October 1 - October 3, 2024
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
Denver, CO
Advance registration ends soon. Register now!
Join us for the #1 JD Edwards Meet-up of the Year!
Dive deep and get hands on at INFOCUS 24
Hear what’s coming from JD Edwards and how to plan for the next few years, which product extensions to consider, how to leverage technology investments to move your business forward and how to optimize running JDE on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You’ll get roadmap updates, the latest on new releases and you’ll dive deep into hot topics like Release 24 and 25, Orchestrator, Personalization/Extensibility, JDE on OCI, low code/no code tools and more. This year features new real-life customer success stories, expanded session offerings, fresh use cases and innovations, and more!
From Dive Deep sessions, Panel Discussions and Roundtables to case studies, Hands-on Labs, live demos and more, we have learning and insights for all your team members and their levels of expertise. Pick and choose the sessions that fit your learning style. Select from 200+ sessions across education tracks and hot topics, and join JD Edwards experts, industry innovators and technology leaders as they share case studies, insights, product roadmaps, best practices, tips and tricks and more. Full session listing is available! Browse now.
This year’s conference focuses on:
JD Edwards Welcome and Roadmap
Presented by:
Paul Houtkooper, Vice President of Applications Development
Jon Green, Senior Director of Product Management
JD Edwards continuous delivery of innovation in EnterpriseOne 9.2 enables you to automate and transform business processes, creating competitive advantages and improving operational efficiency. Join Paul Houtkooper and Jon Green as they highlight current and future product innovations, including strategies for Release 24 and beyond. Gain insights into other sessions where you can get detailed education, learn about best practices, and increase your understanding of the value of our recent offerings.
INFOCUS Power Hour:Supercharging JDE with AI
Presented by: Stephen Kassay & Bud Shaw, GSI
Tuesday, October 1 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Plaza Ballroom BCEF
Unlock the transformative power of AI within JD Edwards to elevate your organization’s performance and streamline processes. Join GSI’s experts, Bud Shaw, Sr. Solution Consultant, and Steve Kassay, Director of Integrations, as they unveil how AI can drive unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness across the critical areas of your operations, driving unprecedented efficiency and effectiveness in the following areas.
Enhance Predictive Maintenance (includes demonstration): Harness the power of an AI Bot integrated with the JDE CAM module to leverage IoT data for predicting equipment failures, optimizing maintenance, and making timely asset retirement decisions, all while reducing downtime and boosting operational efficiency.
- Optimize Product and Customer Profitability (includes demonstration): Optimize your product and customer profitability with our AI Bot, which integrates data from sales, accounts receivable, and other sources to deliver precise, actionable insights on a per-product and per-customer basis, enhancing pricing strategies and customer relations.
- Improve System Performance Monitoring: Leverage AI for continuous JDE system performance monitoring to pinpoint inefficiencies and recommend optimizations.
- Elevate Supply Chain Management: Optimize your supply chain with AI and JD Edwards to enhance inventory management, supplier performance, and purchasing decisions.
- Automate Routine Tasks: Boost productivity and accuracy by implementing AI-powered bots with JD Edwards to automate repetitive tasks such as data entry and invoice processing.
- Enhance Financial Operations: AI can transform financial operations in JDE by streamlining account reconciliation and forecasting, leading to greater accuracy and more informed decision-making.
- Improve Customer Service: Enhance customer service by integrating AI-driven chatbots to manage routine inquiries, boosting response times and user satisfaction.
- Refine Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage AI to analyze historical and real-time data in JDE, revealing trends that refine strategic planning.
Spotlight Sessions
Wednesday, October 2 | 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Capital Asset Management:Is Your Indirect Inventory Spending “Out of Control?” Why Policy, Security, and Approvals Aren’t Solving the Problem
Presented by: Scott Hollowell, Asset Management Solutions & Martin Couturier, Agnico Eagle Mines
Details Coming Soon!
