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What is Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP?
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Features
Payroll Management
Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.
- 8.9Pay calculation(17) Ratings
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
- 9Benefit plan administration(17) Ratings
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
- 9Direct deposit files(14) Ratings
Direct deposit is the ability to electronically transfer pay to an employee’s personal bank account.
Customization
This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.
- 7.4API for custom integration(174) Ratings
An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.
- 7.3Plug-ins(147) Ratings
A number of third-party plug-ins are available to expand the core functionality of the software.
Security
This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.
- 8.7Single sign-on capability(192) Ratings
The software system supports a centralized authentication mechanism allowing the user to access multiple systems with a single, centrally managed password.
- 8.4Role-based user permissions(207) Ratings
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Reporting & Analytics
Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.
- 8.5Dashboards(204) Ratings
Users can create, customize and share dashboards, which provide an overview of the most important metrics.
- 8.2Standard reports(209) Ratings
The software offers pre-built reports with metrics standard to the category.
- 8Custom reports(205) Ratings
Users can create custom reports.
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting
- 8.5Accounts payable(225) Ratings
This includes the automation and tracking of payment to vendors and suppliers, with features such as payment scheduling, check printing, open purchase order alerts, document management, direct ACH bill payment, and vendor records.
- 8.4Accounts receivable(216) Ratings
This includes the management and automation of invoices and collections, with features like statements, invoices, receipts, payment reminders, customer records, auto billing, and refund checks.
- 8.1Global Financial Support(167) Ratings
Account using multiple ledgers, multiple currencies, and multiple entities
- 8.4Primary and Secondary Ledgers(194) Ratings
Record and report across multiple currencies and accounting standards with primary and secondary ledgers
- 8.3Journals and Reconciliations(202) Ratings
Automate and synchronize ledgers and processes
- 8.5Configurable Accounting(185) Ratings
Configure accounting rules and segments for each chart of accounts
- 8.6Standardized Processes(198) Ratings
Centralize financial management to facilitate standardized financial processes
Inventory Management
The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.
- 8.6Inventory tracking(154) Ratings
The software syncs orders and stock to maintain a real-time picture of inventory and supports multiple methods such as LIFO and FIFO.
- 8.6Automatic reordering(136) Ratings
The software can be set up to automatically reorder a good when it falls below a certain threshold.
- 8.1Location management(138) Ratings
The software can track multiple goods across multiple locations.
Order Management
The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.
- 8.3Pricing(140) Ratings
Users can set up complex and unique pricing requirements.
- 8.5Order entry(145) Ratings
Users can enter an order once, and the data flows to all the necessary units such as fulfillment and billing.
- 8.2Credit card processing(120) Ratings
The software facilitates credit card processing.
- 8.3Cost of goods sold(130) Ratings
The software calculates the direct costs attributable to a finished product, such as materials and labor, and includes roll-up pricing.
- 8Order Orchestration(122) Ratings
Define and execute order fulfillment processes for products as well as services on the same order.
Subledger and Financial Process
Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes
- 8.5Billing Management(159) Ratings
Access role-based billing work area, perform discrete and recurring billing
- 8.3Cash and Asset Management(175) Ratings
Manage liquidity and cash requirements, asset transfers, disposals, reclassifications, and financial adjustments
- 8.4Travel & Expense Management(144) Ratings
Enter expenses from mobile devices, integrate credit card and travel booking, configure policy enforcement
- 8Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting(142) Ratings
Control spending at any budget level or time interval
- 8.7Period Close(171) Ratings
Sustain fast close with integrated subledgers, intuitive dashboards, embedded collaboration
Project Financial Management
Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.
