Compass Conference 2010 Agenda

Opening Keynote(s) - Head to Head: JDE and EBS Product Strategies, Roadmaps, Integration, Fusion - Making Sense of the Enterprise,

Presented by Oracle’s Executive Product Strategy Teams for JDE and EBS

Breakfast and Day’s Direction

Sessions (3 Concurrent / 20 sessions)

Decked Out: Trex's "More Than Just an Upgrade" Upgrade
Trex, a wood-alternative decking company, upgraded their JDE system to 8.12 and quickly discovered that the upgrade brought them far more than just a new version of software. Learn from Trex and partner CSS how the company made some big changes, saved big money and now are well-positioned for the future. Attendees will learn: 

• How Trex streamlined operations by simplifying sales and inventory processes
  
• How Trex and CSS used creative, cost-effective project methods
  
• How Trex stays green with their new technology (and grocery bags!)

Presented by Kirby Miner, CIO, Trex; Jim Miller, VP, CSS

Oracle E-Business Suite and IBM Platforms – a Powerful Pairing
For over two decades, Oracle and IBM have teamed to drive technology innovation and optimize and test Oracle applications and technology products on IBM platforms. This session provides an overview of IBM certified and supported hardware technology for Oracle E-Business Suite applications.  Attend this session to: 

• Understand the IBM technology enablement priorities and directions with Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle database products
• Learn how IBM virtualization technologies can further boost performance and productivity of Oracle EBS applications by driving higher system utilization, and
• See a demonstration of how the IBM-Oracle EBS ROI tool quickly points out the benefits of upgrading to EBS 12 on IBM hardware, delivering improved productivity and better value

Presented by Mark Rudisill, Sirius & Jim Miller, CSS

Tobacco Road meets the Technology Highway Part Oracle|Primavera (Project Management)
The City of Durham Public Works Department is taking full advantage of Oracle | Primavera’s ability to link Contract Manager (CM) and P6, the enterprise project management software.  The linkage in CM is specified at the highly granular level of individual pay items in the Schedule of Values (SOV).  The City uses this powerful tool in managing costs and project timelines in construction contracts for public infrastructure improvements.  The typical contract where this methodology is employed involves a dozen (12) separate projects over a 1-2 year timeframe.  The contracts usually include 100-200 pay items in the SOV and have a total value between $4-10M; spread disproportionately among the projects in the contract.  This presentation will highlight how the Integrated Oracle | Primavera solution has stream lined the processes at the City of Durham and provided better project controls with real time access to data need for decision making.

Presented by City of Durham and CDP

Time Slot being held for Demand Management Presentation by Oracle ASP Resource – title/abstract will be posted by 1/14/10
(EBS/JDE)

Presented by Tom Strubel, Oracle

Is Your JD Edwards Recoverable?
Learn how Knife River Corporation selected a qualified provider to deliver disaster recovery planning, testing, and recovery solutions for their JD Edwards software and complementary products.  Review the tasks associated with developing your recovery plan and goals of documented recovery procedures.  Understand the risks associated with third party providers who do not offer enterprise application experience. 

• What facilities and equipment will be used for your recovery in the event of a disaster? 
• How do you guarantee the availability of your internal staff during a disaster? 

Presented by Knife River and WTS

Why Migrate to Managed Hosting?
Catholic Relief Services Will Tell You!
Learn how JD Edwards customer Catholic Relief Services (CRS) successfully moved their internal operations from their data center to a managed hosting solution. Review the project details, challenges, and successes.  Included in this session are the business drivers to selecting hosting, the corporate IT objectives, business process improvements, and compliance accomplishments. 

Presented by WTS and CRS

Oracle JD Edwards and IBM Platforms – a Powerful Pairing
For over two decades, Oracle and IBM have teamed to drive technology innovation and optimize and test Oracle applications and technology products on IBM platforms. This session provides an overview of IBM certified and supported hardware and software technology for Oracle JD Edwards applications.  Attend this session to:

• Understand the IBM technology enablement priorities and directions with Oracle JD Edwards products
• Learn how IBM virtualization technologies can further boost performance and productivity of Oracle JDE applications by driving higher system utilization
• See a demonstration of how the IBM-Oracle JDE ROI tool quickly points out the benefits of upgrading to JDE 9.2 on IBM hardware, delivering improved productivity and better value.

Presented by Sirius and CSS

Oracle CRM OnDemand for Construction

Presented by Craig Larson, Oracle Industry Business Unit Director

Lettered Olive Restaurant

Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management (Hyperion) Application Overview
Learn how Oracle’s Fusion Edition Enterprise Performance Management application platform can help your organization more effectively plan, analyze, report, and consolidate leading to more timely effective management decision making.  We will also discuss how these applications integrate to Oracle ERP solutions.

