SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle OpenWorld -- GeoGlobal Partners (GGP), a leading manufacturer of outdoor living products including gas grills, statuary, fountains, furniture, and solar gardening products, today announced it has selected Core Services to implement the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Special Edition to address rapid organizational growth while improving client service and optimizing overhead.

As a key player in the mid-market manufacturing sector, Core Services, a Certified Partner in Oracle PartnerNetwork, already had a deep understanding of GGP's needs, and recognized the principal barriers and risks to success associated with rapid growth. After evaluating several ERP packages, GGP ultimately selected the Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition and Core Services as its strategic partner. Since completion of their initial implementation, GGP has experienced a five-fold increase in revenue while achieving their expansion goals and improving client service with minimal overhead increase.

"Oracle and Core Services understood and addressed the business challenges we had as a small, rapidly growing business transitioning from one office with a few employees, to several offices around the world," according to Mark Wilson, GeoGlobal Partners CIO and Partner. "We found the Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition to be the best solution that would allow us to respond quickly to multiple changes while providing us with better business intelligence and superior supply chain performance." Wilson continues, "Core Services was able to provide us with the only solution that met all of our business objectives, including implementation and superior hosting services."

"We knew that GGP was at a critical point in their business development," noted Jim Bistis, CEO of Core Services. "In an effort to simplify our implementation and reduce client costs, we were able to use Oracle Accelerators to enable Core's team to deliver GeoGlobal's implementation on schedule and within budget." Bistis continues, "This software tool facilitates the rapid deployment of Oracle Applications by business flows and not only helped Core's implementation team map the software to address GGP's specific business process objectives, but it also enabled its partners to develop important, new internal business processes."

With the new capability to capture their total financial picture, and make changes easily to their supply chain, GGP can now make smart decisions faster, and continue to grow and change their business model as the market demands.

"Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition is a great solution for medium-sized companies like GGP who are experiencing rapid growth," says Rauline Ochs, Group Vice President of North America Alliances and Channels, Oracle. "Core Services helps ensure clients a stable platform to build a unique and robust ERP system that will support significant future growth. With GGP's deployment of Oracle Applications, Core Services was able to leverage Oracle Accelerators, demonstrating how customers can focus on the core competencies of growing their business, rather than implementation time and cost."

In a few short weeks, Core Services had GGP's Oracle system installed and running in Core's data center. With Oracle Accelerator, the rapid implementation methodology helped to ensure that GCP would obtain immediate and long-term business goals and significantly improve business practices. Additionally, the GGP ERP implementation was a success, with GGP having immediate access to real-time inventory reporting, accurate shipping information, and better internal communication. "With better client service, on-time deliveries, and improved product availability, GGP has become a better manufacturing company delivering superior client service," says Wilson. "We would not have been able to achieve that, or achieve our financial goals, without Core Services and the Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition."

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About GeoGlobal Partners

GeoGlobal Partners is focused on producing a fine selection of quality outdoor offerings: Water Gardening, Fountains, Statues, Urns, Planters, Garden Furniture, Grills, etc. By eliminating the mystery of water gardening, consumers can learn to install and maintain their own ponds. The product line has one of the longest warranties in the business and all GGP's products are tested in independent labs. GGP prides itself in delivering innovative, high quality products that make the water gardening experience a fun and satisfying one.

About Core Services Corporation

Core Services Corporation, a Certified Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, delivers Oracle-based business operations solutions and information systems and support to clients worldwide by providing award-winning Oracle Consulting and Oracle Hosting Services. Additionally, Core Services is exclusively authorized to sell and service Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition. Focused exclusively on Oracle Applications since 1990, Core Services also offers Managed, Remote DBA, and Disaster Recovery services in addition to Oracle Consulting Services for new Implementations and Upgrades. For more information about Core Services, visit our website at:

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