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Dive Deep. Get Hands-On. Build What’s Next.
The INFOCUS 2026 education program is built to help JD Edwards users sharpen skills, solve challenges, and stay ahead. Explore practical, practitioner-focused learning across key tracks, including HCM, Financial Management, System Administration, Digital Platform, and Manufacturing & Distribution.
At INFOCUS 2026, you’ll be able to:
- Get the latest JD Edwards strategic updates, including early Release 27 insights, AI enablement opportunities, Redwood UX enhancements, and Oracle’s evolving technology roadmap.
- Explore hot topics like Orchestrations, UX1, Enterprise Automation, Security, Mobile, JDE Apps, and Managing JDE on OCI.
- Gain practical guidance on Personalization & Extension using low-code/no-code tools.
- Attend hands-on workshops and how-to sessions focused on upgrades, selective adoption, orchestrations, running JDE on OCI, and more.
- Discover new functionality and real-world use cases you can apply immediately.
- Connect with peers and experts through SIG meetings, workshops, and community discussions.
With strategic insight, practical learning, and deep-dive technical education, INFOCUS 2026 delivers the content JD Edwards professionals need now.
This year’s conference focuses on:
Hot Topics
- Release 26
- Orchestrator
- Personalization/Extensibility
- UX-One
- Continuous Adoption
- Low-code/no-code tools
- Mobile
- Security & Compliance
- Managing JDE on OCI
- Applications
- Oracle Guided Learning
- Journey to the Cloud
- AI/Gen AI
- Sustainability Framework
- Enterprise Automation
- 64-bit Upgrades
- Pages
- UDOs
- Widgets
- Release 27 Preview & Roadmap
- AI Enablement for JD Edwards
- Redwood UX & User Experience Modernization
- Platform Lifecycle & Support Strategy
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
Indirect inventories are comprised of stock items that are necessary for the manufacturing of goods but are not a direct component of such goods. And whether you capitalize these items and carry them on the Balance Sheet, or expense them at purchase, most Companies struggle with the financial impact of how their management of Indirect inventory purchases impacts their profitability, and nearly every function of their business.
Overcoming your challenges with Indirect Inventories requires a thorough understanding of the inherent challenges with these materials and the constraints that limit the effectiveness of solutions reliant on business policy, security, and spend approvals.
Join Asset Management Solutions as we explore this topic in depth and discuss our experience working with customers who saw indirect spending increasing from $100M to over $250M per year even with policy and security controls in place.
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.
Earn CPE Credits at INFOCUS 2026!
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).
INFOCUS Welcome & Roadmap Session
JD Edwards: Modernization without Disruption
Presented by:
Paul Houtkooper, Vice President of Applications Development
In this session, Paul Houtkooper and members of the JD Edwards Product Team share practical ways to unlock new capabilities in EnterpriseOne. Learn how to reduce manual work, streamline workflows, and improve overall user experience without compromising what works. They’ll also touch on why steady, continuous improvement, not just staying code current, helps organizations evolve, with examples from customers who have actually done it.
Highlighted Sessions
- AI / Gen AI
- Automation & Orchestrator
- Industrial Manufacturing
- JDE 101
- Real Estate & Construction
- Security & Compliance
- Upgrades
- UX, Personalization & Extensibility
AI / Gen AI
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052706] From Ambiguous to Actionable: How Dealer Tire Uses Claude AI to Transform JDE Development | Joe Davis, Dealer Tire: LLC | Business Analyst turnover is a quiet crisis in many JDE shops: new BAs struggling with system complexity, vague requirements slipping into development, and engineers spending more time asking questions than writing code. At Dealer Tire, we decided to stop absorbing that friction and start eliminating it. This session tells the story of how Dealer Tire’s JDE Engineering team embedded Claude AI directly into our software development life cycle – without heavyweight tooling or custom infrastructure. By feeding JDE artifacts like UBE event rules, UDOs, Orchestration logic, table specs, and business views alongside Jira work items into Claude with the right context and prompts, we unlocked something our team hadn’t experienced before: comprehensive unit test plans delivered in minutes, sharper acceptance criteria, clearer business requirements, and development recommendations grounded in the actual system. What used to take days now takes minutes, and our BAs are deepening their JDE knowledge in the process. Attendees will leave with a replicable framework they can begin applying to their own JDE teams immediately. |
| [P-052768] From Conversational Queries to Real-Time Decisions: Connecting Agentic AI to JD Edwards Release 26 Widgets via Orchestrator | Kaushik Ray, PCB Apps (a PentaFour Group) | See how our customer CNG gets instant, natural-language access to JD Edwards insights, without still depending on rigid dashboards or external BI tools that increase costs and introduce latency. “Customer led” JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Release 26 upgrade enables a more intelligent approach through EnterpriseOne Widgets with user input, Orchestrator, and seamless integration with Oracle OCI Generative AI. This session presents a practical architecture that connects Agentic AI to native JD Edwards Widgets using Orchestrator as the intelligent middleware layer. |
| [P-052781] AI-generated dashboard for JDE | Massimiliano Bartolozzi, Lucart Group | Presentation is oriented to IT departments that manage a complex JDE environment. JDE administrators, CNC specialists, JDE developers, and business analysts will learn how to bring modern analytics and AI into their EnterpriseOne environment This session shares a real-world case study from Lucart Group showing how JD Edwards can power a modern, interactive analytics dashboard using only tools already included in the platform — no new licences, servers, or external systems. We’ll walk through how a simple batch-monitoring screen was transformed into a visual dashboard with charts, heatmaps, and automatic insights, all running securely inside JDE using the user’s existing login. We’ll also look at how this same approach naturally opens the door to AI: the clean, structured data it produces is ready to feed AI tools for spotting anomalies, predicting issues, and generating plain-language summaries. The dashboard code itself was built with AI , using Claude. This approach can be reused across other JDE areas like procurement, inventory, or finance; and offers a simple, low-risk first step toward AI — built entirely on capabilities organisations already have. |
| [P-052917] Using AI with JDE to gain a competitive edge at Mueller | Tom Messer, Mueller Co | AI is a buzzword and everyone feels they should be using it – but how? What are ways you can use AI with JDE to gain real business value? Follow our journey to evaluate AI options, approaches and business needs to plan a path forward. As we work through our plans and initial usage – this session will be a dynamic sharing of ideas / use case and what works / does not work in the real world. Areas we are investigating / implementing include: Demand Planning with S&OP Production planning – work allocation automation to a WC Procurement automation for requisition / PO processing Chatbot support for Finance, procurement and planners |
| [P-053027] Generative AI enhances the JD Edwards data to better serve the company’s needs | Wilker Costa, Refinaria Nacional de Sal S.A. | Data has become the new gold, and companies need to develop tools that provide relevant information quickly for faster decision-making. Business departments increasingly demand real-time applications and data to support their operations. Generative AI is the technology that enables companies to create applications, access data, and deliver greater value to both IT teams and users. We leverage a generative AI platform to develop applications and streamline data delivery while ensuring an appealing design. Our IT team collaborates effectively with JD Edwards to support various business areas, including finance, sales, and distribution, all within a highly collaborative environment. |
| [P-053054] AI-Enabled Sales Order Automation in JD Edwards: From Proof of Concept to Enterprise Scale | Vishal Vishwakarma, Worthington Enterprises | Manual sales order entry remains one of the most time-consuming and error-prone processes for many Oracle JD Edwards organizations. This session showcases how Worthington Enterprises transformed that process by implementing an AI-enabled sales order automation platform that reads customer purchase orders, intelligently extracts business data, validates customer and item information, applies customer-specific business rules, and automatically creates sales orders in Oracle JD Edwards while maintaining appropriate human oversight. Attendees will see how the solution evolved from a proof of concept into a scalable enterprise deployment supporting production order processing. Attendees will gain practical insights into the solution architecture, including AI-powered document processing, multi-agent workflow orchestration using n8n, Oracle JD Edwards Orchestrator integration, and the governance required to safely deploy AI within an enterprise ERP environment. The session will also highlight measurable business outcomes, including a 75% reduction in order entry time, a 93% automated sales order success rate, support for more than 1,150 customers, and consistent order acknowledgements within a two-hour SLA. In addition, attendees will learn the implementation challenges, lessons learned, and best practices for successfully scaling AI-powered automation from a proof of concept to an enterprise production solution. |
| [P-053073] AI Analytics as a Service: Waiting an eternity for Perfect Data or Start Getting Answers | David McIlmoyl, ERP-One Consulting: Inc. | Over more than a decade of growth through acquisition, Johnston Equipment accumulated multiple ERPs, customer records, and conflicting versions of the truth. Leadership knew the same customers existed across divisions, but lacked a unified view to confirm it or uncover cross-sell opportunities. Traditional solutions—data warehouses with large-scale integrations and plenty of manpower was a daunting task that never got off the ground. Instead, Johnston partnered with ERP-One to take a different approach. Using AI-powered analytics delivered as a managed service, they built a Golden Record across multiple ERPs and business systems, including CRM—without consolidating systems, moving data, or committing to a lengthy implementation. This session is designed for IT leaders and directors facing similar challenges: valuable customer data fragmented across systems with no practical path to unification. We’ll cover why Johnston initiated this effort, the business problems they aimed to solve, and how an AI analytics-as-a-service model delivered results in weeks rather than months. You’ll hear directly from the team about what made this approach succeed where others did not, and leave with a framework to assess whether a similar model could work in your organization. |
| [P-053092] AI Inside the JDE Ecosystem: From Orchestrations to MCP Servers and Agents — A Practical Guide | Gyovany Santos, Centrilogic | AI is no longer a future topic for JD Edwards — it’s here, and your existing AIS and Orchestrator investments are the foundation. In this session, we’ll explore practical ways to leverage AI inside the JDE ecosystem: intelligent reporting and data analysis, conversational access to live E1 data, and agent-driven automation. We’ll look at what Oracle’s enterprise-ready AI services bring to JDE today, then show how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) extends those capabilities even further — turning AIS endpoints into flexible, platform-agnostic AI tools usable from Claude, Microsoft Teams, Copilot, and custom agents, with zero changes to JDE. We’ll close with a live demo of an MCP-powered assistant working with real E1 data through an agentic system. |
| [P-053116] The AI-Augmented JD Edwards Developer: A Practical Framework for the Next Era of ERP Development | Mohd Shahid Equbal, Connection Inc. | AI is not simply changing how JD Edwards developers work faster. It is actually changing where developers create value. As generative AI becomes more capable of producing SQL, documentation, test scenarios, logic flows, and automation-ready outputs, the role of the developer is shifting from manually creating every artifact to defining intent, validating generated results, and governing execution. This session introduces a practical 5-Layer AI-Augmented Development Model for JD Edwards: Intent, Generation, Validation, Execution, and Governance. Rather than treating AI as a standalone productivity tool, this model frames AI as part of the broader development lifecycle, beginning from core E1 logic design to impact analysis, test design, documentation, and finally incorporating release automation. The session will explore practical scenarios rooted in real ERP development work, including AI-assisted logic design, SQL and dependency analysis, test coverage generation, documentation/runbook creation, and an intelligent release pipeline. The focus is not on replacing developers, but on elevating their role and allowing developers become reviewers of correctness, interpreters of business rules, designers of coverage, and governors of automated systems. Attendees will leave with a structured framework for thinking about AI in JD Edwards development, practical use cases they can adapt to their own teams, and a realistic view of the controls needed to use AI safely and effectively in ERP environments. |
| [P-053202] Ask Your Data: Building Secure AI Dashboards at Close to Zero Cost | Sriram Kosaraju, Osterman & Company | Most organizations hesitate to use AI with enterprise data because they don’t want sensitive information leaving their environment. At the same time, executives constantly ask questions that weren’t anticipated when reports and dashboards were built. This session demonstrates an architecture that solves both problems. Users ask questions in plain English, but only the database schema (table names, column names, and descriptions) is sent to the LLM—not the underlying business data. The LLM determines what data is needed, generates the queries and visualization instructions, and the application retrieves and renders the results locally. Because dashboards are generated at runtime, there are no predefined reports or visualizations to maintain. The same application can return charts, detailed grids, or complete dashboards based on the user’s question. We’ll walk through the architecture, security model, implementation approach, and lessons learned from expanding the solution beyond Sales into AR Aging, AP Aging, Inventory, with GL, P&L, and Budget vs. Actuals currently being added. The solution runs on existing infrastructure with no additional software or hardware requirements—the only ongoing cost is LLM API usage—making it a practical, low-cost approach to delivering AI-powered analytics. |
Automation & Orchestrator
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052702] Build Robust Orchestration for Standard EDI 850 Inbound Purchase Order Processing. | Nitin Thorat, Tyndale House Publishers | This presentation will demonstrate the orchestration design to execute standard EDI 850 inbound purchase order processing that transforms flat files (X12 format) from trading partners into inbound orders in the F47* tables. It will walk through a real-world architecture that integrates a third-party integration platform with standard JD Edwards inbound processing, enabling secure file exchange, structured file movement, and automated sequential processing using orchestration. Attendees will learn the critical design components required for a stable solution, including file path configuration, folder and directory structuring, and text file handling techniques. The session will also highlight how to manage end-to-end file lifecycle operations, such as successful file archiving with timestamps and error file segregation for troubleshooting and remediation. In addition, it will cover how automated notifications improve operational visibility by alerting key stakeholders when files are missing, successfully processed, or require error resolution. By the end of this session, participants will understand how to avoid common pitfalls in EDI inbound processing and build a reliable orchestration that ensures accurate and traceable order creation in JD Edwards. This session will benefit JD Edwards functional consultants, architects, business analysts, developers/technical teams, and support teams responsible for EDI. |
| [P-052742] Transforming Customer & Opportunity Approvals in JD Edwards: A Rule-Driven Workflow Approach | Ganesh Patil, Compass Minerals | This session will provide a comprehensive overview of a modern, scalable approval framework built within JD Edwards to streamline both Customer Account Approvals and Opportunity Approvals. The presentation will walk through the end-to-end process design, including request initiation, dynamic approval routing, role-based access control, and automated derivation of business attributes using configuration-driven tables. Attendees will gain insight into how complex approval logic—across multiple business divisions can be managed through a structured and auditable workflow leveraging standard and custom JDE components. The session is designed for functional consultants, technical developers, solution architects, and business process owners looking to modernize approval processes and improve governance within JDE. Attendees will learn how to design flexible workflows using rule-based conditions, implement robust access control (P5801AC), enable automation through configuration tables , and ensure traceability using audit mechanisms. By the end of the session, participants will understand how to build a unified approval solution that improves efficiency, enforces compliance, and enhances user experience across customer and opportunity management processes. |
