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ADVANCE PROGRAM COLLABORATE 13 April 7-11, 2013 The Colorado Convention Center Denver, CO QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE
WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU THROUGH YOUR OBSTACLES. PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users achieve a higher satisfaction with their Oracle product by leveraging Quest’s user-led, user-driven community for: CRM ERP Roadmapping Financials HCM Manufacturing & Distribution Supply Chain Tools & Technology Upgrades Quest members save over $300 off the individual COLLABORATE registration rate. Group registrants save $500 per person!
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Unite with your Quest community at COLLABORATE 13 this April. COLLABORATE 13 is where you hear the big Oracle announcement and industry news; the only global conference focusing on the Oracle ecosystem at the macro level. COLLABORATE is also the only customer-led event that will offer new product release information from Oracle, including PeopleSoft and JD Edwards World's upcoming releases, strategy guidance from Oracle and the partner community, plus a focus on professional development and executive content. Jeff West, Director | Information Security at Questar
We are so excited that COLLABORATE is going to be back in Denver, CO – the home of JD Edwards! The JD Edwards community is stronger than ever. We have announced more products in the past 18 months than at any similar period in the history of JD Edwards. With the conference in Denver, you will have access to many of the JD Edwards experts from product development and support. That coupled with JD Edwards’ reputation for adding some real fun into many sessions should be enough to entice you to attend this year. We have a FANTASTIC agenda planned for COLLABORATE. Our goal is to update you on our product strategies, new products and functionality, cloud options and more. You will not want to miss attending COLLABORATE this year! Lyle Ekdahl | JD Edwards Group Vice President & General Manager With the delivery of PeopleSoft Release 9.2 nearly upon us, PeopleSoft customers will have a unique opportunity to learn firsthand at COLLABORATE 13 how this release will add value to their organization. Members of Oracle’s dedicated PeopleSoft product team will be on hand to share insight into the latest PeopleSoft release. These insights include live product demonstrations that illustrate how this revolutionary new release provides applications that are simpler, more intuitive to use, contain rich new features and functions and can lower the total cost of ownership by making applications that are easier to maintain, quicker to test, faster to deploy, more affordable to operate and cheaper to upgrade. COLLABORATE 13 is shaping up to be another marquee user group event for PeopleSoft customers and the PeopleSoft team is looking forward to seeing you all there. Marc Weintraub | Director, PeopleSoft Product Management
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COLLABORATE SPECIAL EVENTS New to COLLABORATE? Attend the First-Time Attendee Orientation on Sunday, April 7 before the Sunday night Quest networking party.
Join the Quest COLLABORATE class of 2013! SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS Want to network with others that use your product? Need a way to get your enhancement ideas heard by Oracle? Join one of the many Quest Special Interest Group meetings at COLLABORATE 13. SIGs are one of the best ways to connect with like users and get your feedback in front of Oracle. Groups meeting at COLLABORATE 13 include: • HCM User Networking • Homebuilders SIG • IBM Consortium for JD Edwards SIG • IBM Consortium for PeopleSoft SIG • JD Edwards Engineering and Construction SIG Meeting • JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Upgrade Consortium • JD Edwards Financials SIG Meeting • JD Edwards World HCM SIG Meeting • JD Edwards World Upgrade Consortium • JD Edwards EnterpriseOne HCM SIG Meeting • JD Edwards Public Sector SIG • Life Science User Group - Enhancements • Oracle Real Estate SIG • Paper & Packaging IUG Meeting • PeopleSoft Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ SIG Meeting • PeopleSoft Financials PUG Networking Meeting • PeopleSoft Technology SIG • Quest Technology SIG Meeting • Quest UPK SIG • Source to Settle User Group Meeting at Collaborate13 • World User Group
“Special Interest Group meetings at COLLABORATE are an essential step in the enhancement request process. We share best practices, work together to develop requirement documents and present a unified voice to Oracle through these SIG meetings.” -Diane Miller, Senior IT Support Specialist/CNC at Thilmany, LLC 2 | Save over $300 - Register by March 6 at www.questdirect.org/collaborate
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WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY Calling all female Quest members! Gather with your peers for this networking and education opportunity. This year’s featured keynote is Katherine T. Ridenhour, retired Battalion Chief from the Aurora Fire Department, Deputy Plans Section Chief of FEMA’s Colorado Urban Search and Rescue Task Force and former President of Women in the Fire Service, Inc. Select when registering to reserve your seat for the luncheon and/or the panel discussion.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTY Join the Denver “street fair” party on Wednesday night of COLLABORATE 13. Step into the street-smart, foodworshipping, adventure-seeking city that is Denver today. It’s a mile-high street festival complete with local craft brews, urban art, killer local food and a booming music scene.
