Oracle Applications comprise the
applications software
Application may refer to:
Mathematics and computing
* Application software, computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks
** Application layer, an abstraction layer that specifies protocols and interface methods used in a c ...
or
business software
Business software (or a business application) is any software or set of computer programs used by business users to perform various business functions. These business applications are used to increase productivity, measure productivity, and perf ...
of the
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas. In 2020, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization. The company sells da ...
both in the cloud and on-premises. The term refers to the non-database and non-middleware parts. The suite of applications includes enterprise resource planning, enterprise performance management, supply chain & manufacturing, human capital management, and advertising and customer experience.
Oracle initially launched its application suite with
financials software in the late 1980s. By 2009, the offering extended to
supply chain management
In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services including all processes that transform raw materials into final products between businesses and locations. This can include the movement and sto ...
,
human-resource management,
warehouse-management,
customer-relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a ra ...
,
call-center services,
product-lifecycle management, and many other areas. Both in-house expansion and the acquisition of other companies have vastly expanded Oracle's application software business.
In February 2007, Oracle released Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS/e-BS) Release 12 (R12)a bundling of several Oracle Applications. The release date coincided with new releases of other Oracle-owned products:
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne,
Siebel Systems
Siebel Systems, Inc. () was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications—notably Siebel CRM.
The company was founded by Thomas Siebel and Pa ...
and
PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft, Inc. is a company that provides human resource management systems (HRMS), Financial Management Solutions (FMS), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise performance management (EPM) softwar ...
.
Oracle also has a portfolio of enterprise applications for the cloud (
SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is co ...
) known as
Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. These cloud applications include
Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle Cloud EPM,
Oracle Cloud HCM, Oracle Cloud SCM, and
Oracle Advertising and CX.
Cloud applications
Oracle provides SaaS applications also known as Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The following enterprise cloud applications are available on Oracle Cloud.
*
Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud
* Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud
*
Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud
* Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud
*
Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX) Cloud
Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Oracle Cloud ERP is a cloud-based
ERP software
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of business management software—typically a sui ...
application suite that manages enterprise functions including accounting, financial management, project management, and procurement.
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Oracle Cloud EPM is a cloud-based
EPM software application suite that manages enterprise operational processes including planning, budgeting, and reporting.
Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM)
Oracle Cloud HCM is a cloud-based
HCM software application suite that manages global HR, talent, and workforce management. Oracle Cloud HCM was released in 2011 as a part of
Oracle Fusion Applications
Oracle Fusion Applications (OFA) are a suite of applications built on Oracle Cloud that include cloud-based applications for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise performance management (EPM), supply chain management and manufacturing (S ...
.
Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Oracle Cloud SCM, also known as Oracle Supply Chain & Manufacturing, is a cloud-based
SCM software application suite used by companies to build and manage intelligent
supply chains
In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, activ ...
. This includes support for
procurement
Procurement is the method of discovering and agreeing to terms and purchasing goods, services, or other works from an external source, often with the use of a tendering or competitive bidding process. When a government agency buys goods or ser ...
,
order management,
manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a ...
,
product lifecycle management
In industry, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its inception through the engineering, design and manufacture, as well as the service and disposal of manufactured products. P ...
, maintenance,
logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...
, and
supply chain planning and execution.
Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX)
Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX)
Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX) is a suite of cloud-based applications offered by Oracle Corporation that includes tools for advertising, marketing, sales, e-commerce, customer service.
History
Oracle's first customer relations ...
is a cloud-based application suite that includes tools for advertising, marketing, sales, e-commerce, and customer service. The suite also includes:
*Oracle CX (with Oracle Sales, Oracle Service, Oracle Marketing, Oracle Commerce)
*Oracle Advertising (with Oracle Activation and Oracle MOAT Measurement)
Industry vertical applications
*
ATG /
Endeca—also branded as on-premises "Oracle Commerce"
* Oracle Retail
* Micros (Retail and Hospitality, acquired post 2012)
*
Primavera
*
Agile
Agile may refer to:
* Agile, an entity that possesses agility
Project management
* Agile software development, a development method
* Agile construction, iterative and incremental construction method
* Agile learning, the application of incremen ...
* AutoVue (for processing CAD and graphics data)
NetSuite
NetSuite was a cloud computing company acquired by Oracle in 2016. In 2019, NetSuite moved onto Oracle Cloud. NetSuite is a cloud business software platform.
On-premises applications
* Oracle E-Business Suite
*
Oracle PeopleSoft
*
Oracle Siebel CRM
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Description
The word '' ...
*
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
* Oracle JD Edwards World
* Endeca
*Inquira
*Silver Creek
*Datanomic
*Hyperion
*Campus Solutions
Oracle's E-Business Suite (also known as EB-Suite/EBS, eBus or "E-Biz") consists of a collection of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), human capital management (HCM), and supply-chain management (SCM) computer applications either developed or acquired by Oracle. The software utilizes Oracle's core
Oracle relational database management system technology. The E-Business Suite contains several
product line
Product may refer to:
Business
* Product (business), an item that serves as a solution to a specific consumer problem.
* Product (project management), a deliverable or set of deliverables that contribute to a business solution
Mathematics
* Prod ...
s often known by short acronyms.
Significant technologies incorporated into the applications include the
Oracle database
Oracle Database (commonly referred to as Oracle DBMS, Oracle Autonomous Database, or simply as Oracle) is a multi-model database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation.
It is a database commonly used for running online ...
technologies, (engines for RDBMS,
PL/SQL
PL/SQL (Procedural Language for SQL) is Oracle Corporation's procedural extension for SQL and the Oracle relational database. PL/SQL is available in Oracle Database (since version 6 - stored PL/SQL procedures/functions/packages/triggers since ...
, Java, .NET, HTML and XML), the "technology stack" (
Oracle Forms Server,
Oracle Reports Server,
Apache Web Server
The Apache HTTP Server ( ) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Sof ...
,
Oracle Discoverer
Oracle Discoverer is a tool-set for ''ad hoc'' querying, reporting, data analysis, and Web-publishing for the Oracle Database environment. Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporat ...
,
Jinitiator
Jinitiator is a Java virtual machine (JVM) made and distributed by Oracle Corporation. It allows a web enabled Oracle Forms client application to be run inside a web browser. This JVM is called only when a web-based Oracle application is acce ...
and
Sun
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's
Java
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).
It makes the following enterprise applications available as part of Oracle eBusiness Suite:
* Asset Lifecycle Management
*
Customer Relationship Management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a r ...
(CRM)
*
Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of business management software—typically a sui ...
(ERP)
*
Human Capital Management
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(HCM)
* Procurement
* Product Life-cycle Management
* Supply Chain Management
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]
* Manufacturing
See also
*
CEMLI
CEMLI (Configuration, Extension, Modification, Localization, and Integration) is an ERP software extension framework provided in Oracle Applications by Oracle Corporation. CEMLI is Oracle's published guidelines for developing and implementi ...
*
List of acquisitions by Oracle (includes acquisitions which extended Applications portfolio)
*
Oracle Fusion Applications
Oracle Fusion Applications (OFA) are a suite of applications built on Oracle Cloud that include cloud-based applications for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise performance management (EPM), supply chain management and manufacturing (S ...
References
Further reading
* Cameron, Melanie. ''Oracle General Ledger Guide'' (2009) McGraw-Hill. .
* Cameron, Melanie. ''Oracle Procure-to-Pay Guide'' (2009) McGraw-Hill. .
External links
Oracle Applications home page
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