Upgrade to Fusion is like relocating your household till it gets in final shape. Oracle R12 Financials or Fusion Financials, What's the Upgrade path to choose?
Existing customers on 11i are in a jinx on what is the right step to do? Most of them do not want to pay the premium support cost of Oracle 11i and also want to shift to the latest technology and functionalities. However with Oracle announcing the release of Fusion early next year here are some pointers on whether one should go for R12 V/s Fusion
Some of the key considerations for upgrade to R12 V/s Fusion in financials area are:
--Data Model Changes: R12 has more data model changes from architecture POV like the introduction of SLA, Secondary ledgers, MOAC etc
--Tried and Tested: R12 has been tried and tested since its launch 3 years back however considering Fusion being new, there are bound to be some "gotchas" intially
--Upgrade path: Oracle has confirmed that they would provide upgrade path from R12 to Fusion immediately, however no committed date yet for 11i customers
--Features and Modules: Version1 release of Fusion financials would not have all functionalities / modules
--Reimplementation: If the client is planning a reimplementation, R12 would be a better platform to simplify business processes and manage change
--Localizations: Version1 release of Fusion financials would not have all localizations
--Customizations: Clients having heavy customization should go for R12 since they would know for sure what standard functionalities can be leveraged to retire / reengineer customizations
--Limited release: There would be limited release of Fusion in initial version and would be a very controlled upgrade by Oracle
Fusion would be a huge upgrade to do from 11.5.10, the terminology I like to use is relocating a household. The data in your current applications is like the "items" you need to relocate from one location to another. One would expect in a household relocation, the "items" will get to its final destination in good and enhanced shape.