| [P-052759] Automating Employee Lifecycle Management in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | Sunil Swain, Connection Inc. | Managing user identities across the employee and contractor lifecycle is a critical yet often labor-intensive process. This session showcases a fully automated User Access Management (UAM) solution that integrates UKG Pro, QSoft, Automate Scheduler, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to deliver real-time, audit-ready identity governance. Built using native JD Edwards technologies, including EnterpriseOne Subsystems and Orchestrator, the solution automates onboarding, Address Book and User Profile creation, role assignment, Segregation of Duties (SoD) validation, employee transfers, promotions, cost center changes, legal name changes, rehires, and immediate offboarding. Workforce events initiated in UKG Pro automatically provision, modify, or revoke JD Edwards access without manual intervention. The framework includes robust exception management that detects processing anomalies, identifies root causes, and automatically notifies process owners with corrective actions. Comprehensive onboarding, offboarding, role-assignment, and access-change reporting provides full visibility for compliance and audit requirements. Attendees will learn how to implement a scalable, touchless identity governance framework that improves operational efficiency, strengthens security controls, enhances audit readiness, reduces administrative effort, and minimizes unauthorized access risks. |
| [P-052814] Near Real Time Sales Orders At Scale using Orchestrations | Elliot Green, Dealer Tire: LLC | We are using Orchestrations to create sales orders in near real time at scale. Thousands of orders are processed every month with this system, each API call taking about a second. We utilize both existing Business Functions and Business Services and new functionality. This task would have been much more difficult without User Defined Objects. Multiple types of UDOs are used to achieve this task. Attendees will leave with practical patterns they can apply to their own high-volume order processing. |
| [P-053007] Bridging the Shop Floor and Top Floor: Event-Driven JDE Integration via OPC and AIS | Robert van der Wal, Burg Groep | Manufacturing efficiency relies on seamlessly connecting Operational Technology (OT) on the shop floor with enterprise IT systems. This session explores a modern, event-driven architecture that eliminates manual data entry by directly integrating PLC device events with operator web applications and JD Edwards Application Interface Services (AIS). We will walk through a real-world implementation of an automated palletizer system. By utilizing a custom OT Gateway, we establish stable OPC UA sessions to monitor machine data, translating raw PLC tags into real-time WebSocket streams. When the PLC triggers a specific event—such as signaling a new pallet is ready—the browser-based operator application instantly catches this state change and orchestrates the required business processes directly in JDE. Attendees will see how the application evaluates the machine’s state and automatically executes JDE API calls to fetch active Work Orders and process Work Order Completions. We will also cover how the system handles complex logic on the fly, such as booking inventory, generating SSCC/Lot numbers, and making dynamic decisions between automated or manual printer routing. Key Takeaways: •OT to IT Architecture: Learn how to build a scalable middleware gateway that bridges industrial OPC servers and modern web clients. •Event-Driven Operator UI: See how to translate machine data into actionable, real-time interface updates that keep operators in the loop without requiring manual data entry. •Automating JDE Workflows: Understand how to sequence JDE AIS calls—like getWorkOrderDetails and workOrderCompletion—triggered directly by physical shop floor events. •Closed-Loop Communication: Discover best practices for maintaining data integrity, such as writing acknowledgment handshakes back to the PLC and managing error states when API calls fail. |
| [P-053015] Five Problems, One Pattern: Saving 1,500 Hours a Month with JDE Orchestrations | Sampath Vuluvala, Central National Gottesman: Inc. | At CNG, dozens of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay transactions used to arrive as customer PO PDFs, supplier invoices, warehouse CSVs, and business-user spreadsheets — and got keyed into JD Edwards by hand. Manual entry was slow, error-prone, and impossible to scale across the 10,000+ invoices we process monthly. We built a repeatable integration pattern that turns those documents into JDE transactions without manual keying, now saving over 1,500 hours of effort each month. The spine is the same every time: an external tool (invoice-workflow software, a webapp, or an RPA bot) extracts the source data, calls an E1 orchestration over REST, and the orchestration writes through table I/O into the standard EDI/Z-file inbound tables, then launches the matching UBE. We applied it to five live use cases: Customer sales orders, originals and revisions — PDF extraction to F47011/F47012/F47012T/F4714/F4715/F4706/F47131/F47132/F47132T, then R47011/R47131. PO receipt to customer invoicing for SD/OD orders — F47071/F47072, R47071, plus a custom invoicing UBE. PO receipt routing movement (TRANS to STOCK) — warehouse CSV to F43092Z1. Supplier PO creation from a business spreadsheet — F4301Z1/F4311Z1, then R4311Z1I. Standalone landed cost from an ancillary system, applied via orchestration form request. By standardizing on table I/O plus standard batch programs rather than custom code, we kept the logic inside JDE’s own validation and security, and made each new use case a configuration exercise rather than a development project. You’ll learn how to: Map a document-to-transaction flow onto E1 orchestrations and table I/O. Choose the right inbound Z-file/EDI tables and the UBE that processes them. Let external tools (RPA, webapps, invoice workflow) drive E1 over REST safely. Decide when table I/O beats custom code, and reuse one pattern across many cases. |
| [P-053147] Transforming Purchase Order Approvals at Scale: BrightView’s Journey to a Mobile-First Digital Approval Process | Kavitha Kumarasamy, BrightView | Managing purchase order approvals across hundreds of users can be challenging when organizations rely on email-driven processes, limited visibility, and delayed decision-making. In this session, learn how BrightView transformed its purchase order approval process by implementing a modern, mobile-first approval platform integrated with JD Edwards. |
| [P-052798] Automating the Impossible: JDE Bank Reconciliation with Orchestrator | Aprille Moyster, Allegheny County Controller’s Office | This session provides a practical walkthrough of how JD Edwards Orchestrator can be used to automate bank reconciliation processes, even when payments don’t match the bank statement 1 to 1 and come through different ACH or wire formats. We’ll explore several types of orchestrations that can be applied not only to reconciliation but also translated into other data‑update and automation scenarios across JDE. Attendees will see how orchestration logic, rules, and data services can streamline reconciliation and expose data or process issues that typically difficult to automate. This session is ideal for financial analysts, functional consultants, and technical JDE users looking to reduce manual reconciliation work and/or improve performance of their automations. Attendees will learn how to optimize orchestrations for speed and efficiency—including the real techniques used to reduce processing time from several hours to less than one—and how to expand automation into areas of JDE that are traditionally difficult to reconcile or maintain. You’ll walk away with practical tips, common pitfalls to avoid, and patterns you can apply to your own automation goals. |
Industrial Manufacturing
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052775] It’s Not You, It’s The Network: How We Stopped Blaming the Scanners and Built a Smarter Wireless Foundation for Our Warehouse Running JDE | Varun Vijaya Kumar, Atkore | Every warehouse running JD Edwards has a confession to make. Somewhere between the receiving dock and the far end of the pick aisle, there is a dead zone. Scanners drop. Transactions hang. Inventory records quietly drift from reality. For years, we blamed the scanners. Spoiler: it was never the scanners. This session tells the story of how Atkore — a NYSE-listed manufacturer running JD Edwards across 40+ North American locations — deployed a CBRS-based private cellular network alongside existing Wi-Fi to power our JDE scanner fleet. We will walk through the real decision framework, what private cellular actually delivers in a JDE environment, and what the vendors will not tell you until after the contract is signed. Device compatibility, SIM management at scale, and the hybrid architecture that makes Wi-Fi and private cellular genuinely complementary — because Wi-Fi is not going anywhere. We are not here to break up with it. We are here to give it a better partner. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for evaluating whether private cellular belongs in their JDE environment, the implementation pitfalls to avoid, and enough real-world lessons to have an informed conversation about the next five years of mobile infrastructure in their warehouse. |