QUEST CIO FORUM The CIO Forum is designed for senior IT executives and their direct reports to build meaningful IT relationships and drive better business results through executive content and networking. Building upon the success of last year’s CIO Forum, and based on the QLC content framework, attendees will participate in roundtable discussions and personalize the education in the context of their own challenges and opportunities. You are not required to be a Quest member or COLLABORATE attendee to attend. Email leadershipcommunity@ questdirect.org for more information.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT It is no longer enough to know how to implement a solution. You need interpersonal and managerial skills to obtain the job, move up the ladder and retain the career you desire in a sea of qualified candidates. The professional development track at COLLABORATE 13 was designed to help you stand out in today’s competitive market. View all available education at QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE.
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KEYNOTES & FEATURED ORACLE SPEAKERS OPENING MOTIVATIONAL KEYNOTE | ARON RALSTON Fearless Adventurer and Subject of the Film 127 Hours When Aron Ralston hiked into a remote area of Utah’s canyon country in April of 2003, he was an experienced outdoorsman out for a walk in the park. Seven miles into the canyon that day, Aron accidentally dislodged a boulder that crushed and pinned his right hand. After six days of entrapment alone, he freed himself with a cheap multi-tool knife and hiked to a miraculous rescue. Speaking to audiences, one of his key messages hones in on overcoming extreme adversity, personally or professionally: “May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them and may you find what’s extraordinary in yourself.”
MEETING OF THE MEMBERS Join your Quest community as we celebrate the achievements of 2012 as well as look forward to the advancements Quest is making in 2013. Expect to hear about new website features, new member benefits as well as an uplifting message from a motivational speaker. All Quest registrants are eligible to win the Quest Grand Prize, a car lease, sponsored by Hexaware! Must be present to win.
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“By attending COLLABORATE, I can pack the training, education, Oracle updates, peer networking and best practice sharing that is essential to continue to keep my company on the cutting edge, all into one trip. There is no effective way to gain proper perspective without attending. It is a must-attend for my company.” -Thomas Schmidt, Director - IT at Pacific Western.
PRODUCT ROADMAP KEYNOTES Paco Aubrejuan Group Vice President, PeopleSoft Enterprise Development Attend this session to hear big announcements from the PeopleSoft division and the PeopleSoft roadmap. Lyle Ekdahl JD Edwards Group Vice President & General Manager If you’ve ever seen a presentation from Lyle, you know that he always delivers a good time! Come to hear where JD Edwards is going, plus announcements about new modules and a Support release.
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FEATURED ORACLE SPEAKERS John Schiff | JD Edwards Vice President and General Manager Marc Weintraub | Director, PeopleSoft Product Management & Development Amira Marcos | Senior Director, PeopleSoft Financials Strategy Tracy Martin | Senior Director, PeopleSoft HCM Product Management Robert Monahan | Senior Director, Product Strategy & Product Management Gary Grieshaber | JD Edwards Strategy Senior Director Chris Leone | Senior Vice President, Applications Development
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www.questdirect.org/collaborate COLLABORATE 13 will feature announcements from Oracle, over 50% customer presentations in the Quest forum plus guided networking so that you leave with all the contacts and information you need to take your Oracle Application use to the next level. On the following pages you’ll find a few of the hot JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft sessions from Human Capital Management, Financial and Tools & Technology plus JD Edwards World and Fusion sessions. Budgets and time are already stretched thin enough. We’ve designed COLLABORATE to deliver the all the networking, training and roadmaps your company must have to make the most of your product and the smartest decisions for your company’s future.
