The Hackett Group

Oracle Applications

To reach world-class business performance levels and realize greater return from their Oracle, PeopleSoft and Hyperion investments, top companies implement best practices in conjunction with their technology initiatives. With the latest Oracle releases configured to Hackett best practices, your firm can start realizing the benefits of significant cost and performance improvements in the very near term.

Updating Processes to Best Practice Standards

As today's business applications are flexible, it's imperative to simplify and automate processes to meet best practice standards before new technology implementations and upgrades are completed. Otherwise, old, inefficient processes will simply be automated and continue to drive up costs, cycle times and error rates. Our specialists have completed detailed fit-gap analyses of all Oracle modules and understand their ability to support best practices. We have developed application-specific tools, implementation guides and process flows that allow us to configure best practices directly into Oracle applications without customization.

Generating Value

Hackett Technology Solutions can help clients generate more value from Oracle systems, because of our knowledge of best practices in finance, HR, supply chain and CRM. Our approach maps world-class business performance characteristics to specific application features and requirements for key processes and modules, including:

Implementation Services

Hackett Technology Solutions offers a complete set of implementation services centered on deploying an Oracle-based solution that meets the unique requirements of your business environment and industry. Our specialists provide the framework and guidance necessary to perform the following services for an Oracle application:

Diagnostic Assessment

Gap analysis of where you are with your systems/operations and where you would like to be in the short and long term
Development of a roadmap and business case for improvement by applying best practices
Learn more about our Best Practice Diagnostics Assessmant

Transformation

Detailed benchmarking of processes, organization, information and technology that pertain to the designated functional areas
Written details on the requirements and actions that need to be taken to improve performance and reduce costs by applying best practices

Package Implementation/Upgrades

Transition and integrate Oracle system within functional areas such as Finance, HR and Procurement
Advisory and strategies around Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence solutions
Implement Oracle system with designated best practices
Upgrade existing Oracle system to required specifications

Post Deployment Diagnostic

Quarterly review of Oracle application and processes
Recommendations on process changes in relationship to future changes in service delivery
Review of updated best practices and how they apply to current system and operations