J.D. Edwards Demonstrates Effective Human Resource Management Solutions At IHRIM
Executives Host Educational Sessions and Join Panel Discussions With Key
Competitors
DENVER, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise business software provider J.D. Edwards & Company (Nasdaq: JDEC) today announced to customers at IHRIM, the International Human Resources Information Managers Conference, in Salt Lake City, UT, its commitment to providing comprehensive solutions for HR/Payroll management. At the J.D. Edwards booth (#817), attendees can view product demonstrations of its new HR/Payroll functionality (see related announcement, also issued June 14) which rounds out its HR/Payroll & Time Accounting solution. J.D. Edwards will also showcase its recently introduced ActivEra(TM) E-Business; a customer-centric initiative enabling companies to act as a virtual enterprise with customers, suppliers, partners and employees. As part of the Company's ActivEra E-Business solution, the OneWorld HR/Payroll suite builds upon J.D. Edwards' knowledge management strategy, allowing users to manage and leverage the knowledge chain, personalizing content and applications suited to employee and personnel needs.
At the conference, J.D. Edwards will also be participating in the following events:
* Kem Butler, HR/Payroll marketing manager, is joining representatives
from PeopleSoft, SAP and Oracle to discuss Global HR/Payroll and the
value of an integrated solution.(June 16, 8:30, session 503)
* J.D. Edwards' senior technologist, Bob Mann will lead an educational
seminar on the benefits of using a system with a component based
architecture. (June 15, 8:15 -- 9:30, session 403)
* Perry Moss from J.D. Edwards' technical marketing group will lead an
educational seminar discussing how ActivEra E-Business will improve
operations in HR departments. (June 15, 1:15 -- 2:30, session 431 )
* J.D. Edwards customer and HR/Payroll user CompHealth will present a case
study of their HR department operations. Kem Butler, product marketing
manager at J.D. Edwards, will co-present a brief demo showcasing
OneWorld HR/Payroll functionality. (June 15, 10:00 - 11:15)
"Human Resources departments play a critical role in allowing businesses to meet the challenges of rapid growth. With the new HR/ Payroll functionality, J.D. Edwards is extending the Company's ActivEra Knowledge Management solution by making it easier for employees and managers to enter changes, process requests, and manage and retrieve information," said Ray Rebello, vice president, services industry and product marketing at J.D. Edwards. "Service industries, in particular, rely on the collective expertise of their employees to help them to meet their business goals, and continue expanding their operations."
"Due to the flexibility of J.D. Edwards' technology we're able to integrate our proprietary systems with J.D. Edwards' enterprise software and adapt the software to meet our specific business processes," said Ken Duke, project manager at Salt Lake City-based CompHealth, the nation's largest physician staffing and credentialing firm.
"The family of J.D. Edwards OneWorld products, including their new payroll application, enables CompHealth to more efficiently share information throughout the enterprise and streamline our payroll processes."
About J.D. Edwards
J.D. Edwards provides Idea to Action(TM) software for managing the enterprise and supply chain. The Company's integrated applications give customers control over their front office, manufacturing, logistics/distribution, human resources and finance processes for the consumer products, industrial and services industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra(TM), a collection of tools and technologies that extend the J.D. Edwards SCOREX and AIMX supply chain solutions and OneWorld(TM) and WorldSoftware(TM) enterprise business software. ActivEra allows customers to change their enterprise software quickly and easily during and after implementation. The Company's solutions operate in multiple computing environments, including Windows NT(R), UNIX(R) and OS/400(R), and are Java(TM) and HTML enabled.
Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards is headquartered in Denver and posted fiscal 1998 revenues of $934 million. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Company at 800-727-5333, in Canada at 416-979-7700, or via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com.
NOTE: J.D. Edwards is a registered trademark of J.D. Edwards & Company. The names of all other products and services of J.D. Edwards used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of J.D. Edwards World Source Company. All other product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The historical results stated above are not necessarily indicative of the results of any future period.
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