First Annual Oracle CFO Study…

Please consider participating in the first annual Oracle Global CFO Study 2009 sponsored by Jeff Epstein, Oracle CFO and EVP.

 

This study will help Oracle better understand current trends and practices related to the Finance organization. 

 

Oracle Insight has launched the first Global CFO Study around the topics of finance priorities, decision making challenges & opportunities, and alignment with the CIO. All respondents will receive a custom report highlighting areas of opportunity in relation to other respondents. The survey will take no more than 5 to 10 minutes to complete.  The results of the survey will be anonymous.  We only ask for your contact information in order to send you a custom report summarizing the results highlighting where your company stands relative to its peers. 

 

If you are interested in participating, email: bruce.bain@oracle.com .

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Lean Transformation Summit – Chicago – 11/19/09

Lean Transformation Summit (Nov 19, Chicago)

This event will bring together senior LOB and IT executives to network and debate Lean best practices. Attendees will hear about Lean topics from experts and reference customers including Pella Corporation, Terex, and Mercury Marine. This event targets c-level executives and their direct reports in manufacturing accounts, as well as some services companies. The featured keynoter is TBM Consulting Co-founder Bob Dean, who has been instrumental in the incorporation of Lean business techniques and Six Sigma – creating LeanSigma – and in the application to service industries of improvement tools traditionally belonging to manufacturing.

Email bruce.bain@oracle.com for more information  or registration.

New Destination for Finance Executives

Oracle.com/CFO: New Destination Site for Finance Executives

Oracle.com/CFO is a new web site built specifically to bring Oracle thought leadership to the CFO community. The site was announced by Oracle’s CFO Jeff Epstein during Leaders Circle at OpenWorld. The goal of the site is to give CFOs a single destination to find visionary white papers from Oracle leaders and partners, customer success stories, videos from peer CFOs, and other CFO-specific assets. Make sure your CFO contacts bookmark the site.
Check out oracle.com/CFO.

Orace User Groups Conference

 

April 18-22, 2010 Mandalay Bay Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Arm Yourself with Relevant and Practical User-Led Education at COLLABORATE 10 Register Early for the Greatest Savings COLLABORATE 10 — OAUG Forum is the event providing the best practices and most robust user-driven training available for Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle Communications, MetaSolv, Agile, Hyperion and the rest of the growing family of Oracle Applications. Take advantage of: 400+ User-led sessions packed with best practices and case studies Access to IOUG and Quest’s programming — nearly 1,000 sessions and 18 educational tracks in total Peer-to-peer interaction at dozens of networking events and special interest group meetings Special programming to mark the OAUG community’s 20th anniversary Realize greater value from your existing Oracle applications investments. Prepare yourself and your company to take advantage of opportunity and economic recovery. Obtain training now at one of the industry’s most relevant and anticipated education and networking events — COLLABORATE 10! Register today! Secure your spot at the conference early for the biggest savings. Interested in Attending COLLABORATE 10 for Free? As a conference presenter, you’ll receive complimentary registration. Do you have experience or insights to share that other users would benefit from? Submit a presentation proposal and share your approach to Oracle Applications in an education session. Proposals are now being accepted. The deadline is Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. EDT and will not be extended. Get more information about presenting at COLLABORATE 10, including tracks, specific industry- or product-related areas of emphasis, presenter requirements and the presentation submission and selection processes. Get Connected Connect with the OAUG Forum on Twitter for the latest conference updates and special promotions only offered to followers. The official twitter handle for COLLABORATE 10 — OAUG Forum is @COLLAB_10_OAUG and the twitter hashtag for COLLABORATE 10 is #C10. Include this hashtag on your COLLABORATE-related tweets. Search for #C10 on Twitter to see everything people are saying about the conference. Become a fan of COLLABORATE 10 — OAUG Forum on Facebook and let others know you’re attending COLLABORATE 10 — OAUG Forum. Start connecting with other attendees now! See you in Las Vegas!
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Fleet Management Webinar – 10/8/09

Going Further, Faster With Fleet Management Today, supply chain leaders and fleet operators are responding to increasing demand for information. At the same time, advances in technology are improving the availability of real-time information and potentially reducing the cost of delivering that information across the supply chain. These parallel trends – demand for information and availability of information – can be harnessed for the benefit of both fleet operations and supply chain performance.  With advances in enterprise software, on-board computerization, and process integration, fleet operations and supply chain management can benefit from the flow of real-time information and the decision support and process control that follow. By leveraging these new technologies, companies have the opportunity to: • Link fleet initiatives for sustainability with corporate targets for cost control and inventory management • Improve business processes with real time supply & demand planning, order and inventory tracking • Streamline delivery processes and expand use of exception-based management • Simplify and expand access to information across the supply chain and the enterprise – Establish a single version of the truth and increase business intelligence Please join Michael Lindsey, Senior Manager Application Strategy Oracle, Pete Ward, Director Supply Chain Solutions Hitachi Consulting, and Frank Moreno Vice President Product Development at Cadec for a 45-minute discussion on strategies to ensure that the supply chain and the fleet can both win at the same time. Webcast Details Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009 Time: 10:00am–11:00am PST FREE ½-day Fleet Management Value Assessment Interested in learning how fleet management can enhance your supply chain?  Hitachi Consulting and Oracle would like to extend a very special offer for customers and prospects to qualify for a half day, complimentary fleet management value assessment on-site at your company headquarters. Please complete this survey to qualify.

Visit Oracle/CD Group at BizTech Expo 10/7 & 10/8 in Baton Rouge

The 27th annual BizTech Expo runs this week; Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 8 at the Baton Rouge River Center from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. both days.

www.businessreportexpo.com.

