1. Getting the Visibility You Need From Your Oracle JD Edwards Data
Session ID#: #JDE
How can I see the stuff I need….
Prepared by: FCB
Name: Frank Bunker & Jennifer Spitz
Title: VP Technology
Company: Silvon Software
Intro slide
Thanks for being here
My name is Frank Bunker…. I’m here with Jennifer Spitz
Have been working with JDE customers and BI in general for a long time - coming up on gulp - 30 years
From back in the early AS/400 days through today
Today I'll try and share some of our experiences and thoughts on the challenges and successes we've seen working with businesses to gain visibility into information collected from JDE and other sources

2. Why are we here…. Who is Silvon?
Challenges we’ve seen in our 25 plus years of working with JDE customers and their operational data
Demo
Q & A
Why are we here
Learn about our experiences working with JDE customers
Show you how business users can take advantage of what we do
Answer questions

3. Offices in U.S., Europe & Australia
Specialist in helping companies improve their operational-level visibility and planning
25+ years of experience
Offices in U.S., Europe & Australia
Domain expertise in manufacturing & distribution
Detailed data available near real time
Scalability and practicality
JDE experience and integration components
JDE is one our most common sources of information
We have predefined maps
And most important experienced folks
Working out of our Chicago office
Implementation, Support, Dev
It’s our Team – not a partner

4. We’ve been at this for a while … Silvon through the years …
History Slide
As I mentioned been at this awhile
Started with a green screen AS/400 based solution
Evolved to a Client Server solution and then added our first Analytical Apps
Moved to the Web and browser based access
This was the start of our FID strategy
Evolved the applications to include data from around the enterprise
Also added Planning and Forecasting
Dashboarding
Mobile

5. Challenges to Gaining the Visibility You Need
Business tells you want the want now…
Not what they want 1 year from now
Evolving business and marketplace
Channels, products, acquisitions
Users are maturing (with regard to BI!)
What did this customer buy? Evolves into:
What can I do to better forecast this customer’s demand
What is this customer’s product mix and how can I up sell / cross sell
Challenges
Business tells you what they want
BI is not like an erp implementation
ERP - it's a process generating transactions
Once you can take and ship an order it's good
Bi evolves
What we need today may change by tomorrow
Market places change and evolve
Users - maturing? Ok at least with regard to BI and taking better advantage of information
Good example is sales information in Stratum
A great place to start - but as time goes on this may be the right info to start building a better sales plan with - open it up for collaboration.

6. Challenges to Gaining the Visibility You Need
ERP is most often the main source of information
Other sources (good and bad…) need to be considered
Information needs to be displayed in context
Across sources
Across enterprise areas (Sales, Inventory, Purchasing, Mfg, Fin, etc.)
BI is not an ERP project
Instead of a fixed end point, it’s an evolution
Back to evolving business, marketplace and users
Users need to access timely, detailed information everyday
Across the enterprise
(Sales, Inventory, Purchasing, Mfg, Fin, etc.)
ERP Main Source
Although ERP is main source - others are required
Other sources
Excel, POS (files - yuck, 852s) Nielsen other ERPs due to acquisition
Need to see this info in context
Sales and Inv, or Sales/budgets
Customers Sell in and POS/sell thru
Inv with OO, Forecast, WIP, WO and/or Pos
Its not an ERP project
This is an evolution
Must change the mindset of both users and project community to think this way
Strat small - get value to users
Begin the journey
Have a roadmap
Know it will change
Information sources
Info areas
New delivery options

7. Challenges to Gaining the Visibility You Need
Users need to access this information without IT in the middle
But with control
Security
Consistency
Want users to create, manage and own the reporting and analysis
Increase adoption and reduce IT resource requirements
Users need to access…
Different data has different time attributes
Sales, POS and budgets - all related but diff time
Dashboards and visualizations are good at a high level
KPIs
For both may need to get to the detail to get actionable
Users need access to this info without …
Can't ignore security and control
Vetted core data is important to maintain a SVT
Consistency
In quality
In definition
In availability
Users have to be able to not only use reports
Create
Manage them
Not all users, but the user community

8. Challenges to Gaining the Visibility You Need – from JDE
Lots of good data
How to get it, systematically and consistently
Where to put it
How to manage change
Territory realignments
New classifications and roll ups
Some unique and flexible structures and architectures
JDE data base
eg. UDC, Customer Address book, dates
Need to see JDE information in context with non-JDE info

9. What we’ve seen Deliver what is requested
But not exactly what is needed
No SVT (Single Version of the Truth)
Different numbers representing the ‘same’ thing
Requests for change take too long
Complexity and IT backlog
Analysis is still owned by IT
Lack of adoption
No Roadmap
When we first get to working with a company
Probably been a project that’s happened but….
No SVT – point project – not open to everyone
or separate silos for different groups
All that leads to a lack of Adoption
Long term – no roadmap
now that we have sales data, how should we collect purchasing data?

10. What we’ve seen – What you need for Successful BI
An integrated and optimized repository
Brings information together from:
Different parts of the organization (sales, inventory, finance, mfg, etc.)
Multiple sources (JDE, other ERPs, Excel, POS, distributors)
Provides SVT
Adoption
Allows users easy access to information the way they need it
Organized - no data base knowledge required
Time selection is flexible and easy (based, ranges, by column, fiscal, calendar)
Right delivery for business need and user
Good and timely info
Integrated Repository
This provides the SVT/consistent source of info
Regardless of access method
Open – allows access to consistent info thru many different methods and tools
Adoption
Key issue
doesn’t have to be the application – but the information
We can push or provide data in functions they use today – , excel

11. What we’ve seen – What you need for Successful BI
An approach that allows users to be successful without relying on IT
Use, own, manage and create the analysis and reports
Business nomenclature, easy time, and easy drill and filter
Sharing and Distribution of information - simple and easy
A partner and product that can help you build a roadmap
How to best use information to drive your business
Provide a starting point and infrastructure to build on
Support you as your BI grows and expands
Best when users own the delivery
May not start this way – culture – but moving in this direction is important for adoption
When they are the experts – they’ll use it and encourage others to use it
Silvon wants to be a long term partner as we are with most of our customers
Our team develops, supports and sells our solutions
Long term knowledge that you can take advantage of

12. At a high level Silvon provides what you need to be successful
The Business model with predefined apps – it’s the Roadmap
Extensible and flexible – not fixed
Start small and evolve as the business and needs evolve
Get value to the user ASAP
FID provides multiple ways to expose and use the information in Stratum
Open/Non proprietary storage provides maximum flexibility
Stratum Business Model with pre-defined Analytical Apps coupled with our Flexible Information Delivery strategy

13. See how Silvon can help you gain greater visibility to your Oracle JD Edwards Data
Visit us at Booth #212
Now for a quick demo, followed by questions.
silvon.com/JDE

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