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Spinnaker Support
Spinnaker Support, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. Spinnaker Support collaboration with software players such as Oracle empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
| Reseller and SI | Vendor | Application | Category | Market |
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| Spinnaker Support | Oracle | Oracle E-Business Suite | ERP Financial | ERP |
| Spinnaker Support | Oracle | Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS | Core HR | HCM |
| Spinnaker Support | Oracle | Oracle HCM Time and Labor | Time and Attendance | HCM |
| Spinnaker Support | Oracle | Oracle iExpense | Expense Management | ERP |
| Spinnaker Support | Oracle | Oracle Inventory Management | Inventory Management | SCM |
| Spinnaker Support | Oracle | Oracle Transportation Management System | Transportation Management | SCM |
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Merichem Company | Distribution | 450 | $70M | United States | Oracle | Oracle E-Business Suite | ERP Financial | 2016 |
In 2016, Merichem Company engaged Spinnaker Support to assume full third-party maintenance and support responsibilities for its Oracle E-Business Suite environment, driven by an urgent need to reduce costs as oil price declines compressed IT budgets. The decision to move to third-party application support was motivated by an inability to negotiate pricing and product scope with the vendor, mounting dissatisfaction with vendor support responsiveness on EBS 12.1.3, and a requirement to lower internal operational overhead while preserving upgrade options.
The Oracle E-Business Suite implementation remained on release 12.1.3 and was supported as an ERP Financial platform across core transactional and back office stacks. The technical footprint included Oracle Enterprise Linux v2.6.18, Oracle Virtual Machine, Oracle Database 11g, and WebLogic Suite, and functional modules covered Financials, Human Resources, Oracle Time & Labor, Sales, Order Management, Inventory, Quality, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Process Manufacturing OPM, Oracle Transportation Management OTM, Self Service, Projects, iExpense, Integrations, and Application Administrator. Merichem maintained an archival of 12.2 to preserve an upgrade path and to enable the company to define its own upgrade timeline rather than be forced by a vendor roadmap.
Operational coverage extended across finance, HR, sales and order management, supply chain and manufacturing, transportation, procurement, and project accounting, with integrations retained to support transactional flows between these domains. Merichem kept a compact internal IT footprint dedicated to Oracle technologies, and the engagement explicitly required rapid knowledge transfer and a comprehensive archive of configuration and update artifacts within a 30 day window.
Spinnaker Support provided a full service, comprehensive support model with an assigned senior team of Oracle software engineers, onshore EBS middleware and database support, full stack security and vulnerability protection, and ongoing tax and regulatory update support. Governance and commercial terms were restructured to a flexible contract model that allows scaling of services and fees based on actual software usage and call volumes, and the provider archived 12.2 for future upgrade options. Outcomes explicitly reported by Merichem include a significant annual support cost reduction greater than 55 percent, reduced internal IT workload, and improved quality and responsiveness of application support under the third-party model.
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Merichem Company | Distribution | 450 | $70M | United States | Oracle | Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS | Core HR | 2016 |
In 2016 Merichem Company engaged Spinnaker Support and implemented Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS under the Core HR category to reduce support costs and stabilize application ownership. The move followed a 2013 decision to offload platform hosting and was driven by falling oil prices, limited internal Oracle expertise, and an upcoming Oracle support expiration that required a rapid alternative to vendor support.
The Oracle E-Business Suite HRMS deployment included Human Resources, Oracle Time & Labor, Self Service, iExpense, and associated core HR workflows, alongside Financials, Sales, Order Management, Inventory, Quality, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Process Manufacturing, Projects, Oracle Transportation Management, and Application Administrator capabilities. Configuration emphasized operational HR functionality and employee self-service, while maintaining integration points for downstream transactional modules and existing application integrations listed in the environment inventory.
The technical architecture remained on Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 running on Oracle Enterprise Linux v2.6.18 and Oracle Virtual Machine, with Oracle Database 11g and WebLogic Suite in the stack. Integrations and application administration components were retained as part of the deployment, and Spinnaker Support accepted responsibility for full-stack security, vulnerability protection, and delivery of tax and regulatory updates as part of managed support operations.
Governance shifted to a third-party managed support model with an assigned senior team of on-shore Oracle software engineers from Spinnaker Support, a flexible contract that scales fees to usage and call volumes, and a knowledge transfer objective to reduce internal IT workload. A critical program requirement was a comprehensive archive of the upgraded 12.2 artifacts within a 30-day window, enabling Merichem to define its own upgrade timeline and remove the constraint to stay current on patches to remain supported.
Outcomes explicitly captured in the engagement included a significant annual support cost reduction greater than 55 percent, establishment of a flexible contractual model, and a full archival of 12.2 for future upgrade options. Spinnaker Support delivered on-shore EBS, Oracle Middleware, and Database support covering Merichem Company’s Core HR and broader EBS application portfolio.
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Merichem Company | Distribution | 450 | $70M | United States | Oracle | Oracle HCM Time and Labor | Time and Attendance | 2016 |
In 2016 Merichem Company implemented Oracle HCM Time and Labor as part of its Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 environment to address Time and Attendance requirements across the enterprise. The decision was driven by constrained IT budgets and a need to reduce support spend while improving service quality, given a small internal IT staff and prior platform hosting offload in 2013.
The deployment emphasized Oracle HCM Time and Labor capabilities for time capture, timesheet management, time rules enforcement, and labor reporting, integrated with Human Resources and self service workflows. The wider EBS footprint included Financials, Human Resources, Oracle Time & Labor, Sales, Order Management, Inventory, Quality, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Process Manufacturing, Oracle Transportation Management, Self Service, Projects, and iExpense, and configurations preserved module-level interoperability through existing Integrations and the Application Administrator function.
Architecturally the environment remained on Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 running on Oracle Enterprise Linux v2.6.18 with Oracle Virtual Machine, Oracle Database 11g and WebLogic Suite, while Spinnaker Support delivered the operational support layer. Integrations across time, payroll adjacent processes and downstream self service interfaces were maintained, and Spinnaker produced a full archival of a 12.2 environment to allow Merichem to define its own upgrade timeline.
Governance and support processes were restructured under a Spinnaker Support engagement, which assigned a senior team of Oracle software engineers, provided full stack security and vulnerability protection, and delivered tax and regulatory update support plus knowledge transfer to reduce internal workload. Contract terms were made flexible to scale with actual software usage and call volumes, and the engagement yielded a stated annual support cost reduction greater than 55 percent while preserving future upgrade options through the archived 12.2 snapshot.
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Distribution | 450 | $70M | United States | Oracle | Oracle iExpense | Expense Management | 2016 |
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Distribution | 450 | $70M | United States | Oracle | Oracle Inventory Management | Inventory Management | 2016 |
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