| [P-052921] Tracking detailed costs for custom products with Job Costing | Andrew Andreani, Mueller Co | Mueller has a division that makes custom products for our customers. These products often require heavy engineering effort as well as custom manufacturing processes. The business was wanting to capture more accurate cost information about specific jobs vs. using standard costing to provide the most accurate price quotes. The answer was JDE job costing. In this session we will discuss how we mapped out the correct level of detail for cost tracking, how we capture time / material on the shop floor as well as engineering costs, then provide accurate costing information back to the business. |
| [P-052970] E1MDAC SIG Meetup for INFOCUS 2026 | Thomas Liptak, Penn Engineering & Mfg Corporation | The E1 Manufacturing, Distribution, and CAM User Group’s meeting at INFOCUS 2026. |
| [P-053006] Modernizing JD Edwards with Steltix Appshare: A Customer Success Story | Andy Friedrich, Viking Pump, Inc. | Organizations running JD Edwards often struggle to deliver simple, modern user experiences for business processes that span manufacturing, warehouse operations, inventory, procurement, quality, approvals, and more. Steltix Appshare is a low-code application platform that enables organizations to rapidly build and deploy intuitive web and mobile applications that work with standard JD Edwards transactions—without modifying EnterpriseOne. Running on browsers, tablets, scanners, and mobile devices, Appshare helps simplify complex ERP processes while accelerating user adoption and reducing development effort. In this customer-led session, hear how one global manufacturer used Appshare to modernize its shop floor operations by replacing a legacy manufacturing application with a streamlined mobile solution for labor reporting, work order completion, operation status, and manufacturing execution. Built on JD Edwards AIS and Orchestrations, the solution preserved standard ERP processing while delivering a dramatically improved user experience. We’ll also discuss the results after production deployment, including operator feedback, rapid enhancements, and the flexibility to evolve the application as business needs changed. Finally, we’ll demonstrate how the same Appshare platform can be used far beyond manufacturing to rapidly deliver purpose-built applications across warehouse management, inventory, procurement, approvals, quality, and many other JD Edwards business processes. Learning Objectives * Discover how Appshare enables rapid development of modern web and mobile applications for JD Edwards without modifying EnterpriseOne. * Learn how one manufacturer modernized shop floor operations while preserving standard JD Edwards processes and improving the operator experience. * Explore how the same low-code platform can be extended across manufacturing, warehouse, inventory, procurement, quality, approvals, and other JD Edwards business functions. |
| [P-053007] Bridging the Shop Floor and Top Floor: Event-Driven JDE Integration via OPC and AIS | Robert van der Wal, Burg Groep | Manufacturing efficiency relies on seamlessly connecting Operational Technology (OT) on the shop floor with enterprise IT systems. This session explores a modern, event-driven architecture that eliminates manual data entry by directly integrating PLC device events with operator web applications and JD Edwards Application Interface Services (AIS). We will walk through a real-world implementation of an automated palletizer system. By utilizing a custom OT Gateway, we establish stable OPC UA sessions to monitor machine data, translating raw PLC tags into real-time WebSocket streams. When the PLC triggers a specific event—such as signaling a new pallet is ready—the browser-based operator application instantly catches this state change and orchestrates the required business processes directly in JDE. Attendees will see how the application evaluates the machine’s state and automatically executes JDE API calls to fetch active Work Orders and process Work Order Completions. We will also cover how the system handles complex logic on the fly, such as booking inventory, generating SSCC/Lot numbers, and making dynamic decisions between automated or manual printer routing. Key Takeaways: •OT to IT Architecture: Learn how to build a scalable middleware gateway that bridges industrial OPC servers and modern web clients. •Event-Driven Operator UI: See how to translate machine data into actionable, real-time interface updates that keep operators in the loop without requiring manual data entry. •Automating JDE Workflows: Understand how to sequence JDE AIS calls—like getWorkOrderDetails and workOrderCompletion—triggered directly by physical shop floor events. •Closed-Loop Communication: Discover best practices for maintaining data integrity, such as writing acknowledgment handshakes back to the PLC and managing error states when API calls fail. |
| [P-053018] Dayton Lamina’s Global Commerce Playbook: How JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Transformed Customer Service and Drove Operational Efficiency | Barbara Lipps, Dayton Progress Corporation | As the global leader in specialty punches, dies, and metal stamping tools, Dayton Lamina serves manufacturers across North America and Europe with a product portfolio that spans both standard stock items and highly complex make-to-order configurations. Delivering that level of product complexity through traditional ordering channels created friction, extended lead times, and limited the 24/7 availability today’s global manufacturing customers demand. To solve that challenge, Dayton Lamina leveraged the full integration capabilities of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to build a B2B Webstore, seamlessly connecting a third-party configurator solution for make-to-order items with a fully integrated digital commerce experience across country-specific websites serving the US, Mexico, and Portugal. The result is a unified platform that brings together Dayton Lamina’s content website with the ability to take orders for both stock and custom configured items, deliver real-time customer support, and submit configured orders directly to the manufacturing floor within minutes of placement — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Attendees will learn how Dayton Lamina tackled one of the most technical challenges in manufacturing by integrating a third-party configurator with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne across multiple countries, languages, and currencies. Attendees will also walk away with a practical blueprint for building a globally scalable, JDE-integrated digital commerce platform that reduces order lead times, improves order accuracy, and delivers a modern customer experience that keeps JD Edwards as the single source of truth from order entry to the manufacturing floor. |
| [P-053068] Taming the Multi-Branch Cost Roll: Automating Standard Cost Updates Across Business Units | John Howe, Dober Group | If your manufacturing footprint spans multiple branch plants, you already know the standard cost roll can be one of the trickiest and most time consuming processes. When raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods transfer between business units, costs have to be rolled in the right sequence — lowest-level branch first, then every branch that consumes those components downstream. Get the order wrong and your frozen standards are off, your variances are noise, and month-end gets painful. In this session, we’ll walk through how we automated our multi-branch cost roll end to end, including the inter-branch transfer relationships that make manual sequencing so error-prone. We’ll share the approach that lets us kick off a single UBE to update RM, WIP, and FG standard costs across all branch plants in the correct order — replacing what used to be a manual, branch-by-branch effort. |
JDE 101
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052709] Enhancing Change Management with JD Edwards Repository History | Neidi Rodriguez, Sekisui House U.S., Inc. | In Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, effective change management and object tracking are critical for maintaining system integrity and supporting continuous development. The Work With Repository History (P98780H) application provides a centralized mechanism to capture, manage, and review historical versions of enterprise objects. It records changes made through the Object Management Workbench (OMW) and during package builds, enabling developers and administrators to track modifications, compare object versions, and restore previous states when necessary |
