This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

Despite significant investments in analytics, automation, and AI, many organizations still face inconsistent reporting, duplicate records, and low trust in their data. The core issue is the absence of a unified, governed data foundation. Without a true single source of truth, even the most advanced technologies cannot deliver their intended value. Fragmented master data across systems—JD Edwards, Oracle EBS, SAP, PeopleSoft, Glovia, Syteline, Salesforce, and modern Cloud ERPs—continues to create silos that limit visibility, efficiency, and confident decision making. This session highlights how Master Data Management (MDM) helps organizations address these challenges by creating a centralized, trusted data foundation across ERP, AP automation, and HR systems. Participants will learn the essential elements of a modern MDM strategy, the risks associated with weak data governance, and practical steps to align business and IT around governed master data. Through real world examples, attendees will gain actionable guidance to start or accelerate their MDM journey—without major disruption—while building a strong platform for scalable automation and digital transformation.

This session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA

Speaker: Ravi Choudhary, RST Solutions

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

AI is rapidly reshaping how you operate, make decisions, and support users. The window to act is now! This session moves beyond the hype to give a grounded view of what AI means for JDE organizations today and what's already possible with Oracle's technology stack. This panel blends human:digital perspectives, exploring the visionary and operational angles of AI. It features leadership from the City of Plano, the former CIO of Graniterock, experts from Broadpin, and Clara — a functioning AI JDE digital avatar. Gain insight into: • Executive perspectives on AI readiness, practical impact, and adoption within JDE • Real world data readiness and foundational considerations • How OCI AI services connect to JDE today • How AI assistants enhance processes, user support, and operational workflows • How JDE can be a launchpad for Fusion capabilities without replacing what works • How enterprise managed services and support are evolving with AI Whether you’re beginning to explore AI or planning your next move, this session offers a grounded, forward looking perspective on how JDE customers can act on AI’s potential today and build toward an intelligent, connected tomorrow.

The following session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA

Speaker: Ayo Fernando, City of Plano, Texas

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

Modern SSO does not have to be complex or time-consuming for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards. In this session, we will show how organizations can enable secure, modern SSO in under 10 minutes while addressing the real-world challenges that come with legacy ERP environments. Attendees will learn about SSO integration challenges for PeopleSoft, JDE systems, including environments hosted on OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP. The session will include a live demo of SSO implementation after upgrade, practical best practices, and an interactive Q&A focused on the most common issues organizations face when modernizing ERP access.

This session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA

Speaker: Raj Mareddi, SSOGEN

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

Business analysts are often valued for being helpful—finding answers, correcting misunderstandings, and delivering clear documentation. But over time, that helpfulness can unintentionally undermine something just as important: confidence. This talk explores how everyday interactions with stakeholders can either reinforce dependence or build confidence in end users—and shifting how we respond can make a meaningful difference. Rather than focusing on formal training, the session looks at how teaching moments naturally show up in the flow of work and how business analysis professionals can create teaching moments. By becoming more intentional about these teachable moments, business analysis professionals help their stakeholders and users participate more confidently in problem-solving and decision-making. The business analysis role moves from only providing answers to becoming a trusted partner—working alongside users to co create solutions that reflect their needs, and leading to better outcomes.

This session is eligible for the following CPE Credit: NASBA, IIBA

Speaker: Susan Moore, International Institute of Business Analysis

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

This session will explore how organizations are unlocking low-cost automation opportunities while producing high impact within JD Edwards by leveraging native tools such as Orchestrator. Instead of investing in costly third-party platforms, companies are maximizing the value of their existing ERP to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and deliver measurable business outcomes. Embedding automation directly within the ERP increases system value and improves overall system adoption leading to a reduced total cost of ownership and significantly accelerating return on investment (ROI). Equally important to the technology are the organizational strategies that enable success. We will highlight key drivers such as strong alignment between business and IT, cross-functional collaboration, and disciplined governance. Through a real-world example, we will show how this alignment enables faster automation, scales impact across the organization and drives measurable ROI. Attendees will leave with a practical perspective on how to increase efficiency, improve agility, and fully realize the value of their JD Edwards investment.

The following session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA

Speaker: Scott Mendenhall, The MASYC Group, Inc.

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

AI adoption fails without clean, trusted, and well‑governed data. This session explores how organizations can build an insight‑ready reporting foundation that accelerates modernization and prepares teams for AI, without needing to deploy AI yet. Attendees will learn practical steps to reduce data fragmentation, strengthen governance, and create real‑time visibility across finance and operations. We’ll outline an actionable readiness framework and demonstrate how insight‑driven reporting tools like Hubble support secure, reliable decision-making on the path toward future AI initiatives.

