Andy’s Blog

I was absolutely flabbergasted when I found out that Oracle has intentionally left all exercises out of its World A9.1 and EnterpriseOne 8.12 manuals.

I can’t reveal my source, but let’s call him/her “Deep Manual”–DM for short.

I asked DM if there were any training exercises available from Oracle for World A9.1 and E1 8.12. (I like to keep up with the competition.) [Read more →]

I didn’t really expect anything new at Charles’ presentation at Collaborate 08, but I expected at least a mention of Fusion Applications.

Charles Philips is an obviously capable, extremely smart, hard working guy. So why didn’t he even mention Fusion Applications in his presentation to over 4,000 Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards clients?

He talked about [Read more →]

Find out how to get online at Collaborate 08 without lugging your laptop around all week.

I spent 30 minutes wandering around trying to find the public computer area at Collaborate. They are located near the 100’s Meeting Rooms, and behind one of the restaurants inside the Convention Center. Don’t tell anyone I told you!

More later…

JDEtips to Present Seven Sessions at Collaborate ‘08

Blogging or flogging? You be the judge!

Yes, I’m very pleased that we have more information-based presentations at Collaborate ‘08 than any other company. But I’m actually more pleased that so many of our clients will be exposed to the best possible tips and techniques available for both World and EnterpriseOne. [Read more →]

Will there be an economic downturn in 2008? If yes, will it be a “soft-landing” recession, or one with a bigger, harder landing? How will current economic conditions affect IT spending in 2008? [Read more →]

Every now and then, they let me out. . so I took advantage of that and attended two JD Edwards conferences recently. The first was the New England User Group (NEUG) in Massachusetts, and the second was Oracle’s OpenWorld in San Francisco.

I find that I really prefer the smaller conferences. It seems easier to meet [Read more →]

Getting stuck at my local small airport today was not how I was planning to spend the day before the JD Edwards event officially starts at OpenWorld. I arrived at 7:00 am to find out that the flight was cancelled, and had a four hour delay. Unfortuantely, that meant that I couldn’t arrive in time [Read more →]

Tuesday OpenWorld program for both JD Edwards World and EnterpriseOne customers available.

In my most recent blog, I mentioned the Tuesday program at OpenWorld for EnterpriseOne customers. We also now have the Tuesday program for World customers. To see either (or both), please go to www.JDEtips.com, and look for the link at the top left corner of the home page.

If you are attending OpenWorld this year, you might be interested in the Tuesday agenda for JD Edwards customers. You are probably aware that the official JD Edwards program is slated for Wednesday and Thursday (November 14-15), but there are also some good events taking place on Tuesday, November 13th.

For the complete listing, [Read more →]

A bonus that comes as a result of mastering your JD Edwards software is that you’ll greatly increase the value you bring to your company by spending less time resolving routine JD Edwards issues, and more time solving real business issues that impact your bottom line.

What does it mean to master your ERP Software? How [Read more →]