Projects Analytics Webinar – October 22, 2009

October 22nd—“Projects Analytics”

Event Overview: We are pleased to announce that Dean Bishop will be our guest speaker. Dean Bishop is a former Vice President of Information Technology for a mid-sized construction firm in Dallas. Dean is currently a Senior Sales Consultant with Oracle and will walk attendees through a high level overview of Project Analytics. The presentation will take approximately 45 minutes and will cover industry drivers, application architecture, content overview, and a product demonstration. There will be a 15 minute open forum discussion following the presentation.

 

What You Are Expected to Learn:

• Project Analytics answers the unique business requirements of project centric industries.

• Project Analytics drives intelligent decisions around improving project based margins and controlling project costs.

• Project Analytics role-based content delivers a rapid return on investment.

To Register for this Event: Register online at the Ongoing “Web Demos” SolutionSpace (http://launch.oracle.com, pin=webdemo) or call 317-228-4008

Where and When:

When: Thursday, October 8th 12:00PM Central Time Dial-In Number / Meeting ID: 1-866-682-4770 id/pw: 8868622 Web Conference URL: Join Conference https://conference.oracle.com/imtapp/app/cmn_jm_hub.uix?mID=159329771 Web Conference ID: 159325738

Three-Part CRM webcast in September

 

Oracle CRM On Demand for the Digital Age: Big Brother Marketing, CRM Implementation Success, and CRM-to-ERP Integrations

Three-Part Webcast Series for the Oracle Application User Community This September

> Register <      Host: Lucidity Consulting Group   Webcast Titles & Dates: 1. Big Brother Marketing – Reading Your Prospect’s Digital Cues:       Wednesday, September 16, 20092. CRM Implementation Success – Keys to Making ‘On Demand’ CRM     Work:  Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3. Integrating Oracle CRM On Demand to Oracle ERP – Creating Lasting        CRM Value:  Friday, October 2, 2009 Times & Duration: All Webcasts Begin at 1:00PM U.S. Central.  Each Webcast is approximately 30 minutes in length. Target Audience: This webcast has been designed for: VPs of Sales Sales Managers VPs of Business Development VPs of Marketing Sales Operations Managers Webcast Learning Objectives: Webcast #1: Big Brother Marketing – Reading Your Prospects’ Digitial Cues How companies can utilize subscription-based (software as a service) Email Marketing Automation technology like Eloqua to drive digital traffic and read the “cues” left behind by prospective buyers – Big Brother Marketing! Best practices for managing your prospects’ digital cues in a subscription-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform like Oracle CRM On Demand Simple processes for creating email marketing ’suspect’ lists organically How technologies like ActivePrime can be used to clean and de-duplicate existing prospect/suspect lists Recommendations for integrating Big Brother Marketing with your inside and field sales organization Webcast #2:  CRM Implementation Success - Keys to Making ‘On Demand’ CRM Work Best practices for implementing an “On Demand” CRM system like Oracle CRM On Demand in a modern, business-to-business sales organization – what to do and what NOT to do Best practices for CRM user adoption and change management – how to get your sales force to buy into a new CRM system and stop resisting change Webcast #3:  Integrating Oracle CRM On Demand to Oracle ERP – Creating Lasting CRM Value Closing the loop between sales and delivery – an overview of pre-built integrations between Oracle CRM On Demand and Oracle ERP platforms like the Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards Detailed overview of existing Process Integration Packs (PIPs) for Oracle ERP platforms, as well as Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture For More Information: Questions about the series?  Please contact:Contact:   Tom Mattson, Lucidity Business Development Phone:      612.242.1871 Email:       tmattson@luciditycg.com      > Register <

You Can Present At Collaborate 10

April 18-22, 2010 Mandalay Bay Convention Center Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Share Your Oracle Knowledge at COLLABORATE 10! You are invited to submit a presentation proposal and share your approach to Oracle Applications in an education session at the premier annual conference for Oracle customers — COLLABORATE 10: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community, presented by IOUG, OAUG and Quest. More than 5,000 users, technology leaders, Oracle executives and solution innovators will gather for the premiere user-driven education and networking event April 18-22, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you are an Oracle Applications professional with an interest in Oracle E-Business Suite, Hyperion, PeopleSoft, as well as applications technology, please submit through the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG). Proposals are now being accepted. The deadline is Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. As a selected presenter, you’ll have the chance to: Share your best practices and tested solutions for Oracle technologies and applications Enhance your own knowledge through new conversations with your peers Attend a full week of education sessions to learn from other Oracle users, experts and leaders Get more information about presenting at COLLABORATE 10, including tracks, specific industry- or product-related areas of emphasis, presenter requirements and the presentation submission and selection processes. Submit your proposal through the OAUG Note These Important Presentation Submission Dates and Deadlines October 20, 2009, 11:59 p.m. EDT: Presentation abstracts due. December 2009: Accepted presenters notified by the OAUG. January 21, 2010: Acceptance of the compliance agreement due. March 9, 2010: All presentation materials including white paper and presentation slides are due. April 18 – 22, 2010: We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas! IOUG, OAUG and Quest strive to provide top-quality content at COLLABORATE, emphasizing user-driven education sessions that truly benefit attendees and their organizations. We will monitor sessions and feedback from attendees to ensure education sessions are not focused on a sales-centered topic. Presenters in violation will be noted and may be prevented from speaking at future COLLABORATE conferences. This does not apply to any purchased vendor activities, which are clearly communicated to attendees as sponsored events. Attention Team Oracle! All Oracle employees interested in speaking at COLLABORATE 10 are to contact Lisa Stuart at lisa.stuart@oracle.com prior to submitting papers through the official COLLABORATE 10 call for papers engine. Connect with COLLABORATE 10 — OAUG Forum on Twitter for conference news, reminders and networking. Use hashtag #C10. The OAUG is also on LinkedIn. Join us!
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