Deploying Oracle applications in any organization is an enormous task, and Oracle Financials Handbook should be considered prerequisite reading for any technical or business process specialist involved in such a project. The applications provide core business processes based on Oracle Corporation's database architecture, and the book discusses some of the most popular applications in the suite.

The book opens with a brief executive summary of Oracle Financials. The authors place financial applications in perspective, explaining where they fit into the overall Oracle Applications strategy and what the benefits are of choosing them for core business processes. This section also presents some of the important organizational choices you must make at the outset of deployment.

In the middle section of the book, the authors discuss the modules: general ledger, receivables, payables, asset management, purchasing, inventory, order entry, and others. The General Ledger module forms the core of the strategy and is discussed in great detail. The book provides plenty of flow diagrams to explain each module. The authors devote an additional chapter to budgeting and allocations, and address different accounting models.

Oracle Financials Handbook closes with technical details on deploying Oracle Financials in an enterprise. The entire computing environment is considered in this discussion, which includes information on customizing and modifying the modules to meet your needs. The final chapters cover project management and training issues that you need to work through. --Stephen Plain


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Officially endorsed by Oracle Corporation, this detailed resource from Oracle Press explains how to maximize the centralized planning, accounting, treasury, purchasing, and management features of Oracle Financials--and revolutionize your company's finance infrastructure.

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Officially endorsed by Oracle Corporation,this detailed resource from Oracle Press explains how to maximize the centralized planning,accounting,treasury,purchasing,and management features of Oracle Financials—and revolutionize your company's finance infrastructure.

Initiate an Integrated Finance Solution for Your Company Take full advantage of all of the powerful features included in Oracle Financials Release 11i—an integral component of the Oracle E-Business Suite. With its scalable,three-tier architecture,this robust application enables you to establish e-business relationships with customers,suppliers,partners,and employees. Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation,this detailed resource explains how to maximize the integrated forecasting,accounting,treasury,purchasing,and management features of Oracle Financials—and revolutionize your company's finance infrastructure.

Integrate subledger activity,consolidate group-wide accounts,and produce financial reports using Oracle General Ledger and Oracle Financial Analyzer Schedule and automate payments to suppliers with the Oracle Payables tool Utilize the bank reconciliation capabilities of Oracle Cash Management and the enterprise liquidity forecasting features of Oracle Treasury Track assets and process depreciation schedules using Oracle Assets and minimize occupancy costs with Oracle Property Manager Use Oracle Purchasing optimize your supply chain and automate stock replenishment with Oracle Inventory Lower costs and enhance supplier,customer,and employee partnerships with Self-Service Web Applications Control project costing,billing,and reporting with OracleProjects Regulate business processes using the highly-adaptable Oracle Workflow tool Make the most of the new components—Oracle Property Manager and Oracle Treasury Implement sound security measures