Customer:
News Corp (New York Post)
New York, NY
www.newscorp.com
Industry:
Media and Publishing
Annual Revenue:
Private USD
Employees:
540
Oracle Products & Services:
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11
- Address Book
- Accounts Receivable
- Accounts Payable
- General Ledger
- Fixed Assets
- Contract & Service Billing
- Job Cost
- Multi-Currency
- Inventory
- Procurement
Client Reference Letter:
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News America Incorporated Upgrades the New York Post Newspaper from JDE World to JD Edwards Enterprise 8.11 for Better Performance, Scalability, Management Processes and New Web-Based Functionality.
The Challenge:
The New York Post was founded in 1801 and publishes the oldest continually published daily newspaper in America. Established by federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, it became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name New York Evening Post. The modern version of the paper is published in tabloid format.
The New York Post wanted to streamline operations, enhance financial performance, and improve overall visibility across the enterprise.
The Services:
JD Edwards World Software to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11 - Upgrade Services
The Vision:
Manage finance, inventory, logistics, and customer service processes throughout the organization.
Reduce time to generate reports that enable the company’s management team to make more effective decisions about sales, and distribution.
Implement an enterprise-level web based solution which provided the flexibility to manage customers, partners and vendors.
The Solution:
Upgraded JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications because of it's new web-based solution, providing more accurate information and expanded visibility across the enterprise.
Used JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financials to automate financial management activities, providing daily financial drill-down reports, while reducing the headcount needed to generate the reports..
Optimized the accounts receivable flow by restructuring the integration of contracts with orders subscriptions.
Leveraged new system features to improve management of active customers and daily orders.
Centralized and optimized purchasing department functions by tracking and providing timely information on stock receipts, inventory, and purchasing, resulting in a significant cost saving.
Customer Comment:
"As the project manager, you were responsible for coordinating the diverse resources that contributed to the successful outcome of this exercise. Throughout, you performed in a highly professional and diplomatic fashion, steering the project to completion inside the allotted time frame and budget." - Katalin Vegso - Director of IT
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