Ford and Oracle

From: Rob H (robert.heyes_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 08/20/04

  • Next message: Barry Treahy, Jr.: "Re: Ford and Oracle" 
    Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:17:14 +0000 (UTC)

    I found this article today.
    My question is: what platform were they deploying Oracle Applications on and
    what platform is the "tried and tested" application on to which they are
    reverting, and how is that built? Are we talking VMS for tried and tested ,
    or something else...

    Ford kills 'Everest' procurement software system

    It pulled the plug on a system built around Oracle's 11i E-Business Suite

    News Story by Marc L. Songini

    (http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2004/0,4814,95335,00.html)

    AUGUST 18, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Despite four years in production and an
    investment of millions of dollars, Ford Motor Co. is pulling the plug on a
    major procurement software system built around Oracle Corp.'s 11i E-Business
    Suite of applications.

    Ford spokesman Paul Wood today confirmed news reports from earlier this week
    that said Ford had decided to unplug its Oracle procurement system, dubbed
    Everest, and collapse its purchasing processes around its original
    custom-written, mainframe-based applications.

    "We completed an evaluation of all the production and nonproduction
    procurement systems and made the decision to transition back to the proven,
    current system," Wood said.

    Everest began in 1999 at the height of the dot-com era, when companies were
    routinely spending millions of dollars on software to automate their supply
    chains -- with varying results.

    According to Wood, Everest was a separate venture from the Web-based
    automotive exchange Ford helped create, called Covisint. He described
    Everest as "very ambitious" but offered few details about its
    implementation.

    The Everest applications started to go live in 2000 and continued with a
    "rolling launch," Wood said.

    He declined to say how many suppliers or units the implementation currently
    supports but noted that the software is widely used in some form throughout
    Ford. He also declined to say what problems or inefficiencies were in the
    Oracle system, but sources indicated that Everest was hampered by poor
    performance.

    It's now Ford's intention to migrate any relevant new features from Everest
    to its legacy system, using in-house development staff. The mainframe
    procurement software continued to run in coexistence with Everest, and
    company suppliers have used both sets of applications to handle supply chain
    transactions.

    Wood declined to comment on how long it will take to shift completely back
    to the legacy applications or how much money Everest will ultimately cost
    the automaker.

    For its part, Oracle issued a terse comment: "Oracle continues to support
    Ford on its back-to-basics strategic initiatives and IT projects. Given our
    desire to honor a non-disclosure agreement in effect, it would be
    inappropriate for Oracle to comment on any specifics."

    A spokeswoman declined to offer further explanation.

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