Financial Management:AP Invoice Automation: JDE A/P Automation Utilizing AWS Textract for our OCR-as-a-Service Platform
Presented by: Benjamin Tyrell, K-Rise Systems
AP Automation is a way to reduce the manual tasks related to your Accounts Payable Processes. Our A/P Invoice Automation is based on our low-code platform, EASYProcess. AWS Textract AI-Based Query Document API is used to intelligently get invoice information without needing position-based templates.
AP Automation will eliminate time-consuming and error-prone manual processes with a fully automated system that includes all these features:
- No Mapping, No Template, OCR AI Does All the Work
- Uses EASYProcess Robust Workflow Engine to Handle Approvals & Exceptions
- Automated Voucher Entry, 2-Way & 3-Way Matching that Auto-Detects PO Receipt
- Handling Tolerance & Miscellaneous Supplier Charges such as Freight & Handling Etc.
- Vendors to Submit Invoices, Track Invoice Status & Payments, Flip a PO
- Scanned Invoices Added to Vouchers as Media Attachments and Saved to the Cloud
- Support of PDFs, JPEGs, Tiffs, Paper/Handwritten Invoices
- Taking Pictures of Physical Invoices Using a Built-In Native App
- Using a Low-Code Cloud as Oracle Recommends While Keeping JDE Vanilla
Our acclaimed JDE OVI Certified (32 & 64 bits) EASYProcess Low-Code Platform provides JDE companies with an easy-to-use AP Automation web & mobile app which is pre-integrated with JDE data & logic.
Manufacturing & Distribution:Digital Transformation and AI with JD Edwards-Centric Customer Portals and B2B Ecommerce
Presented by: Fermin Rodriguez, SmarterCommerce
In today’s digital landscape, the full potential of JD Edwards is often underutilized. While Customer Service, Sales and Finance teams rely on JD Edwards to support customer interactions, routine inquiries often lead to manual work and inefficiencies. Many manufacturers and distributors are overcoming these challenges by implementing JD Edwards-centric portals and B2B Ecommerce. These self-service digital platforms enable customers to easily find products and information with AI powered search, check inventory and pricing, place orders with many options including AI-driven PO importing, view and pay invoices, obtain warranty service, and more —all in one place on a 24/7 basis. This approach not only boosts operational efficiency and customer satisfaction but also ensures JD Edwards remains the single source of truth for all processes. Discover how a JD Edwards-integrated portal and B2B Ecommerce can transform your operations, drive down costs and make your job easier.
Tools & Technology:Securing the Future: JDE Data Encryption with Syntax Encrypto
Presented by: Heidi Criswell-Hace, Syntax Systems USA
In an era where data breaches and cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, ensuring the security of sensitive business data has never been more critical. Join us as we delve into the successful implementation of an innovative encryption tool designed to protect JDE EnterpriseOne data. This presentation will explore how our development team worked closely with a customer to seamlessly integrate this cutting-edge encryption solution into their JDE environment.
New for 2024:Earn CPE Credits at INFOCUS 2024!
Finance and Business Analysis professionals can now earn continuing education credits at INFOCUS through expanded Quest Oracle Community partnerships with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
Key Oracle speakers at INFOCUS include:
Paul Houtkooper
Vice President of Applications Development
Jon Green
Senior Director of Product Management
Angelin Isaac
Director, Product Management
Aaron Johnson
Senior Principal Software Engineer
AJ Schifano
Senior Principal Product Manager
Dave Greiner
Principal Product Manager
Clayton Seeley
Technical Architect
Ervin Rhodes
Principal Product Manager
Haiyan Wang
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Joanne Ingram
Principal Software Engineer
Justin Walker
Senior Principal Technical Support Engineer
Pradip Pandey
Chief Software Architect (VP)
Xavier Kurian
Senior Director
Oruganti Naga Srihari
Director, Product Development
Nicole Laurent
Software Engineer
Tanya McCarte
JD Edwards Principal Technical Support Engineer, HCM/Payroll
Software Development Senior Manager
Brett McGarity
Principal Software Engineer
Janet Rans
Principal Software Engineer
Jason Rice
Principal Application Engineer
Kou Lo
Software Test Engineer
Prashanth Thimmavajjala
Senior Principal Product Strategy Manager
Rajan Thampi
Senior Director, DevOps
Shawn Martine
Principal Software Engineer
JD Edwards Ask Us Anything – Live!
