JD Edwards Solutions
Project Management and Application Consulting
Your company is ready to sign the dotted line and begin a new and improved life of business integration through its selection of J.D. Edwards software. You've recognized that these solutions can provide your company with the flexibility and real-time data it requires to optimize business processes and maximize customer satisfaction and profits. That is smart, clear thinking.
As important as it was to choose your solution, it is equally important to choose the right implementation support partner. After all, you've made a huge financial investment in this software and successfully implementing it is paramount. You need high quality, experienced project management and knowledgeable, industry-proven consulting services to achieve a timely, quality project. So where do you turn for such a resource?
West Lake Consulting is the smart, clear choice
 Combining our superior project management, consulting services and implementation approach, West Lake is the perfect solution to lead your J.D. Edwards implementation down the path to success. Our project managers possess pertinent business experience that is essential to guide your project in the right direction. We assign the project lead based on the major applications being implemented while considering your vertical alignment. Your business requirements are examined so we can build teams around them and provide you with a total solution that efficiently and effectively utilizes all resources. The project manager will then develop and maintain the schedules and plan, manage and push for timely issue resolution, continually communicate the project status to the parties involved and keep the entire team focused-- all to guide the entire process and deliver a timely, quality implementation.
Under the direction of our top-notch project leads, you will find some of the industry's best application consultants. They are proven, experienced professionals not only in their knowledge of J.D. Edwards software, but in various industries of business as well. Our consultants have either worked with or implemented these solutions in their respective industries prior to becoming consultants and can identify with and understand what it means to be the customer on a project. Combine this knowledge and experience with their ability to effectively communicate it to your team and you have a valuable resource and ingredient for a successful implementation. So whether they are a team member of a West Lake managed project or serving as a resource alongside another Oracle or partner-led project, our consultants can be relied upon to bring high quality, knowledgeable and ethical consulting services to your implementation.
Post Implementation Support
 You've completed the initial implementation of your J.D. Edwards or PeopleSoft solution and you're live and surviving. The dust has settled and the users are more comfortable and better understand the functionality inside the software. The company as a whole is getting positive results through the integration these solutions provide.
That's great news, but are you maximizing your return on investment? Is the software helping your business run at its highest level of efficiency? All too often, companies spend so much time, energy and money getting up and running that the real ROI --post live enhancements--goes virtually untapped and unexplored.
In today's marketplace, businesses cannot afford to wait to move ahead of the competition. It is imperative to take advantage of functionality today for a better position in the future. Now is the time to streamline your processes and add on those "bells and whistles" in the software that will really help your business hum. But how do you go about doing that?
Let West Lake guide you there
West Lake can tap into its many years of industry experience in providing companies with streamlined efficiency solutions to maximize their J.D. Edwards investment. With our seasoned consultants and your now experienced users, post install enhancements can be made more swiftly to bring the functionality of your company's software to the next level. There are, however, many facets to this realization of maximum ROI. So where should your business begin?
Audit & Analysis
This is typically the most logical starting point. Unless we consulted on your initial implementation, it is impossible for us to fully understand your business. Through a detailed Audit and Analysis, West Lake will carefully review your company's processes relevant to your chosen solution and your industry and gain general knowledge of the inner workings of your business. With our vast experience in this process, we would then recommend needed areas of improvement as they relate to your strategic direction for your company's integrated solution, outline an approach to streamline processes as needed, and suggest best practices to achieve maximum efficiency from its functionality. Again, Audit and Analysis is merely the starting point and will require further action or improvements within the confines of the software, such as post-install enhancements, additional module implementations and migrations or upgrades.
Installation of New Modules
Perhaps your company has become more aggressive in the e-commerce arena since the initial implementation, when it was merely conceptual.
Or maybe a new vision of a more customer-focused approach needs to be realized within your J.D. Edwards solution
It's possible that, back then, there wasn't enough time or money to install a bar-coding or RFID solution, such as that of RF Smart. http://www.rfsmart.com/
Whatever the reason for these decisions during the scope of that initial project, the time has come to add the bells and whistles you're changing business now requires. After all, it is vital to remain cost-efficient, competitive and profitable.
That's not a problem for West Lake Consulting
Time and again, West Lake has been called upon to assist companies in continuing their quest to stay ahead and maximize their bottom line through their chosen software solution.
A system streamlined via process improvements and functionality enhancements now becomes the vehicle in realizing the goals of that quest. Our consultants' knowledge of the many applications within J.D. Edwards, combined with their industry and implementation experience, provides your company with a valuable resource when adding modules and functionality. They become a reliable extension to your company by helping implement these modules. You can then access the information and get the results required from your integrated system to satisfy the ever-changing needs of your business and customers.
Upgrades & Migrations
Just as your business continually looks for ways to satisfy its customers and enhance its business processes, so too does Oracle look to improve and enhance the quality and functionality of its J.D. Edwards products. As business changes, business software changes right along with it. You understand your chosen solution can help you gain an edge over the competition, and recognize that keeping up with the latest offerings and functionality is vital in doing that. Perhaps you are looking to leverage your maintenance dollars through an upgrade to your solutions latest release? How do you do it?
With the dynamic flexibility J.D. Edwards affords your business, West Lake can guide your upgrade in the direction of success and allow your company to take advantage of functionality today to be better positioned for tomorrow. Our consultants are well versed in J.D. Edwards products and can serve as valuable resources to an implementation that will transition your ERP solution smoothly. They can assist you in making necessary process improvements to avoid rework later, and then evaluate and assess needs for additional modules and functionality. Our focus is to help you achieve, through your chosen solution, the results your business requires by maximizing profitability and gaining that competitive edge.
Post Installation Enhancements
Processing time within an application not what it should be? It could be those purge programs that were put on the back burner during the initial implementation.
Internal communications around business processes still too manual? Maybe it's time to examine the benefits of Workflow.
Was the functionality of this process expected to improve in JDE? Perhaps you haven't applied the latest software update or service pack.
These are examples of typical Post Install Enhancements and are often results of  the Audit and Analysis process. In your drive to go live, there is a good chance your company focused on just installing the basics. The main objective of the initial implementation may have been to, at the very least, replicate the functionality of your previous legacy system. That is a good approach since most projects have a timeline and budget with which to work. As a result, "workarounds" were created around some processes with the thought of improving and streamlining them in a post live environment -- also a common approach.
West Lake's solid understanding of the functionality within the J.D. Edwards modules can help your business maximize the efficiency of your software solution. By means of a thorough review of your processes and practices, we can recommend needed areas of improvement, outline an approach to re-engineer these processes and suggest better practices to achieve the efficiency you deserve from your investment. We will work alongside your users to implement these enhancements and ensure they position your solution and streamline it to a most efficient level of output. Once this occurs, your company will be better positioned for future functionality and growth.
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