Quest had the chance to talk with Brian Hale, Manager of Technical & Cloud Operations, from Federal Signal about the process of the company’s move to Oracle’s first-generation Cloud and upgrade to 9.2 along the way.

Quest had the chance to speak with Gina Stickland, the Chief Process and Innovation Officer from Miller Zell about the company’s move from JD Edwards World to EnterpriseOne in roughly 10 months.

Quest had the opportunity to speak with Chris Park, Supervisor, Business Analysts, and Matt Wiles, Senior Business Analyst, from Christie Digital Systems Inc. about leveraging User Defined Objects to improve the user experience.

Quest recently had the chance to speak with Trisha Muir, the ERP Manager at Michelman about the company’s six-month 9.2 upgrade and how they are now utilizing new functionality.

When it comes to implementing JD Edwards, a solid plan is often the first step toward seamlessly integrating the solution into the company’s system. There needs to be a clear understanding on why the team has to take on such a major endeavor, and just as equally important, a clear blueprint that details the path toward successfully meeting goals and critical milestones.

One of the many mistakes companies commit when integrating JD Edwards is starting the project without a strategic focus. Having a sound plan, after all, is simply winning half of the battle. The other half is the ability to get the job done — and this requires a targeted focus on the part of the leadership and team involved.

UBC, a life sciences company that helps bring drugs to market, knows how critical it is to have a focused vision. After all, this was a lesson they all learned the hard way.

Customer Spotlight: The Dixie Group Quest talked with Angie Cornelison, Financial Systems Administrator and Corporate Risk Manager at the Dixie Group, about the company’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2 update that was done in just 3.5 months!

Instead of trying to beat the competition, more in adept companies such as Hamilton Telecommunications, understand that winning in today’s increasingly competitive business world means focusing on creating value for customers. This private telecommunications company delivers value through its strategic use and integration of JD Edwards Software into critical points of its business that may directly and indirectly impact customers.