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National Radio Astronomy Observatory — Government-Funded Scientific Organization, 250+ Engineers · Project 1 of 3 (2004) · JDE → EnterpriseOne 8.10 Upgrade

Client Challenge

  • Operations digitalization was required to support a 250-member engineering team ramping up the ALMA telescope project in Chile

  • Internal requisitions ran on paper; seven procurement processes had no system support

Client Solution

  • Requisition System: Migrated the paper-based internal requisition process to a web-based, real-time requisition and approval system on EnterpriseOne 8.10

  • Procurement Processes: Digitalized existing and implemented seven newly identified processes — PO generation, RFQs, budget review, credit card processing, supplier contract management

  • Method: Six review/design sessions, five formal presentations, a four-round prototyping schedule, eight policy-process-procedure documents published; 10+ person matrix team

Client Impact Results

  • Real-time requisition and approval replaced paper across the observatory

  • 7 procurement processes digitalized in 4 months; 90 participants trained across ~20 half-day sessions

Client Technologies

  • JDE EnterpriseOne 8.10 (Procurement, RFQ, PO Approvals, Supplier Contract Management)

  • Web-based requisition and approval system; JD Edwards → PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne upgrade (directed)

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