The solution is ever-evolving. Each quarter, the product and the system have new purchases, dependencies, and improvements. There is a constant need to stay alert about new updates and change whatever is updated according to the requirements. Most of the changes are odd and require no need to access from the user side. It isn’t a disadvantage but a part of the evolution of the product.

The additional features depend on the case. There is, however, always room for improvement. Oracle can make the system more stable which includes some changes as some of the use cases were not available in Oracle's systems and the element’s value needed to be defined. This is one of the limitations of Oracle ERP Cloud.

There are integration issues and a lack of flexibility within OIC. When integrating systems, the process feels rigid and linear. There's an absence of points where interventions or adjustments can be made. This lack of flexibility makes pausing or deactivating specific steps difficult, impacting workflow efficiency. 

There are certain limitations compared to other solutions. The database is outdated and quite rigid. As the global market of this kind of software solution is getting competitive, it would be advisable to enhance the customization of the existing tools. 

Informatica is not the best tool to push data in the ERP. Except for every APN, we can make use of APIs, and that makes development complex. I would like to see an improved approach to pulling data with VDI.

We have had concerns about the security and flexibility of the application. The approach with Oracle ERP Cloud should be more holistic rather than user or computer-based.

I would like to see a self-service solution around receivables. This exists with payables, but not with receivables.

Oracle has a mechanism to vote for new ideas, solutions, and features that should be introduced, however, it is like a black box. Your vote goes in, but nothing ever comes out of it. 

While loading the dump data, if you have to import more than ten MB of data, there is no specific application to do it directly. You have to find another mechanism to go with the ERP. If you go for the real-time process, the patch of work and the time to update the product will be too much.

We haven't fully unlocked its potential. Oracle ERP Cloud can benefit us through increased employee resource management. Implementing it requires robust planning tools and strong alignment with our broader business strategy.

One disadvantage is that we don't have immediate access to evaluate or fix data that is not in the app until we own the database.

In terms of areas for improvement, there are still a lot of other features that need to be incorporated into the future releases of Oracle ERP Cloud. We're hoping those would come soon because they're available in other ERP systems. For example, we used to have a lot of AME customizations in the BPM, but now we have a very limited scope, so it would be great if we could extend our scope. Currently, we are working with product teams to get through some of those solutions, and how we could implement them, so we have some workarounds to deal with, but we still have a long road ahead.

The main thing Cloud ERP could improve is usability. However, it's not just an issue with Oracle. Most ERP solutions are not very user-friendly, so I think that could be the key improvement.

Oracle ERP Cloud could improve the payment transfer. In Libya, the local pay is on the cloud, only there one can see the payroll, so it is very important for us to have a payroll model added.

The Oracle ERP Cloud accounts payable could be improved.

As an ERP solution, the design concept is complicated due to the fact that it will manage almost everything regarding the business operations. It's not designed to simplify something, it's actually designed to regulate or make it more integral. It should be easy to use per se. All ERP systems are quite sophisticated and not easy to master, however, the value of the ERP system needs to provide accurate business information to the leadership. The interface could be improved in future releases. 

The solution should implement improvements with AI technology. Specifically, in the realm of ERP tools, this can be particularly beneficial, not only for cloud-based systems but for all types of tools. Additionally, a highly desirable feature is the ability to work offline. 

Oracle ERP Cloud needs to be more mature, especially in terms of some advanced modules, such as manufacturing, supply chain planning, and production. Each module I mentioned has a lot of room for improvement.

Another area for improvement in Oracle ERP Cloud is its pricing. The price needs to be more affordable to make the product more popular with customers. Otherwise, Oracle ERP Cloud won't have good sales in Bangladesh.

In some areas, the user interface is still not very presentable for a cloud solution in some areas. There are several additional features we'd like to see in a new release.

I would like to improve the tool’s budgeting and reporting. I know that Oracle is working on the tool’s analytics part so I expect the analytical feature in its future releases.

I would like to see Oracle improve the automation of data entry.

In the next release, I would like more on the treasury side. Currently, there is nothing.

Something that everyone is asking for is how you can have the Internet of Things and mobility on this application. Right now, we can see that there's a need for new mobile application, native mobile applications. You can run Fusion, you know, the cloud applications in your mobile, because it's responsive, but having all the features of using the native tool in your native device makes that even more rich in terms of the functionality. In that sense, I would expect from Oracle to have more native applications for Android and iOS that will be connected to the Oracle Cloud to make the users more productive in their environments. Whether it's a sales person going to meetings with customer, or a consultant entering a task, or completing the task. That's where we expect more to be.