| [P-052921] Tracking detailed costs for custom products with Job Costing | Andrew Andreani, Mueller Co | Mueller has a division that makes custom products for our customers. These products often require heavy engineering effort as well as custom manufacturing processes. The business was wanting to capture more accurate cost information about specific jobs vs. using standard costing to provide the most accurate price quotes. The answer was JDE job costing. In this session we will discuss how we mapped out the correct level of detail for cost tracking, how we capture time / material on the shop floor as well as engineering costs, then provide accurate costing information back to the business. |
| [P-053015] Five Problems, One Pattern: Saving 1,500 Hours a Month with JDE Orchestrations | Sampath Vuluvala, Central National Gottesman: Inc. | At CNG, dozens of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay transactions used to arrive as customer PO PDFs, supplier invoices, warehouse CSVs, and business-user spreadsheets — and got keyed into JD Edwards by hand. Manual entry was slow, error-prone, and impossible to scale across the 10,000+ invoices we process monthly. We built a repeatable integration pattern that turns those documents into JDE transactions without manual keying, now saving over 1,500 hours of effort each month. The spine is the same every time: an external tool (invoice-workflow software, a webapp, or an RPA bot) extracts the source data, calls an E1 orchestration over REST, and the orchestration writes through table I/O into the standard EDI/Z-file inbound tables, then launches the matching UBE. We applied it to five live use cases: Customer sales orders, originals and revisions — PDF extraction to F47011/F47012/F47012T/F4714/F4715/F4706/F47131/F47132/F47132T, then R47011/R47131. PO receipt to customer invoicing for SD/OD orders — F47071/F47072, R47071, plus a custom invoicing UBE. PO receipt routing movement (TRANS to STOCK) — warehouse CSV to F43092Z1. Supplier PO creation from a business spreadsheet — F4301Z1/F4311Z1, then R4311Z1I. Standalone landed cost from an ancillary system, applied via orchestration form request. By standardizing on table I/O plus standard batch programs rather than custom code, we kept the logic inside JDE’s own validation and security, and made each new use case a configuration exercise rather than a development project. You’ll learn how to: Map a document-to-transaction flow onto E1 orchestrations and table I/O. Choose the right inbound Z-file/EDI tables and the UBE that processes them. Let external tools (RPA, webapps, invoice workflow) drive E1 over REST safely. Decide when table I/O beats custom code, and reuse one pattern across many cases. |
| [P-053018] Dayton Lamina’s Global Commerce Playbook: How JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Transformed Customer Service and Drove Operational Efficiency | Barbara Lipps, Dayton Progress Corporation | As the global leader in specialty punches, dies, and metal stamping tools, Dayton Lamina serves manufacturers across North America and Europe with a product portfolio that spans both standard stock items and highly complex make-to-order configurations. Delivering that level of product complexity through traditional ordering channels created friction, extended lead times, and limited the 24/7 availability today’s global manufacturing customers demand. To solve that challenge, Dayton Lamina leveraged the full integration capabilities of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to build a B2B Webstore, seamlessly connecting a third-party configurator solution for make-to-order items with a fully integrated digital commerce experience across country-specific websites serving the US, Mexico, and Portugal. The result is a unified platform that brings together Dayton Lamina’s content website with the ability to take orders for both stock and custom configured items, deliver real-time customer support, and submit configured orders directly to the manufacturing floor within minutes of placement — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Attendees will learn how Dayton Lamina tackled one of the most technical challenges in manufacturing by integrating a third-party configurator with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne across multiple countries, languages, and currencies. Attendees will also walk away with a practical blueprint for building a globally scalable, JDE-integrated digital commerce platform that reduces order lead times, improves order accuracy, and delivers a modern customer experience that keeps JD Edwards as the single source of truth from order entry to the manufacturing floor. |
| [P-053051] Business Analyst 101 | Linda Sloan-Compton, Pinal County Government | Are you new to JD Edwards? Is your organization new to JDE? This session will discuss terminology you will hear in other session and also guide you to tools to assist you in day to day: how JDE works and how to get up to speed quickly. This is primarily geared toward Business Analysts: but Functional Users will also gain some tips and tricks. Bring your questions! |
| [P-053068] Taming the Multi-Branch Cost Roll: Automating Standard Cost Updates Across Business Units | John Howe, Dober Group | If your manufacturing footprint spans multiple branch plants, you already know the standard cost roll can be one of the trickiest and most time consuming processes. When raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods transfer between business units, costs have to be rolled in the right sequence — lowest-level branch first, then every branch that consumes those components downstream. Get the order wrong and your frozen standards are off, your variances are noise, and month-end gets painful. In this session, we’ll walk through how we automated our multi-branch cost roll end to end, including the inter-branch transfer relationships that make manual sequencing so error-prone. We’ll share the approach that lets us kick off a single UBE to update RM, WIP, and FG standard costs across all branch plants in the correct order — replacing what used to be a manual, branch-by-branch effort. |
| [P-053107] JDE 101: Master the Art of HR & Payroll Troubleshooting | Buffy Dorpinghaus, Dorpinghaus Enterprises | Stepping into the world of JD Edwards HR and Payroll support can feel overwhelming. When data mismatches or system issues arise, knowing where to look—and what questions to ask—is half the battle. This introductory session is designed for new users and support professionals looking to demystify the HR and Payroll modules. We will explore common pain points, identify the “built-in disconnects” that frequently cause data issues, and look behind the scenes at how files connect. You will walk away with a proven troubleshooting framework and a go-to checklist for diagnosing problems efficiently. Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own favorite troubleshooting tips to share in this interactive, collaborative session. |
Real Estate & Construction
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052779] Customer/Tenant Portal: Smart use of Visual Builder and JDE | Bart IJsebaert, Aevitas Property Partners | Many organizations running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne are looking for ways to give their customers or tenants direct, self-service access to the information held in JDE — without relying on costly third-party portal solutions. This session demonstrates how Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS) can be used to build a company-branded customer or tenant portal that connects securely and directly to JDE data through the Orchestrator REST framework. Attendees will see a live demonstration of a working portal that surfaces tenant lease and account information in a clean, modern interface, authenticated and secured at the JDE level. |
| [P-052780] Real Estate User Group Meetup | Michiel Houtsmuller, Aevitas Property Partners | Real Estate User Group SIG session. We encourage all Real Estate users to attend this session. We will discuss the current status and future of Real Estate in JDE. |
| [P-052937] Your Home – From Community to Close with AI: Building a Digital Workforce for JD Edwards Homebuilding | Kevin Van Horn, ERP Suites | Production homebuilders running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne face a common challenge: the most critical, highest-volume operational workflows — community setup, bid management, and financial close — remain almost entirely manual. The result is a workforce stretched thin, margin at risk, and audit exposure that grows with every home closed. This session introduces three purpose-built AI agents that together form a Digital Workforce for JD Edwards Homebuilders — one for every stage of the homebuilder lifecycle. Each agent is designed to work within your existing JDE environment, connecting through AIS and Orchestrator with no ERP migration, no data lake, and no replacement of what already works. The combined impact: approximately $3.1 million in annual savings across all three agents, with individual payback periods as short as six months. More importantly, the platform is shared — the first agent you deploy builds the foundation that makes every subsequent agent faster and cheaper to deliver. |
