Services
Amina Consulting  (AC) offers a comprehensive set of Professional Services in accordance with industry best practices (ITIL, Oracle AIM)
tailored to your requirements in delivering complete Oracle e-Business solutions by highly experienced seasoned
consultants who have years of hands-on experience.


It is AC’s belief that when it comes to a the implementation or migration of a large and complex system like Oracle E-
Business Suite, the success of the project depends on the quality of services provided by AC and our dedication to
customers' success.

AC’s services cover all aspects of the Oracle E-Business Applications:
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Full Life-Cycle Implementation

Amina Consulting offers a focused and extensive Oracle e-Business Suite implementation experience within time and budget.   AC’s extensive
experience with Oracle e-Business Suite functionality and Oracle Database Technology is valuable to any client looking to deploy Oracle e-
Business solutions.

AC follows a proven methodology the basic Oracle AIM methodology, but then tailors it specifically for the needs of each client (AC does not
produce or nor it approves mountains of documentation, unless it’s required by law and the Project Board).

The process is rigorous and extracted from Big 4 best practice and our own experience with Fortune 2000 clients. By placing highly trained
Oracle Application professionals on Oracle projects worldwide, we deliver on time and to budget.

AC can partner with you for a rapid, low-risk implementation approach that will allow you to leverage the world-class functionality of Oracle e-
Business Suite while keeping costs in check.

AC assigns an Implementation/Engagement Manager who works closely with your team to oversee critical project management tasks and
customer relations essential for successful implementation. They display outstanding communication skills, vision, work ethic, and
professionalism. AC’s reputation has been built on a firm foundation of providing quality, efficiency and integrity in our people and in our results.

AC offers a full range of consulting services and helps you optimise your investment in Oracle e-Business Suite and related technologies. You
can count on AC to provide expert knowledge and successful project execution in the following areas within Public and Private sectors:

§        Oracle Purchasing and I-Procurement
§        Oracle Financials
§        Oracle Manufacturing and Supply Chain
§        Oracle Projects
§        Oracle Self-Service Web Applications
§        Human Resource Management System and Payroll (HRMS)
§        Oracle - CRM
§        Oracle Workflow
§        Oracle Express & Financial Analyser (OFA)
§        Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI)
§        Oracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI)
§        Oracle Portal
§        Oracle Discoverer
§        Custom Extension to Oracle Applications

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Upgrade/Migration Process

Need answers to the following questions?
  •    What is an upgrade?
  •        What is a technical upgrade?
  •        Why do we need to upgrade?
  •        Why do we need to upgrade now?
  •        What will the new release specifically offer me?
  •        What training will be required?
  •        Will responsibilities change?
  •        Will Discoverer still be our reporting tool?
  •        Will business processes remain the same?
  •        When will Release 11i go into Production?
  •        How will current policies and procedures change in the new release?
  •        What does the “i” stand for in 11i?
  •        Which I, 12i or 11i
  •        What is Oracle Fusion
  •        What is the path for upgrade to Oracle Fusion

Amina Consulting offers a comprehensive upgrade and migration services to help you take your enterprise applications to the latest version of
the Oracle e-Business Suite and Database. AC professional consultants follow a proven methodology ITIL, for upgrade projects for both private
and public sector applications.


Whether it is an Oracle e-Business Suite upgrade or a technology upgrade, careful planning and preparation are critical to the overall project
success. As part of our value added services, AC will perform an assessment of the current production systems and identify the most efficient
and economical migration path.

AC professional will define general requirements for:
  •    Hardware already in place and any future state
  •        Server and typical client configurations
  •        Physical and logical database design
  •        Hardware and network infrastructure
  •        Performing sizing, and confirm available infrastructure for utilization
  •        Gap analysis, matching new Oracle Applications features with new and pending requirements
  •        Functional design
  •        Analysis of existing customisation
  •        Detailed technical design and update of existing documentation
  •        Developing and e-engineering customisations
  •        Regression testing
  •        Key user training for new features
  •        New release Implementation

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Training

Many implementations plans are missing a key component part of their plan, which is Training. In order to accept change within an
organisation, users should be equipped with the new change in terms of training.

Amina Consulting training plans are tailored to your unique process and procedures. Accounting for these factors, AC can effectively prescribe a
mix of training delivery methods to assure your users get just the right content, in just the right way, at just the right time.

As part of your implementation of Oracle e-Business Suite, AC will prepare documentation and training materials for your end users.  The
documentation has multiple uses:

  •       Used for training material prior to going live.
  •       Used for online help instructions so that your users can get help when they have a question during the workday, particularly the first
                f ew weeks after going live.

From functional set-up, to super-users and end-users, we listen to your requirements and deliver training that's tailored to help you get more
from your Oracle e-Business Suite solution.

Following is a sample of courses available in-house or on-site training:

  •        Oracle Essentials for Implementers
  •        Oracle Applications 11i-
  •        Implement Oracle Workflow
  •        Navigating Oracle Applications 11i
  •        Oracle e-Business 11i System Administration Fundamentals
  •        Oracle Applications 11i General Ledger Fundamentals
  •        Oracle 11i: Procure to Pay


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Reports

Modules within Oracle e-Business Suite come with 100’s of standard reports for an organization to run on any ERP system. However Amina
Consulting understands that the organizations commonly have special unique characteristics and requirements that cannot be satisfied with
standard Oracle 11i functionality.

