Requirements Document

Requirements/Needs Document

Debra Harms

CIS/564.4

May 9, 2011

Ezam Mohammed

Upgrading Oracle E-Business Suite for the Financial and Supply Chain Needs of

Unisource Energy

Description

The purpose of this document is to discuss the solution of upgrading the Financial and Supply Chain modules of the Oracle E-Business Suite from version 11.5.7 to the more current version of R12 (12.0.6). Departments that use financial data and procedures and supply chain functionality will use these new modules. Another important solution is upgrading the Reporting tool, Discoverer, from version 3.1 to 10g, which will make it more accessible to most business areas.

Overview

As of May 2007 Oracle no longer supports the Oracle E-Business Suite version that Unisource Energy (UES) currently uses. Any application patches and updates as well as database and security patches and updates are unavailable, which prevents the implementation of any new Internet-based applications (iSourcing and iSupplier Portal).

The primary method of reporting is currently Discoverer 3.1, but this is no longer supported as of 2001. Eventually, it will be incompatible with the versions of other software on client PCs (like the Windows operating system, Oracle client software, etc.) and stop working.

By keeping the applications and systems current, restrictions will not hamper other upgrades and changes to hardware, operating systems, etc. The new functionality offered with this new version will keep up with the pace of business change, provide current training and support for several years, and facilitate a better migration to Oracle Fusion in the future.

Proposal

To implement this project, the implementation team will upgrade several existing financial and supply chain modules as well as new modules installed and configured. Because these components offer new and more robust functionality, the team can eliminate several old customizations, processes, and applications. This list includes:...