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Company Profile
Industry: Digital Wireless Communications
Revenue: $2.68 billion

Business Situation
Faced with a legacy system that required extensive and unsupported customization our client decided to conduct a full-scale Oracle 11i implementation to eliminate upgrade costs.

Project Scope
While large-scale projects with tight timelines are typical of software implementations at large companies, our client had a unique business need since it was implementing the latest Oracle releases. With this relatively new software release, locating consultants experienced in the product would be a challenge. The client turned to Robert Half Technology for senior-level Oracle11i specialists with experience in this new Oracle release to quickly and effectively implement the new software.

Once Joint Application Requirements (JAR) sessions were conducted and the gap analysis was complete, Robert Half Technology developers began customizing the functionality of Oracle to synchronize with the client's business processes. After the functionality was defined, reports development began in earnest. New forms were created and standard Oracle forms enhanced to allow users to fully access and process data. Part of this process included development of Oracle database triggers, Oracle alerts, database packages and procedures, descriptive flex fields, definition of concurrent programs and value sets, and definition of printer styles.

Reports development included an operations planning report to gather detailed inventory, shipping and receiving information on a daily basis for multiple organizations. Other reports developed included a series of complex Inventory, Supply-Chain and MRP reports that coordinate the entire manufacturing process for the company.

Among the installed Oracle modules were: Inventory, Advanced Planning/Supply-Chain, Master Scheduling/MRP, Order Management, Purchasing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Quality, Work in Process.

Client's Return on Investment
Robert Half Technology secured the required talent to meet client deadlines on time and on budget. The team of Robert Half Technology consultants played an extensive role in all stages of the project, including the complex an time-critical forms and reports development phases.

Robert Half Technology's experts allowed for fast and effective turnaround of the development work, which in turn enabled the client to efficiently conduct the testing phase of the project on schedule.