Our professionals are well versed in Oracle standards and toolsets, and also have a full understanding of the Oracle E-Business Suite
application Architecture. This allows them to extend and enhance the basic functionality provided by the applications without being invasive to
integrity of the overall system.

The tools available to develop reports are:

Oracle Discoverer: Discoverer is an intuitive ad-hoc query, reporting, analysis, and Web-publishing tool that empower business users at all
levels of the organization to gain immediate access to information from data marts, data warehouses, online transaction processing systems
and Oracle E-Business Suite.

Oracle Reports 6i: It enables businesses to give immediate access to information to all levels within and outside of the organization in an
unrivalled scalable and secure environment. Oracle Reports consists of Oracle Reports Developer (a component of the Oracle Developer Suite)
and Oracle Application Server Reports Services

Daily Business Intelligence: Oracle® Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) empowers managers to stay on top of the critical activities of their
organization. DBI offers enhanced visibility by providing enterprise-wide performance information daily. DBI enables managers to maximize
performance and opportunities, identify potential issues earlier, and address them before they escalate into real problems. Oracle DBI is part of
the Oracle E-Business Suite, an integrated set of Information-Driven applications engineered to ensure that the data you capture and create with
your business applications is transformed into information that drives competitive advantage.


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Business Transformation Strategy and Assessment



AC offers a unique service to increase your organisations profitability by introducing a “Project Discovery” study which will
transform your companies Horizons (see Project Discovery ).


Project Management

An experienced Project Manager possessing disciplined and proven project management skills is one of the essential
success factors in a new implementations or upgrades of Oracle Applications 11i e-Business suite
AC will ensure that a project is conducted in a disciplined, proven, well-managed, and consistent manner. The use of Oracle
AIM or client-approved methodology with measurable milestones is the main key for success and early realisation of benefits.

AC will provide the following:

§        Scope Definition
§        Requirements gathering and analysis
§        Project planning and management
§        Resource management
§        Project financial budget management
§        Communication plans and management
§        Change management
§        Check Point and risks/issue resolution management
§        Project delivery and implementation management
§        User Testing
§        Quality management
§        User Training

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Change Management

Introducing “Change” in any organisation is an uphill task, which needs to be managed and phased out in bite size chunks.

Amina Consulting has extensive experience in managing change within small (10 employees) to large (60,000 employees)
for implementation of Oracle e-Business Suite.

AC understands Change management as it helps to manage people through the emotional ups and downs that inevitably
occur when an organization is undergoing massive change

AC has worked with many methodologies for implementing change and in doing so it recognises three types of change:




Change Management Tasks

A client's user community contains the greatest opportunities to gather feedback on the Change Leadership Plan. An entire
project team works as channels for measuring the effectiveness of change management processes, with project
management responsible for driving the strategy. The user information gathered, in turn, is used to refine the approach to
change management for that client.

The following project activities give the project team those opportunities to interact with the user community and gather
feedback:
Project Stages                
Products
Assurance Criteria
Business Functional Requirements
  • ·        Project Initiation Document (PID)
 None
Business Design
  • Process Maps

  • Business requirements (including
    interdependencies between different strands of
    the ERP system)

  • BR100 Configuration Document  /Data Load Sheets



  • Security BR100







  • Functional Requirements BR030 Functional Design
    Mapping


  • Gap Analysis
 Passed all formal Quality Gate Reviews  

As above



Key Flexfields are defined according to    
BR030


This includes Sys Admin Security
Profiles and Rules.  

All functional requirements are mapped
to relevant module and BR100 is
consistent with this document.


Review solution recommended / impact
on other modules
Systems Build
  • Data Migration Strategy·        

  • Functional Design Specification       



  • Technical Design Specification        

  • Conversion Data Mapping·

  • Training

Custom Library, Document Processes,
Operational Reports and Management
Information Reports
Systems Testing
  • System Test Scripts / Unit Test Scripts·        

  • Work Instructions  (User Guides)

  • Test Scenarios

  • Test scripts

  • Fault log

  • Issues Log

  • Produce a report on findings of system testing
 Have all “showstoppers” (major faults)
been resolved?

If “showstoppers” not fixed, what is the
escalation route?·        

Will these faults require customisations,
or have other walk-round been
considered?·        

Are regression tests included to check
for knock-on effects on existing
functionality?
Business Testing
  • User Acceptance Test (UAT)

  • UAT test scenarios

  • Test scripts

  • Fault log (and resolution of faults)

  • Issues Log

  • Resolving Issues

  • Data Migration routines

  • Report post UAT but pre-Go-live
Have all faults “showstoppers” been
resolved?    (see also above).
Cutover/ Implementation
  • Mock cut over Strategy and Plan

  • Exit Mock Cut over Report

  • Business Assurance Reports from the business
 Who will have access to system during
implementation? And what safeguards
apply over access?

Will there need to be alternative access
and/or fall back systems for migration
period? (Existing configuration of the
system must not be tampered with).

Will there be a freeze on configuration
changes? If so, for how long?
Post Implementation
Handover/Acceptance
  • Issues log (Fault logging and Change Process in
    place)
  • Handover Report
  • Lessons Learned Report
 Has Lessons Learned Documentation
been circulated to all stake holders?