Fusion - The CIO's Guide to Oracle Products and Solutions - page 252

TABLE 8.2 (CONTINUED)
Oracle Fusion Applications
Application
Category Description Product List

Supply Chain
Management

Fusion Supply Chain
Management (SCM)
applications are next-generation
applications that build upon
Oracle's best-of-breed SCM
product suite to address today's
newest business challenges.
Fusion SCM applications can
transform your business
operations by delivering: a
single view for order, supply,
and fulfillment plans across the
entire enterprise; an embedded
Global Order Promising
solution to normalize supply
and demand information across
disparate fulfillment systems; a
unified and accurate product
definition that is harmonized
within and across the enterprise
value chain, as well as
comprehensive inventory and
cost management capabilities.

• Oracle Fusion
Distributed Order
Orchestration
• Oracle Fusion Product
Hub
• Oracle Fusion
Inventory and Cost
Management
• Oracle Fusion
Procurement

PROCUREMENT

Making the Outsourcing Decision

Outsourcing is a three-phased process:

Phase 1: Analysis and evaluation
Phase 2: Needs assessment and vendor selection
Phase 3: Implementation and management

Phase 1: Analysis and Evaluation

In order to understand the services that need to be outsourced, organi-
zational goals need to be identified, particularly the core competencies.