Company Type
NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory), a ~$30M government-funded scientific research organization; project manager, technical lead, designer, and developer.
What Drove the Need
Three JDE installations in three data centers were being consolidated on a two-year plan
Business Impact
Two-year plan completed in five months, saving 19 months of consulting fees, two redundant JDE subscriptions, and two data centers' OpEx
Systems/Data Integration
JDE GL, Job Costing, Fixed Assets, Encumbrance Procurement
Design
Intelligent conversion program design — data merge, chart-of-accounts conversion for Job Costing, Fixed Assets conversion
Technology Stack
JDE World A7.3
RPG on AS/400-DB2
Three-Installation JDE Merge — Data Conversion Program Suite
Conversion programs merging data, converting the chart of accounts for Job Costing, and converting Fixed Assets structures; encumbrance procurement and procure-to-pay re-engineering.
