Events


COLLABORATE 2012
April 22-26, 2012
Booth #963 Mandalay Bay, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
 

Overview

SYSTIME, A KPIT Cummins Company is back at COLLABORATE 2012! We bring to you this year interesting sessions on innovative solutions and give a sneak peek into our latest success stories.

SYSTIME will be at Collaborate 2012 from April 22 – April 26th in Las Vegas and hope to see you there!
Get More from your JD Edwards investment and learn from our Experts at the following Collaborate activities:

Get More… At the Exhibit Hall:
Visit our booth #963 to hear our hourly "Get More from the Expert" Sessions and chat with the experts at our Expert Stations…
Business Intelligence, Value Chain Planning, Value Chain Execution, Fusion Middleware, Agile PLM, Master Data Management, & Integrating and Upgrading JDE or EBS
Click here to schedule your meeting with one of our experts at Collaborate!

Get More… At Our Oracle & Quest Sponsored Events:
Sunday, April 22 – Sponsor of Oracle Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Distribution SIGS Reception
Monday, April 23 – Sponsor of GeekMeet hosted by OAUG, IOUG & Quest – 8:00pm Mandalay Bay
Tuesday, April 24 – Sponsor of Quest CIO Breakfast Forum

Get More… At Educational Sessions:
Don't miss our 11 Collaborate speaking sessions:

Meet our Experts

Learn more about COLLABORATE 2012
Know more about our JD Edwards services



Sessions

Manage your fleet (or any asset) using GPS / GRIS technology
Date & Time: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 9:45 am - 10:45 am PDT
Venue:
Lagoon J
Speaker(s): Jay Krishnamurthy, VP - IT , J. B. Poindexter & Co., Inc.
Milind Joshi, VP - Product Management & Global Sales, SYSTIME

Effective management of assets is difficult task. A smoothly working asset / equipment will enhance your customer satisfaction and will ensure your revenue stream. Many times your asset is at the customer location (or moving if it is a truck or a crane) and management of such assets is more complicated. OnTrack solution leverages GPS/Wireless/GRIS to pin-point the location of an asset. It is also receives up to 10 digital and 10 analog signals real time (such as speed of the vehicle, temperature of the motor, vibrations of a generation set) and transmits it to the server. An analytic engine runs on the data and is able to send near real-time alerts when it senses potential issues.


Leverage alter table conversions methodology to alter your upgrade downtime - Tredegar story!
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Venue:
Lagoon J
Speaker(s): Becky Blackhurst, Global Applications Manager, Tredegar Film Products
Mitesh Shah, Senior Technology Architect, SYSTIME

Tredegar learned early-on that enterprise-wide Application Upgrades can be complex and costly due to the downtime involved during the cut over window. Learn how the "Alter Table" conversion methodology reduced the table conversion from 20 hours to 2 hours enabling a rapid cutover. The accelerated conversion reduced the overall downtime on the GO LIVE weekend, which prevented any impact to the bottom line. Do not miss this session if you are looking for a solution that minimizes disruption to your business operations, during an upgrade.


Reinforce your growth through JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Date & Time: Monday, April 23, 2012, 9:45 am - 10:45 am PDT
Venue:
Lagoon J
Speaker(s): Bryan Turner, IT Global ERP Manager, Trek Bicycle Corporation
Lenden Vaz, Engagement Manager, SYSTIME

Trek Bicycle Corporation, a leading bicycle manufacturer & cycling product distributor is focused on an aggressive growth strategy. To drive superior financial data, gain increased visibility into their supply chain, and to increase sales Trek is upgrading to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 as their global ERP with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g as the integration platform to their other JD Edwards subsystems. Join this session to understand how Trek is upgrading to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 to achieve a seamless integration between their B2B & point-of-sale systems through flawless master data management and transfer of financial information, increasing annual productivity from 10% to 20%.


How to play Golf on the first day of Go-Live for a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Upgrade
Date & Time: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 8:30 am - 9:30 am PDT
Venue:
Lagoon F
Speaker(s): Stephan Henze, VP - IT, Windsor Foods
Amitava Samanta, Engagement Manager, SYSTIME

Discover how a project team can play golf at 2:00 PM on the day of their JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 upgrade go-live, without getting fired! Windsor Foods, a leader in both the Italian and Mexican frozen food segments needed to advance from their existing disparate legacy systems to a consolidated system. One that could absorb all future acquisitions, streamline complex financial operations and resolve persistent pricing issues. Through a quick and seamless upgrade to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0, Windsor Foods can now make better business decisions with superior pricing capabilities, improved sales, and better workflows. Learn the secret sauce for a successful on-time, on-budget upgrade.


