From Data Chaos to HR Bliss: A Hospitality Company Modernizes with Oracle Cloud HCM Suite

From Data Chaos to HR Bliss: A Hospitality Company Modernizes with Oracle Cloud HCM Suite

In today’s fast-paced business environment, agility and adaptability are critical for success. Organizations across industries are racing to the cloud to modernize their operations, streamline workflows, and enhance efficiency. For companies running Oracle applications such as EBS, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Hyperion, the journey to the cloud can be complex and full of strategic decisions.
This presentation explores how a leading hospitality company transformed its HR operations by migrating to the Oracle Cloud HCM Suite, turning data chaos into streamlined HR bliss. It highlights the challenges of cloud migration, the strategies employed, and the tangible benefits achieved through modernization.
Key Insights You’ll Gain:

Cloud Migration Strategies: Understand different paths for Oracle applications—full digital transformation to Oracle ERP/EPM Cloud, lift-and-shift to public clouds like OCI, AWS, or Azure, and hybrid solutions.
Evaluating Cloud Providers: Learn how to assess leading providers for compatibility with Oracle workloads and business needs.
Business Impact Analysis: Discover how cloud migration improves workflow efficiency, IT performance, and cost optimization.
Customization Minimization: Explore strategies to reduce reliance on customizations during migration for smoother transitions.
Roadmap & Governance: Learn how to create a tailored migration plan aligned with organizational goals and establish governance frameworks for long-term success.
Real-World Case Study: Gain insights from a hospitality company’s successful Oracle Cloud HCM implementation, including lessons learned and best practices.

As Gartner emphasizes, “Organizations must strategically evaluate and determine the optimal cloud migration approach for their Oracle applications. Companies that choose a well-suited path will be better positioned to enhance workflow efficacy, improve IT efficiency, and achieve long-term success in their cloud journey.”
Whether you’re an IT leader, HR executive, or cloud strategist, this session provides actionable guidance to help you navigate the complexities of Oracle cloud migration and unlock the full potential of modern HR systems.

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1. From Data Chaos to HR Bliss: A Hospitality Company Modernizes with Oracle Cloud HCM Suite!

2. Booth No #401 Win Great Prizes 4:15 pm Oracle Enterprise Manager: 7 Robust Features to Put in Action From Data Chaos to HR Bliss: A Hospitality Company Modernizes with Oracle Cloud HCM Suite! 11:15 am You are in this Session !

3. Speaker Introductions Gurmeet Bhatia President-Enterprise Applications Business Datavail Corporation Georgia Britton Vice President , Applications Atlantis Bahamas Resorts

4. Industry in general

5. Enterprises plan technology overhauls post-pandemic 80% of businesses are planning strategic big moves, such as acquisitions, divestitures, new business models, and widespread automation.

6. Hotels need applications that are intuitive and don’t take three months to learn. A lot of the associate-facing technology that’s present in the industry today is marked by either a lack of mobility or complexity of the user interface that hinders the associate’s ability to get out, interact, be efficient, cost effective leading up to better labor, revenue decisions and personalize the guest experience.

7. Integrated Business Technology Framework

8. Transformation Journey

9. ERP/EPM Health Assessment made easy…. Datavail HealthBoost is a rapid assessment service package with a fixed cost & fixed term, designed specifically to help customers get to their application journey Datavail HealthBoost Benefits We can focus on organization’s overall existing application environment, or, for a larger implementation, a specific business function or process.  Health   Boost  for Applications is a catalyst to help organization:  Align application platform with current and future business needs  Identify opportunities to improve productivity of current processes  Take full advantage of underutilized application features and functions  Reduce dependency on customizations  Improve IT efficiency and lower total cost of ownership  Detect knowledge gaps within your team  Understand the benefit and value drivers for future improvement initiatives IaaS PaaS SaaS Process Efficiency/Optimization

10. Transformation Journey Mindmap

11. Cloud Adoption Choice # 1: Oracle Application Workload Migration Optimize and extend apps with modern API-based services Introduce new capabilities, and support gradual decomposition/re-architecting of existing apps Migrate Modernize Innovate EXISTING APPLICATIONS Move to the cloud as-is / Lift and Shift For both Oracle Applications & DBs, (EBS, Peoplesoft, etc.), as well as for custom monolithic and stateful apps Create new applications Develop modern microservices supporting new use cases, new technologies, artificial intelligence, and more CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATIONS Infrastructure Modernization, Technical Debt Reduction, Incremental Edge App Value, Ongoing Updates/Maintenance, 2034? Organizational Mindset: Risk Averse Enterprises, Longer Innovation Cycles, Traditional Business Models Goodbye/Carry Debt. Infra Platform Tools Process? Ongoing Upgrades/Security Patches*

