.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers needed to present a topic, facilitate a breakout session, serve on a panel or present their company as the Member Spotlight Company. Send an email to bcarlton@kpmg.com.

Liaison Contact Person Needed from each Member Company

One liaison is needed from each company to forward Atl-OAUG notifications and newsletters to the other Oracle users/consultants within your company. Consultants are encouraged to invite their clients to Atl-OAUG.

Thanks!

Thanks to BellSouth for providing us with the conference space, refreshments, audiovisual equipment and door prizes.

54 attendees were present. Companies represented are as follows.

Users:

Lithonia Lighting, Home Wireless Network, BellSouth, Motorola Energy Systems, Char-Broil, Equifax, Advanced Glassfiber Yarns,

Consultants:

AnswerThink, KPMG, BOSS Corp, Application Technology Services, Diversified, Sapient, Noblestar, Deloitte, Romac, Oasis Consulting, Evcor, AT & S, Tactics, Sage Group, Lueke, Hemispheres

Vendors

AppWorx, DecisionPoint,