Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Supply Management helps you optimize supplier relationships, for both direct and indirect goods and services, resulting in a more flexible and adaptable supply chain. With real-time information exchange with suppliers and proactive process alert capabilities, you can reinforce procurement best practices, implement lean procurement processes, aggregate spend for improved purchasing power, and develop strategic relationships with your supply base.

JD Edwards Supplier Relationship Management is a family of applications in Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne product line.

• Advanced Pricing
• Agreement Management
• Buyer Workspace
• Operational Sourcing
• Procurement and Subcontract Management
• Product Variants
• Requisition Self Service
• Supplier Release Scheduling
• Supplier Self Service

 BENEFITS

• Respond more efficiently to customer demand.
• Respond rapidly to supply chain interruptions with exception management alerts.
• Reduce material costs by directing your spend to key suppliers.
• Improve inventory turns while maintaining or increasing customer satisfaction.
• Reduce off-contract purchases.

With customer interactions becoming the differentiator between a successful, profitable company and one that is just getting by, why would you rely on a system that has to be pieced together with the rest of your business-critical applications? Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne CRM software provides a feature-rich solution that is embedded with other mission-critical processes such as consensus-based forecasting, real-time order promising, case and service management, and lead and opportunity management.

JD Edwards Customer Relationship Management is a family of applications in Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne product line.

• Advanced Pricing
• Branch Scripting
• Case Management
• Customer Self Service
• Sales Force Automation
• Sales Order Management
• Service Management
• Solution Advisor
• Oracle CRM On Demand Integration Pack for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: Lead to Order (PDF)

 BENEFITS

• Comprehensive CRM software solution: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne CRM provides a solution that includes all of the business processes and associated systems that touch a customer, including billing and delivery.
  
• Lower total cost of ownership: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne CRM software is easier to install and less expensive to maintain.
  
• Sales solutions provide a single repository for customer and supply chain information: The EnterpriseOne sales solution includes enhanced applications for sales force automation, sales order entry, mobile sales, and product configuration, enabling companies to respond quickly and accurately to customer inquiries.
  
• Superior service solutions: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne service solutions, including EnterpriseOne Case Management and EnterpriseOne Service Management, ensure higher levels of customer satisfaction by providing visibility into customer billing and order information.

J.D. Edwards ERP applications are designed to improve a company's internal operations and provide the groundwork for collaborative commerce. The ERP applications assist you with managing finance, assets (including inventory, fixed assets and real estate), people, projects, suppliers and the fulfillment and manufacturing processes.

Diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, ideas, ways of living, cultures, and business practices provides the creativity and innovation essential to our well being. Equally important is a highly motivated, healthy and productive workforce that achieves business success through superior execution and superb customer satisfaction.

Honoring each other’s similarities and differences assures we continuously evolve into a stronger, more dynamic organization. Our collective dedication to diversity will enable us to carry our ideas and plans forward through the 21st century and continue building on our success.

Everything we do is about improving the quality of business for our clients around the world. To achieve that goal, our company fosters a learning environment where new ideas can flourish and professional skills can expand in an atmosphere of continuous learning.

We're a high-energy, high-performance organization, and we believe that people drive that performance. In turn, we support employees with solid career development opportunities and targeted technical and managerial training.

We have the global scope to compete in today's intensely competitive markets, yet we're nimble enough for individuals to have a personal impact on the business. This translates to a dynamic, collaborative approach to meeting challenges. Our culture of teamwork, innovation, academic excellence and diversity is a key to our ongoing success.

Because Mitchell & Associates is a privately held company, we're not subject to stock market whims or mega-mergers. We believe that remaining privately held is a competitive advantage that allows us to set long-term strategy while allowing us the freedom to make critical decisions on important short-term issues.

The common thread that runs through the Mitchell & Associates is our reputation for providing the best customer service. We’ve earned our reputation by attracting creative and engaged associates, developing innovative systems to empower our associates and building an environment that accepts nothing less than the best.

Past performance is indicative of future success, and our future looks much like the past... only better. We are driven by the desire to be the best at whatever we do and to be guided by the values on which our companies have been built.