| [P-053049] JDE Construction SIG | Pete Cotton, Irex Services LLC | The JD Edwards Construction Special Interest Group (SIG) is back, and we want you at the table. This session is a roundtable for JDE customers, partners, and professionals in the construction industry to connect, give feedback, and help position the SIG to address today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Be sure to bring your questions and ideas! |
Security & Compliance
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052757] Kill the Chaos: A No-Nonsense JDE Security Overhaul: How we rebuilt JDE security with cleaner roles, stronger controls, and fewer surprises | Melanee Melia, Prinova USA | Security in JDE EnterpriseOne is often something organizations inherit rather than design. Over time, role sprawl, stale user accounts, and a single security environment shared across development and production create risk that quietly compounds until an audit or incident forces the conversation. This session walks through Prinova’s JDE security project: the decision to implement separate production and non-production security environments, what it actually takes to get there technically, and how to manage the promotion process without breaking things along the way. We’ll also cover the harder, less glamorous work of role rationalization, access cleanup, and automating the identification and removal of inactive users using JDE’s own toolset. Attendees will leave with a realistic picture of scope, practical implementation considerations, and hard-won lessons that apply whether you’re starting a similar project or trying to close gaps in an existing environment. Intended audience: JDE system administrators, IT security and compliance professionals, and IT managers responsible for ERP access governance. |
| [P-052759] Automating Employee Lifecycle Management in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne | Sunil Swain, Connection Inc. | Managing user identities across the employee and contractor lifecycle is a critical yet often labor-intensive process. This session showcases a fully automated User Access Management (UAM) solution that integrates UKG Pro, QSoft, Automate Scheduler, and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne to deliver real-time, audit-ready identity governance. Built using native JD Edwards technologies, including EnterpriseOne Subsystems and Orchestrator, the solution automates onboarding, Address Book and User Profile creation, role assignment, Segregation of Duties (SoD) validation, employee transfers, promotions, cost center changes, legal name changes, rehires, and immediate offboarding. Workforce events initiated in UKG Pro automatically provision, modify, or revoke JD Edwards access without manual intervention. The framework includes robust exception management that detects processing anomalies, identifies root causes, and automatically notifies process owners with corrective actions. Comprehensive onboarding, offboarding, role-assignment, and access-change reporting provides full visibility for compliance and audit requirements. Attendees will learn how to implement a scalable, touchless identity governance framework that improves operational efficiency, strengthens security controls, enhances audit readiness, reduces administrative effort, and minimizes unauthorized access risks. |
| [P-052906] From Chaotic Complexity to Scalable Role-Based Control – PCL Constructors Inc. | JDE Security Transformation (26 → 1) | Renuka Surajnath, PCL Constructors Inc. | Discover how the 2026 Oracle Edge Initiative of the Year winner transformed fragmented JDE security into a scalable, role-based architecture—strengthening control, reducing risk, and preserving audit integrity without compromise. Legacy JD Edwards environments often evolve into complex, inconsistent security landscapes, where decentralized access models drive SoD conflicts, increase audit exposure, and limit governance oversight. This session presents a real-world transformation from 26 independent JDE environments into a single, consolidated platform, supported by a standardized, role-based security framework designed to enforce consistent access control at scale. Attendees will gain insight into how a base-and-optional role design replaced fragmented access provisioning, enabling centralized governance while maintaining required business flexibility. The approach significantly strengthened SoD enforcement, improved audit traceability, and safeguarded sensitive data, including Payroll and executive information. The session further demonstrates how modernized security enables governed use of BSSV services, APIs, and Orchestrator Studio, with UDO-based controls ensuring secure, auditable, and standardized access to enterprise data and processes. This model embeds governance directly within JDE, reducing risk while enabling controlled innovation. |
| [P-053063] One Login, Zero Middleware: How to Extend Secure JD Edwards Access to PowerApps and Beyond | Jeff Shaffer, Shionogi Inc | What if your team could reach JD Edwards from any app they already use — without ever logging in twice? As organizations extend JD Edwards into modern, user-friendly apps — approval tools, dashboards, mobile experiences, and custom business apps — one challenge keeps surfacing: secure, seamless access. Too often, users juggle multiple logins, IT wrestles with costly middleware, and security teams worry about every new connection point. This session shows a better way. Discover how enterprises can deliver true Single Sign-On (SSO) between JD Edwards and the external apps that power day-to-day work, using only the identity tools you likely already own in Microsoft 365 — no third-party products, no middleware, and no custom plug-ins required. Through a real-world example, we’ll show how a modern app can connect directly to JD Edwards with a single, secure sign-on — eliminating redundant logins and giving users a frictionless, consumer-grade experience while keeping data protected. Whether you’re a business leader looking to boost adoption and productivity, a manager focused on smoother workflows, or a technology owner aiming to extend the life and reach of your JD Edwards investment, you’ll walk away with a clear, practical blueprint. Learn how to: -Deliver a seamless user experience that drives adoption and removes login friction -Maximize your existing Microsoft 365 investment instead of buying new tools -Reduce licensing and integration costs by removing third-party dependencies -Extend JD Edwards into the modern apps your business is asking for Modernizing JD Edwards doesn’t have to mean ripping and replacing. Come see how one connection can open the door to a more connected, secure, and user-friendly enterprise. |
| [P-053202] Ask Your Data: Building Secure AI Dashboards at Close to Zero Cost | Sriram Kosaraju, Osterman & Company | Most organizations hesitate to use AI with enterprise data because they don’t want sensitive information leaving their environment. At the same time, executives constantly ask questions that weren’t anticipated when reports and dashboards were built. This session demonstrates an architecture that solves both problems. Users ask questions in plain English, but only the database schema (table names, column names, and descriptions) is sent to the LLM—not the underlying business data. The LLM determines what data is needed, generates the queries and visualization instructions, and the application retrieves and renders the results locally. Because dashboards are generated at runtime, there are no predefined reports or visualizations to maintain. The same application can return charts, detailed grids, or complete dashboards based on the user’s question. We’ll walk through the architecture, security model, implementation approach, and lessons learned from expanding the solution beyond Sales into AR Aging, AP Aging, Inventory, with GL, P&L, and Budget vs. Actuals currently being added. The solution runs on existing infrastructure with no additional software or hardware requirements—the only ongoing cost is LLM API usage—making it a practical, low-cost approach to delivering AI-powered analytics. |
Upgrades
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052749] 64-Bit Ready and Miles Ahead: Implementing PC Miler Web APIs with JD Edwards Orchestrator | Varun Vijaya Kumar, Atkore | This session chronicles a real-world implementation of PC Miler Web APIs within a JD Edwards environment — a prerequisite for the 64-bit upgrade that represents one of the most technically complex integration challenges facing JDE organizations today. We will walk through how our team leveraged JD Edwards Orchestrator templates to integrate with PC Miler’s industry-leading mileage and route optimization APIs, the custom objects developed to support the integration, and the performance tuning decisions made along the way to maximize throughput and reliability. From initial architecture decisions to the specific gotchas that emerged along the way, this session shares the hands-on lessons learned from navigating a cutting-edge implementation at the frontier of what the JDE platform can do. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of what it actually takes to implement PC Miler Web APIs in a JD Edwards environment, including the Orchestrator framework decisions, object development requirements, and the critical pitfalls to avoid. This session is essential for JD Edwards technical architects, IT managers, and functional leads responsible for transportation management, distribution operations, or 64-bit upgrade planning. Whether you are mid-implementation or just beginning to evaluate the upgrade path, this session delivers the practical, experience-based guidance that turns one team’s hard-won lessons into a repeatable roadmap for the broader JDE community. |
