This speeds up the process of configuring customer orders, optimizing subcontracting, and cost, quality and compliance management. Even though the global financial crisis has hit Asia, the growth story for Asian manufacturing remains relatively strong. Therefore, Asia, with a growing economy and expanding manufacturing industry, provides a good platform for Oracle to penetrate the manufacturing market. Overall, Oracle has added a significant amount of functionality to its manufacturing solution set, along with integration to the entire Oracle E-Business Suite through Oracle AIA. ARC believes that Oracle's COI strategy would appeal to manufacturers seeking collaborative production management solutions.