FUSION EDUCATION Quest is dedicated to developing content focused on the newest software from Oracle, Fusion. If you are considering a jump to Fusion, you can’t afford to skip the Fusion education gathered exclusively for the COLLABORATE audience. See a sampling of the Fusion education, below. View all available education at QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE. Extending Fusion Applications: What, Who, Why, When and HOW Fujitsu America In Fusion Applications all the focus is on the user experience and extending what is delivered needs to follow those principles. But more importantly Fusion Applications are the shop window of Fusion Middleware so it is important that all developers understand what is happening here. This presentation looks to answer those 5 simple questions. Fusion Applications Implementation Landscape & Cloud Strategies: Public, Hybrid, Private Oracle Corporation Use this session to effectively question and enhance your Application story and road map. Real implementation examples from all Fusion Applications product pillars and all deployment models discussed. Application strategy, business benefits, and risks for all client examples illustrated and shared. What is your Applications story? How does it compare to these Fusion Applications customers? Is your story about to be re-written? Fusion Talent Managment with JDEdwards HCM Oracle Corporation Enhance your JDEdwards HCM suite with Fusion Talent Management. In this session, we will give an overview of Fusion Talent Management applications. Connecting Oracle Fusion CRM & JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: A Web Services Cookbook Whitelight Group, LLC There are a variety of ways in which JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Fusion Applications can work together to enhance your organization. This session
will focus on a specific integration with Oracle Fusion CRM and highlight a realistic manner in which CRM functionality in your organization may be greatly enhanced with limited technical overhead. Oracle Fusion and PeopleSoft Human Capital Management: A Novice’s Guide to Making the Right Choices Emerging Solutions Join us in the move to the next generation…the much anticipated Fusion product is available now and is certain to lead to some compelling questions. Please join us to learn about Oracle’s move to “Fusion” and the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management deployment options. We will provide you with details you need to understand what Fusion means to you and your organization moving forward as a PeopleSoft Human Capital Management customer. Fusion Application Adoption – A Paradigm Shift from the Legacy ERP Cardinal Point Solutions The evolution of ERP implementations has just taken a giant leap forward! This session will provide an overview of how the adoption of Fusion Applications will better enable organizations to implement sound business processes that focus on user roles. Your next ERP is built from the ground up to provide the information a user requires to get the job done efficiently and effectively in a collaborative environment. This session is geared for firms that are looking to transform their back office from a data processing function to one focusing on data analysis. You will see how Fusion Applications can be deployed with minimal or no customizations by adopting powerful configuration and extension capabilities delivered in these applications.
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COLLABORATE 13 | April 7-11 “The JD Edwards World community has a home for face-to-face education in COLLABORATE. This year, attend to hear new Oracle announcements around JD Edwards World as well as for the numerous training opportunities on Sunday that will leave you with information and skills that you can immediately implement upon your return to the office. Come meet with our JD Edwards World Denver-based Development and Support team who will be staffing the demo grounds and speaking. With the event in Denver this year, we will have more JD Edwards expertise available than at any other user conference.” - John Schiff, Oracle’s Vice President and General Manager of JD Edwards World
JD EDWARDS WORLD EDUCATION COLLABORATE 13 is the only face-to-face conference of this scale that has a track focused on the JD Edwards World community. Check out some of the sessions below that the JD Edwards World content selection committee was most excited about. View all COLLABORATE education at QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE. Improve Security and Productivity with JD Edwards World Financial Enhancements Oracle Corporation Announcing: Field Level Masking, Warranty Management, and So Much More! Let’s do a deep dive into all the financial reporting, usability, and cost saving application enhancements. Field level masking; what is it and how to use it. Learn how to manage your company’s Asset warranties, plus any associated incidents. Use Enhanced Subledgers to create detailed financials when you need them at a level across or below business units, and then use electronic document delivery to deliver the financial reports via email. JD Edwards World A9.3 Security - The Journey to a Safe and Secure World Oracle Corporation Today, our World contains many more risks and dangers. External and internal risk mitigation is a primary concern for CIOs and Security Officers. Join us to learn how the latest JD Edwards World security enhancements can make your World more safe and secure. Migration Panel - JD Edwards World to EnterpriseOne Oracle Corporation Thinking of migrating your JD Edwards World software to EnterpriseOne? Discover the business value for the project from customers who have migrated. Learn about the effort involved, timings, tips and techniques, testing, training and user acceptance. these labor saving processes.
