Oracle SCM Solutions

Oracle was founded in 1977 as a database and middleware software manufacturer. In 1986, Oracle started developing business applications and in the early 1990s, developed a complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system. Soon after, Oracle started adding integrated Supply Chain Management software modules. In the mid 2000s, Oracle acquired PeopleSoft, shortly after PeopleSoft acquired JD Edwards. Other SCM software-related acquisitions included Demantra and Retek. Oracle is the second largest SCM software vendor.

Oracle has multiple brands for ERP, CRM, PLM, and SCM with overlapping feature sets and software functionality.

Sales & Operation Planning
Oracle has positioned Demantra as their Sales and Operation Planning solution for the E-Business Suite, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft ERP brands. Demantra automates the preparation for the monthly S&OP executive meeting, including consensus building, on demand plans, and supply plans. Upon approval, the plans are published and enabled for continuous monitoring and revisions.

Demand Management
Oracle has positioned Demantra as their Demand Management solution for the E-Business Suite, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft ERP brands. Demantra forecasting allows for multiple models to be combined, based on probabilities of each model. The forecast dynamically adjusts to changes in trends and market conditions. Demantra forecast allows for causal factors and demand history as input.

Procurement
Oracle offers a number of solutions for procurement:

• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Management (Procurement);
• JD Edwards World Distribution Management and Supplier Sel-service
• Oracle E-Business Suite Advanced Procurement;
• Oracle Fusion Procurement
• PeopleSoft Enterprise Supplier Relationship Management
• Oracle Accelerate for midsize companies

Value Chain
Oracle offers a number of products as part of its value chain management solution:

• Oracle Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration
• Oracle Landed Cost Management
• Oracle In-Memory Logistics Command Center
• Oracle Inventory Management
• Oracle Global Trade Management
• Oracle Mobile Supply Chain (part of the Oracle E-Business Suite)
• Oracle TMS
• Oracle WMS;
• Oracle Yard Management

Oracle Fusion SCM provides support for product master data management, costing, order orchestration, product availability,logistics, inventory management, light warehouse management capabilities and Agile PLM.

Oracle has sales offices office all over the world. Africa is supported from Casablanca, Morocco for the north and Abidjan, Ivory Coast for West Africa. They have offices in South and Central America. In AsiaPacific they have offices in not only Australia, New Zealand, China and India, but also in Malaysia and the Philippines. In the Middle East, Oracle have offices in Emirates, Quatar, Kuwait and the Yemen. Offices in West European counties are in all the major countries. 

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers include Doskocil, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Intersil, New York City Housing Authority, Panasonic Factory Solutions, Pella Corporation, Schneider National

Oracle E-Business Suite customers include Datacard Group, Emerson,garmin, McLane Company, OOCEP, UTC

Oracle Fusion SCM customers include Red Robin and Land O’Lakes, 

PeopleSoft customers include Lone Star College System, Grupo Nacional Provincial, Stanford Children’s Health, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation and Tervita Corporation.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne offers a choice of databases, operating systems, and hardware. It contains the following SCm modules:

• Supply Chain Execution (Logistics)
  • Advanced Stock Valuation
  • Apparel/Attribute Management
  • Bulk Stock Inventory
  • Inventory Management
  • Product Variants
  • Transportation Management
  • Warehouse Management
• Supply Management (Procurement)
  • Advanced Pricing
  • Agreement Management
  • Buyer Workspace
  • Operational Sourcing
  • Procurement and Subcontract Management
  • Product Variants
  • Requisition Self Service
  • Supplier Self Service
• Value Chain Planning
  • Advanced Planning Command Center
  • Advanced Supply Chain Planning
  • Collaborative Planning
  • Demand Management
  • Demand Signal Repository
  • Global Order Promising
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Predictive Trade Planning and Optimization
  • Production Scheduling
  • Rapid Planning
  • Real-Time Sales and Operations Planning
  • Service Parts Planning
  • Strategic Network Optimization
  • Value Chain Planning In-Memory Applications

Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Fusion work on the Oracle platform only.

Oracle e-Business Suite contains the following SCM modules:

• Advanced Procurement:
  • iProcurement
  • iSupplier Portal
  • Payables
  • Purchasing
  • Purchasing Intelligence
  • Sourcing
  • Supplier Network
• Value Chain Execution
  • Global Trade Management
  • Landed Cost Management
  • Transportation Management
  • Warehouse Management
  • Mobile Supply Chain
  • Inventory Management
• Order Orchestration and Fulfillment
  • Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration
  • Order Management
  • Advance Pricing
  • Configurator
  • Global Order Promising
• Product Value Chain Management
  • Agile Product Lifecycle Management
  • Fusion Product Hub
  • Product Data Quality
  • Value Chain Planning
  • Advanced Planning Command Center
  • Advanced Supply Chain Planning
  • Collaborative Planning
  • Demantra
  • Global Order Promising
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Predictive Trade Planning and Optimization
  • Production Scheduling
  • Rapid Planning
  • Service Parts Planning
  • Strategic Network Optimization
• Business Intelligence and Analytics

PeopleSoft contains the following SCM modules:

Supplier Contract Management

Catalog Management

eProcurement

eSettlements

eSupplier Connection

Financials

Procurement and Spend Analytics

Purchasing

Services Procurement

Strategic Sourcing

Oracle, of course, provides all the services one could wish for and it also has an extensive partner community that also provides relevant services.