Presentation: "European Implementations"
Speaker(s): Arul Murugan, enrich IT & Lourdes Godfrey, StratITgy International

Lourdes and Arul will be discussing guidelines and considerations of international implementations with a focus on European implementation based on their experiences managing and implementing Oracle applications in Europe. The topics discussed will include the following considerations:

Project Management for International implementation
Global implementation Challenges - Resources, Time zone difference,Language...
Global design considerations (sets of books, chart of accounts, Multi org, Euro, MRC, etc. )
Country localizations & regulatory requirements
AX Module (specific to southern Europe)
Shared service center
International Trade Management
Bonded warehouse ( To defer / avoid custom duties )
Intrastat reporting
Country of origin
VAT and Triangulization

Biography:
Arul Murugan, CPIM is a Principal Consultant specializing in Oracle applications implementation and Upgrade. He has been a functional lead consultant for Oracle applications for about 8 years implementing Oracle for manufacturing and serivce industry in the areas of Supply chain planning, Manufacturing and Distribution. Arul has done several Global implementations with multiple deployment strategies

Lourdes Godfrey is a Principal Consultant specializing in managing Financial System implementations. She has over 20 years implementation experience with a broad variety of applications including 5 years of Oracle Global implementation experience.