Oracle Corp. today introduced a packaged integration between its enterprise performance management application and its sales and operations planning software, making it easier for manufacturers to quickly analyze the financial implications of changing customer demand.
Oracle said the new integration between its Oracle Hyperion Planning EPM product and its Oracle Demantra Real-Time Sales and Operations Planning platform is available now. Based on Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture (AIA), the new EPM-S&OP integration provides manufacturers with a way to more easily tie together operational and financial planning processes.
At many companies, systems and processes used for financial and operational planning have been separate or integrated manually with the help of spreadsheets, said John O’Rourke, Oracle vice president of business intelligence and EPM product marketing, in an interview. This has often made it difficult for manufacturers to quickly understand and respond to the financial implications of shifting demand signals, he said.
The new integration allows manufacturers to more easily share financial and operational data between S&OP and financial planning processes and run integrated updates as frequently as needed.