Leveraging UPK in a FDA Regulated PLM Implementation
Date & Time: Monday, April 23, 2012, 9:45 am - 10:45 am PDT
Venue:
Lagoon A
Speaker(s): David Bogin, Business Analyst, Arthrex Medical
David Bartlett, Practice Director (Product Lifecycle Management), CPG Solutions - A KPIT Cummins Co

FDA System Validation for a Life Sciences company while implementing Oracle MES, MOC, Prod Scheduling, Agile PLM, and SOA can be challenging. We will share how Arthrex Medical leveraged UPK for not just training but for the actual OQ and UAT Test Case Development and Execution.


Easing reconciling Oracle Inventory & General Ledger with simplified procedures
Date & Time: Monday, April 23, 2012, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
Venue:
Breakers H
Speaker(s): Girish Palekar, KPIT Infosystems, Inc.

Inventory reconciliation with General Ledger is one of the critical tasks in period end closing of any enterprise. The task is sensitive and challenging especially when organization architecture is complex in nature. It requires great amount of care to ensure that Inventory valuation is in full agreement with General Ledger inventory balances. Even a slight difference can have great impact on overall reconciliation process and hence it needs to be identified / nullified before period closing. If not done in a timely manner, it becomes virtually impossible to take care of it at any later stage. In this session learn various tips to apply while setting up the system. Also see the best practices of ensuring 'Zero Difference reconciliations'.


Efficiently handling applications of customer Receipts in Oracle Receivables
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PDT
Venue:
Breakers I
Speaker(s): Girish Palekar, KPIT Infosystems, Inc.

Oracle Receivables provides systematic and matured procedure for application of customer receipts to invoices. Receipts can be applied both manually and through automated means. With effective initial setting of the system we can make the life of business users easy to a great extent. In this session learn how to apply receipts in abnormal situations. Also learn how we can efficiently use seeded functionality of Lock Box for receipts coming in from different applications. This session also aims at providing some tips and tricks of receipt applications considering different business scenarios.


Asset Life Cycle Management using Oracle eAM
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm PDT
Venue:
Breakers H
Speaker(s): Dheeraj Sharma, KPIT Infosystems, Inc.

Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (Oracle eAM) supports sophisticated, condition-based maintenance strategies for property, plants. It enables you to manage the full asset lifecycle with complete view of your asset and equipment. eAM drive maintenance best practices and improve your organization's performance. It works an integrated solution for asset definition, planning and budgeting, forecasting, work execution, costing and reporting.


Customer Acceptance - Minimize transactions; Admin overheads
Date & Time: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 8:30 am - 9:30 am PDT
Venue:
Breakers E
Speaker(s): Sairam Devaguptapu, KPIT Infosystems, Inc.

The requirement by certain customers for the provision to "Customer Acceptance" of shipped goods is addressed Oracle Application Release 12, which was earlier not available in OM. This "Customer Acceptance" functionality includes acceptance at the levels of pre billing, post billing through explicit and implicit modes. This presentation addresses the basic business need of defer invoicing and/or revenue recognition for the shipped goods till the customer receives the shipment and accepts the material.


Oracle iStore - Selling goes Online- A case study
Date & Time: Monday, April 23, 2012, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
Venue:
Breakers L
Speaker(s): Sairam Devaguptapu, KPIT Infosystems, Inc.

Oracle iStore offers to build & manage robust, scalable web commerce sites in B2B and B2C environment, supporting management of order & inventory processes, targeted catalogs, pricing. This also enhances connectivity of company sales force with customers, leading to higher sales opportunities, improved customer care, excellent returns through repeat customers. This presentation explains a case study, how company using iStore moves towards collaborative sales approach, resulting in repeat orders.


Enhancing Oracle Outside Processing functionality
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 8:00 am - 9:00 am PDT
Venue:
Breakers C
Speaker(s): Mayuresh Atre, KPIT Infosystems, Inc.

Outside processing(OSP) is an essential part of every manufacturing org. It enables them to use specialized supplier skills to lower costs with improved quality.Oracle OSP functionality enables you to map supplier-sourced items and resources in supply chain. This session tells how OSP functionality can be enhanced to 1.Provide accurate and timely visibility of your OSP requirement to the subcontractor for better response. 2.Map process of direct delivery of raw material to subcontractor for better Inv. control.