simplifying jde reporting
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Simplifying JDE Reporting. The Colas Story. Agenda. Introduction to Colas Selecting the right ad-hoc reporting tool Enterprise reporting best practices Colas reporting strategies & successes Introduction to ReportsNow. Scot Fahrenbruch – ERP Manager. Introduction to colas. Colas Inc. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Simplifying JDE Reporting
The Colas Story
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Agenda
• Introduction to Colas• Selecting the right ad-hoc reporting tool• Enterprise reporting best practices• Colas reporting strategies & successes• Introduction to ReportsNow
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INTRODUCTION TO COLASScot Fahrenbruch – ERP Manager
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Colas Inc.
• US division of Colas SA, owned by Bouygues (France, CAC40 stock:EN)
• 5,700 employees in 70 offices over 43 states• Heavy Civil contractor: roads, bridges, ports,
airports, industrial sites• Manufacturing of materials required for
construction activity (vertically integrated): rock and sand quarries; asphalt, concrete and emulsion plants
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Colas Inc.
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ERP at Colas
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0• Applications
– Financial Suite including Job Cost– HCM Suite– Capital Asset Management– Sales, Inventory, Purchasing– Contract/Service Billing
• 1500 Users
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Additional Enterprise Applications
• HCSS - Heavy Bid, Heavy Job, Dispatcher, FuelerPlus
• JWS Apex & CommandAlkon• OnBase• ReportsNow• QSoftware• Vertex
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SELECTING THE RIGHT SOLUTIONScot Fahrenbruch – ERP Manager
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Reporting Challenges
• Writing reports in JD Edwards is not possible for the user community. Currently, for a report to be written or modified it requires a request to the ERP team at Colas ISS which could take weeks to complete. Additionally, there is a backlog of development work and a long list of reports that are needed.
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Business Objectives
• Purchase & implement a reporting tool that will equip users with the ability to write their own ad-hoc reports and analytical tools.
• The solution should have access to live JDE data real-time, utilize JDE security, and be user friendly.
• The solution should have the ability to report across multiple data sources.
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Solution
• ReportsNow Data Access Studio was selected as the ad-hoc report writing tool of choice. The solution fulfills the stated goals as well as many other bonus functions including: shared/published reporting capability, scheduled report processing capabilities, and Excel based functionality.
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SELECTION BEST PRACTICESScot Fahrenbruch – ERP Manager
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Selection Criteria
• Ease of use• Free trial?• Cost• Ability to report over multiple data sources• Licensing options• Meets business needs across all business areas• Web based enterprise solution• Does the solution speak “JDE”?• Training Options
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Selection Approach
• Involve business leadership (key)• Try before you buy• Proof of concept• Narrow your options and take a second
look• Understand the technical and
implementation requirements ahead of time
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COLAS REPORTING STRATEGIES & SUCCESSES
Scot Fahrenbruch – ERP Manager
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Reporting Strategies
• Promote End-user Ownership• Enable the User Community• Utilize JD Edwards Security• Redevelop Official Colas Reporting• Train the Trainer• Develop Structured Storage and
Publishing Capabilities
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Successes
• Live on ReportsNow May 15, 2013• Trained 17 super users• Super users trained ## users• Developed a structured file storage and publishing
standard• Widely accepted and used by the user community• Over 400 reports developed in the 1st month• Nearly 20 official Colas reports being redesigned
using ReportsNow
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INTRODUCTION TO REPORTSNOWAlan VanNice - VP Customer Solutions
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ReportsNow®
Hundreds of corporations Thousands of users
Founded 2003 in Denver, Colorado200+ customers worldwide20 partners worldwide Oracle Gold Partner 100% focus on J.D. Edwards Product lines
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JD Edwards reporting is challenging
Over 5000 Tables Finding data can be difficult
Reporting is time consuming and risky
Package builds & damaged data
Language support 13 Languages and growing
JDE Formatting Dates, Currency, Visual Assists, etc.
Inherit Security at the column level
Inherit current groups and roles
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What a Reporting Tool Should do…
Allow business users to create their own reports
Build any report in minutesDesign and run over the web
Have built-in automation & distribution abilitiesCombine data from multiple databases
Drastically improve process times
Data Access Studio is the Solution!
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Our Simple Solution
Data Access Studio
Automator
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A Simple Solution
• Installs in 20 minutes
• Enterprise Scalability - Web Based
• Concurrent Licenses
• Works over all modules
• Works on Custom Tables and other Databases
• Low Learning Curve
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Say hello to Productivity
Eliminate manual tasks
Automate processes
Email with ease
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Get a running start
Hundreds of pre-written reportsFast user adoptionReport writing service
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The Industry uses ReportsNow®
Hundreds of corporationsThousands of usersMillions of rowsEvery continent
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Company We Keep
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Contact Us
ColasScot FahrenbruchERP [email protected](720) 446-1065
Reports Now IncAlan VanNiceVP [email protected]
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