12. Cloud Adoption Choice # 2: Land-Modernize-Retire Strategy Infrastructure Modernization, Technical Debt Reduction, Software as a Service Journey Optimize and extend apps with modern API-based services Introduce new capabilities, and support gradual decomposition/re-architecting of existing apps Migrate Modernize Innovate EXISTING APPLICATIONS Move to the cloud as-is / Lift and Shift For both Oracle Applications & DBs, (EBS, Peoplesoft, etc.), as well as for custom monolithic and stateful apps Software as Service/Modern Apps Journey Transform to SaaS Journey, modern edge apps supporting new use cases, new technologies, artificial intelligence, and more CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATIONS Organizational Mindset: Growth Sprout Enterprises, Business Value Drivers, Hybrid Business Models Infinite Process Imp. Infra Platform Tools Process Ongoing Upgrades/Security Patches* Release Updates…Forever(Autonomous)

13. Cloud Adoption Choice # 3: Leap of Faith Strategy Business Transformation Journey to Cloud, Retire Bad Practices, Data/Reporting Strategy Modernization Data/Reporting Modernization Build a Holistic Data Strategy, Analytics, AI/ML for Predictive/Prescriptive Migrate Modernize Innovate CLOUD NATIVE APPLICATIONS Business Transformation Transform Business Process Leveraging SaaS Platform, Align with Best Practices, Improve Efficiency Leverage New Features/Platform Abilities Infinite Process Improvement opp., Develop modern microservices supporting new use cases, new technologies, artificial intelligence, and more CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATIONS Organizational Mindset: Growth Sprout Enterprises, High Technical Debt/Divestment, Dynamically Changing Business Ecosystem SaaS PaaS Release Updates…Forever(Autonomous)

14. Business Challenges Business Workflows, Process Approvals, Business Event notifications ARE NOT Working or NOT CONSISTENT. Leading to a lot of manual process, no visibility and multiple excel sheets being maintained outside the system Vacation Request Transfer of Employees Termination notifications Change in benefits notifications Delegation Functionality Hire/Rehire process Organizational Hierarchy is not consistently being maintained/updated Consistent/Standard position code/job code process needs to be reviewed Reporting To Manager data is not clean, need to be addressed immediately Data is poor, mismatched, orphan records, no standardizations, no strong policies No/Lack of Workforce reports (Turnover, Headcount, Termination……) Reports & Analytics not configured No Mobile functionality currently available Older versions of Application Redesign/Reconfiguration to enable mobile access of some limited functions Employee Self-Service/Manager Self Service needs to be readdressed/reconfigured due to lack of information currently available to help employees/managers get visibility and reduce dependency on HR Onboarding checklist have been created for Recruiters and Managers however, checklist need to be facilitated through a automated workflow within the system to ensure accountability, audit and documentation.

15. Business Challenges Application Security/Access & Segregation of Duties are not correctly defined and assigned to users. Onboarding process requires multiple changes/automation Lots of manual processes; Needs accountability of the Hiring Manager; Candidate data collection/verification/approval is a very manual process allows the new hire to provide feedback on the experience. All new hire documents are manually being saved on a server without a clear linkage within the application Tracking of hires from Onboarding to Probation period Applicant resume / Resume Parsing Candidate/Vendor job application site with integration to multiple job sites & social media sites to increase the visibility and inflow of job applicants Job offer creation to acceptances needs to be automated by adding templates, job descriptions, and other job data. Maintaining employee trainings completed is a manual process and not always linked to their employee file (manual, multiple excel sheet or data exchange process). Not easy access for managers to know the details No easy way to enroll student to Atlantis University courses Multiple challenges in the Comp & Benefits area (Beneficiary association, Leave management, primary-secondary job codes for internal work, interface with benefit providers, lack of reports and workflow notifications Financial forecasting/Planning is currently a very manual process Limited to financial planning /modeling ( CapEx , Workforce planning and budgeting is manual process) Financial Consolidation and Close is a manual process Multiple excel sheets across the financial process/ No Data integrity on reporting

16. Cloud Adoption Choice # 2: Land-Modernize-Retire Strategy Infrastructure Modernization, Technical Debt Reduction, Software as a Service Journey Optimize and extend apps with modern API-based services Introduce new capabilities, and support gradual decomposition/re-architecting of existing apps Migrate Modernize Innovate EXISTING APPLICATIONS Move to the cloud as-is / Lift and Shift For both Oracle Applications & DBs, (EBS, Peoplesoft, etc.), as well as for custom monolithic and stateful apps Software as Service/Modern Apps Journey Transform to SaaS Journey, modern edge apps supporting new use cases, new technologies, artificial intelligence, and more CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATIONS Organizational Mindset: Growth Sprout Enterprises, Business Value Drivers, Hybrid Business Models Infinite Process Imp. Infra Platform Tools Process Ongoing Upgrades/Security Patches* Release Updates…Forever(Autonomous)

17. Transition Roadmap to Cloud

18. Cloud Transition Phases/Stages

19. Organizational/Executive Objective: One HR

20. Objectives : Simplified + Integrated + Collaborative + Knowledge

21. Project Implementation Methodology

22. Project Stages/Timelines

23. Lessons Learned

24. Critical Expectations

25. Cloud Adoption Considerations Cloud adoption is a complex process that expands beyond technology implementation According to Gartner in their: 4 lessons learned from Cloud Infrastructure Adopters report,  “…companies that are unaware of the mistakes made in their cloud adoption will overspend 20 to 50%.”

26. Thank You for Attending!