Oracle Delivers Extended Automotive Solution; Continues to Expand and Enhance Commitment To Automotive Industry

15 September 1997
Oracle Delivers Extended Automotive Solution; Continues to Expand and Enhance Commitment To Automotive Industry

    ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 15 -- At Oracle Applications(TM) User
Group (OAUG), Oracle Corp. today announced that its newly-formed Industrial
Sector Vertical will focus on the Automotive industry as one of its key market
segments.
    Oracle's primary offering for this market is Oracle Automotive(TM), which
provides a comprehensive extended business solution for both demand and supply
management that leverages the extensive, integrated supply chain functionality
available within Oracle(R) Manufacturing and Oracle Supply Chain Applications.
The complete offering includes an automotive-specific product suite of both
core Oracle Applications and key partner products, global consulting and
implementation services, and worldwide customer support and education.

    Key Oracle Automotive features
    Available with Oracle Applications Release 11, Oracle Automotive will
deliver an integrated approach to managing automotive operations, extending
from customer demand transmitted via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),
through the product manufacturing process to fulfillment of demand. This
solution helps users ensure streamlined shop floor build sequencing and
component shipping, efficient supplier and customer communications, and full
integration of business processes throughout the supply chain.
    This solution also enables companies to "fuel agility" and maximize return
on their investment by synchronizing information flow, product flow and
procurement processes, and also will accelerate the processing of supplier and
customer planning, shipping and sequencing schedules.  Oracle's full ERP
solution suite, with expanded automotive functionality, includes:
    * CARaS Release Management and Cumulative Accounting
    * Manufacturing Planning
    * ElectronicSupplier Scheduling
    * Departure Planning with Delivery Based Shipping
    * Automotive Build Sequencing
    * Automated Invoicing
    * Retroactive Billing
    * Automotive EDI
    * Trading Partner Mapping and Reporting

    Oracle Automotive effectively leverages Oracle's relationship with Radley
Corporation, a specialist in automotive release accounting and trading partner
management, to develop a smooth integration between Radley's CARaS product and
the Oracle Manufacturing and Distribution Applications.  This allows
Automotive EDI transactions to integrate directly with the Oracle
Applications, manages trading partner CUMs and generates Advanced Ship
Notices, shipment documentation and Electronic Invoices.  Oracle Automotive
supports the automotive industry requirement to accelerate processing of
customer planning, shipping and sequencing schedules resulting in streamlined
communication with the customer and increasing productivity.
    The complete Oracle Automotive extended solution includes Architected Best
In Class(TM) products from Oracle partners that address the critical business
requirements for automotive companies.

    "This solution allows true integration throughout the automotive supply
chain," said Don Klaiss, Vice President, Manufacturing and Distribution
Products, Oracle Corporation.  "Using Oracle Automotive, companies can easily
streamline both manufacturing and supply chain processes, resulting in
increased responsiveness, efficiency and dramatically reduced costs."
    Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for
information management, and the world's second largest software company.  With
annual revenues of $5.7 billion, the company offers its database, tools and
application products, along with related consulting, education and support
services, in more than 140 countries around the world.
    For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000.  Oracle's
 World Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.

    Trademarks
    Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle Applications and Oracle
Automotive are trademarks or registered trademarks of Oracle Corp.  All other
products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only,
and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Oracle Corp.