I got an email from a company called www.eprentise.com with below text...
from looks of it they are selling an application which can be used to "transform" to R12 (i.e. upgrade rather than implementation) ...

Anyone going to OpenWorld this year? They might want to find out more on what exactly are they selling.. ??

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Now, you can transform 11i with eprentise software and upgrade instead. Visit us at Oracle OpenWorld to learn how E-Business Suite 11i customers are upgrading instead of reimplementing, shortening the time-to-value at a lower cost, and providing a better R12 result for both the Business and IT.
Did you know...
When you use eprentise software to transform 11i, you can change Key Flexfields and fundamental setup configurations? ... when you upgrade to R12, you can keep all of your history? Are your last 10 years worthless?
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Again I am not working at this company just curious on how are they doing it..

I'd have thought most 'large' 11i implementations would upgrade rather than re-implement. You'd need some hefty business reasons to start all over agin imho.

I'll pass the info over to one of the bods on the NHS project as they have wangled a jolly trip to Open World

Thanks Barry..
that info will be useful..
atleast a basic idea... i would suppose they might end-dating the BG setup from future date... but then how do the old structures work with in finance SLA logic.. especially payroll costing..

Anybody who had been to Openworld 2009 and got any leads on the above software ?