The product is developing and maturing rapidly. Oracle makes a major release up to 2 times a year and has quarterly 'updates' introducing new functionality. The main areas we have identified for improvement are in core functionality gaps. These have been addressed very effectively in recent releases, which clearly have taken into account customer enhancement requests.

You need a lot of knowledge to set up Oracle ERP Cloud.

A solution is provided for a problem. The Oracle Fusion Applications meet 99% of the business problems as the underlying technology built on studying various industrial processes.

If there is any extraordinary issue/problem, it can be discussed and they offer an out-of-the-box solution.

Development is a continuous process. There is always opportunity to work to refine a process and find a solution for problem. In software industry it is always opportunity. In Industry, there would be many manual processes and wanted to eliminate the pains of Users. Hence automation taken space to refine the system process. All the time the standard packages like Oracle Applications may not meet those manual processes. There is opportunity for development to automate those processes.
Oracle EBS Applications are developed with all those manual processes in view and maximized the automation, wherever it was possible. In Fusion Applications it is further developed to meet many business processes across the Industry. In Fusion Applications, the PaaS (Service Oriented Architecture, BPML, Java EE) platform conceptually made it reality to meet any non-standard business data to get integrated from source to move seamlessly to On-Premise, and SaaS model ERP, CRM SCM Applications, thereby reducing the efforts/costs to build customizations and extensions.  Over all the costs of maintaining the custom processes is dramatically reduces. Now the Corporate Slogan is : Simplify Business Process and Simplify Systems process/Maximize profits.

Otherwise, the Fusion Applications solve any problem.

The expenses mobile app calculates different mileages than the URL version for the same user and single log-in. We have asked Oracle to look into this issue. 

Additional features could be added to the invoice scanning tool.

Navigation is not simple so configurations are time consuming until you get used to the format. 

• Localization of functionality for Europe and Latin American countries legal and fiscal requirements, reporting, and integration with tax authorities.
• Improve support services in the new features roadmap.

If you look at it from the support point of view, the product has to improve a lot, especially from the bug fixing side.

It’s something that they sell, so Oracle needs to determine their priorities. From what we have seen, Oracle is making Oracle Cloud a higher priority. Now, the Oracle On Premises customers are having difficulty with getting certain updates on time. Those are the areas that we have seen that there are a lot of improvements to be done.

There are a lot of features they can enhance. That would take some time, to go into a very detailed level of the product, especially in the area of the user interface, functionality and collaboration. They could do a lot of things.

When it comes to support, there's definitely room for improvement. Initially, support was very tough. When it moved to U.S., we got better support, but there is a lot of room to improve the support.

Especially on the CRM side, the CRM modules are a bit weak compared to the financials. Traditionally, Oracle is known for Oracle financials, as opposed to the manufacturing, service or sales sides of the house. Sales and service are the areas where Oracle has to catch up.

For some reason, we had a problem: We gave PINs out to everybody and for some people, the PIN didn't actually work for some reason. We never really found out why, and we went away from the PIN because we had a lot of our functional areas that were complaining. The technical area, where we work at, we didn't have a problem. The functional areas were having problems.

Financial is an area that could have more in terms of crediting or descriptive that could be brought out because you are dealing with data and the financial details of the company.

I would like to see more applications and more insights that could be derived from the system, or delivered by the system, from the data which is fed into the ERP. It would be extremely good to have.

They already provide some level of insight. There is technology and incorporation of robotic process automation and artificial intelligence in these products.

I know that they are using Java technology, but if they could make the system more open, in terms of technology, then it would be an improvement. I would like for it to be integrated with other external systems and have it work seamlessly.

It is a very strong product, but if it could become a product that could be the backend ERP for any other vertical or domain-focused solution and it could provide easily integrable APIs and other related mechanisms by other systems, that would be something good. It would be similar to Oracle ERP being a plugin for other solutions at the backend.

The solution's new analytics information, dashboard, and flexibility of reporting could be improved.

It should be built with less complexity and more ability for clients to add screens.

The finance users would like to be able to drill down into all of the details. Right now, we have to consider third-party software for drilling down.