How to Upgrade to A9.3 With 2000+ Modified Objects Turner Industries Lessons learned related to simplifying the process of retrofitting code customizations from one release to another. What steps should you take to get prepared for an upgrade? How do you translate that effort into the appropriate test scripts? JD Edwards World Technology Update - What in the World is New for You? Oracle Corporation Interoperability, usability, and reporting have been predominant themes in recent JD Edwards World technology enhancements. Join us to see how we are building on these compelling recurring themes in our latest release. Leave with knowledge and ideas for leveraging enhancements such as service enablement, import/export, electronic document delivery, and security. Enhancements Turner Industries Has Made to Improve World Productivity and Efficiency Turner Industries Some of the topics we want to share are Using Business Unit Supplemental Data To Its Fullest, FMLA Payment Tracking Tool and Active Directory Synchonization.
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HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT This year’s education features over 50% customer sessions! See below for a sampling of some of the sessions the customer content selection committee was most excited about from within the HCM track. To view all education, check out the agenda builder at QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE.
PEOPLESOFT Extend the Value of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management with Oracle Solutions Oracle Corporation Oracle’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) is a powerful, complete suite of applications that deliver tremendous value to organizations around the world. When coupled with other Oracle solutions, that value can be greatly extended. In this session you will learn about the choices you have around co-existing your PeopleSoft HCM solutions with other Oracle solutions including Taleo Applications, Fusion Applications, Oracle Business Intelligence, Oracle hardware solutions and more. The Value of PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Release 9.2 Oracle Corporation Learn about the value of Oracle’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) Release 9.2 applications. During this session you will hear about and see the compelling new features and functions delivered in PeopleSoft HCM Release 9.2. You will understand how PeopleSoft HCM Release 9.2 can deliver value to your organization through streamlined self service, deep core HR capabilities and robust talent management solutions. Decision Support Capabilities in PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Self Service Oracle Corporation The plethora of analytic and reporting tools in Oracle’s PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Release 9.2 empower self-service users to make informed, fact base decisions. In this session, learn about these analytic and reporting solutions ranging from BI Publisher and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications to PS Query and the new Pivot Grid functionality enabled by Oracle’s PeopleTools. Pivot Grids delivered in PeopleSoft HCM Release 9.2 provide an Excel-like experience within the context of a PeopleSoft HCM self-service transaction creating relevant and actionable embedded analytics.
Release 9.1 Success Story: First Data Deploys PeopleSoft Human Capital Management First Data Corporation First Data developed an overall HR Transformation strategy to address major changes in the organization centered around growth, globalization and organizational change. One major pillar of the strategy is focused on technology. First Data evaluated all of the current technology challenges and developed an integration strategy targeted at delivering a global, consolidated platform for all HR technology services. In addition, First Data is leveraging best practices by creating a Process Center of Excellence to ensure consistency across the globe and end-to-end process ownership. Tracy Quinn, VP of Global HR Technology and Analytics, will discuss the evolution of the transformation, the deployment strategy and lessons learned. Talent Management in PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Release 9.2 Oracle Corporation In this session learn about the value of Oracle’s PeopleSoft HCM (Human Capital Management) Release 9.2 Talent Management applications. During this session you will learn about the amazing new features and functions delivered in PeopleSoft HCM Release 9.2 Talent Management applications including: the significant enhancements in Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management (ELM) Release 9.2 to provide a targeted, engaging
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COLLABORATE 13 | April 7-11 learning experience; the redesign of Oracle’s PeopleSoft Candidate Gateway making it simple and intuitive for candidates to successfully apply for open positions; the new recruiting dashboard in Oracle’s Talent Acquisition Manager; the Performance WorkCenter in Oracle’s ePerformance Management and much more. After this session you will understand how PeopleSoft HCM Release 9.2 can deliver value to your organization through its robust talent management solutions.
