J.D. Edwards & Company, the 18th largest software company in the world, has launched its flagship product, OneWorld in SA.
OneWorld is J.D. Edwards` multi-platform, enterprise computing solution that allows a business to configure its environment to adapt to changing requirements.
The One World product set has been re-architected and re-designed to take advantage of the open systems platforms that the company is addressing. This same functionality is available directly on the AS/400 because of a common shared data model which underlies the One World product.
Mike Evans, MD of J.D. Edwards SA, believes that competitive companies whose products ran on AS/400 architecture either launched their products on the open systems market prematurely or "put a new face" on an existing old product. One World is built on an Object model using a CASE tool and generated automatically. This gives it the ability to be customised at a very high level and to generate applications with a 100% business fit while at the same time enabling customers to stay on the upgrade path.
With the introduction of One World, analysts have predicted that the company will flourish and have a major impact on the packaged application market in the broad sense. OneWorld`s architectural flexibility allows businesses to graft new and complementary technologies into the OneWorld environment without disrupting ongoing business practices. Companies are able to embrace new technologies such as the Internet without rethinking or reengineering its existing information flow.
The product`s Internet capabilities demonstrate the way in which separating business rules from supporting technology helps "future proof" OneWorld applications.
OneWorld includes embedded Web browser technology that enables access to OneWorld applications, corporate intranets, and the public Internet through a single environment. "With Web computing, users don`t need to know where information physically resides or the characteristics of the machine it resides on," says Evans. "Information is also accessed with a consistent and easy to use interface. OneWorld now supports Web-style access from any network client supporting a browser."
"Our customers want to unite the benefits of OneWorld enterprise solutions and the advantages of the Internet. Because OneWorld separates business rules from the underlying technology, we can incorporate new technologies into OneWorld without disrupting a customer`s ongoing business," adds Evans. "We`ve made Internet a standard part of OneWorld`s technical foundation. This means a business can adopt Internet on a `when needed, as needed` basis."
OneWorld features new functionality for Advanced Pricing, Forecasting, Configuration Management and Advanced Maintenance Management, Human Resource Management, Job Costing and Fixed Assets,. "Historically, J.D. Edwards` strength has been providing advanced technology that addresses the specialized needs of a wide range of industries," Evans points out. "This release showcases the ability of our Configurable Network Computing™ (CNC) architecture to address a business` constantly evolving need for additional functionality."
OneWorld offers the world`s first network-centric, object-oriented ERP architecture, providing customers with the flexibility to quickly adapt business processes to meet market demands, and the ability to capitalize on the latest functionality and lower costs offered by emerging technologies as they evolve.
OneWorld`s Configurable Network Computing™ (CNC architecture separates business functionality from the underlying operating systems, communications and database technologies. With OneWorld, business applications can be implemented without being hand-cuffed to systems technology -- effectively "future-proofing" users` ERP applications and providing a forward migration path that allows customers to continue to scale, upgrade and evolve underlying technology at their own pace over time without sacrificing any business functionality.
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