| Oracle announces "JD Edwards World" and "JD | | | | Reduce Cost |
| Edwards EnterpriseOne" Tools Building upon its Oracle | | | | JD Edwards World A9.2 helps project-based industries |
| "Applications Unlimited" strategy, Oracle announced the | | | | be more profitable by maximizing contract cash flow |
| latest release of Oracle's JD Edwards World and JD | | | | with "pay when paid" processing capability, |
| Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools at COLLABORATE 09. | | | | improvements to contract usability and accuracy and |
| "JD Edwards World A9.2 will allow us to take | | | | a more efficient labor correction process with Labor |
| advantage of new, key manufacturing and distribution | | | | Reclass module enhancements. |
| enhancements such as Work Orderless Processing, | | | | Upgrades to JD Edwards World A9.2 support: |
| work order ledger, batch ship confirm and the | | | | - Reduced administrative costs of processing small |
| introduction of Oracle BI Publisher and an improved | | | | invoices with a new Purchase Card Management |
| document distribution," said David Bryant, Maxco's Vice | | | | Module. |
| President and Chief Financial Officer. " With JD | | | | - More flexibility and information sharing through new |
| Edwards World A9.2, the cost/benefit ratio is very | | | | EDI User Defined Fields for Trading Partners. |
| favorable. With this latest release, and in conjunction | | | | - Greater control of data by leveraging Approvals |
| with our IBM iSeries server, Maxco continues to have | | | | Management for Purchasing enhancements. |
| a solid and reliable foundation for the future." | | | | - Manufacturing and distribution customer benefits from |
| JD Edwards World A9.2 includes hundreds of | | | | reduced costs associated with the administration of |
| enhancements and new Purchase Card Management | | | | internal work orders with Orderless Processing, |
| module that help lower customers' total cost of | | | | increased accuracy and an accelerated shipment |
| ownership. This latest version allows companies to | | | | confirmation process with Batch Ship Confirm updates |
| reduce inventory costs, eliminate lead times and | | | | and more efficient shop floor operations through |
| improve productivity. | | | | automatically created Shop Floor Calendars. |
| JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.98.1 | | | | Technical Innovation Provides Access to Advanced |
| includes new tools and technology capabilities for | | | | Applications and Business Information |
| leveraging Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise | | | | Allowing easier, faster sharing and delivery of |
| Edition Plus (Oracle BI Suite EE Plus), an integration | | | | information, JD Edwards World A9.2 leverages |
| with Oracle Enterprise Manager and certification with | | | | Oracle's leading products and technology to enable the |
| the latest platform technology releases. | | | | following capabilities: |
| "These latest updates to the JD Edwards products | | | | - Advanced analytics that take advantage of Oracle's |
| offer technical innovations that give JD Edwards | | | | Demantra Demand Management integration to better |
| customers improved integration with third-party | | | | forecast and anticipate market needs. |
| products and access to advanced applications and | | | | - Cost savings by relying on the expanded Oracle |
| business information," said Oracle Group Vice | | | | User Productivity Kit training content. |
| President, JD Edwards, Lenley Hensarling. "These new | | | | - Speedy delivery of information that helps reduce |
| products help JD Edwards customers drive down the | | | | operating costs with electronic report distribution. |
| cost of ownership while expanding on analytics | | | | - Increased flexibility of data and reporting through |
| capability and delivering measurable efficiencies." | | | | Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher integration that |
| Oracle is also delivering JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | | | | allows reports to be distributed via email, fax, FTP or |
| Tools 24.0 for customers running JD Edwards | | | | on the Web. |
| EnterpriseOne application releases XE and 8.0. | | | | - Conformity to Oracle Application Integration |
| Oracle's JD Edwards World A9.2 and JD Edwards | | | | Architecture standards for future integration needs and |
| EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.1 and 24.0 are currently | | | | increased access to applications and technology |
| available. | | | | options. |
| New Industry Functionality Helps Preserve Cash, | | | | |