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Chapter 1. Introduction
When a company talks about Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), it’s talking
about a top-to-bottom transformation of the way it operates, does business and
faces the future. Changes are set in motion regarding how the company is
managed, how it serves customers, and how it reacts to the marketplace. Such a
transformation will ultimately affect the fundamental ingredients of success that
are directly involved: greater customer satisfaction, reduced cycle time,
increased productivity.
In this wide perspective, a new information technology infrastructure is part of a
large moving picture that can involve reengineering business processes,
overhauling the roles, responsibilities and daily routines of personnel and
implementing application software. However, this does not happen overnight and
as companies are realizing all over the world, help is needed. From the time that
an ERP requirement is identified through implementation and beyond to
operations, IBM and J.D. Edwards will help you enhance your business
processes.
A company’s decision to implement the enterprise software and modules of J.D.
Edwards’ SCOREx (supply chain optimization and real-time extended execution)
is predicated on the desire to reduce the incremental cost of adding new business
and provide its customers with superior service and extended business
processes throughout the supply chain. When it comes to running J.D. Edwards’
applications, IBM has the leading technology and the depth and breadth of
experience to provide your customer with a total solution. The customer’s
business needs may dictate a stand-alone configuration or a mix and match of
AS/400 models, Netfinity servers, RS/6000 servers and IBM Network Stations.
When it comes to quality and choice, IBM is the only alliance partner for J.D.
Edwards that can fulfill UNIX, Windows NT, and OS/400 platforms.
ERP solutions from J.D. Edwards have helped thousands of businesses across
the world translate good ideas into good business practices. Today, a great idea
is J.D. Edwards’ OneWorld and IBM Netfinity systems. Both offer you the fully
integrated, rich business functionality J.D. Edwards is known for, matched with
the scalability, the power, and performance of IBM Netfinity running Windows NT
Server.
It’s been two decades since IBM and J.D. Edwards teamed up to deliver flexible
ERP solutions that dramatically improve the management of factories,
inventories, people, and equipment. With J.D. Edwards’ OneWorld and IBM
Netfinity systems, you will leverage the mutual strengths of two industry leaders
to streamline the flow of information among your employees, customers,
suppliers, and partners. IBM and J.D. Edwards have managed operation
offerings, and IBM’s service organization installs J.D. Edwards’ software.