Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, October 17, 2003

 

Time Called:   8:30 a.m.

 

Host:               Motion International

Location:         Westin Peachtree, downtown Atlanta

 

I. Vendor Spotlight

Motion International- Julie Johnson - juliej@motion-international.com

 

II. Presentation 

Member Spotlight – MotorolaMarge Olmstead, Dan Lichter

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2003index.html

 

III. Presentation

Cycle Counting - The Secret to Inventory Accuracy - Bob Collins, SSI North America, Bob.Collins@us.ssiworldwide.com

Presentation at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2003index.html

 

IV. Breakout Sessions

a.       Giving Yourself Options - Using Oracle Assemble To Order (ATO) - Bob Collins, SSI North America - Bob.Collins@us.ssiworldwide.com

b.       Product Life Cycle Mgt - Bill O'Conner, Oracle – william.oconnor@oracle.com

c.       Integration of Oracle Project Accounting with Oracle Project Contracts (OKE) - Jeff Hill, Mirant

 

V. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

Next Meeting – November 21

Host:   Noetix

Location: Villa Christina, 45 Perimeter Summit Blvd, Atlanta, Georgia 30319

Reservations: Sally Hicks, Sally.Hicks@noetix.com, 425-372-2688

 

MAIN PRESENTATIONS    

            1. Member Spotlight: Atlanta Housing Authority - Tony Siebert

2. Financials 11i-New Features through 11.5.9Karen Brownfield, Solution Beacon, Director & Former President – OAUG

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

  1. Create Overhead Cost Pools through Oracle MassBudgets and AutoAllocations - Michael Anenen & Paul Kraskiewicz, SSI North America
  2. Release 11.5.9 Workflow - Karen Brownfield, Solution Beacon
  3. European Implementations - Arul Murugan, enrich IT & Lourdes Godfrey, StratITgy International
  4. Technical: How to Trouble-shoot 11i Issues - Adam Janbolat, dba4aday, Inc.

 

 

January 16 Agenda

1.       Member Spotlight:  Merial

2.       NCR Global Project

3.       Vendor Managed Inventory

4.       Performance Tuning of 11i

5.       Oracle Application Manager

6.       Projects Resource Mgt (Contracts, Manager, Collaberation, Intelligence)

 

Newsletter

The deadline for getting articles into the November newsletter is October 25.  Please email your contributions to our editors.

Functional - satyakanth@bosscorporation.com

Technical - eshin@sagewisegroup.com  

The newsletter can be viewed at http://www.atloaug.org/newsletters/

 

Volunteers Needed

Speakers & Breakout session facilitators for 2004

Please send an email to bcarlton@sprynet.com to volunteer.

 

Vendor Spotlight/Host Companies Selected for 2004

The following companies have volunteered to host our 2004 meetings which also entitle them to the vendor spotlight presentation.

 

Jan 16 - 170 Systems

Mar 19 - OuterBay Technologies

May 21 - Computer Associates

Aug 20 - 9ci, Inc

Oct 15  - Jaros Tech

Nov 19 - Optio Software

 

Become a Member of Atlanta OAUG

Go to www.atloaug.org and click on the button ‘Register as a Member’.  Admission is free and this keeps you informed as to upcoming meeting agendas, copies of newsletters, etc.  If you have changed email addresses lately, be sure to update your registration with a permanent address so you will receive meeting notifications.

 

Update Your Email Address

If you have changed email addresses since registering as a member of Atl-OAUG, please update your address by sending an email to webmaster@atloaug.org.

 

List Server - OAUGNET

The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) hosts an Oracle Applications list server, OAUGnet. OAUGnet offers you a list server with constant monitoring, prompt communication of any list server problems, an easy-to-use web interface, and an archive updated daily. To subscribe to OAUGnet, send a blank email to: OAUGNet-subscribe@oaug.com . The address of the new list is OAUGNet@oaug.com.  To switch to digest mode, send a blank e-mail to: OAUGNet-digest@oaug.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.

 

VI. Oracle AppsWorld 2004 Paper Submissions

In preparation for AppsWorld San Diego 2004, Oracle and the OAUG will be targeting specific customers, partners, analysts, industry experts and associations to build content for the event. The OAUG is inviting you to submit a paper for consideration at this event. The focus will be on business solutions as they relate to specific industries. See  http://www.oaug.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/oaug.woa/wa/main to view the suggested paper categories and to prepare your submission.

Submission deadline:  Friday, October 24 / Presenters Notified: November 17

Contact Cheryl Simmons at csimmons@meetingexpectations.com, or 404-240-0897 ext. 4253, regarding submission questions

 

VII. Thanks!

Thanks to Motion International for providing us with conference space, breakfast, door prizes and audiovisual equipment.

Thanks to BOSS Corporation, OAUG and On Call DBA for providing door prizes.

 

50 attendees were present.  Companies represented are as follows:

 

Users:

Chick-fil-A, Mirant, Motorola, CDC, NDC Health, SunTrust,

 

Consultants:

SSI, SageWise, Colibri, IBM, DBA Group, BOSS Corp, Hitachi

 

Vendors

Oracle, Optio Software, Allante’, Unitask, Applimation