| [P-052778] 110 Locations, 11 Languages, 1 Standard: Mastering JDE 9.2 Continuous Adoption | Remco Van Herwijnen, Darling Ingredients International | Operating across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, our company leverages JD Edwards (JDE) 9.2 to support over 110 global locations and a robust community of 2,900 users. To accommodate our diverse workforce, we deliver JDE in 11 different languages, maintaining the agility required to meet localized business requirements while ensuring strict SOx compliance. As we actively support our company’s aggressive acquisition strategy, we are in a state of continuous deployment, frequently managing multiple JDE 9.2 implementations simultaneously. In tandem with these rollouts, we strictly adhere to Oracle JDE’s release strategy to continuously innovate and modernize our applications. A foundational pillar of our IT strategy is keeping the JDE core standard. When functional gaps arise that do not fit the standard model, we pivot to alternative solutions, such as leveraging low-code platforms, rather than customizing the core. Drawing from our extensive global experience, this session will dive into our continuous innovation journey and cover the following hot topics: Release 26, Low-code / No-code Tools, Orchestrator, Personalization & Extensibility, Continuous Adoption, Applications, User Defined Objects (UDO), Widgets |
| [P-052912] Catching Up to the Future: Pinal County’s Journey from Years of Deferred Upgrades to a Modern JDE Foundation | Matt Vanderkooy, ERP-One Consulting: Inc. | What happens when a county government hasn’t had a major JDE upgrade in over five years? For Pinal County, Arizona, the answer was a complex, high-stakes modernization effort touching nearly every layer of the technology stack — application releases, server operating systems, 32-bit to 64-bit architecture conversion, third-party integrations, and years of accumulated custom development. In this session, Linda Sloan-Compton, Pinal County’s ERP project sponsor, will share the customer’s perspective on planning and executing a comprehensive upgrade to Tools Release 26 and Applications Release 24 — while simultaneously addressing significant infrastructure debt, including migration to Windows Server 2022 and 64-bit conversion impacts on tools like Hubble and ReportsNow. The team also validated and re-licensed Pathlock security tooling under the new architecture, and leveraged DWS Swift test scripts to structure a rigorous multi-phase testing program across Finance, Procurement, and Payroll/HCM. ERP-One Consulting partnered with Pinal County across project management, functional, development, and security workstreams, working alongside a dedicated CNC partner to deliver the full technical scope. Linda will share candid reflections on real-world challenges — security conflicts post-migration, custom object retrofits, orchestration validation, and a go-live date that had to shift to protect quality — and what she’d tell any public-sector JDE customer staring down years of deferred maintenance. |
| [P-052961] Why Wait? Debunking the Top 10 Myths That Keep JDE Customers from Upgrading | Steven Yniguez, Grant Thornton Advisors LLC | “”We can’t afford it.”” “”Our customizations will break.”” “”We just upgraded — we’re fine.”” “”Oracle is going to drop support anyway.”” “”My team will revolt.”” If you’ve heard these excuses (or said them out loud), you’re in good company. And you’re also leaving real money, real talent, and real competitive advantage on the table. This session tackles the 10 most common myths that paralyze JDE customers and keep them from upgrading or modernizing. We’ll separate fact from fiction with hard data, real client examples, and a healthy dose of honesty. |
| [P-053032] From 9.1 to R26 in 60 days | Heering Ligthart, Cadran Consultancy B.V. | Upgrading Oracle JD Edwards to the latest Applications and Tools release is more than a technical exercise—it is an opportunity to improve system performance, reduce technical debt, and prepare your ERP environment for future innovation. This session explores the different upgrade strategies available, including a technical 1:1 upgrade and a reimplementation approach, helping attendees understand when each option is most appropriate. We will also discuss key technical dependencies, the impact on interfaces and integrations, and share a real-world customer case demonstrating how a successful JD Edwards upgrade was completed in just 60 days. Designed for business analysts, project managers, stakeholders, and project sponsors, this presentation provides the knowledge needed to make informed upgrade decisions. Attendees will learn how to evaluate the available approaches, identify risks and dependencies early in the project, and understand the business and technical considerations that contribute to a successful JD Edwards upgrade. The customer case will provide practical insights into project planning, execution, and the factors that enabled an accelerated implementation timeline. |
UX, Personalization & Extensibility
| Session | Speaker | Abstract |
|---|---|---|
| [P-052742] Transforming Customer & Opportunity Approvals in JD Edwards: A Rule-Driven Workflow Approach | Ganesh Patil, Compass Minerals | This session will provide a comprehensive overview of a modern, scalable approval framework built within JD Edwards to streamline both Customer Account Approvals and Opportunity Approvals. The presentation will walk through the end-to-end process design, including request initiation, dynamic approval routing, role-based access control, and automated derivation of business attributes using configuration-driven tables. Attendees will gain insight into how complex approval logic—across multiple business divisions can be managed through a structured and auditable workflow leveraging standard and custom JDE components. The session is designed for functional consultants, technical developers, solution architects, and business process owners looking to modernize approval processes and improve governance within JDE. Attendees will learn how to design flexible workflows using rule-based conditions, implement robust access control (P5801AC), enable automation through configuration tables , and ensure traceability using audit mechanisms. By the end of the session, participants will understand how to build a unified approval solution that improves efficiency, enforces compliance, and enhances user experience across customer and opportunity management processes. |
| [P-052751] Enhancing JD Edwards User Experience with smart E1 Pages using Oracle Jet, Orchestrations and REST APIs | John Giesen, Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbHG+3 | This presentation demonstrates how JD Edwards EnterpriseOne can be extended beyond its standard capabilities by leveraging E1 Pages enhanced with custom JavaScript and Oracle JET libraries. It will showcase how to design modern, interactive, and user-friendly interfaces with rich graphical visualizations directly within JDE. In addition, the session explains how these front-end components can be seamlessly integrated with backend business logic and data using Orchestrations and REST APIs, enabling secure, real-time interaction with the JD Edwards system. This session is designed for JDE developers and IT architects who want to modernize the user experience while increasing automation within their ERP landscape. Attendees will learn how to use E1 Pages as a flexible application layer, how to integrate graphical web interfaces with native JDE functionality, and how to implement practical automation solutions that reduce manual effort and improve business efficiency—all within a single JDE web-session. Real-life examples from our organization will demonstrate how these approaches can be successfully applied to streamline operations and support digital transformation within JD Edwards. |
