Rapidflow at Oracle Supply Chain Partner Summit 2025

1. Oracle E-Business Suite & Fusion Service Opportunities

Overview

This session set the tone for the summit, emphasizing that Oracle’s roadmap is increasingly focused on partner-led services rather than traditional implementation-driven engagements.

Key Highlights

• Identification of high-value service opportunities across EBS and Fusion
• Focus areas included Cost & Profitability Analysis, Outsourced Manufacturing, Product Workbench, Life Sciences compliance, and Project Procurement
• Fusion discussions centered on Redwood UX, Advanced Inventory, and pre-built AI agents
• Partners were encouraged to identify “functional gems” and convert them into scalable service offerings

2. Cost & Profitability Analysis in Oracle EBS

Overview

Oracle introduced a native Cost and Profitability Analysis solution embedded within EBS 12.2.15, evolved from Oracle’s cloud-based costing capabilities.

Key Highlights

• Rapid “what-if” cost simulations for tariffs, sourcing changes, and design modifications
• Flexible cost planning to build detailed and traceable cost structures
• Built-in profitability engine enabling margin analysis at scale
• Enterprise-wide visibility into cost drivers, replacing spreadsheet-heavy processes
• Complements EPM with accurate bottom-up operational costing

3. Oracle’s Multi-Cloud Strategy for E-Business Suite

Overview

This session outlined Oracle’s evolving approach to multi-cloud deployments and modernization for EBS customers.

Key Highlights

• Future EBS application tiers will be Linux-only, requiring re-platforming for non-Linux customers
• Official support for EBS on AWS, Azure, and GCP, in addition to OCI
• Strong partner opportunity to build migration frameworks and automation for non-OCI clouds
• Middleware upgrades simplified through online patching for EBS 12.2.7+
• Oracle Database services available within hyperscaler data centers to reduce latency

4. Outsourced Manufacturing in Oracle EBS

Overview

Oracle showcased how EBS supports diverse outsourced manufacturing models with built-in operational and financial controls.

Key Highlights

• Support for partial outsourcing, full outsourcing, and value-added manufacturing
• Coverage of Chargeable Subcontracting, Buy-Sell, and Consignment models
• Enterprise Command Center (ECC) provides 360-degree visibility into orders, inventory, and delays
• Proactive resolution of material shortages through reallocation
• Emphasis on accurate functional modeling over custom development

5. Product Workbench in Product Hub

Overview

The Product Workbench session demonstrated a modern, HTML-based interface designed to simplify product data management for discrete manufacturers.

Key Highlights

• Visual and intuitive UI for managing product structures and BOMs
• Centralized repository supporting collaboration and compliance
• Management of revisions, versions, and effectivity dates
• Support for updates via UI, Excel, and REST APIs
• Improved product accuracy and faster time-to-market

6. Engineering Focus with a Business Perspective (Life Sciences)

Overview

Oracle highlighted its continued focus on regulated industries, particularly life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and food & beverage.

Key Highlights

• Alignment of engineering design with regulatory and compliance requirements
• Emphasis on traceability, audit readiness, and process transparency
• Solutions designed with business outcomes as the primary driver

7. EBS ECC, Projects, Revenue, Leasing & iProcurement Integration

Overview

This session reinforced the importance of leveraging EBS as an integrated ecosystem rather than isolated modules.

Key Highlights

• ECC dashboards for project billing, costing, budgets, assets, and compliance
• End-to-end cash flow visibility from procurement to collections
• Revenue recognition aligned with IFRS 15 / ASC 606
• Lease accounting support for IFRS 16 / ASC 842 / GASB
• iProcurement enhancements including AI-powered search and buyer dashboards
• Oracle Business Network (OBN) enabling seamless B2B P2P integration

8. Oracle Fusion: Redwood, Advanced Inventory & AI-Enabled Supply Chain

Overview

Oracle shared major advancements in Fusion SCM, focusing on user experience, inventory execution, and AI-driven processes.

Key Highlights

• Redwood positioned as the foundation for future Fusion and AI experiences
• Advanced Inventory subscription introducing task-based execution and labour KPIs
• Mobile inventory workflows using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)
• RFID-enabled receiving and tracking
• AI agents supporting shortage analysis, replenishment, and fulfilment orchestration
• Clear partner opportunities around EBS-to-Fusion migration and Redwood conversion

9. Supply Chain Automation with RFID, AMRs & AI

Overview

This session explored how physical automation and AI are converging to create intelligent, autonomous supply chains.

Key Highlights

• RFID-based automated inventory management for high-compliance environments
• AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) automating picking and material movement
• AI agents evolving from assistants to workflow and supervisor agents
• Partner roadmap: adopt seeded AI agents → build custom agents → publish on Oracle Marketplace

About Oracle Partner Summits

Oracle Partner Summits are exclusive forums designed to bring together Oracle leaders and partners to share product roadmaps, technology innovations, and strategic priorities. These summits provide partners with deep functional insights, enable collaboration, and highlight new opportunities to help customers modernize their enterprise landscapes, adopt emerging technologies, and achieve measurable business outcomes.