- 8.2Budgeting and Forecasting(131) Ratings
Establish project budgets and forecast future project financials
- 8.3Project Costing(133) Ratings
Standardize, track, and control costs at all project phases
- 8.2Cost Capture(122) Ratings
Capture costs including those for procurement, financials or time and labor, including from external systems
- 8Capital Project Management(119) Ratings
Track and manage capital asset costs
- 8.3Customer Contract Compliance(109) Ratings
Associate projects or tasks with customer contracts, and lines within contracts, to meet billing terms
- 8.1Project Revenue Recognition(115) Ratings
Recognize project contract revenue in line with accounting policies and regulations
Project Execution Management
Project execution management solution including capabilities for project scheduling, resource management, and team member task management.
- 8.4Project Planning and Scheduling(99) Ratings
Interactive Gantt chart for establishing tasks, durations, and delivery schedule
- 7.7Task Insight for Project Managers(92) Ratings
Project manager visibility into task progress of team members
- 7.6Project Mobile Functionality(95) Ratings
Capabilities for project functions such as updating and monitoring task progress and timecards from mobile devices
- 7.6Definable Resource Pools(85) Ratings
Definable and hierarchical resource pools of potential project resources
Grants Management
Grants management solution for higher education, public sector, or non-profits with capabilities for managing financial awards for program and project funding
- 8.2Award Lifecycle Management(91) Ratings
Manage the life of program funding awards from initial funding to close-out
Procurement
Procurement management solution with capabilities for sourcing, contracting, procure-to-pay and supplier management
- 7.8Bids Analyzed and Compared(99) Ratings
Evaluate, compare and recommend across multiple bids in real-time using diverse user selected criteria and graphical analytics
- 8.2Contract Authoring(100) Ratings
Document authoring with guided navigation, negotiation templates and productivity tools for reviews and collaboration
- 7.9Contract Repository(94) Ratings
Secure and searchable contract repository leveraging standard company language components, structures and formats
- 8Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated(114) Ratings
Create touchless purchases using purchase orders generated automatically per rules from approved requisitions
- 8.1Supplier Management(118) Ratings
Broadly manage and report comprehensive supplier profiles, capabilities and performance; identify bottlenecks; balance allocations, workloads
Risk Management
Risk management solution with capabilities for managing controls, assessing control effectiveness, certifying controls, and addressing deficiencies
- 7.9Risk Repository(74) Ratings
Idenity, document, and manage business risks in a unified repository
- 7.9Control Management(74) Ratings
Establish and update risk and controls matrix, control test plans, and instructions
- 7.8Control Efficiency Assessments(67) Ratings
Assess control effectiveness on criteria such as geography, business unit, compliance requirements, etc
- 8Issue Detection(67) Ratings
Detect and create issues as part of the assessment flow
- 7.9Remediation and Certification(67) Ratings
Create and update remediation plans and certify controls
Logistics
Logistics solution with capabilities for transportation planning, transportation execution, trade compliance, customs management, warehouse management and warehouse workforce management.
- 7.9Transportation Planning and Optimization(65) Ratings
Plan shipments across all modes of transportation via lowest costs/highest service
- 8Transportation Execution Management(62) Ratings
Execute and track shipping orders
- 8.4Trade and Customs Management(59) Ratings
Manage duties, tax rates, customs documents, and other data required for products shipped in and to specified countries
- 7.9Fulfillment Management(63) Ratings
Support for multi-channel demand and execution fulfillment processes
- 8.3Warehouse Workforce Management(61) Ratings
Set goals, measure actuals, and analyze productivity for warehousing tasks and activities
Manufacturing
Manufacturing solution for managing manufacturing processes and costs.
- 8Production Process Design(66) Ratings
Define data for plant hierarchy, process standards, work areas, calendars and standard operations
- 8.2Production Management(68) Ratings
Centralized critical status information for production supervisors
- 8.2Configuration Management(66) Ratings
Capture and process customer configuration orders
- 8Work Execution(64) Ratings
Monitor procution status, manage work orders for standard and non-standard production, enforce tight controls on serialized products
- 8.1Manufacturing Costs(64) Ratings
Estimate, plan and monitor costs and variances by plant. Capture resource costs using standard, actual, LIFO, FIFO or multiple costing methods.
