In the Cloud environment, Brokering will replace the traditional Planning, since software and infrastructure vendors will provide pre-assembled solutions.
Demand / Relationship Management
In newer trends, unlike conventional assembly line solutions development, SW & infra will be pre-configured with rapid deployment options, requiring SaaS integration.
Solutions Development and Deployment
In the Cloud era, there will no physical HW or on-premise SW to be maintained. Operations will focus more on preventive detection, especially around service failures.
Operations Support and Sustenance
– Gamification
– Simplification
– Consumerization of IT
– Internet of Things – Machine to Machine
– Social ERP
Specialized Solutions and Product Development
This focused offering is specially designed for organizations that are looking for answers around their JD Edwards roadmap. Led by our senior architects and facilitated through our famous Picasso workshops, this assessment will result in creation of the overall strategy for your JD Edwards landscape for the next 2, 3 or 5 years, including the required details to budget, staff, train and de-risk any business impact. Depending on the required outcome, this assessment can vary in duration from 2 days to 2 weeks.
This strategic assistance can be further extended by our SUCCESS EDGE offering, structured around our hands-on experience with 60+ full lifecycle upgrades, implementations or similar JD Edwards initiatives, where we work on behalf of a client in providing customized PMO, Governance, Risk Management, Advisory and Quality Assurance services for their planned JDE project / program. This provides the necessary independent assurance and edge to your program success, executed seamlessly with your internal teams and selected vendors.
This is a portfolio of various offerings designed around helping customers take rational decisions around their IT systems fitment and procurement. Areas covered are:
All of these engagements can be seamlessly merged with our System Selection EDGE offering.
IMPLEMENT EDGE – Designed for clients looking to implement JD Edwards for the first time. This offering can also be leveraged in re-implementation or additional functionality implementation scenarios. Solutions & Offerings for Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World
UPGRADE EDGE – Our most utilized offering, formulated to assist clients planning to upgrade to the latest version of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or World, including migrations from World to EnterpriseOne or Oracle Fusion Applications coexistence with JD Edwards. Extensive coverage of all relevant aspects, including timelines and estimates down to all the key activities by resource by hours per week. In few cases, clients have successfully executed their upgrades internally from the in-depth information provided from this assessment. Depending on the need, complexity and duration, elements included, but not limited to:
OPTIMIZE EDGE – This offering is structured around clients looking to get more out of their investments in JD Edwards, including rationalization if the system is being utilized to the maximum potential. Flavors include:
Beyond the traditional services, we also offer specialized assessments around the following areas:
Entire spectrum of implementation services for JD Edwards leveraging various deployment options such as On-premise, Appliance or Cloud (Private or Public):
Our most specialized service offering for all types of upgrades and migrations for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or World:
Our extensive experience with large customers and large programs around JD Edwards has given us the industry leading expertise to be part of some of the largest Global Rollouts in the JD Edwards industry. This exposure has perfected our ability to deliver results consistently. In addition, our Results Oriented Methodology (9E-ROM) has been refined from all the lessons learnt from this rich experience.
Often misunderstood and misdiagnosed, Global Model Design, Build and Rollout projects have the highest probability of failure, typically because of a roller-coaster and lengthy lifecycle which is unmindful of the market changes and time to value realities of a business. Our unique approach addresses many such critical elements to ensure success of the overall program. In addition, our global delivery capabilities and reach into the various geographies has given us the required knowledge around localizations and country or region specific nuances.
Call us to learn more on how we can ensure a successful outcome to your program.
Designed around expanding your existing footprint, this area of our services is to assist you in adding new modules and features in & around JD Edwards. Our experts can seamlessly understand your requirements and design & build the right configurations into the system. We offer flexibility in our engagement where few clients leverage our expertise only for the design pieces, while others engage us for the entire lifecycle.
Although we are big proponents of keeping a vanilla JD Edwards system, we understand that there are occasions where custom modifications may be justified to meet business requirements. Leveraging our Global Results Center (GRC), we are able to build these extensions or customizations in a timely and cost effective manner. Our Global Delivery Model is designed to enable the same quality as an onsite engagement, but benefit from the cost savings of getting the coding done in offshore. In some situations, we can also deliver the project in a turnkey fashion, where most activities are driven and executed from offshore.
We offer custom development services in traditional as well as the newer areas, such as:
We have deep expertise and extensive experience in integrating add-on products and solutions to JD Edwards. Our preferred approach is to use Oracle Fusion Middleware and SOA based integrations, but we also have skills in WebMethods and BizTalk.
SUPPORT EDGE – From our pioneering experience in this area, our unique approach to Application Maintenance & Support services (AMS) is centered around JD Edwards. Leveraging our proprietary tools and AMS framework within our Results Oriented Methodology (ROM), we not only provide for corrective and adaptive maintenance but have also matured into delivering preventive diagnostics to result in continuous improvements, operational cost savings and reducing TCO across your application landscape.
Our SLA-based multi-level (L1, L2, L3 & L4) AMS services include:
This is a portfolio of various offerings designed around helping customers take rational decisions around their IT systems fitment and procurement. Areas covered are:
All of these engagements can be seamlessly merged with our System Selection EDGE offering.
IMPLEMENT EDGE – Designed for clients looking to implement JD Edwards for the first time. This offering can also be leveraged in re-implementation or additional functionality implementation scenarios. Solutions & Offerings for Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World
UPGRADE EDGE – Our most utilized offering, formulated to assist clients planning to upgrade to the latest version of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or World, including migrations from World to EnterpriseOne or Oracle Fusion Applications coexistence with JD Edwards. Extensive coverage of all relevant aspects, including timelines and estimates down to all the key activities by resource by hours per week. In few cases, clients have successfully executed their upgrades internally from the in-depth information provided from this assessment. Depending on the need, complexity and duration, elements included, but not limited to:
OPTIMIZE EDGE – This offering is structured around clients looking to get more out of their investments in JD Edwards, including rationalization if the system is being utilized to the maximum potential. Flavors include:
Beyond the traditional services, we also offer specialized assessments around the following areas:
packEDGE™ — A JD Edwards Pre-Configured Accelerated ERP solution for Industrial Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Food & Beverage, incorporating validated Business Processes based on industry-wide best practices
packEDGE™ rapidly implements 300+ pre-designed & pre-tested business processes across Financials, Distribution and Manufacturing modules in 3 months or lower if certain processes are not required. Flexible model can incorporate expanded requirements. Includes includes five pre-built forms critical for business and pre-defined security/roles. Also helps in complying to regulated industry needs.
We fully understand the unique requirements in Public Sector which focuses on lower costs, transparency, security, and timeliness factors. AST has extensive experience working in the Public Sector – State & Local Government, including cities, counties, transit, public utilities and K-12, where we have achieved great results & success for our customers in their JD Edwards and related initiatives.
Our JD Edwards Public Sector Services enable our customers to reduce risk and complexity with their implementations, upgrades & migration projects, resulting in efficient automation of processes in cost-effective manner. Deployment options include on-premise, cloud or appliance, with services around: