ERP system modernization for prepaid medicine company: Migration from Forms to APEX

An Argentine company dedicated to the provision of prepaid medical services, with more than 35,000 members, was able to streamline its processes and save costs through the modernization of its ERP system developed in Oracle Forms with Oracle APEX, including a reengineering of its processes.

Customer needs

The company needed to optimize its processes and streamline management through a system aligned with the new business paradigms. Its systems developed in Forms presented difficulties when integrating with other applications and its complex usability complicated the efficiency of the users.

Solution

Time

24 months

Team

1 Team Leader
1 Dedicated time developer

The ERP system was upgraded to version 9i of Forms with Oracle APEX, and the system reports developed in Reports were migrated to Jasper. It was not a direct migration, but also a reengineering of their processes to adapt their system to the new business rules.

The migration was gradual, carried out by modules and areas of the company, which allowed not interrupting the company’s operation at the same time that the users were using the new modules.

The modernization not only allowed the company to optimize its processes but also to save licensing costs, since APEX, unlike Forms, is included in Oracle Database free of charge.

Results