Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and 12.1

Oracle Customer:
Avago Technologies
San Jose, CA
www.avagotech.com
Industry:
High Technology
Annual Revenue:
US$1 to US$5 Billion
Employees:
3,500
Oracle Products & Services:
• Oracle E-Business Suite R12.1
• My Oracle Support
Oracle Partner:
Wipro
www.wipro.com
Avago Technologies Completes Application Suite
Upgrade on Time and under Budget
“Oracle gave us fantastic support, which, coupled with Oracle Partner Wipro’s
excellent assistance, enabled us to complete the upgrade to Oracle E-Business
Suite Release 12.1, on time and under budget. Oracle ensured we had a dedicated
staff available to call at any time during the project. Its support was critical in
enabling us to go live with no real issues.”
–– Andy Nallappan, Senior Director, Enterprise Applications, Avago Technologies
Avago Technologies is a leading designer, developer, and global supplier of analog
semiconductor devices with a focus on compound III-V semiconductor-based products. The
company’s product portfolio is extensive and includes approximately 6,500 products in four
primary target markets—wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and
automotive electronics, and consumer and computing peripherals. Applications for these
products include cellular phones, consumer appliances, data networking and
telecommunications equipment, enterprise storage and servers, power generation and
renewable energy systems, factory automation, displays, optical mice, and printers.
Challenges
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The company uses Oracle E-Business Suite for critical functions, including financials,
supply chain management, and warehouse management
But Avago’s current iteration of Oracle E-Business Suite was nearing its end-of-life, and
the company wanted to update its operating systems and databases to their latest versions
to ensure compatibility and certification
With this in mind, Avago began upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite release 12.1 in May
2011
Solutions
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Avago Technologies worked with Oracle Partner Wipro, completing the upgrade in
December 2011, on time and under budget, while experiencing no significant degradation
in system performance.
As the company continues to use Oracle E-Business Suite, it expects to improve the user
experience and system productivity
Specifically, Avago plans to study the new functionality built into Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.1 to find opportunities to automate warehouse management processes for
greater efficiency
Implementation Process
AVAGO TECHNOlOGIES
Avago began the upgrade in May 2011 with the goal of completing the upgrade during the
company’s first fiscal quarter, as that is typically a quieter time. The implementation took
seven months, and it was completed on time and under budget on December 12, 2011.
During implementation, Avago used Oracle Support and found it to be very responsive,
knowledgeable and instrumental in going live on schedule.
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