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Planning solution with capabilities for planning, performance monitoring, change responses and execution.
- 8.3Forecasting(92) Ratings
Statistically forecast based on historical patterns and sales input, monitor accuracy and estimate new demand
- 8.2Inventory Planning(93) Ratings
Establish projected inventory levels, monitor actual levels and compare with projected levels
- 8.5Performance Monitoring(85) Ratings
Analyze business metrics and compare actual performance to plans, identify issues, prioritize demands and respond to changes
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Lifecycle Management solution with capabilities for innovation management, product development
- 8.1Proposal Management(65) Ratings
Capture budget, resource, and benefit expectations for proposals
- 8.2Product Master Data Management(67) Ratings
Create, classify, and manage product items, BOMs and product changes
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What is Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP?
Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP Features
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting Features
- Supported: Accounts payable
- Supported: Accounts receivable
- Supported: Global Financial Support
- Supported: Primary and Secondary Ledgers
- Supported: Journals and Reconciliations
- Supported: Configurable Accounting
- Supported: Standardized Processes
Subledger and Financial Process Features
- Supported: Billing Management
- Supported: Cash and Asset Management
- Supported: Travel & Expense Management
- Supported: Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting
- Supported: Period Close
Inventory Management Features
- Supported: Inventory tracking
- Supported: Automatic reordering
- Supported: Location management
Order Management Features
- Supported: Pricing
- Supported: Order entry
- Supported: Credit card processing
- Supported: Cost of goods sold
- Supported: Order Orchestration
Reporting & Analytics Features
- Supported: Dashboards
- Supported: Standard reports
- Supported: Custom reports
Customization Features
- Supported: API for custom integration
- Supported: Plug-ins
Security Features
- Supported: Role-based user permissions
- Supported: Single sign-on capability
- Supported: Multi-factor authentication
- Supported: User-level audit trail
Grants Management Features
- Supported: Award Lifecycle Management
Project Financial Management Features
- Supported: Budgeting and Forecasting
- Supported: Project Costing
- Supported: Cost Capture
- Supported: Capital Project Management
- Supported: Customer Contract Compliance
- Supported: Project Revenue Recognition
Project Execution Management Features
- Supported: Project Planning and Scheduling
- Supported: Task Insight for Project Managers
- Supported: Project Mobile Functionality
- Supported: Definable Resource Pools
Procurement Features
- Supported: Bids Analyzed and Compared
- Supported: Contract Authoring
- Supported: Contract Repository
- Supported: Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated
- Supported: Supplier Management
Risk Management Features
- Supported: Risk Repository
- Supported: Control Management
- Supported: Control Efficiency Assessments
- Supported: Issue Detection
- Supported: Remediation and Certification
Logistics Features
- Supported: Transportation Planning and Optimization
- Supported: Transportation Execution Management
- Supported: Trade and Customs Management
- Supported: Fulfillment Management
- Supported: Warehouse Workforce Management
Manufacturing Features
- Supported: Production Process Design
- Supported: Production Management
- Supported: Configuration Management
- Supported: Work Execution
- Supported: Manufacturing Costs
Supply Chain Features
- Supported: Forecasting
- Supported: Inventory Planning
- Supported: Performance Monitoring
Product Lifecycle Management Features
- Supported: Proposal Management
- Supported: Product Master Data Management
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Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Supported Countries | 100+ countries and regions |
Supported Languages | Arabic, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French-Canada, French-France, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
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- 6.7Implementation Rating11 ratings
- 9Configurability3 ratings
- 7Product Scalability3 ratings
- 9Ease of integration3 ratings
- 7Vendor pre-sale3 ratings
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- 7.8Oracle Implementation Satisfaction56 ratings
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(151-175 of 257)Oracle ERP Cloud Review
- Structured Data.
- Search capabilities.
- Reliable data extraction.
- Security and prevention of fraud.
- User interface - Prefilling of forms for redundant data entry.
