ERP Extensions using Oracle APEX
Do you have critical data and applications outside your EBS system?
Many Oracle ERP installations (EBS & Fusion) cover multiple departments and many business-critical processes. Such installations can’t always adapt to your needs. This is why companies resort to creating decentralized data points or databases (such as in Microsoft Excel or Access) to solve tactical issues. These applications often contain critical data. This raises issues such as:
- Data integrity. As a secondary “source of truth”, these outside data files can compromise your data. Sharing multiple copies can make things worse.
- Security. Excel or other types of data files don’t fall under robust authentication schemes and may not even be passworded. They can escape security, through printout or email, for example.
- Confidentiality issues. Such files make it difficult to control who has access to what information.
- Grey areas in your business processes. Because they exist outside your ERP, these files are rarely formally mapped.
Why ERP extensions make sense
Building extensions in EBS and Fusion is an excellent way to ensure your business remains secure yet flexible. E-Business Suite & Fusion extensions offer far better mechanisms for interfacing with your ERP, controlling your data, improving your business processes, and growing with your ERP system. Modern, web-based E-Business Suite extensions, in particular, can offer a superior user experience (UX).
The ideal tool to develop E-Business Suite & Fusion extensions: Oracle APEX
Oracle Application Express (APEX) is the ideal web-based development tool to build such extensions. Residing on your database and already covered under your database license, it enables Rapid Application Development with no limit on developer or end-user seats. Oracle recommends and supports using APEX to build ERP extensions.
Oracle APEX is a Low-Code technology platform that allows you to quickly build opportunistic extensions for data-heavy applications. Our experienced developers can use it to roll out robust enterprise-wide solutions. It’s also important to note that ERP patches and upgrades do not impact APEX as it runs decoupled from ERP..
ERP Extension Services
We offer a full line of services around EBS and Fusion extensions using APEX. Our expert team has deep experience developing rich dashboards, interactive reports, customized data entry screens, dynamic data interfaces, and more.
- ERP-APEX Projects
- Consulting/Staff Augmentation
- ERP-APEX Audits
- ERP-APEX Pre-Built Apps
- Training and Coaching
- Service Package
Our experts can leverage your organization’s resources, working alongside them, providing guidance, sharing knowledge and elevating their APEX abilities. Knowledge sharing is an important part of our methodology, accelerating the work and providing your staff with new skills to be used long after the project is completed.
We can optimize your EBS & Fusion business processes through custom development on your existing ERP infrastructure.
APEX Projects
Our team of experts can manage all aspects of your project, from planning to execution, leveraging years of experience in EBS & Fusion ERPs along with Oracle custom development.
- We provide project management, business analysis, technical analysis, database administration, development, and quality control.
- All of our ERP implementations and upgrade project resources are experienced.
- We’ve developed and use tooling to speed the development of ERP extensions. These include
- Single Sign-On
- ERP context enabler in APEX
- Starter Applications
Consulting/Staff Augmentation
A popular model for organizations because their business requirements are often closely related to EBS & Fusion configurations, of which your organization has the best knowledge. Typically, your technical resources work alongside ours. For example, we can provide EBS & Fusion ERP expert along with APEX resources for both technical analysis and development. In turn, you can provide project management and testing.
- Our resources can work on-site or remotely for technical analysis or ERP and APEX development.
- We’ve participated in ERP extension development in many different industries, including retail, manufacturing, and distribution
- Here are examples of modules and business requirements we’ve worked on with organizations worldwide
- Accounts Payables
- Order Management
- Manufacturing
- Content Management
- General Ledger
- Inventory
APEX Audits
Whether your system is on-premise or in the cloud, we’ll ensure your infrastructure and installed apps provide a stable and supported environment for years to come. Our APEX audits cover all aspects of a sound APEX implementation in the context of ERP. We’ll evaluate your infrastructure, applications and the development lifecycle process for best practices and provide a full report with recommended actions.
- Our resources are worldwide references for APEX development
- We can provide best practices on multiple APEX infrastructure configurations
- You can apply recommendations at your own pace
EBS-APEX Pre-Built Apps
Our EBS-APEX pre-built applications are utilities that accelerate APEX development in the context of EBS. Not only can they satisfy a specific requirement or fill common business process gaps with custom development, they can also help reduce costs. They stem from our experiences on multiple development projects and comply with EBS development standards.
Training and Coaching
We offer a 3 days APEX introduction training focusing on EBS touchpoints and bridging EBS and APEX concepts. This type of training works best in-person and on-site. It provides a quick way to develop a proof of concept or answer specific questions related to APEX and EBS.
To ensure this service matches your schedule, coaching can be held on-site or remote and even in a combination of both.
Alternatively, a bank of hours can be established to provide “on-demand” coaching.
