About Operational Device Management
Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management provides functionality to handle large volumes of assets and to manage the receipt, installation, maintenance, tracking, and removal of those assets. Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management is purchased as a separate license to further enhance Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management. However, since these two products are typically always sold together, this guide includes seamless documentation for both products. Contact your sales representative or Oracle Support for more information.
The system supports the following business processes:
- Capturing device attributes and supporting any type of device
- Supporting integration with other utility applications requiring Device information and configuration
- Supporting detailed smart device attributes
- Supporting detailed location management and tracking of individual devices throughout their lifecycle
- Capturing device configurations, settings and calibrations
- Tracking firmware and firmware versions on smart devices
- Managing configuration between devices, components and software
- Validating devices at the time of receipt
- Scheduling and capturing data related to periodic inspection history over time
- Defining cycle information to schedule inspections
- Defining procedures to follow when performing inspections
- Using field activities to track and manage the electronic or in-field maintenance of devices
- Creating field activity documents to be used in the field for inspection work
- Defining a field activity life cycle
Refer to the Understanding Financials section in the Administrative User Guide for configuration guidelines.