Get ready for an exclusive, interactive experience at Live! with JD Edwards: Ask Us Anything! Join host AJ Schifano of Oracle and a panel of JD Edwards executives—Paul Houtkooper, Jon Green, Jim Callan, CJ Jeong, and David Bilthuis—for a lively session! This is your chance to ask questions in an open Q&A with the experts who shape the future of JD Edwards. Whether you’re curious about the latest updates, need advice on best practices, or just want to hear insider stories, this session will let you get answers straight from Oracle. Plus, enjoy a chance to win prizes with plenty of surprises along the way. Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity to engage with the JD Edwards community in a fun and informal setting—come prepared with your questions and join us for an unforgettable hour!
Hear from Oracle and innovation leaders in your industry
Financials
From a deep dive into Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable reports to what’s new in EnterpriseOne Release 23, learn how JD Edwards users are leveraging the latest in JD Edwards Financials to move their businesses forward.
Manufacturing & Distribution
From Orchestrator to EnterpriseOne enhancements, find out how JD Edwards customers in the Manufacturing & Distribution industry are leveraging the latest in JD Edwards.
Tools & Technology
From Orchestrator and Release 22 tips to the latest in Release 23 and digital transformation, see how JD Edwards customers are using Tools & Tech to drive business value and success.
Customer Insights and Case Studies
Hear from fellow JD Edwards customers as they share their trials and triumphs, tips and tricks, and everything they wish they’d known going into a major project.
Hands-on Labs at INFOCUS 24
Build expertise with JD Edwards and get hands-on, practical experience and training with one of Oracle’s Hands-on Labs at JD Edwards INFOCUS. Pre-registration is required. Labs can be added during registration checkout (more information coming soon.) Bring your laptop and get ready to dive deep!
INFOCUS Session Types
- Insight Sessions (60 min): Looking to inspire or generate new ideas? This traditional lecture series introduces an innovative idea, creative solution to a technology challenge or a customer innovation or success story.
- Deep Dive Sessions (90 min): Back by popular demand and expanded for 2024! Dive deep into a topic of your choice in this extended session format.
- Ignite Sessions (60 min): NEW for 2024! In this rapid-fire format, listen in as customer panels share their real-life experiences with Release 24, Orchestrator, JDE on OCI, Personalization and more.
- Facilitated Panels (60 min): Perspective is everything! Be a part of a moderated lineup of 3-4 subject matter experts sharing different perspectives on a specific topic of interest for discussion and Q&A.
- Workshop Sessions: For an even more hands-on experience, sign up for a workshop session. You’ll bring your own laptop and be able to follow along with the presenter in this hands-on session style. (Note: Workshop sessions require pre-registration. More details coming soon!)
- Spotlight Sessions (60 min): An in-depth educational session focused on key topics, delivered by a Quest solutions provider. Gain targeted insights and practical knowledge to enhance your JD Edwards experience.
- Power Hour (60 min): An impactful keynote session presented by a Quest solutions provider. Experience high-level insights and strategic perspectives designed to empower and inspire your JD Edwards journey.
