Minutes of the Atlanta OAUG Meeting

 

Date: Friday, September 22, 2006

 

Time Called: 8:30 a.m.

 

Host:Colibri Limited - www.colibrilimited.com

Location: Matrix Resources, Dunwoody - www.matrixresources.com

I. Vendor Spotlight

Workbench Software, Patrick Harris, pharris@workbenchsoftware.com

 

II. Presentations

Member Spotlight: Silgan Plastics Corp - Dave Oblinger, Silgan

 

Enterprise Asset Management, the Maintenance Management module of Apps –

Erik Zerner and Joey McDougal, AGY

 

Presentations at http://www.atloaug.org/presentations/2006index.html

 

III. Breakout Sessions

 

a.       Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain  - Saeed Mogharabi, Zensar Technologies –

S.Mogharabi@usa.zensar.com

 

b.      Order Management - Methods of Order Promising - Patricia Higgs, Oracle,

Patricia.Higgs@oracle.com

 

c.       Understanding, Controlling and Reconciling the Purchasing Accrual Account - Karen Brownfield, Solution Beacon, kbrownfield@solutionbeacon.com

 

IV. OAUG News

 

Karen Brownfield, board member of OAUG, shared upcoming conference information. The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) (formerly International Oracle Users Group), the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) and Quest International Users Group (Quest) are combining to host one conference named COLLABORATE 07.

 

         COLLABORATE 07
Presented by IOUG, OAUG and Quest
April 15-19, 2007
Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (make reservations now!)

See http://www.oaug.org/conferencesandeducation/conferences/2007/collaborate07/

 

The OAUG Forum at COLLABORATE 07 will be focused on education. There will be more “conferences within a conference”. There will also be some specialized and intense training for technical attendees. The Geos and SIGs will be more involved in choosing content. The OAUG Education Committee’s content managers will be working with each SIG to help predetermine which topics must be covered during COLLABORATE 07. Geos and SIGs will sponsor papers which fall within the predetermined topics. Papers and panels will be chosen from the call for papers database to fill the topics. Should a topic not be filled by the submitted papers, the content managers will actively begin searching for a paper that will fill the need.

The call for presentations is now open and the deadline for submission is November 19, 2006. The OAUG seeks presentations on all Oracle Applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle Retail and Portal Software, as well as applications technology. Please consider sharing your knowledge with others and submit your presentation today!

 

OAUG eLearning Returns: Free Online Education and Training

The OAUG is offering free, easy-to-access educational, training and networking opportunities for the Oracle family of applications users — OAUG Training Tuesdays and OAUG Community Thursdays.

See http://www.oaug.org/conferencesandeducation/elearning/index.html

 

V. General Business - Brenda Carlton, Consultant

 

NEXT MEETING – November 17, 2006

 

Host: Image Now (www.imagenow.com)

Location: Villa Christina

Reservations: Lian Upsdell, lian.upsdell@imagenow.com

Agenda: www.atloaug.org

 

Volunteers Needed

***Speakers, hosts & breakout facilitators for 2007. ***

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

 

Meeting dates in 2007 are Jan 19, Mar 16, May 18, Jul 20, Sep 21 and Oct 19.

Matrix Resources has volunteered to provide the facility for the meetings. We need hosts to sponsor the May, July, September and October meetings which involve food, audio-visual, door prizes and administrative functions.

 

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.

 

OAUG Skills Marketplace

Find qualified candidates easily with the OAUG Skills Marketplace! The OAUG Skills Marketplace is a robust and flexible application that allows companies to set up their own job descriptions or modify one of hundreds of available templates to assist in targeting the exact candidate they need. Furthermore, hiring managers can take advantage of an extensible questionnaire system, which is built into the application process, to automatically pre-screen and rank applicants in those categories that are most important to them.

To experience and learn more about the OAUG Skills Marketplace today, please visit the Skills Marketplace home page on the OAUG Web site. If you have any questions about the OAUG Skills Marketplace, or require assistance, please e-mail skillsmarketplace@oaug.com.

 

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.

 

Local Technical User Group

Monthly Meetings are in Dunwoody on the 2nd Thursday, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. See www.gouser.org.

 

VI. Thanks!

Thanks to Matrix Resources for providing us with conference space.

Thanks to Colibri Limited for providing us with breakfast, door prizes, administrative functions and audiovisual equipment.

Thanks to Colibri Limited, Workbench Software and OAUG for providing door prizes.

 

Fifty two attendees were present.  User companies are represented as follows:

 

User Companies Represented:

Cox Communications, McKee Foods, Siglan Plastics, Dekalb County, Altec, Tensar, Porex, Acuity Brands, Chick-fil-A, AGY,