Great Solution For Any Organization
- Invoice entry automation and process approvals have greatly increased our efficiencies and enable us to pay an AP invoice within ten days of the invoice date.
- E-sourcing has expedited the RFP procurement processes and helped us go paperless in that very intensive paper-based process. We now only accept electronic proposals and no longer have the need to store a large amount of paper.
- We have been able to reduce the amount of time it takes to close month-end by 50%.
- We have been able to reduce the payroll process time by 25% and make it more accurate and thus reducing the number of off-cycle checks.
- The journal entry process could be enhanced by adding workflow capabilities and approvals to the worksheet load.
- Easier role configuration and data and report access to the roles.
Ongoing Success for the Industry
- It gives me the results that I want, meeting the needs of the people I work with, finding a solution that is right for their industry.
- It's easy to show how this works to clients, and display how the investments and returns match up.
- I find that it meets their needs, Oracle Financials has a repeat clientele as a sign of success.
- We always look for new avenues to improve and add new technology to enhance the operations and success.
- There is room for improvement when it comes to the latest technology - I want Oracle to stay on top of incorporating AI.
- I wish Oracle would work with colleges and universities to train people on this type of software.
Oracle Financials at a glance
- Seamless Integration
- Cover End-to-End Business Process
- Ease-of-use
- Improve user experience by removing ugly looking java forms
- Improve ease of period close process
- Improve interface and integration issues
1) Integrations are not required
2) End-to-end process are carried out through Oracle Financials
3) Cases where the users work from desktop or laptop but available through iPad or other handheld devices
4) It takes a lot of time to capture the data and there's a need to depend on external data entry systems like RPA etc.
Oracle is more superior than others over years
- Three-way matching for Approvals of Supplier Payments
- Auto Bank Reconciliation
- Data Integrity and Security
- Oracle Assets module control on Assets Retiring and Residual value
- Oracle Property Manager
- Oracle Cash Management
- Issues resolution during Posting from AR or AP to GL
Our Journey to the Cloud
- Approval workflow
- Security
- Accounting
- Data access via business intelligence
- Integrations
- Reporting
- European locations
Oracle Cloud ERP - for enterprise clients
- Integrated workflows within the system - allow seamless flow of information
- Based on industry best practices - allows clients to minimize customizations
- Reporting
- Mobile interfaces and approvals
- Intuitive and well designed UI for end-users
- Industry specific solutions (ex. Media, Financials Services) can be improved and integrated
- Oracle Payroll (global)
- Hyperion users should get a easier path to move to cloud
Financials and Order management function is also well integrated. HCM stack (across core HR, talent, benefits) and CX stack - needs due diligence for fitment since this is comprised of multiple modules/products within the oracle stack. Similarly the industry solutions require parallel assessment
ORACLE implentation on CENMEX
- Integration with raw materials purchases
- Planning according to Sales
- Providing visibility to productions calendars
- Cost estimations and inventory accuracy
- Graphics helps on line for end users, learning curve for new employees or end users means money.
- Solution could help to minimize timing invested on training to any employees on any area
- Reports, even when the solutions have an excellent structure, it could be good to create independence to end users to create their own end users
- Emerging view panel to know how the documents are being creating according to the info is captured
For any implementations you need to invest in timing, for your support areas or key users and business, so, nothing comes alone.
New but Fully Aboard
- Integrates with other Oracle modules
- All basic business functions including purchasing, manufacturing, shipping and financials
- Continuous innovation and upgrading - this can be a pain point but in the end we are able to continually improve our process and grow.
- Quality - more features needed.
- Asset monitoring - still in its infanty but growing. So far we have not been able to replace all of our maintenance-related functions with this product.
Procurement Leader look here. Here is why you want Oracle Cloud!
- Supply Planning and MRP: Its very easy for the users to use supply planning to procure material in the right quantities and in the correct time without spending a lot of time reviewing data to make decisions.
