Case Study: Oracle BI Apps Implementation for McGrath RentCorp

About the Client

McGrath RentCorp is a California corporation headquartered in Livermore, CA with branch offices located throughout North America, Malaysia, Mexico and India. McGrath serve a broad spectrum of industries, including telecommunications, construction, education, petrochemical and environmental. McGrath RentCorp is a diversified business to business rental company with three primary rental divisions: relocatable modular buildings, electronic test equipment and liquid and solid containment tanks and boxes.

Oracle Platforms Used

  • Oracle BI Applications,
  • Informatica,
  • Oracle EBS

Business Requirements

  • Implementation of Oracle BI Financial Analytics & Procurement-Spend Analytics
  • Deliver business critical financial reports like Balance Sheet and P&L Reports as per McGrath custom Account setup
  • Configure GL Account Ranges as per McGrath EBS implementation
  • AR Invoice Aging reporting by Division and Branch/Location
  • Implement overall security model for OBIA
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Business Challenges

RMCS

Multiple ledgers were being used and needed to be configured in OBIA for accurate reporting

RMCS

Financial reporting to be based on complex GL-Account range setup

RMCS

Aging bucket available OOTB were different from business requirement

The Solution

  • Redesigned and customized OOTB Oracle BI Apps to handle multiple ledgers
  • Customized Account Range Key setup files as per EBS COA setup done by customer
  • OBIEE Data Model was customized to accommodate aging buckets

Benefits

  • Financial reporting helped business to track assets and liabilities, revenue through P&L reports and view revenue according to GL-Account and location
  • Procurement & Spend Analytics helped business to monitor procurement and thus control the overall cost
  • Critical Aging report helped business to track money receivable and helped representative in following up long pending receivables
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