J.D. Edwards Software Helps Build the World's Largest Construction Projects
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--
PCL Construction Implements J.D. Edwards Supply Chain
Solution on Time and on Budget to Manage Change and Assets
Enterprise business software provider J.D. Edwards and Company (Nasdaq:JDEC) today announced that PCL, the largest construction firm in Canada, and one of the largest in the United States, has selected J.D. Edwards AIMx to manage constant change and resources required to complete projects such as the STAPLES Center Project and the Science Museum of Minnesota. AIMx (Asset Investment Management and Execution), is a supply chain management model for the service industries that provides an information backbone for managing processes and data.
Challenged to build stronger lines of communication, manage multiple resources from remote locations, and improve speed-to-market, PCL requires tools that closely link changing business strategies with versatile information technology. Recognizing J.D. Edwards' leadership in enterprise software, PCL is using J.D. Edwards' enterprise solution to streamline its supply chain and achieve its business objectives. AIMx enables construction companies to rapidly respond to market pressures and different geographic legislative requirements common within the construction industry.
Edmonton, Alberta-based PCL sees this robust computing initiative as the key to meeting future business objectives. "In the construction business, change is what we do all the time," said Paul Wiens, vice president of information systems at PCL. "Therefore the ability to adapt our business models and processes quickly and easily with minimal cost and disruption is critical to our success. The J.D. Edwards system provides unmatched flexibility and helps us move information quickly and efficiently."
For the recently completed $350 million STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, which will be home to the L.A. Kings, Lakers and Clippers and which will be the location of the 1999 Democratic Party Convention, PCL used project cost tracking to monitor costs and better forecast the impact of changes to the original budget. While working to maximize every dollar spent on this facility, which was performed under a guaranteed maximum cost contract, the primary goal was to finish on schedule.
"J.D. Edwards project cost tracking was used for forecasting and change control. We were able to make changes in the project as the customer made changes, this helped us provide better customer service and also finish the project on time and on budget," said Wiens.
The Science Museum of Minnesota, a $61.5 million contract PCL is currently building, requires PCL to work with a diverse workforce to fulfill the city of St. Paul's revised workforce participation goals of mixing skilled and unskilled minorities.
"It is critical to our success that we be able to complete projects on time and on budget and also accommodate unique legislative requirements in different geographic regions. Therefore our IT solution must allow us to match our business goals with the needs of our existing and potential clients," said Wiens.
J.D. Edwards' supply chain solution for construction automates the processes by which clients receive services and the flow of the resources needed to provide the services by offering Internet-enabled applications and an integrated workflow engine. The integrated solution enables organizations to better manage their assets, including employees, facilities and customers and pass information efficiently throughout the construction supply chain.
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Key applications for the construction supply chain include:
-- Project costing and project change management system to control
the life cycle of budget and change requests on the project
-- Enterprise-wide profitability solution for managerial accounting, activity-based management and activity-based costing
-- Integrated enterprise asset management enabling coordinated
maintenance of facilities and equipment
-- Web-based human resources self-service applications
-- Expanded decision support systems for better analysis of product, customer, supplier and employee information
-- Customer service management and call tracking applications
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About J.D. Edwards Engineering and Construction
J.D. Edwards is a leading enterprise resource planning software company in the engineering and construction industry, addressing the specialized software needs of engineering and construction companies. J.D. Edwards supports general contractors, heavy highway, engineers and architects, homebuilders, specialty contractors and contract managers. J.D. Edwards construction customers currently comprise 26 percent of ENR magazine's top 100 construction companies for 1998 including Foster Wheeler Corp. and Hensel Phelps Construction. J.D. Edwards delivers web-enabled enterprise financial applications, as well as project, contract, equipment, and change management solutions for engineering and construction.
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 service industries. J.D. Edwards enables Idea to Action with ActivEra(TM), a collection of tools and technologies that extend J.D. Edwards' SCOREx and AIMx supply chain solutions, 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 1-800-727-5333, or via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com.
Note to Editors: Copyright(c) J.D. Edwards World Source Company, 1999. J.D. Edwards is a registered trademark of J.D. Edwards & Company. OneWorld and Configurable Network Computing are trademarks of J.D. Edwards World Source Company. All other product names and companies referenced 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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