1. Oracle
E-­‐Business
Suite
Repor4ng
and
Enquiry
Francis
Nocom
Applica/ons
Manager
Cochlear
Limited
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2. Agenda
• Introduc/on
• Project
Phases
• Lessons
Learned
• Features
and
Func/ons
• Q&A
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3. Introduc4on
–
Cochlear
Limited
• Global
leader
in
solu4ons
for
hearing
impairment
– 70%
worldwide
market
share
– Provider
of
Baha
solu/on
for
conduc/ve
hearing
loss
&
single
sided
deafness
• Australian
Inven4on
commercialised
in
1982
–
listed
on
ASX
in
1995
– Chartered
to
open
the
world
of
sound
to
everyone
– Corporate
stability
–
only
publicly
listed
company
for
implantable
hearing
solu/ons
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4. Introduc4on
–
Cochlear
Limited
• Global
footprint
-­‐
focus
on
technological
innova4on
– 2500
employees
– Direct
opera/ons
in
more
than
20
countries
– Products
sold
in
90+
countries
• Largest
R&D
budget
in
the
Medical
Device
Industry
– 13%
of
Sales
Revenue
– 90
collabora/ve
research
programs
in
35
countries
– 350
Cochlear
R&D
staff
– Large
pipeline
of
new
technology
to
uncover
the
next
groundbreaking
developments
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5. Introduc4on
• First
sigh/ng
• Free
Trial
• Installa/on
•
Excel
Add
in
•
Server
side
script
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6. Project
Ini4a4on
• Demos
to
Finance
teams
globally
• Stakeholder
buy-­‐in
• Started
with
15
user
licenses
• Corporate
and
Regional
Partnership
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7. Project
Phases
• Requirements
gathering
• Report
design
and
development
• Tes/ng
• Training
and
go
live
• Grown
from
15
to
55
users
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8. Lessons
Learned
• Importance
of
feedback
from
users
• Collabora/on
between
Corporate
and
Regions
• Persistent
and
proac/ve
• One
Version
of
the
Truth
• Communica/on
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9.
is
used
in
Cochlear
for:
• Month
end
reconcilia/on
• Expenditure
analysis
by
department
and
territory
• P&L
by
department
and
territory
• Variance
repor/ng
–
actuals
vs
forecast
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10. Features
and
Func4ons
• Excel
based
• Minimal
training
required
• Quick
install
• Low
Maintenance
•
No
need
for
Data
Warehouse
•
Uses
Oracle
Apps
Security
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11. Features
and
Func4ons
(2)
• Drilldown
to
journal
and
subledger
• Get
Balance
Formula
• Dynamic
List
of
Values
(LOV)
• Report
Manager
• Great
Support
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12. Ques4ons?
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