- The supplier collaboration is very good. Using the suppliers to act as an additional planning review step allows us to manage the overages and under ordering of material based on forecasts that our planners may miss.
- The requisition approval flow is very good after it is setup. This gives me the financial accumen to make decisions on spend and to also be able to review the spend in the OTBI to balance my budgets.
- The Oracle mobile procurement app is pretty poor. Its very slow, and instead of the punchout catalogs accessing the suppliers mobile page, it uses their full page and on mobile devices, makes it very hard to use.
- Demand planning connection to EDI data just became available in 19B and so we are dealing with un-scrubbed forecasts in our supply plan which is causing inventory issues. This should have been done earlier in the development process.
- The infolets are not really configurable and to gather KPIs through OTBI is very difficult, espically those that are cross functional in nature. Meaning, manage KPIs on invoices and POs, since they are in two different subject areas, we have to rely on outside assistance to build these reports. Surely there is a better way.
Candid Feedback on Oracle Cloud ERP
- Incorporate and combine best in class products, ex: OTBI reporting, Smartview, Spreadsheet friendly, social networking, etc
- Improve security model, invest in self-service requests
- Improve ESS screens
- Improve the UI and make it user friendly and light weight
Great product for a SME
- Seamless integration across multiple department
- Integrated well with the vendors
- Pulled in our legacy information well
- It was a bit of a technical challenge to get it up and running. Coordinating an external vendor and the accounts department to get the specs right was a bit of a challenge.
Oracle Cloud Implementation Simplified.
- Easier setup
- Consolidated views when it comes to UI
- Analytic report writing
- Some key functions removed from EBS Suite and are needed back in Cloud.
- Fewer days to test between patching in TEST and PROD pods.
- Some customization should be allowed.
YZ Review
- Easy to implement
- Easy to use
- Easy access to documentation
- Needs a little more flexibility
Need More Flexibility on Allocation Rules
- Stability
- Approval process
- Chart of account management
- Allocation rules
- Primary to secondary ledger journal entry flow
- Recurring journal entry batch, and flexibility
Oracle review from an AP transaction standpoint
- Off the top of my head, one of the nice things I appreciate - is being able to have multiple tabs opened at the same time. It's nice to be able to move from screen to screen without having to close out and reopen. Our previous system was that way and it was a nightmare!
- I do not deal with a lot of the Oracle setups, but from the limited amount of knowledge that I do have, Oracle has a good setup.
- One of the best things is Oracle is on the cloud.
- The OCR has a tremendous amount of room for improvement. We currently experience a cumbersome amount of issues due to not having visibility in what makes to Oracle and what doesn't.
- It seems we have issues with our A\P process. Being able to research issues takes quite a bit of time because you have to go into quite a few different areas to get all the information you need to fix the issue. A one-stop shop would be nice when trying to resolve problems.
- Oracle is massive and when trying to set up rules or use workflow approvals there are so many different boxes to check. When reaching out to Oracle the documentation given to us does not always reflect all the information we need.
Oracle PPM Tool - Helping to Improve our Ability to Deliver Projects for our Clients
- Financial management will be significantly enhanced, today we are using multiple systems, reports, manually created Excel spreadsheets to track project financials, create invoices, etc. Moving to the Cloud is going to greatly enhance our analytics and reduce or eliminate manual redundancies
- Leveraging work flow capacity for resource requests will also save us a lot of time and energy in trying to help the project managers find the correct resources managers and helping resource managers understand what their employee's capacity and skills are for the type of work.
- Being able to assign resources to detailed tasks in the work plan but only have to submit time to a higher level parent task may not sound like a big deal but it's a game changer for us. this eliminates the need for us to track a more detailed plan outside of the tool, this will help project managers plan better and have more control over hours spent on certain tasks.
- Change Orders, very hard to customize the field setting at all to help us capture data that is important to us, it will also be nice if it was integrated with the budget so it would be automatically updated.
- Would be helpful if there was a feature that will allow us to send and track sign off requests for external clients through the tool, this is still something we need to do outside of the tool.
