Deloitte Collaborates with Oracle on Release of Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Solution

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte, a Platinum and Global Cloud Elite member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), announced today that it played a key supporting role in co-developing the Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud Service offering, part of Oracle Cloud Applications Release 13. As part of the Oracle CoDev program, Deloitte professionals worked with Oracle personnel on the new release. Activities included testing the planning and manufacturing components of the solution and providing enhancements based on real-world client experiences.

"Oracle is dedicated to providing our customers with the best solutions to meet their unique business needs," said Rick Jewell, senior vice president, applications development, Oracle. "Working in tandem with Deloitte, we created a next-generation, cloud-based supply chain solution that empowers customers to embrace outside-in, demand-driven processes; reduce costs, and improve flexibility. Their involvement in our development effort helped Deloitte gain valuable, in-depth knowledge that will translate to stronger implementation capabilities."

The latest release of Oracle SCM Cloud delivers a comprehensive, next-generation supply chain platform that enables organizations to embrace outside-in, demand- driven processes and capabilities without the complexities and constraints of traditional supply-chain architectures. It includes six innovative new solutions, hundreds of new capabilities and user experience enhancements that support demand driven business models and enable modern end-to-end supply chain best practices. For further details, see Oracle SCM Cloud announcement.

"By participating in the Oracle CoDev program, we are well-positioned to help companies generate business value, not only by deploying the expanded functionality of the Oracle SCM Cloud solution, but also by connecting the digital threads across the entire supply chain," said Jeffrey Davis, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and global Oracle leader. "Our contribution to this program reflects Deloitte's commitment to helping our joint customers leverage the Oracle suite of cloud technologies to transform their businesses and create scalable, agile organizations capable of realizing a realm of digital possibilities."

Summary of Deloitte contributions

• Six Deloitte functional resources working side-by-side, full-time with Oracle SCM Cloud product developers for 12 months.
• More than 500 test cases identified and executed.
• More than 25 solution enhancements provided by Deloitte team members.

Deloitte's global Oracle alliance

Deloitte recently earned five top cloud-related honors in the 2017 Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Excellence Awards ? Global Cloud Transformation partner of the year, Global Specialized SaaS partner of the year, North America SaaS partner of the year, ANZ Regional partner of the year, and APAC Specialized Digital Transformation partner of the year. These global and regional achievements recognize innovation through cloud technology, acknowledging Deloitte's impact in the market and its ability to help Oracle customers around the world to transform into digital organizations. These global and regional achievements recognize innovation through cloud technology, acknowledging Deloitte's impact in the market and its ability to help Oracle customers around the world to transform into digital organizations. Additionally, Deloitte is designated by Oracle as a Global Cloud Elite member and has held the highest level of alliance relationship with Oracle for more than a decade. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firms throughout the world provide access to over 20,100 professionals who collectively possess deep industry and functional knowledge across Oracle's full line of applications and technology. Reflecting its commitment to client satisfaction, Deloitte has been consistently recognized by analysts as a leader in Oracle implementation-related services.

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