Oracle Fusion Cloud: A Quick Walkthrough

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) refers to a type of software that organizations use to manage day-to-day business activities such as accounting, procurement, project management, risk management and compliance, and supply chain operations. A complete ERP suite also includes enterprise performance management, software that helps plan, budget, predict, and report on an organization’s financial results and other business trends.

How ERP Works?

ERP System, is made up of different enterprise Resource Planning Applications or Modules that talk to each other and share a database. Each ERP module typically focuses on one business area. You can combine different modules to meet your needs. Finance, Human Resources, Sales, and Logistics are popular starting points. There are also modules specific to industries – from Manufacturing to Retail.

Types of Cloud Services

Pizza as a Service
(Example)

Various Business Processes

• Procure to Pay (P2P)
• Order to Cash (O2C)
• Record to Report (R2R)
• Plan to Produce (P2P)
• Hire to Retire (H2R)
• Project Financial Management
• Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM)

ERP Software’s Example

• Oracle (Fusion Cloud ERP)
• Microsoft
• SAP
• Infor M3
• IFS
• Workday
• Epicor
• Salesforce

Oracle Fusion Applications Architecture

Oracle Cloud Modules

Enterprise Structure

RDBMS (Oracle)

Other Database(s)

• NoSQL
• Object-oriented
• Graph

• Master Data
• Transactional Data
• Analytical/Report Data
• Meta Data
• Reference Data

Data Types

• CHAR/VARCHAR
• NUMBER
• DATE
• DATETIME
• DATETIMESTAMP

Technical Components

R → Report

BI

OTBI

I → Integration/Interface

OIC, APIs (Soap/REST)

C → Conversion

FBDI

Import Management

Example:

User, Role & Access

Important Links

• https://mylearn.oracle.com
• https://learn.oracle.com
• https://videohub.oracle.com/
• https://community.oracle.com/customerconnect/