When does Oracle E-Business Suite support actually end?
Oracle has extended Premier Support for E-Business Suite 12.2 to at least 2037, most recently in March 2026 — the ninth consecutive annual extension. The 2032 and 2034 end dates still widely quoted across the industry are out of date. There is no EBS cliff and no forced migration. Staying on 12.2 is a legitimate strategy, provided you accept that new Oracle capability lands in Fusion rather than EBS.
If there is no deadline, why plan an EBS to Fusion migration now?
Because the runway is long, not because support ends. An EBS-to-Fusion move typically takes 18 to 36 months, and business cases, budget cycles and process redesign sit ahead of that, so a 2029 go-live is a 2026 or 2027 decision. The second reason is the roadmap: Oracle's new functionality and embedded AI investment goes into Fusion Cloud Applications, so the functional gap widens each year you wait.
Is moving from EBS to Oracle Fusion an upgrade or a re-implementation?
It is a re-implementation with data migration. Fusion is a different application built on a different data model, so configurations, forms, reports and CEMLI customisations do not carry across. That is not a reason to avoid it, but it changes how you budget and staff the programme. We catalogue every customisation first and decide retire, replace with standard, or rebuild as an APEX or OIC extension before any build starts.
What does an Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP implementation typically cost and take?
Timelines run from around six months for a single-country finance footprint to 18 to 36 months for a multi-country ERP, HCM and SCM programme. Cost is driven by legal entity count, payroll jurisdictions, integration count and data migration volume rather than by user licences alone. We produce a five-year total cost of ownership during the assessment, covering subscription, implementation, integration, testing and ongoing managed services.
Can we hire Oracle consultants instead of buying a fixed-scope project?
Yes. We provide Oracle functional, technical and integration consultants through staff augmentation, a managed capacity model, or a dedicated pod in a global capability centre in India. This suits organisations with their own programme management, or those building internal capability rather than depending on an external firm indefinitely. Roles include Fusion functional leads, OIC developers, EBS technical consultants and HCM payroll specialists.
Should we use Oracle Transportation Management or a newer TMS?
Oracle Transportation Management is a long-established enterprise TMS with genuinely deep planning, rating and freight settlement — for complex multi-modal networks with heavy rate and accessorial structures it remains one of the strongest options available. Newer cloud TMS products deploy faster and suit simpler networks better. The honest test is rating and settlement complexity: if that is where your cost sits, OTM's depth earns its implementation effort.
Do you provide Oracle managed services after go-live?
Yes. Oracle AMS covers L1 to L3 application and database support under agreed service levels, quarterly patching for EBS, and mandatory Fusion quarterly release regression testing with impact analysis before each update lands. Cover can extend to 24/7 for processes that cannot wait until morning. We also run enhancement backlogs, so the system keeps improving rather than only being kept alive.
Is NetSuite or Oracle Fusion the right choice for us?
Both are Oracle, but they suit different problems. NetSuite fits mid-market businesses, subsidiaries and carve-outs where speed and a lower run cost matter more than depth, and is common as the lower tier of a two-tier estate. Fusion Cloud ERP fits groups needing deep finance, procurement, projects and EPM capability at scale. We implement both, so the recommendation follows your entity structure and process complexity, not our catalogue.