Oracle Fusion to Redwood Migration Guide: Timeline, Strategy, and Best Practices

Oracle Redwood Migration Roadmap: Compliance-Driven UX Transformation for Life Sciences Companies

Discover how to navigate your Oracle Fusion to Redwood UX migration with confidence. This strategic guide breaks down timelines, impact considerations, and critical milestones—backed by actionable insights for life sciences organizations.

The Oracle Redwood Shift: What’s Changing—and Why It Matters

Oracle’s Redwood Experience is more than a user interface refresh—it’s the new standard for how cloud-based enterprise applications will operate moving forward. With a sleek, intuitive design and embedded AI capabilities, Redwood is Oracle’s future-focused UX framework. For regulated industries like life sciences, this change demands more than a technical upgrade—it calls for a rethinking of how user interfaces support compliance, productivity, and long-term scalability.

This isn’t optional. Oracle’s roadmap makes the Redwood transition mandatory, with a rolling timeline through 2026. Acting now enables organizations to stay ahead of the curve and avoid rushed implementations down the line.

The Redwood Experience unlocks new potential for regulated industries by aligning UI with the expectations of modern compliance frameworks and digital workforce models.

Oracle’s Redwood Rollout Timeline (2025–2026)

25A (January 2025)

• Required: Oracle Time & Labor (desktop)

25B–25C (Mid to Late 2025)

• Required: Oracle HCM
• Required: Responsive Self-Service Procurement

26A–26D (2025-2026)

• Required: Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) by 26D (Q4 2026).
• Full adoption expected across Cloud HCM, SSP and SCM by the end of 2026

Stay up to date by monitoring Oracle’s quarterly update documentation.

Key Benefits for Life Sciences: 

• Modern UI: Intuitive navigation, simplified layouts, and a clean design.
• Unified Design: Redwood delivers a consistent look and feel across HCM, ERP, SCM, and other modules.
• Future-Ready: Oracle’s innovation roadmap centers on Redwood. Access to new features is dependent upon adopting the new UI.
• AI & Automation: Redwood incorporates AI-driven workflows and smart suggestions to reduce manual tasks.

USDM’s Step-by-Step Redwood Migration Framework

At USDM, we don’t just support technology transitions—we engineer compliant, future-ready transformation frameworks. Here’s how we guide regulated organizations through Redwood migrations:

1.  Evaluate Your Custom Footprint 

• Use Oracle’s Redwood Personalization Helper Tool (Oracle Support Doc ID 2999756.1)
• Audit:
  • Visual Builder Studio (VBS) pages
  • Page Composer customizations
  • Deprecated UI elements

2. Conduct a Compliance & Workflow Impact Assessment

• Identify business processes affected by Redwood
• Assess role-based access, mobile-to-desktop shifts, and GxP implications
• Ensure legacy custom roles meet Redwood security standards

3. Conduct an AI Readiness Assessment

• Identify opportunities to incorporate AI into your business workflows
• Assess AI Governance and Readiness
• Deploy AI Readiness programs by remediating Policy and compliance gaps

4. Build a Phased Rollout Plan

• Prioritize low-risk workflows (e.g., Employee Self-Service)
• Phase in high-impact modules (HR Core, Learning, Payroll)
• Create domain-specific adoption roadmaps (Inventory, Manufacturing, PML Quality, etc.)

5. Stand Up a Test & Training Environment

• Clone production into a secure sandbox
• Test for:
  • UX navigation consistency
  • Workflow compliance under new UI
  • Integration performance with third-party systems
• Run user training simulations

6. Enable Stakeholders Early

• Train IT, Supply Chain, Quality and Compliance stakeholders
• Provide role-specific guides and preview walkthroughs
• Gather feedback via hands-on sessions

7. Execute Rollout with Change Enablement

• Launch after passing User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Roll out communication toolkits: FAQs, Work Instructions, help desk enablement, “what’s changing” guides
• Monitor early-stage issues and adjust quickly

8. Optimize Post-Go-Live

• Gather user feedback and behavioral data
• Refactor or sunset outdated VBS components
• Continuously refine Redwood-enabled processes for performance and compliance

Best Practices to Accelerate Success 

Redwood Migration in a Regulated Landscape: Why USDM?

 Redwood may be a UI transformation—but for life sciences organizations, it’s also a compliance initiative. At USDM, we deliver Redwood-ready migrations that align with:

• Digital Quality & GxP Compliance
• Audit-Ready Content Management & Workflows
• Process Optimization for Operational Efficiency

Our proprietary frameworks like Cloud Assurance and ProcessX ensure your transition is secure, compliant, and ready for future Oracle innovations.

Final Thoughts: Redwood is the New Standard—Are You Ready?

 Migrating to Redwood isn’t just checking a box—it’s your opportunity to modernize operations, reduce compliance risk, and boost performance. Don’t wait for deadlines to dictate your pace. Act now to shape the Redwood experience around your enterprise needs and regulatory expectations.

Let’s Get Started Together. Whether you’re planning, testing, or already rolling out Redwood, USDM Life Sciences is your strategic partner for confident, compliant, and future-forward Oracle transformations. Contact USDM to build your tailored Redwood migration roadmap.

Key Oracle Resources 

• Redwood UX Overview
• Oracle Support: Redwood Migration Tool
• Oracle Documentation by Product
• Redwood Step-by-Step Guide (Oracle Blog)