The Oracle OAUG Demantra SIG Announces Spring 2008 Educational session schedule

The Demantra SIG has provided the following schedule listed below.

Date Subject Speaker

01/16 The Lean Demantra Project – Peter Harlan, Strategic Solution Manager Oracle
02/13 7.2 Release Briefing – Margie Bell, Director Product Management Oracle
03/19 System Dimensioning – Arup Chatterjee, Senior Manager Oracle
04/13 Collaborate 08: Business Meeting and Presentation
The SIG will also sponsor numerous sessions at the OAUG Collaborate O8 Conference in Denver, Colorado on April 13-17, 2007

The abstracts of these presentations are listed here:

Conference Name: Demantra SIG: The Lean Demantra Project Web Conference
January 16, 2008 – Peter Harlan; Oracle Corporation
Description: Planning for a tight budget and timeframe implementation – this presentation will help companies, particularly in the mid-market or growth market, to understand how to internally prepare for a Demantra products implementation or Demand/Supply Planning transformation in order to minimize their project timeline and consulting expense. Will include suggested Do’s and Don’ts related to source data, scoping, resourcing, and driving consensus around key metrics, business rules definition and workflow processes.

Conference Name: Demantra SIG Release 7.2 Briefing Web Conference
February 13, 2008; Margie Bell, Director Product Management Oracle
Description: Overview by Oracle product management of key features and highlights of the 7.2 release

Conference Name: Demantra SIG System Deminsioning Web Conference
March 19, 2008; Arup Chatterjee, Oracle Corporation
Description: Understanding the trade-offs between granularity, forecast accuracy, replenishment planning and execution, hardware platform investment and configuration complexity.

For more information on joining OAUG please see Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG) Demantra SIG

Regards,
Kevin