Oracle Customer Snapshot
Eaton Corporation Increases Efficiency, Improves
Management of Third-Party Manufacturing Suppliers
Eaton Corporation
Pune, India
www.eaton.com
Industry:
Industrial Manufacturing
Annual Revenue:
US$11.9 billion
Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company
with customers in more than 150 countries. The company is a
global leader in electrical components and systems for power
quality, distribution, and control; hydraulics components,
systems, and services for industrial and mobile equipment;
aerospace fuel, hydraulics, and pneumatic systems for
commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain
and powertrain systems. In August 2008, Eaton acquired the
engine valve business of a leading engine manufacturer in India.
Employees:
70,000
Oracle Products &
Services:
Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12
Oracle Order Management
Oracle Inventory Management
Oracle Purchasing
Oracle Bills of Material
Challenges
ƒ Convert acquired system processes into Eaton’s standard
procedures rapidly, with minimal impact on everyday business
ƒ Ensure continuity of financial transactions and reporting during
the migration to Eaton’s environment
ƒ Make it easier for staff to track manufacturing work outsourced
to third-party suppliers
ƒ Minimize manual inventory and order management workload
on staff to improve efficiency
ƒ Take the opportunity to decustomize components into standard
Oracle functionality
Oracle Work in Process
Oracle Financials
Solution
Oracle Partner:
Tata Consultancy Services
www.tcs.com
“By migrating our new business
acquisition to Oracle EBusiness Suite, we have greater
visibility into the usage of the
system for better inventory
management. Moreover, we can
now leverage the Eaton support
and change management
processes to further deploy best
ƒ Engaged Oracle Platinum Partner Tata Consultancy Services to
implement a new financial and business management system
based on Oracle E-Business Suite R12
ƒ Improved efficiency by adopting standard Oracle workflows,
simplifying purchasing and order management
ƒ Allowed staff to trace all raw and semifinished goods, such as
engine valves sent out to third-party suppliers for finishing
ƒ Ensured compliance by enabling staff to track third-party jobs
that exceed 180 days and pay the necessary duties
ƒ Migrated acquired business to the Eaton global chart of
accounts , ensuring ease of financial reporting
ƒ Migrated customized financial reports from the acquired
system to the Eaton system to ensure business continuity
practices.” – Balaji Ganesan, IT
Manager, Vehicle Group Asia,
Eaton Corporation
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Published November 2010