| [P-052778] 110 Locations, 11 Languages, 1 Standard: Mastering JDE 9.2 Continuous Adoption | Remco Van Herwijnen, Darling Ingredients International | Operating across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, our company leverages JD Edwards (JDE) 9.2 to support over 110 global locations and a robust community of 2,900 users. To accommodate our diverse workforce, we deliver JDE in 11 different languages, maintaining the agility required to meet localized business requirements while ensuring strict SOx compliance. As we actively support our company’s aggressive acquisition strategy, we are in a state of continuous deployment, frequently managing multiple JDE 9.2 implementations simultaneously. In tandem with these rollouts, we strictly adhere to Oracle JDE’s release strategy to continuously innovate and modernize our applications. A foundational pillar of our IT strategy is keeping the JDE core standard. When functional gaps arise that do not fit the standard model, we pivot to alternative solutions, such as leveraging low-code platforms, rather than customizing the core. Drawing from our extensive global experience, this session will dive into our continuous innovation journey and cover the following hot topics: Release 26, Low-code / No-code Tools, Orchestrator, Personalization & Extensibility, Continuous Adoption, Applications, User Defined Objects (UDO), Widgets |
| [P-052779] Customer/Tenant Portal: Smart use of Visual Builder and JDE | Bart IJsebaert, Aevitas Property Partners | Many organizations running JD Edwards EnterpriseOne are looking for ways to give their customers or tenants direct, self-service access to the information held in JDE — without relying on costly third-party portal solutions. This session demonstrates how Oracle Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS) can be used to build a company-branded customer or tenant portal that connects securely and directly to JDE data through the Orchestrator REST framework. Attendees will see a live demonstration of a working portal that surfaces tenant lease and account information in a clean, modern interface, authenticated and secured at the JDE level. |
| [P-052783] You don’t need AI to deliver value to the enterprise | Joe Hebner, Tredegar Corporation | As attention continues to center on AI, organizations should not overlook the significant value delivered by the tools already available in JD Edwards. This session highlights how Tredegar has applied UDOs—including Composed Pages, CAFE1, EnterpriseOne Search, Orchestrations, and Widgets—to solve business problems, streamline processes, and improve the user experience. Through real-world examples, attendees will gain practical ideas for applying UDOs within their own organizations. •End-to-end process using UDOs to review CAM-generated purchase orders prior to approval •EnterpriseOne Search to improve MRO item searches and maintenance parts list access •Simplified maintenance work order entry •Enhanced analysis of MRP messages •Inventory visibility and monitoring through widgets •Key lessons learned |
| [P-053059] The Modern JDE Toolbox: Choosing the Right UDO for the Job | Pete Cotton, Irex Services LLC | Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a Personal Form and a Form Extension? Or when to use a Logic Extension instead of an Orchestration? With a powerful and continuously evolving JDE toolkit, many organizations and individuals struggle with a critical question: Which tool should I use, and when? In this session, we will move beyond feature overviews and focus on real-world decision making, with a strong emphasis on low-code and no-code solutions. Through practical examples, we will explore common scenarios where the wrong tool choice leads to unnecessary complexity, maintenance challenges, or limited scalability, and how a different approach can produce better results. This session is ideal for business analysts, techno-functional users, and developers looking to modernize their approach. Attendees will leave with a clear framework for selecting the right tool for the job, helping them reduce customization, improve maintainability, and get more value from their JD Edwards investment. |
| [P-053147] Transforming Purchase Order Approvals at Scale: BrightView’s Journey to a Mobile-First Digital Approval Process | Kavitha Kumarasamy, BrightView | Managing purchase order approvals across hundreds of users can be challenging when organizations rely on email-driven processes, limited visibility, and delayed decision-making. In this session, learn how BrightView transformed its purchase order approval process by implementing a modern, mobile-first approval platform integrated with JD Edwards. |
Key Oracle speakers at INFOCUS include:
Paul Houtkooper
Vice President of Applications Development
A.J. Schifano
Senior Principal Product Manager
Haiyan Wang
Senior Principal Software Engineer
Clayton Seeley
Technical Architect
Shruti Ghatage
Senior Product Manager
Vijayaraghavan Rajagopalan
Software Development Senior Manager
Prashanth Thimmavajjala
Senior Principal Product Strategy Manager
David Greiner
Principal Product Manager
Mark Herwege
Senior Solution Engineer
Ward Quarles
Senior Director of Marketing and Product Strategy
Scott Swensen
Senior Manager Global Product Support
Pradip Pandey
Chief Software Architect(VP)
INFOCUS Workshops
AI in Action: Transforming Financial Management with Intelligent Enterprise Solutions
Presented by: Paul Shearer, Denovo, part of Argano
Join financial transformation experts from Denovo and Argano for an interactive workshop exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of finance. Discover practical applications of AI across planning, forecasting, close, reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making while learning how leading organizations are leveraging Oracle’s AI capabilities to increase efficiency, improve accuracy, reduce manual effort, and accelerate business outcomes. Through real-world use cases, expert insights, and interactive discussion, you’ll leave with actionable strategies for building a smarter, more agile finance organization.
Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: A Hands-On Introduction Process Modeler and Widgets
Presented by: Mahesh Sathenjeri, Syntax
Oracle’s Enterprise Process Modeler and EnterpriseOne Widgets are new additions to the JD Edwards toolkit, and most organizations haven’t started using them yet. This workshop is a hands-on introduction: no prior experience with either tool required.
Process Modeler lets you map your business processes visually and overlay real-time metrics on top, so you can see exactly where a process is slowing down or breaking, not just that something’s wrong. Widgets turn that data into live dashboards your team can actually use day to day, charts, gauges, and KPIs built from your own JDE data.
In this session, you’ll build a sample sales order process model and widget using your own JDE non-production environment. If your JDE isn’t on a compatible tools release, or you can’t access it from INFOCUS, we’ll have a demo environment ready so you still get full hands-on time.
By the end, you’ll walk away knowing how to enable Process Modeler and Widgets, and how to use them to identify process anomalies and bring concrete data to the business leaders you work with on process improvement.
Fueling Your Functional Expertise at INFOCUS 26
INFOCUS delivers enhanced programming, with expanded options for 2026 crafted especially for JD Edwards functional users across all key areas.
Discover targeted sessions designed to empower your daily tasks and strategic goals for industries including…
- Finance
- Supply Chain/Logistics
- Manufacturing & Distribution
- Sales/Customer Service
- Project Management
- Human Resources
- Construction and Engineering
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Food and Beverage
- Real Estate
- Service Industries
Gain Actionable Insights to:
- Optimize Your System: Improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Master New Features: Understand the latest JDE enhancements.
- Adopt Best Practices: Learn industry-specific strategies.
- Unlock Your Data: Generate meaningful reports and analytics.
- Seamlessly Integrate: Connect JDE with other critical systems.
- Automate Processes: Eliminate manual bottlenecks.
- Ensure Compliance: Navigate regulations and standards.
- Strengthen Security: Protect your valuable data.
- Simplify Upgrades: Plan for smooth system updates.
With dedicated tracks and expanded breakout sessions, INFOCUS empowers you to elevate your functional expertise within the JD Edwards ecosystem.
Hands-on Labs at INFOCUS 25
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 26
Release 26 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Business Automation
Eliminate manual processes and human error by taking advantage of process automation with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
JDE 101
Whether you are a new hire or your organization just upgraded to 64 bit and you’d like an overview of the new tools at your disposal, the JDE 101 Track is designed with you in mind! This new INFOCUS track is a one stop shop to provide a strong foundational understanding of JDE capabilities. These sessions are geared towards for new to JD Edwards technical users as well as functional users who are looking to expand their knowledge and become subject matter experts.
Widgets
Use EnterpriseOne Widgets to create, publish, and visualize data from orchestrations.
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.
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.
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.
JD Edwards 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, agribusiness, security, enhancing JDE with Redwood, Oracle Guided Learning and more. The possibilities are endless!