This is an exciting time. Mitchell & Associates has the values, focus, passion and experience to build the company for future generations. A future with a worldwide reputation for excellence.

Dwight Mitchell, PMP, OCP, OCS is the President and Founder of Mitchell & Associates, Inc., a leading service provider of J.D. Edwards software solutions. Mitchell is the driving force behind the company's vision, market direction, and commitment to services. He also inspires the company's unique quality of life culture by promoting core values that focus on people, customer service, quality, integrity, fun, and profitability.

Experience

Prior to founding Mitchell & Associates, Dwight was a Project Manager for JD Edwards for many years. Dwight was hired and originally mentored as a functional/technical consultant by Dan Gregory, one of the founders of JD Edwards and aided in the opening of the original JD Edwards North East office in Secaucus, NJ, the opening of the Canadian office in Toronto, CN with Ron Love and the opening of the first European office of JD Edwards in Brussels with Rod McDonald. Dwight also worked on the first European implementation of JD Edwards for the City of Zwolle, Netherlands.

After Dwight's mentor Dan Gregory passed away, he became the Manager of Client Services for Software Plus, which markets a quality Human Resources & Payroll software package, and has the marketing rights to the SSA/BPCS software package for the Mid-Atlantic region. During his time at the company Dwight started and grew a successful services P&L center with the organization.

After leaving Software Plus, and prior to starting Mitchell & Associates, Dwight became the Manager of Information Systems for the Showtime Network Division of Viacom Inc. and the Director of Information Technology for Image Inc. (DBA The Fur Vault & Jindo Furs). He implemented the full suite of  JD Edwards solutions in both of these organizations.

Dwight and his organization have worked strictly as J.D. Edwards solution providers since 1993 and have expanded into the EMEA region with offices in London and Dubai.

Mitchell & Associates Consulting Services is your international services provider focusing exclusively on the success of customers deploying Oracle JD Edwards applications and technology. We have upgraded 41 companies & implemented 6 new ones to JDE EnterpriseOne in the last 7-years! Drawing on industry best practices and deep software expertise, Mitchell & Associates consultants help you assess your business needs, create your enterprise computing strategy, and deploy new technology to maximize the value of your Oracle JD Edwards investment.

Mitchell & Associates consultants are the experts others turn to for leadership in JD Edwards software solutions. Mitchell & Associates Consulting delivers continuous value across the full solution lifecycle so you can take advantage of our knowledge transfer in all areas of your business. Our projects range from small, limited-scope, short timeframe partner- and customer-led engagements, to multimillion-dollar, multiple year projects.

Mitchell & Associates Consulting focuses exclusively on Oracle JD Edwards technology and application solutions and on referenceable results. You can trust that Mitchell & Associates Consulting has the experts in Oracle JD Edwards applications line so that you receive maximum value for your investment.

Mitchell & Associates Consulting will help you prepare for the next-generation line of business applications that enable more flexible, collaborative business processes. Our consultants are best resources for ways customers can prepare their current JD Edwards investments for the future.

We are committed to providing best-of-breed knowledge based services and solutions for the Information Technology arena.

We strive to understand the needs of our clients and have 100% satisfaction record of providing the right service at the right time.

Our process for implementations and solutions services have been consistently refined and enhanced over the last 20-years, and our associates bring expertise that enables change and instills trust.

 We have upgraded 41 companies & implemented 6 new ones to JDE EnterpriseOne in the last 7-years! 

PRODUCT LIFECYCLE SERVICES

• Define your strategy and goals
• Implement solutions using Oracle best practices
• Manage your systems for you
• Identify ongoing business-streamlining enhancements and cost savings

KEY BUSINESS VALUES

• We have only worked on Oracle JD Edwards solutions for over 20-years and use OneMethodolgy as our solution approach.
• We gain best practices through global engagements in Oracle JD Edwards projects worldwide
• Our consultants are senior certified JD Edwards consultants with years of industry experience.
• Our Global Solutions Delivery model provides for the implementation and upgrade of multi-national organizations.