This session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA

Speaker: Sing-Lu Byers, insightsoftware

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

Many business analysts are excellent at understanding systems—but far less comfortable guiding the human side of change. When the focus of the change conversation stays on the technology, it becomes anchored in what the system can do rather than creating a shared understanding of the problem that needs to be solved. This session is for business analysts and technical practitioners who bring strong technology and domain expertise to their work, but struggle to shift from defining solutions to facilitating effective change conversations. In this talk, we explore the mindset shift required to move from technical expert to effective change enabler. Using the IIBA Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM) as a practical framework, we explore how business analysts can re orient their role toward guiding conversations, surfacing assumptions, navigating ambiguity, and keeping stakeholders focused on outcomes rather than outputs. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how to leverage their expertise in service of change—by creating shared understanding, guiding learning, and helping organizations move forward when the path isn’t fully defined. Participants will learn how to: •Recognize the mindset shift required to move from solution expertise to change facilitation •Use BACCM as a conversational guide for framing change discussions •Ask questions that enable sensemaking instead of providing answers too early •Facilitate productive change conversations even when information is incomplete •Focus their work on outcomes, learning, and decisions rather than artifacts

This session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA, IIBA

Speaker: Susan Moore, International Institute of Business Analysis

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

Discover how Success Navigator, Oracle's AI-powered success platform available for free to Fusion Cloud customers, helps your organization achieve better, faster outcomes and maximize value at every stage of the Fusion Cloud journey, from onboarding to implementation to operating in the cloud. In this session, you’ll get a live demo of how to use the best practices, structured planning, AI support, and collaborative tools available to guide your Fusion Cloud implementation, along with your partner and Oracle, to help you achieve your cloud transformation goals. Plus, learn how to use the platform to manage your Fusion Cloud Applications, along with key stakeholders, and optimize adoption of proven AI innovations that drive measurable business outcomes with every quarterly release, helping you get more value from your Fusion investment. Join us to learn how to get started using Success Navigator today.

Speaker: Jessica Wright, Oracle America: Inc

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

The construction industry's 500,000-worker shortage didn't happen overnight—it resulted from 30 years of systematic decisions to eliminate entry-level pathways, underinvest in apprenticeships, and push everyone toward four-year degrees. Today, experienced tradespeople retire at a 5:2 ratio to new worker recruitment, leading to project delays, cost overruns, and the loss of irreplaceable knowledge across the industry. Technology organizations are now repeating this pattern at an accelerated pace. Research reveals that 35% of positions labeled "entry-level" require three or more years of experience—an impossible paradox for new graduates. As AI systems automate routine tasks that historically provided learning opportunities for junior employees, technology companies reduced new graduate hiring by 25% while simultaneously increasing recruitment of experienced professionals by 27% between 2023 and 2024. Recent interdisciplinary research examining AI's impact on the workforce across multiple sectors. Will show how eliminating entry-level pathways creates long-term talent shortages, recognize parallel warning patterns between construction (1990-2020) and technology (2020-present), identify early-warning metrics in their own organizations, and implement actionable strategies to preserve workforce development pipelines while embracing AI innovation. Unlike construction—which took 30 years to recognize its talent crisis—technology leaders have perhaps 5-10 years to change course. This session provides frameworks for avoiding construction mistakes while maintaining a competitive advantage through sustainable development of the talent pipeline. The title references the late 1990s, when construction began to make these critical errors; the content ensures that technology doesn't repeat them.

Speaker: Shannon Alred, Brown & Root Industrial Services

This session was presented at BLUEPRINT 4D 2026.

How do you turn a stalled automation initiative into a scalable, high-performance enterprise solution? For J.B. Poindexter & Co., a global leader in transportation and manufacturing, the answer was identifying a solution flexible enough to navigate the complexities of eight distinct, decentralized business units. In this session, J.B. Poindexter and IntelliChief reveal the blueprint for automating complex accounts payable environments within JD Edwards. We’ll go beyond the 3-way match to discuss technical hurdles that can derail standard automation, including handling special charges like freight and volatile tariffs, and complex non-PO invoices. Attendees will learn how J.B. Poindexter: · Consolidated 8 different operational processes into a single, transparent workflow. · Rescued stalled automation aspirations by prioritizing platform flexibility over "out-of-the-box" rigidity. · Shifted their team’s focus from manual data entry to high-value analytical research and supply chain optimization. · Gained the audit tracking and visibility necessary to improve discount capture and process efficiency.

This session is eligible for the following CPE credit: NASBA

Speaker: Alanna Melones, J. B. Poindexter & Co: Inc.