INFOCUS Hot Topics
Release 24 & 25
Release 24 is your Digital ERP release, delivering innovation that automates, optimizes, and transforms business processes and represents Oracle’s continued investment that furthers customer’s digital transformation. Get the latest updates on Release 24 and hear what’s coming for Release 25
Orchestrator
EnterpriseOne Orchestrator is becoming the communications backbone for your connected systems. It can help you rethink your entire JD Edwards integration strategy. The Orchestrator uses the same technology that drives JD Edwards Mobile Applications and UX One – the AIS Server – to expose the functionality built into JD Edwards applications. Learn how you can create orchestrations to help your organization eliminate time consuming and error prone manual processes as well as learn how Orchestrator Studio enables business analysts to create, test, and deploy orchestrations without having to understand the complexity of the underlying code required for processing orchestrations.
Personalizations / Extensibility
EnterpriseOne personalization options, you can create your own experience to meet the user interface business requirements, without any customizations. Extensibility provides your with more capabilities so that you can optimize your JD Edwards features without adding heavy customizations.
UX One
A powerful tool, UX One is the latest advancement to provide an innovative user experience that enables users to perform their job more efficiently. With role-based solutions and personalization options, UX One can help transform the user experiences. Join us to learn about creating re-usable templates to support “Alert, Analyze, Act” paradigm, how this tool will provide a visual representations of business process, how to implement the capabilities and provide a customizable user experience so users can work the way they want.
Continuous Adoption
Frequent enhancements, adoptions and more to get the most out of your JD Edwards without having the costly major upgrades. These changes come in a shorter time frame and easier to implement.
Automation
Eliminate manual processes and human error by taking advantage of process automation with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
Security
Learn the latest in data protection, access control, secure configuration, and monitoring, blocking and auditing.
Managing JDE on OCI
Maintain choice and control with your own unique configuration of JD Edwards applications, customizations, and data. Let Oracle handle the hardware and storage. Enjoy the benefits of an agile, automated cloud deployment while keeping control of your deployment options to meet unique business needs.
Low-code/no-code tools
Learn how low-code/no-code platforms and tools empower developers and business analysts to build line of business and departmental apps.
Mobile
Learn how to build better mobile apps faster! Leverage Orchestrator Studio, develop and publish mobile apps via your browser, and harness visual design builders.
Applications
JD Edwards delivers an extensive list of applications to meet your business and industry needs. Learn more about various applications, including but not limited to Advanced Pricing, Inventory Management, Requisition Self Service, Sales Order Management, Supplier Self Service, Warehouse Management, Project Costing, Transportation Management, Payroll, Time and Labor, Sales Order Management, and many more.
INFOCUS Education Tracks
Capital Asset Management (EAM)
Acquire knowledge to maximize profitability and get the best out of your investments. Learn how to manage equipment maintenance applications and discover new ways to make work easier.
Financial Management
Presenters will dive into accounts payable, accounts receivable, advanced cost accounting, expense management, fixed asset accounting, general ledgers, OneView Reporting and more to help extend companies’ return on investment.
Human Capital Management
Presentations explore how the products of human resource management, payroll, self-services and time and labor can streamline users’ HCM strategy.
Tools & Technology
Attendees will learn how infrastructure tools help easily install, update, manage and get the most from JD Edwards applications.
Digital Platform
Utilizing JD Edwards delivered products such as Orchestrator, Workflow Studios, Notification & Extensibility Frameworks, and JDE Update Manager allows customers to automate daily task, eliminate customizations, adopt and integrate with Cloud applications, and lower total cost of ownership.
System Administration
Explore solutions that allow customers to simplify and automate system administration and security, improve package build and deploy, improve system health checks, provision and deploy hardware, use server manager to monitor and automate system tasks, and adopt Autonomous Database.
Manufacturing & Distribution
Attendees will learn about synchronizing end-to-end processes including demand and supply chain management, shop floor and inventory operations, and quality, logistics and customer service.
Other
Sometimes it’s hard to put a topic in a box. Explore this track with topics that don’t fit into one specific JD Edwards pillar. Topics range from project management, real estate, agribusiness, security to Oracle Guided Learning. The possibilities are endless!
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