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Summary: Kudos to All
Review: .... Who has put every effort to bring this book in the market. This book is a one stop shop for businesses implementing Oracle Financials. It's time to come with similar books on other modules too. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!
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Summary: Not for the Technical
Review: A good book for those who want to know WHAT the financials suite of applications are for, but not for those who need to delve into the intricacies of installation or day-to-day management aspects.
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Summary: Financials explained for business and technical people.
Review: A large part of the book's appeal will be interrelating business decisions and technical aspects in a way that both business people and technicians can understand. The main purpose of the book is to share much of the knowledge and hindsight that has been accumulated by the authors during many years of successful Oracle Applications implementation projects.
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Summary: Not worth the time
Review: As a functional business analyst, this book offers little about topics an experienced IT professional already knows. The discriptions are brief and of little use. The book is really a high level discussion that exists in Oracle documentation. If I could I would return the book. With a title of 'handbook', one would expect good insight on how-to's. Don't bother, it's not in here.
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Summary: An Outline, not a Handbook, of Oracle Finanicials !
Review: Did someone call it a Handbook? What the book offers is less than a bird's eye-view of Oracle Financials. To be fair to the authors, it is unfair to expect much in a single book on such a complex package like Oracle Financials. However, many important features of Oracle Financials are omitted and at the same time, repeated presentation of the same information, possibly on the same page, irritates you several times. Many graphics are confusing, even to a reader familiar with the topic. Despite being the only source of published information about the subject, the book disappoints you irrespective of your knowledge level of Oracle Financials.
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Summary: Very impressive
Review: Firstly, I have to admit I'm a friend of the primary author David James, but I think they did a great job. Some of the negative reviews have been unfair. A book like this can't possibly be all things to all people. It doesn't cover HR, Payroll, or the core Manufacturing modules - that's why it's the "Oracle Financials Handbook", not the "Oracle Applications Handbook". It's definitely not a reference book or technical manual - you get those from Oracle Corporation anyway. What this book does do, is give an excellent background to real-world implementation of the Financials modules at a functional level. It's great for beginners and the more advanced, but I would defy even the gurus to read it and say they haven't learned from it. I actually tried to talk David out of the whole endeavour almost three years ago, not because I didn't think he was qualified, but because I didn't think it was possible to write such a book covering all the Financials modules. I think he'd admit he underestimated just how much work it would be. That's one reason why a book like this hasn't been written before - there is just so much information to cover, unless you resort to wholesale cutting and pasting from the manuals and other people's papers. I think the book is very impressive. I know David's skills, and I know how hard he worked to put everything together, and update it as the product evolved. I would recommend it to anyone working on a Financials implementation.
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Summary: Excellent Introduction
Review: For those critics of you out there who think that this book was not this or not that, especially the reader from Port Arthur in Tasmania, I suggest you buy an Oracle Reference Manual or Users guide. Get real! This book gives a great introduction to the core Oracle Applications and I believe it was well done. It introduces the business and Functional side to Oracle Financials. For those pretentious readers who can't spell Oracle read the cover "Oracle Financials Handbook" - "Planning and Implementing the Oracle Financial Applications Suite" No where does it say Technical Reference Manual. I'd like to see these half baked consultants write ANYTHING half as good. Well done David and Graham. If anyone cares to discuss this work email me and we'll "CHAT"
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Summary: doesn't fulfil the expectations..
Review: I agree with the review made by the first reader from Washington D.C. Having waited so long this book no where matches the practicalities involved in the implementation of Oracle financials..
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Summary: It's a start...
Review: I applaud the authors on their efforts, however I am disappointed in the finished product. The outdated screen shots (R10SC vs R11), incorrect integration (there is no interface between OE and GL) and misleading information (i.e. AutoAccounting functionality varies between Projects and Receivables) concerns me greatly. If someone is looking for an overview of how Oracle Applications function in general, this book will be a help. If they are going to be working on an implementation, they definately need more research than this book will offer. To the reader who wondered why Order Entry and Inventory should be included...despite how Oracle chooses to bundle the products - these two applications have definite financial implications -- please don't remove them from future editions.
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Summary: Might be ok but...
Review: I bought this book because I was trying to teach myself enough to become a Financials Developer. This still MIGHT be the right book for me. However, this is not a step by step guide to the installation. In addition, the book assumes some familiarity with accounting systems.
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