Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a complete suite of modular, pre-integrated industry-specific business applications designed for rapid deployment and ease of administration. It is ideally suited for organizations that manufacture, construct, distribute, service, or manage products or physical assets.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (formerly JDE OneWorld) delivers breadth and depth of functionality and helps you integrate all aspects of your business—including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise asset management, enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), and supplier relationship management (SRM). EnterpriseOne also provides business intelligence and performance management tools. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Modules Include:

• Asset Lifecycle Management: Tools to directly control your company's performance to make the most out of what you have today.
• Customer Relationship Management: Support and streamline your entire business process from original customer contact through post-sales service.
• Financial Management: Pre-integrated solutions that link seamlessly with all other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne solutions.
• Human Capital Management: Deliver more effective customer service to your workforce through our web-based Employee and Manager Self-Service applications and collaborate workflows that streamline approval processes and transactions.
• Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management: By enabling best business processes, support processes that promote revenue growth, inventory reduction, better asset utilization, and cost-of-goods improvements.
• Project Management: Get rich, web-enabled applications delivered to project professionals wherever the job takes them.
• Supply Management: Manage your business process through real-time collaboration during design, demand, production, and distribution planning.
• EnterpriseOne Tools and Technology: Provide the foundation to connect your people, processes, and data in real time.
• User Productivity Kit: Get the most out of your Oracle JD Edwards business application by using the UPK to facilitate the education of your employees on your specific installation of JDE.

Featured Product: User Productivity Kit - How Competent Are Your Users?

Only 24% of enterprise software users are competent enough to leverage the full benefits of ERP functionality.

• Highly Competent Users- perform their jobs more effectively due to competency in using the application and knowledge of how it supports processes.
• Competent Users - fully understand the software and gain full benefits of its functionality.
• Sub-Standard Users - have a sufficient understanding of the software but are not gaining full benefit of its functionality.
• Failing Users - struggle to use the software.

JD Edwards Maintenance

When your company is on maintenance, it provides your company with several essential benefits. First, a company that is on maintenance has the ability to receive updates to address any problems that may arise with JD Edwards modules. Second, you can install upgrades that enhance your JD Edwards system to provide value to your company. Finally, it provides you with the ability to call the Oracle help line should you have problems or need assistance.

What happens when you go off JD Edwards Maintenance?
In Essence, when you’re off maintenance your product is stagnated. You are stuck with your software in its current state until you go back on maintenance. You don’t have access to fix problems, receive upgrades or call the help line.

The Costs Associated with JD Edwards Maintenance:
Oracle maintenance is priced at 22% of the software cost per year. MSS has been successful in reducing this cost. Please talk with an account executive about the ways in which you can reduce your annual support costs.

Optimizing JD Edwards to Improve Performances

Are you using your JD Edwards system to its full potential? Are you ready to realize the full benefits of your system?

The most successful companies running JD Edwards are those that have solid business processes, clean data, and a mastery of the software applications. MSS Technologies can help your organization realize the full benefits of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and other products through optimization and fine-tuning.

Optimization Objectives
Our system optimization methodology is based on best practices and industry expertise that can only been gained with years of consulting experience.

We will show you how to fortify the foundation of your applications through proper configuration and maintenance. We will also train your users on JD Edwards’ best practices to strengthen and improve processes. In a hands-on environment, we will demonstrate how to use your applications more effectively to enhance productivity, competitiveness, and profitability.

The objectives of JD Edwards’ optimization services are to:

Examine opportunities for improvement using your existing modules with an emphasis on process integration and business efficiency.

Develop recommendations that address training, application set up, reporting, and untapped functionality to better leverage your software.

Consolidate recommendations into a phased implementation plan. Facilitate an assessment process with participants and build a consensus on the “going forward” recommendations.

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Official JD Edwards Maintenance Alternatives
Has it been more than 2 years since your company’s JD Edwards’ maintenance agreement expired?

• Do you need to buy more users or modules but can’t?
• I your maintenance expiration affecting your company’s inability to call the response line?
• Would you like to upgrade to the new releases such as World A9.1?
• Are you interested in migrating to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne?
• Do you own modules that you do not use and would like to trade in?

If so…

MSS Technologies, Inc. is working with companies just like yours to resume active status with Oracle JD Edwards. What we have found is:

• The cost of JD Edwards has decreases since most World customers originally purchased the product.
• Using the MSS partner discount can save you up to 20-50% off the original software price.
• When you purchase new you have no need to do any changes to your system.
• You will get new user access codes giving you the correct number of users and modules on the new purchase.

Contact MSS for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle JD Edward products and other software solutions including Oracle E-Business Suite, Cognos by IBM and more.