All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved1 “Helping our Clients become Operationally Stronger” World A7.3 to EnterpriseOne 9.0 Migration: The City of Lubbock and Denovo Long Beach, California Wednesday March 9th, 2011
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved2 Agenda Introductions Project Drivers Fundamentals Biggest Challenges What Went Well Value What’s Next Questions
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved3 Introductions Denovo An Oracle “Platinum” Partner specializing in JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, and Supply Chain Highly experienced Oracle applications and technology professionals Extensive experience with Oracle ERP solutions: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World upgrades, implementations, hosting, and managed services Collaborative approach to develop and deliver better business solutions
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved4 Introductions Presenters Dan Murphy – Senior Director of ERP Delivery in Denovo’s JD Edwards Solution Delivery practice David Cotriss – Director, ERP Solutions in Denovo’s JD Edwards Solution Delivery practice Paul Mc Nulty – Executive Vice President - Sales & Service Delivery in Denovo’s JD Edwards Solution Delivery practice
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved5 Project Drivers WORLD was highly modified therefore: Difficult to get Oracle Help Desk Support Upgrade proposition was difficult due On WORLD since 1995 Shrinking local talent pool capable of supporting: WORLD Applications AS/400 technology Provide improved existing application functionality “baked into” the EnterpriseOne v9.0 ERP solution to the City's employees
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved6 Project Drivers Additional new functionality after the migration: Capital Asset Management (CAM) Employee Self Service (ESS) Management Self Service (ESS) Positioned themselves on a supported path to Oracle Fusion products Improved in-house training materials and process documentation that retains the knowledge acquired during the migration project
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved7 Fundamentals City of Lubbock’s WORLD Specs: Hardware (Blue Stack) AS/400 iSeries model OS: DB2/400 OS400: version V5R4
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved8 Fundamentals Address Book General Ledger Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Budgeting Payroll Human Resources Inventory Management Procurement/Purchasing Capital Projects Fixed Assets Job Costing City of Lubbock’s WORLD Specs: Applications (WORLD A7.3 cum 15)
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved9 Fundamentals FASTR WorldWriters Dream Writers STAR City of Lubbock’s WORLD Specs: Development and Reporting Tools RPG COBOL CL QRY/400
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved10 Fundamentals City of Lubbock’s ENTERPRISEONE Specs: Hardware (Red Stack) Hardware HP Proliant Blades – Production DB on real server – All other environment s are on virtual machines Database Oracle (11g R1) OS: Linux (version 5.4)
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved11 Fundamentals Address Book General Ledger Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Human Resources Payroll City of Lubbock’s ENTERPRISEONE Specs: Applications (EnterpriseOne 9.0) A “Lift and Shift” approach to the original A7.3 applications and leverage new EnterpriseOne feature functionality: UPK install, recording, and publication Inventory Management Procurement/Purchasing Fixed Assets Budgeting Job Costing Capital Projects
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved12 New Features The following were new 9.0 feature functionality leveraged: Purchasing - Utilize PO Generator for Radio/Warehouse Develop custom cash receipt functionality for remote locations (pseudo POS) Utilize standard positive pay programs for AP and Payroll Redefine process to support calculating and recording overtime Configure compensation pay in lieu of overtime Configure Equal Employment Opportunity reporting Configure reporting for new hires Configure wage attachment workbench Redefine process to support calculating and recoding longevity/stability pay Configure software to support the benefit enrollment process
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved13 Biggest Challenges Integrity clean-up prior to conversions Sub Contracts Encumbrances Reports Brought over roughly 220 reports ―ERW, BI Publisher, ReportsNow for ad hoc reports Over 3000 objects needed to be reviewed 1,200 reports that needed analysis and disposition
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved14 Biggest Challenges Role Security Over 400 user profiles needed new role security New business unit and company security Technology New CNC Architecture New ERW/BI/OMW development methodologies Building Out World Migration Test Environment- make sure you have still have your cum15 tapes available
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved15 What Went Well Upper management commitment and leadership Strong project management principles employed Project communication Weekly status s to project team Dedicated PMO Regular project status reports to project sponsors Regular steering committee meeting
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved16 What Went Well Custom Reports – Leveraged WorldWriter and Faster specifications already built to streamline functional and technical specification for 9.0 development UPK training, recording, and usage during pre go-live user training Dedicated teams for testing Conversion from A7.3 to 9.0
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved17 World to E1 Migration Paths A7.3 cume16 has some table exceptions but can be directly migrated
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved18 Value An ERP system that is: Usable Scalable Multiple SFW Platforms Interoperable Integrated Adaptable Supportable Manageable UPK - Mechanism for retaining business process knowledge Implementation of Common Process Model Selectively improve business processes with new E1 business fundamentals Isolate and selectively eliminate manual work
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved19 What’s Next Continue maintaining UPK business processes – Retain business knowledge – Repeatable and predictable business process training for new hires and/or transfers Migrate Airport Accounts Receivable processes to EnterpriseOne CAM to replace legacy robust fleet management software – Reduce interfaces HCM workflows to promote less paper – Employee Action Form – ESS – MSS
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved20 Other West Coast 9.0 Denovo Clients Caruso Affiliated DRI Companies (8.10 – 9.0 / Service Billing & Management) Golden State Water (Xe – 9.0 / Blue to Red) King County Library (8.0 – 9.0) North County Transit District (8.10 – 9.0 / HCM) Alaska Aerospace Development Corp (new 9.0)
All Original Contents © 2003 – 2011 Denovo Ventures LLC, All Rights Reserved21 Questions Thank you for your time and please contact us with any questions. Dan Murphy (925) David Cotriss (951) Paul McNulty (310)