- Ability to download into Microsoft Project and make your changes to your plan and then upload into Oracle.
- Well suited for managing project financials and integrating other expenses such as hardware/software
- Great tool for managing resources requests and assigning users to projects
- Not currently as well suited for using to track and process change controls
Oracle Cloud ERP review
- Multi-year planning
- Project tracking
- Financial evaluation
Oracle ERP Review
- Invoicing.
- Attendance Management, especially for reporters who are out on the field.
- Payroll procurement.
- Travel/accommodation incidentals expense management.
- Cost.
- Length/tenure.
- Mobile.
Oracle ERP - Simplified & Personalized but Not Customized
- Easily configurable -Ccloud functionality today allow anyone with any level of experience the ability to quickly and easily configure the tool for their needs
- Personalize - Oracle Cloud takes away the "customization" concept and allows you to personalize the look and feel of the tool
- Support is in the Cloud - you no longer need a dedicated team to stay on top of patches, bundles and fixes that need to be applied and maintained, it is all now done in the cloud
- Step by Step implementation approach - during our implementation there are a lot of features and functionality where decisions need to be made. Having something that walks the user through the process through steps would allow it to be a little less overwhelming
- Recommendation on what is needed from resources to support the implementation and on-going support based on size of implementation. We currently are realizing that we need more individuals with specific skills that we not originally accounted for at the start of the project.
- Change Control functionality - specifically RCA Root Cause Analysis. We capture changes on projects for project history to then understand how we need to improve or manage projects differently and better....
Implementer's Viewpoint
- Is quick to configure, to get an organization wide purchase req system.
- Excellent flexibility for setting up approval workflows and rules.
- Provides punchout capability to connect to supplier ordering sites.
- Configuration is sometimes not intuitive, e.g. flexfield configuration.
- Catalogs are difficult to set up and not intuitive. Seems like scrapping the old foundation and starting over might make sense.
- Larger companies on a track for growth are good candidates. I've worked with startup companies over the past few years and they are not good candidates.
- I think that manufacturing companies or those who manage inventory are great candidates where they will realize a lot of value. Those with just financials requirements are not as good.
Looking Forward
- Limits Customizations.
- Industry best practices.
- Data flows well between modules.
- UI is simple and easy to use.
- We have purchased a few products that did not work as advertised.
- It is hard to find a hardcopy book to help learn the system.
Feedback from a Finance User
- Oracle Financials is a well-made application but with other new software applications on the market, it seems to be a very heavy application.
- It needs more resources.
- Installation and upkeep is very time-consuming.
- Oracle needs to add more features and make the application user-friendly.
- Old forms should go away and web-based front end should be available across the application.
Candid Feedback
- The established user base for EBS and established market.
- The search functionality needs a lot of improvement. On many lists of values, the user needs to know the starting alphabets of the search strings to conduct a search. Open-ended searches are not possible. This is where many products score against ERP Cloud. This is one feature I am very unhappy about in ERP cloud.
- The forms look very cluttered. The icons for navigation works very differently between screens. This impacts the user experience. The screens do not look organized and tested from an end-user experience point of view. Oracle needs to test the front end screens with a focus group before moving this to production.
- Usually, organizations end up subscribing to many products on Oracle cloud, like ARCS, FACS, and Financials. These sit in different databases with established patch application schedules. These are on different schedules. This puts a lot of pressure on users as they have to go through end-to-end regressions tests for each database when a patch comes in. Users need to be given more freedom with respect to the patching schedules.
- Users can no longer run SQLs against the Cloud database and though this could be managed, this limitation has taken away many flexibilities the user had within the database. Unavailability of extensions, auto accounting rules and sub-ledger accounting methods using SQL is forcing users to implement costly solutions. This is one of the biggest pain points for big companies like us.
Longtime User
- Always up and running.
- Scalable.
- Good basic functions.
- Reporting.
- On-demand support.