Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)

Breadth of services, ease of integration and implementation, narrative reporting. You need to plan out what you ultimately would like, but once this step is determined, it is easy to implement the vision into reality. My finance team are the administrators of the system, none of us previously had this experience yet we have gained the knowledge to manage the system ourselves. With the SmartView interface, which allows the ability to pull data from Oracle via Microsoft products, its easy to retrieve data on the fly, quickly answering questions or easily analyzing data. Narrative reporting has made financial reporting quick and easy. We have used this extensively in building out our monthly reporting capabilities. We can easily scale a set of reports for multiple offices and practice groups, allowing our small group to have an outsized impact by not having to spend our time putting data together but rather allowing time to provide insights into the data. With the Workforce module, we have been able to create a more automated budget process customized to our needs, and with the use of forms and reports, we have created an improved user experience while reducing errors. Much of our processes, such as monthly reports can be automated which allows the team to focus our talents elsewhere.

It consolidated several disparate systems for us.

Its strong integration and end-to-end visibility across planning and performance processes. The intuitive user interface, powerful scenario modeling, and ability to handle complex business structures make it very efficient for day-to-day and strategic planning.

Dislikes include the changing of contact support relatively quickly -- just when you get comfortable with someone and they begin to understand your needs, someone new takes over. Would like to more easily negotiate multi-year licensing agreements. While the reporting capabilities are pretty robust, would like additional capabilities, such as a type of 'vlookup' function.

A few things are not very intuitive--e.g., how the help feature works.

While Oracle EPM is a powerful and comprehensive platform, the area that I find most challenging is the initial setup and configuration. The system offers deep functionality, but this also mean it requires significant time, expertise, and coordination to fully optimize for business-specific needs.