Oracle Previews Oracle® Rapid Planning
New Product in Oracle's Value Chain Planning Solution Will Deliver Advanced Real-Time Event Driven Planning and Simulation
ORLANDO, Fla., May 4 /-- COLLABORATE 2009
News Facts
-- Continuing to build on its comprehensive Information-Driven Value
Chain strategy, today Oracle previewed Oracle(R) Rapid Planning at
COLLABORATE 09.
-- A new product within the Oracle Value Chain Planning solution, Oracle
Rapid Planning will enable customers to gain rapid, predictive and
actionable insight into dynamic supply chain planning decisions.
-- Oracle Rapid Planning will combine fast, comprehensive
constraint-based planning with a superior user interface supporting
easy manipulation of data and quick comparison of alternative plans.
-- Oracle Rapid Planning will complement and be integrated with other
products within Oracle's Value Chain Planning solution, enabling
customers to leverage their existing investments and realize value
throughout the extended supply chain.
Extending the Information-Driven Value Chain
-- Leveraging its unique web services and open, standards-based
architecture, Oracle Rapid Planning customers can enable reduced
supply chain decision-making time with the following capabilities:
-- Fast, event-driven simultaneous material and capacity planning for
rapid scenario analysis and real-time evaluation of supply chain
events.
-- Fast sales and operations planning scenario simulation, integrated
with Oracle's Demantra.
-- Compatible and complementary capabilities to Oracle Advanced
Supply Chain Planning.
-- Mass edit of supply chain data, enabling customers to conduct
ad-hoc, rapid scenario modeling without the need to make changes
to the ERP data or transactions.
-- Predictive and actionable insight via embedded analytics, a
spreadsheet-style flexible user-interface, and embedded exceptions
and scenario comparisons
-- Comprehensive constraint modeling to mimic real-life planner
decision making such as alternate bills of material, routings,
sources and shipping methods, substitution and lead times.
-- Multi-enterprise visibility and planning, spanning internal
facilities and contract manufacturers.
-- Multi-planner collaboration and simulation to help speed up the
analysis and decision-making process.
-- Integration with ERP to help quickly translate decisions into
actions and release planning recommendations directly to execution
without latency.
Supporting Quote
-- "Today, companies need to be flexible and fast enough to quickly
respond to operational challenges and mitigate business impact," said
Oracle's Group Vice President, Value Chain Planning Applications
Development, Nadeem Syed. "Oracle Rapid Planning will extend the value
of Oracle's leading supply chain applications by providing the insight
needed to instantly act on information and drive greater collaboration
and business success."
General Availability
-- Oracle Rapid Planning is scheduled to be generally available in
calendar year 2009. Customers will be able to deploy this product with
current and prior versions of the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle's Value Chain Planning applications,
as well as standalone for use in heterogeneous environments including
SAP.
Supporting Resources
-- The Information-Driven Value Chain
-- Oracle Value Chain Planning applications
-- Industry Leaders Adopt Oracle Value Chain Planning Applications
-- Podcast: Jon Chorley: Information Driven Value Chain
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