Fifth article Getting Started with Oracle EBS (start learning ORACLE EBS)

the first article introduces ERP Software is supply chain management software. Tell you this software improves or improves the business management of the point of entry and focus. It takes a little effort to give power.

The second chapter introduces what is the common discipline of consulting and consulting, and tells you what the routine of counseling is, like practicing a set of punches, and that's the way things are.

the third article introduces EXCEL and the similarities and differences of data processing in database-based software.

The fourth chapter introduces some basic theory knowledge that you should have in consultation in China.

starting with this fifth article, we begin to introduce some progressive learning ORACLE EBS of knowledge. The reader is a novice to ORACLE EBS system implementation. And welcome experts to criticize and correct.

many ORACLE EBS the novice often suffers from the lack of knowing where to start learning EBS , and often in the beginning of a period of time because there is no way to find a shortcut or can not persist and give up. In my opinion, there is no shortcut to learning EBS , but I can clearly recognize that the following points can make you less detours:

1.get an understanding of common exchange activities in everyday lifeEBSperceptual business knowledge of functions and processes. EBSis application software, learningEBSThe foothold or the application, but with some application knowledge is certainly better. From the enterprise inside a few years of business out of the possibility there will be more practical specific business knowledge, some people do financial management or accounting aspects of the work, some are doing specific sales or sales management work, and some are to do specific procurement or procurement management work, and some are to do specific production planning or production management work. Some people are just graduating college students, graduate students, they may have studied business administration major, have studied computer science and technology major, but also study accounting major, may also participate in some enterprises in the university internship, more or less understand some of the specific business knowledge. But, I want to say, no matter how you come from, whether you have been in the enterprise, you can use your real life examples to understandEBSfunctions and processes. As I mentioned in the first articleERPis the supply chain management software, the application of the occasion is the enterprise, but also the market economy enterprises. Exchange is the most basic activity in the market economy. The object of Exchange is a commodity or service. Generally, enterprises in the market economy will buy raw materials from the supply market, process and manufacture them into some kind of goods or services, and then sell them to the demand market. An enterprise or an individual in the supply market has an exchange of goods or services, and an exchange of goods or services with an enterprise or an individual in a sales market. Companies, especially profit-making companies, are concerned with how to get bigger incomes at less cost. Cannot make ends meet the enterprise is unable in the market competition long-term survival, even more impossible expanded reproduction. These truths can be easily learned from the experience of everyday life. For example, you go to the market to buy vegetables, you first know what you want to buy, you are going to buy3root cucumber,3pounds of tomatoes. , and then you take the shopping basket to the market to buy, you wandered several sell vegetable stall, asked the price separately, and looked at the color of vegetables, finally you decided to cucumber from the stallAplace to Buy,Athe price of cucumber in the stall is5pounds below1.2Yuan,5Catty above1yuan, while the tomatoes from the stallBplace to Buy,Bthe price of tomato is3pounds below3.2Yuan,3Catty above3Yuan. And then you talk toA,Bstall owner Bargaining (bargaining), finally determine the final price of cucumber per catty1yuan, you can't buy5Jin, but you're withAthe stall owner said orally that the future will be through toAThe price of the last determined tomato is3yuan, you can't buy3Jin, also withBthe stall owner said orally that he would oftenBvendors to buy. So you fromA,BThe stall owner picked each.3with cucumbers,3Catty Tomato,A,BThe stall owner passed the scale and then put it in a bag to give you, you foundBOne of the vendors ' tomatoes looked a bit bad and askedBstall owner for a change. BThe stall owner has made a good change for you after confirmation. And then you pay the money separately .A,Bvendors. Go home contentedly, then wash the cucumbers and tomatoes and place them in the fridge. This completes the exchange of vegetables purchased from the market. For example, you go out to a certain place, and then you giveTaxiwaving,Taxitake you to the destination and then you give the money to the driver and ask the driver for the invoice. This completes a purchase of transport services exchange activities. The exchange activities in everyday life are so frequent and diverse that they are enough to make you understandERPThe perceptual knowledge of the business to be managed. For example, the market to buy vegetables in fact containsERPThe Procurement Management module manages the core business process, as shown in the business process:

The above diagram summarizes several core business nodes in a procurement activity. Each node in this diagram is a circle, which is a circlePeerThe cycle is cyclical and cyclical . Peeris thatprocure to pay, that is, purchase to pay. In each of the business segments inEBSthe Procurement Management modulePOThe corresponding functions and processes are as follows:

we are able to use examples of various delivery activities in our daily life to gain recognition, also because EBS itself is a standardized software, it abstracts the market economy in the various delivery activities of the common or general things. However, if you want to be an expert in the industry, you have to devote special time and effort to research specific industry knowledge.

2. get a stable test environment that allows you to test functionality and processes without impact. just spend some money and get a virtual machine. You can also find some Windows -based systems or unix-like Systems installed under the cnblogs. EBS Guide, download ebs from ORACLE 's e-delivery Install the package, and then install a virtual machine environment yourself. I installed one on my own. The test is fast and unaffected by others.

3. the Best English Foundation is better. Read The official Oracle Manual, which can be downloaded from the Oracle website and contains instructions for all EBS modules. I read the official guide in the same way I read Chinese.

You can look at it first.EBSof theArchitecture(architectural style, architecture), and then look atUser Interface(user interface)-related basics. Architecture Main IntroductionEBSof theb/Sthree-tier architecture, including the database layer (Database Tier), the application layer (Application Tier), also known as the middle layer (Middle Tier), Desktop layer (Desktop Tier). Also introducedEBSthe file system (File System), each software has a set of files. Database organization and features (database organization, database features), automatic configuration (AutoConfig), Clone (Cloning), Administrative Tools (Management Tools), it seems that each software has a set of management tools, authentication and integration (Authentication and Integration), High availability (High availability), load Balancing (Load Balancing), Security (Security), network topology (Network Topologies), Globalization support (Globalization Support), multi-organization architecture (multiple Organization Architecture), Report currency (Reporting Currencies) and so on. And the user interface is mainly about all theEBSA common, common element or function of a module product. Mainly includes: Value list (List of Values, LOV), Elastic fields (flexfileds), search (query) function (Search(Query)functions), folder (Folders), concurrent requests (Concurrent Requests), Data export (exports), Accessories (Attachments), User profiles (User profile Options). There is a scientific truth behind every element or function. This is noted in the following chapters.

4. problems encountered during installation, setup or testing can be found at the following sites. metalink,itpub,erp100,cnblogs ,Oracle Technology Forum, and more. Only when the problem is tortured, will a memory.

5. gain access to the project. More projects can accumulate specific cases. Apply. The ultimate goal of learning is to use it. Only in the project can we really learn the specific business knowledge of the enterprise, Project management, project implementation, The specific use of EBS functions and other knowledge.

6. always be humble and studious, fools learning attitude. always thinking.

Finally, use the following proverbs to share with the novice.

no pains, no gains.

Spring, set off.

an idle youth, needy age.

things nonsense not, people have no ambition to stand.

encircle, born in margins, nine-storey platform, from the base of soil, a beginning, a single start.

High buildings rise from the ground.

everything starts hard.

Nothing is difficult, I am afraid of a conscientious.

A good beginning is half the success.

do not accumulate kuibu, not even thousands of miles, no small stream, no to become Jianghai.

beholder.

the people who are close to the crowd, risk far at least.

A person with a ambition is a success;

Fifth article Getting Started with Oracle EBS (start learning ORACLE EBS)