• Accelerate reporting cycles
• Improve transparency and compliance
• Perform strategic analysis
• Align the organization

Presented by Mark Russell, Threshold (JDE/EBS)

VCP Integration: Realities, Challenges, and Solutions
Oracle VCP applications must be integrated with existing systems.  Some stock integration exists and some custom integration is often required.  This session addresses the practical realities of integrating VCP applications with legacy systems (EBS, JDE, and others) as well as between and among the VCP applications themselves.

Typical client concerns along with challenges and solutions experienced across multiple implementations will be presented to both manage expectations and prepare for a smoother implementation. The session will touch on:

• Integration requirements for VCP applications such as ASCP, Demantra (DM, S&OP, PTP/TPM/DSM, etc.)
• Inventory Optimization, and iSupplier portal in regards to typical legacy systems such as EBS ERP, JDE E1, and others 
• Integration automation, proactive alerting, problem diagnosis and correction, and long term maintenance

Specific examples and simple solutions will be presented by Demand X Partners

SOA and Business Integration for Oracle Products
Organizations are in a constant state of change.  The ability to respond to change requires effective business process integration and automation tools.   In this session, attendees will learn how IBM Software can help companies differentiate themselves and prepare for change:

• Common principles and benefits of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for JDE and EBS integration
• Understand the IBM Business Process Automation with Websphere Process Server
• Learn the IBM technical support for Oracle applications

Presented by IBM

Life Fitness:Rapid ROI with Mobile Supply Chain Applications
Learn how Life Fitness, a subsidiary of Brunswick Corporation, implemented their complete MSCA solution in 5 weeks and realized a return on investment in 6 months. MSCA enabled Life Fitness to reduce labor cost per piece by 31%, overtime costs by 95%, and eliminate the need for temp workers and a 3rd shift during their peak season.

This practical session will cover how Life Fitness evaluated warehouse operations to identify areas for rapid ROI. It will also present how they improved wireless coverage in their warehouse, how their grid-based locator system works, and how they selected scanners to get the functionality required.

Presented by Life Fitness and DSI

Increasing Accounts Payable Efficiency and Enhancing Your Oracle ERP Investment with Document Imaging
Learn how JD Edwards user Clark Construction Group, one of the nation’s most respected construction service providers, automated their Accounts Payable process by integrating Oracle Imaging & Process Management (I/PM) with their JDE system.  Automating this paper-intensive process with document capture and workflow capabilities provides substantial cost reductions and process control. Clark has expanded the use across their Enterprise to handle other paper-intensive processes. Discussion will surround how Clark has streamlined operations and reduced cost, increased efficiency, reduced paper handling, storage, shipping, and eliminated data entry, providing more control over processes.

Presented by Clark Construction and Ryan White, DTI

What do JDE and EBS users need to know about International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)?
While full IFRS adoption might still seem far away, the IFRS transition is a process that has to be in place three years before the date of actual conversion. Organizations should therefore start evaluating the impact IFRS will have on their systems and processes today. Oracle has been addressing IFRS requirements for many years and offers a variety of solutions that can assist with the transition to IFRS.

Presented by Steve Attaway, CSS

IBM Optim Solutions: Data Management Strategies
for Today’s Economy
Today’s economy is calling for cost reduction and improved efficiencies across the entire enterprise. Organizations are looking to maximize the business value of their existing Oracle applications while at the same time controlling costs. In this session, attendees will learn how IBM Optim can help organizations:

• Reduce costs by archiving data when consolidating Oracle JDE, EBS, EBS and Sieble applications
• Improve application performance by archiving historical data
• Apply data masking techniques to protect your company from a data breach

Presented by IBM

Mobilize Your Troops to Improve Efficiency & Productivity
The mobile workforce today accounts for 47% of the typical organization. Attend to learn how companies today are keeping their field staff efficient and productive when they are out of the office. Field personnel can work with current data from your Oracle enterprise system like sales/service history, current customer prices, and accurate inventory.

Examples from real-world companies will be presented including how they “reduced billing cycle from 10 days to 24 hours” and “reduced driver time by 2 hours per day”. Practical applications will be presented such as taking orders, updating customer data, managing inventory, ordering replacement parts, documenting time spent, and using signature capture to confirm deliveries.

Presented by DSI

Demantra Demand Management and Sales & Operations Planning
Learn how Demantra Demand Management and Sales & Operations Planning can help you manage your business during these challenging times. Maximize your organization’s profitability by predicting and managing demand and developing collaborative sales and operations plans. Features & Benefits: Sense, plan for, and proactively respond to demand by sharing a one-number plan that aligns your organization across departments and users; Model new products based on the lifecycle of existing products; S&OP Planning: Move from a static periodic process to an iterative real time process.

Presented by Demand X, Oracle’s Demantra Partner

Equential goForms for JD Edwards and EBS
Increasingly, firms are required to capture and document critical data in the field related to items such as Quality Assurance,  Quality Control, Safety and Inspections. Often, this data needs to include a combination of data selected from a fixed list, free text data, signatures from the customer and/or an employee, and photographs. Upon completion, such forms are typically routed to multiple internal and external stakeholders. To address and improve upon this need, goForms provides an electronic format to capture such data on Tablet PCs. Using drop-down lists, radio buttons, and integration with your ERP, data accuracy is greatly improved. Upon completion, e-signature and electronic routing capabilities streamline the communication process and thus downstream responsiveness.

Presented by Equential for E&C

Supply Chain Integration with Oracle’s ASCP
and Production Scheduling
Supply Chain Integration is critical to a company’s success during these tough economic times. Advanced Supply Chain Planning with Production Scheduling allows for companies to focus both on the overall supply chain and the smallest detail within the manufacturing process. Constrained ASCP Plans and Production Scheduling work hand in hand when highlighting resource constraints and reschedules, running separate “what if” scenarios to help the operation determine where to apply more resources. Product Overviews. Key Decision Points for Integration.

Presented by Tom Strubel, Oracle

Disaster Recovery Planning – That was Easy!
Are your Oracle systems recoverable?  Do you have a disaster recovery plan that is documented, tested, and meets your compliance requirements?  Is it affordable?  Do you know which servers are critical servers?  Where will you recover if a disaster strikes?

(EBS/JDE)

Dinner and Live Music performance by the COMPASS band,
The Conference Room Pilots
Special guest guitarist, Ed Setarski, Oracle

Sessions (3 Concurrent / 9 sessions)

Infrastrux Group & Equential goLabor for JD Edwards
Learn how Infrastrux Group leverages goLabor’s field data collection to extend their JDE EnterpriseOne solution to the field. Using mobile devices for capture of labor, equipment and production, Infrastrux has been able to streamline the billing process, greatly reduce back office processing costs, and gain near real-time visibility into their still active jobs.

Presented by Equential for E&C

Enterprise Backup and Recovery Techniques for the 21st Century
Backup & Recovery program design is undergoing a dramatic transformation.  Safeguarding your data and enhancing backup solutions are of primary concern.  Now organizations can choose from a host of technologies to incrementally improve or completely transform their backup, secure data, and enhance availability requirements.  Data protection techniques have made great strides in addressing today’s business challenges as it relates Oracle’s open system platforms. This session will provide guidance into some of the factors you should consider when evaluating backup and security technology solutions.

Presented by WTS (JDE/EBS)

Manage Unprecedented Demand and Supply Variability with Oracle's Value Chain Planning Applications
Manufacturing companies face unprecedented variability with both demand and supply: Recent economic conditions have resulted in a drop in demand in many cases, but now that the recession appears to be bottoming out, many companies have recognized that relentless focus on precisely predicting demand, while at the same time providing flexibility and agility within their inventory, manufacturing and supply networks, will point towards continued profitability despite the change on the horizon. Oracle's Value Chain Planning set of applications comprise the broadest, deepest toolset in demand, supply and sales & operations planning today, so please join us in this key discussion of business challenges and a proven, tested approach to supply chain and business success! (EBS/JDE)

Presented by Tom Strubel, Oracle

Oracle Projects Road Map and Vision: JD Edwards 9.0 and Beyond
This session will provide details on the JD Edwards product release of Oracle Projects.  It will focus on the key areas of interest, highlight the themes behind the release, and discuss key integration points for current and future releases.

Presented by Oracle

Costbridging :  How Integrating Oracle|Primavera with Accounting Makes EV Plausible
Every project controls group grapples with managing more data than it can effectively handle.  Interacting with other functional areas of your company is critical and capturing their information could be the difference between success and a long list of challenges.  Picerne Military Housing and partner CDP will present effective methods for capturing information within P6 through personal collaboration and systems integration.  Discussion topics will include:

• EPS/WBS Management Across Diverse and Distant Operations
• Managing Complexity and Synchronizing Systems (Granularity)
• Integration Methods for Timberline and P6
• Developing and Managing Earned Value Information
• Making the Entire Company Better – People, Productivity, ROI, Simplicity and Sanity

Oracle Projects Road Map and Vision: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 and Beyond
This session will provide details on the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 product release of Oracle Projects.  It will focus on the key areas of interest, highlight the themes behind the release, and discuss key integration points for current and future releases.

Presented by Barbara Fox, Oracle