Let Mitchell & Associates help you move to the latest version of the JD Edwards solution!

We have upgraded 41 companies and implemented 6 new ones to JDE EnterpriseOne in the last 7-years!

Give us one day, and we will provide you with a classroom based workshop which explores our methodology for a complete JD Edwards EnterpriseOne upgrade project. The workshop will be built around the primary elements of planning and technical activities.

The workshop topics include:

(1) Building a business case
(2) Working with custom code
(3) Data management and migration
(4) Hardware (on premise) and cloud considerations
(5) Testing
(6) Training
(7) Best practices
(8) Project team organization
(9) Go live activities

Whether in partnership with your in-house staff, in close coordination with your chosen service provider, or as a remote service, Mitchell & Associates Consulting offers the most cost-effective choice for JD Edwards upgrades at the lowest risk.

Most companies view upgrades as part of a regular "fitness plan" that provides continuous momentum and agility. Upgrades can also leverage enhanced functionality, lowering the cost and risk of costly customizations. Embedded best practices and enhanced performance and scalability are additional advantages to upgrading.

With more than 20-years in the industry, Mitchell & Associates Consulting is your safest choice in planning and executing your upgrades.

Oracle Announces Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Support for iPad

First Enterprise Solution Vendor to Offer Complete Application Suite with Full Support on the iPad

News Facts

·         To meet the increasingly mobile demands of today’s workforce, Oracle today announced the support for Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on the iPad.

·         By enabling customers to access JD Edwards EnterpriseOne enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and data anywhere and at any time through the intuitive iPad user interface, Oracle is the first and only vendor to deliver a comprehensive enterprise suite on the iPad.

·         To meet the specific demands of field technicians who regularly perform service work on the road, Oracle has also released an iPad application for Field Service Work Order, ready for download for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 customers.

·         Available as part of standard maintenance, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers on releases 8.12 or 9.0 can access the new mobile capabilities by applying a simple JD Edwards EnterpriseOne tools update.

Improved Access to Business Information Helps Increase Productivity

·         Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is an integrated applications suite of comprehensive enterprise resource planning software that combines business value, standards-based technology and deep industry experience into a business solution with a low total cost of ownership.

·         Support for the iPad offers JD Edwards EnterpriseOne users an intuitive and safe platform with functionality targeted to optimize their dynamic business needs. Key features of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne for the iPad include:

o    Enhanced iPad user experience with the addition of application-specific gestures to create intuitive and efficient interactions.

o    Context-sensitive awareness minimizing the number of touch interactions required by presenting the correct touch screen keyboard for specific user data entry tasks.

o    Specialized functionality tailored for field technicians, including instant access to important attachments, technical manuals and work order documentation, as well as one-touch access to Google Maps for driving directions.

o    Support for standard security and deployment features to enable worry-free mobile deployments.

·         Customers on current maintenance can access the complete JD Edwards EnterpriseOne suite of applications on the iPad immediately by updating to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.98.4.5 from the Update Center. The Field Service Work Order app can be downloaded from the Update Center.

Supporting Quotes

·         “Customers do not want to develop costly customized applications to meet increased demand for anytime, anywhere access to important business data,” said Lyle Ekdahl, group vice president general manager, JD Edwards, Oracle. “By delivering the first complete ERP suite that can run entirely on the iPad, Oracle is enabling Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers to access and update business information and insights, regardless of their location.”

·         “The rise of enterprise mobility is empowering organizations to dramatically improve business processes and workforce collaboration,” said Mike Fauscette, Group Vice President, Software Business Solutions at IDC. “Facilitating remote access to ERP applications is a growing trend and is becoming an immediate priority for organizations. In particular, tablets – such as the iPad – will support enterprises’ mobility initiatives, offering an effective option for field technicians and traveling workers.”

·         "Oracle has responded to customer requests in providing iPad support for Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Implementation was a snap as part of the normal tools release update, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne-specific gestures make the user experience very intuitive," said Don Sauve, Programmer/Analyst - ERP and Payroll, Wagstaff, Inc.

Supporting Resources

Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne for iPad Datasheet