1. Atlanta OAUG Meeting Automation, Centralization and Simplification with Oracle Applications Eric Stouffer VP-Information Systems

2. About National Data Corporation  Premier provider of information services for the health care and electronic commerce markets  Global Payments offers end-to-end solutions for electronic commerce and payment processing  NDC Health offers the broadest scope of health information products and services in the world

3. About our Technology and Resources NDC Health  Intelligent network processes over 2 billion real-time health care transactions annually, peak rate of 650 transactions/second  Connected to over 4,000 payer plans  39% of nation’s hospitals > 400 beds, about 1,200 hospitals  90% of nation’s pharmacies, about 50,000 pharmacies  > 150,000 physicians  25 terabyte Oracle database for the pharmaceutical industry, over 100 pharmaceutical manufacturers  Over 3.5 billion prescriptions on file Global Payments  Processes billions of business and consumer transactions  Over 1.2 million points of service  750,000 physical merchant locations  Growing number of virtual sites  Solutions used by more than 700 financial institutions  Numerous federal and state government agencies

4. The Road to Oracle Applications  Antiquated and non-integrated financial systems  Mergers and acquisitions created an arsenal of different systems and chart of account structures  Lack of management information  Inability to support international operations  Desire for centralized shared services, i.e, procure- to-pay  Undefined financial systems strategy All leading to Oracle Applications…

5. Current Environment  Production use of Oracle GL, AP, PO, FA, Cash Management and Alert  Extensive use of procurement card in AP  HR/Payroll on Lawson w/Sybase database  Standalone billing/AR systems  Disparate sales force automation systems  Manual sales compensation Next Step – Execute the strategy!

6. The Strategy  Create integrated financial information system effectively supporting company goals and objectives  Plan to implement, integrate or replace  Leverage Oracle investment – to be implemented: Receivables, Sales Compensation, Projects, Self-Service Expenses, Self-Service Purchasing, Service  Evaluate OracleSalesOnline.com  Keep an eye on international requirements  Upgrade Lawson HRIS to Oracle DB  Prepare for Release 11i Be Flexible and Evolve!

7. The Result…Were Getting There!  ERP solution employing standard functionality on a manageable technology stack  Centralized customer management  Employee self-service - lower cost of internal transactions  Accurate and timely information  Business intelligence Scalable for Growth and Change!

8. In Summary  Automation Replace manual, inefficient processes with standard application functionality Seamless integration from sub-ledgers to General Ledger  Centralization Ability to support corporate procure-to-pay Financial information centralized in single database  Simplification Single, standardized chart of accounts structure Ability to effectively cross-train end-user and application support personnel