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Atlanta OAUG Meeting

Atlanta OAUG Meeting. Automation, Centralization and Simplification with Oracle Applications Eric Stouffer VP-Information Systems. About National Data Corporation. Premier provider of information services for the health care and electronic commerce markets

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Atlanta OAUG Meeting

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  1. Atlanta OAUG Meeting Automation, Centralization and Simplification with Oracle Applications Eric Stouffer VP-Information Systems

  2. About National Data Corporation • Premier provider of information services for the health care and electronic commerce markets • Global Payments offers end-to-end solutions for electronic commerce and payment processing • NDC Health offers the broadest scope of health information products and services in the world

  3. About our Technology and Resources NDC Health • Intelligent network processes over 2 billion real-time health care transactions annually, peak rate of 650 transactions/second • Connected to over 4,000 payer plans • 39% of nation’s hospitals > 400 beds, about 1,200 hospitals • 90% of nation’s pharmacies, about 50,000 pharmacies • > 150,000 physicians • 25 terabyte Oracle database for the pharmaceutical industry, over 100 pharmaceutical manufacturers • Over 3.5 billion prescriptions on file Global Payments • Processes billions of business and consumer transactions • Over 1.2 million points of service • 750,000 physical merchant locations • Growing number of virtual sites • Solutions used by more than 700 financial institutions • Numerous federal and state government agencies

  4. The Road to Oracle Applications • Antiquated and non-integrated financial systems • Mergers and acquisitions created an arsenal of different systems and chart of account structures • Lack of management information • Inability to support international operations • Desire for centralized shared services, i.e, procure-to-pay • Undefined financial systems strategy All leading to Oracle Applications…

  5. Current Environment • Production use of Oracle GL, AP, PO, FA, Cash Management and Alert • Extensive use of procurement card in AP • HR/Payroll on Lawson w/Sybase database • Standalone billing/AR systems • Disparate sales force automation systems • Manual sales compensation Next Step – Execute the strategy!

  6. The Strategy • Create integrated financial information system effectively supporting company goals and objectives • Plan to implement, integrate or replace • Leverage Oracle investment – to be implemented: • Receivables, Sales Compensation, Projects, Self-Service Expenses, Self-Service Purchasing, Service • Evaluate OracleSalesOnline.com • Keep an eye on international requirements • Upgrade Lawson HRIS to Oracle DB • Prepare for Release 11i Be Flexible and Evolve!

  7. The Result…Were Getting There! • ERP solution employing standard functionality on a manageable technology stack • Centralized customer management • Employee self-service - lower cost of internal transactions • Accurate and timely information • Business intelligence Scalable for Growth and Change!

  8. In Summary • Automation • Replace manual, inefficient processes with standard application functionality • Seamless integration from sub-ledgers to General Ledger • Centralization • Ability to support corporate procure-to-pay • Financial information centralized in single database • Simplification • Single, standardized chart of accounts structure • Ability to effectively cross-train end-user and application support personnel

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