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First Annual Oracle CFO Study…

brucebain — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:07:03 +0000

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 .

Oracle Applicatons User Groups (OAUG) Links

brucebain — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:17:41 +0000

Sales Association for VPs – Dallas 11/20/09

brucebain — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:47:58 +0000

Sales Association Vice President, Sales Breakfast Sponsorship
When: Tuesday, November 20, 2009
Where: Dallas, TX
Target Audience: Sales VP’s
What: The Sales Association will be hosting this VP Executive Breakfast. It is a VP sales peer to peer networking event.
-The Sales Association is a premier professional society dedicated specifically to sales and business development professionals. At Sales Association events, you will meet and connect with fellow sales executive leaders. The Sales Association will be driving attendees, but I am also able to extend invitations to their sales VP customers…please email me for more information at bruce.bain@oracle.com .

Sales Association Power Lunch Sponsorship
When: Tuesday, November 20, 2009
Where: Dallas, TX
Target Audience: Sales and Business Development
What: This event is a part of an 8-city roadshow we’re sponsoring with The Sales Association. The featured speaker is Orvel Ray Wilson, bestselling author of Guerilla Selling. I am able to invite their attendees to this event which would normally cost more than $7,000.
-The Sales Association is a premier professional society dedicated specifically to sales and business development professionals. At Sales Association events, you will meet and connect with fellow sales executive leaders. The Sales Association will be driving attendees, but I am also able to extend invitations to their sales VP customers. Email bruce.bain@oracle.com for more information.

Lean Transformation Summit – Chicago – 11/19/09

brucebain — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:19:54 +0000

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

brucebain — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:17:46 +0000

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

brucebain — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:55:36 +0000

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

brucebain — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:13:27 +0000

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

brucebain — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:51:31 +0000

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

brucebain — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:38:48 +0000

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

Profit Magazine August 2009…

brucebain — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:36:37 +0000

Profit Magazine: August
Read the August issue of Oracle’s Profit magazine and sign up for your free subscription to the print and digital version. More…