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Workforce Management in PeopleSoft Human Capital Management Release 9.2 Oracle Corporation In this session learn about the value of Oracle’s PeopleSoft HCM (Human Capital Management) Release 9.2 Workforce Management applications including: Oracle’s PeopleSoft Payroll, Benefits Administration, Absence Management, Time & Labor, Core HR and more. During this session you will learn about the focus on employee self service as seen in the new Paycheck Modeling capability and the integration of Absence Management to Microsoft Outlook. You will hear about intuitive and streamlined processes enabled by the new Life Events and reconfigured time reporting. After this session you will understand how PeopleSoft HCM Release 9.2 can deliver value to your organization through its feature rich and deep workforce management solutions.
JD EDWARDS Oracle Cloud CRM and HCM Applications for JD Edwards Oracle Corporation This session presents an overview of how Oracle Cloud based applications for CRM and HCM can complement and provide additional business value to your existing investment in Oracle’s JD Edwards family of applications. W2’s Created using BI Publisher on Employee Self-Service Orlando Utilities Commission This presentation outlines how Orlando Utilities Commission created W2’s using BI Publisher for Employee Self-Service including how the payroll department can run it for any employee. JDE E1 HCM SIG Meeting City of Olathe, Kansas Attend the annual Human Capital Management SIG meeting at Collaborate to network, hear enhancement updates, and learn more about SIG events and initiatives. SIG members also vote on leadership roles at this meeting.
Leveraging E1 COBRA Module to Create Custom COBRA Process Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc. Demonstrate how to setup the COBRA application in E1 and create a custom program that leverages this functionality to accurately administer COBRA notices for employees. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne HCM - Recruiting Strategies Oracle Corporation Understand the benefits of EnterpriseOne eRecruit to your recruiting and hiring strategies. Also hear how Oracle’s Taleo Recruiting can complement JD Edwards Human Capital Management applications. HCM Reporting: Expanding To The Next Level American Crystal Sugar Company Whether your company is using a home grown solution, relies on JDE native reporting, or a third party product, you can relate to the diverse reporting needs of Payroll & HR. American Crystal Sugar Company will show how it has been able to respond to changing reporting needs in Payroll/HR by expanding its use of new functionality available in Data Access Studio. The presentation will focus on how reporting evolution has improved internal processes & communication by generating reports and spreadsheets that are automatically emailed to supervisors and Payroll/ HR staff. American Crystal will highlight examples of reports created to minimize potential Payroll/HR errors, to monitor overtime, year-to-date costs, PTO balances, and absenteeism.
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FINANCIALS The content submissions for COLLABORATE 13 came in mass quantities; the customer content selection committee had more than 1200 education sessions to choose from for just the Quest education slots! Check out a sampling of Financial education, below. To view all education, use the agenda builder at QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE.
PEOPLESOFT Credit to Cash in PeopleSoft Financials Release 9.2: Bottom Line Bonanza! Costs Down, Collections Up Oracle Corporation Attend this session to hear how Oracle’s PeopleSoft Financials Release 9.2 Credit to Cash solutions can enable you to streamline billing and receivables processes and improve operational efficiency by providing users improved and actionable insight. This session focuses on new Credit to Cash capabilities delivered in PeopleSoft Financials Release 9.2 such as Billing and Revenue Management WorkCenter, simplified billing entry, enhanced Collections Workbench, and Customer Hierarchy. Art of the Possible: Maximizing Your PeopleSoft Financials Solutions Oracle Corporation Everyone knows Oracle’s PeopleSoft Financials is rich in valuable features and functions. Unfortunately many organizations are not maximizing their PeopleSoft Financials investment because they are unaware of true potential of the solutions they already possess. In this session, attendees will learn about valuable capabilities in the PeopleSoft Financials solutions they likely already use and yet may be unaware of. This session will explore how to gain greater value from improved core capabilities like Combo Edit, Inquiries, Matching, and Collections as well as from added new functionality such as the single payment platform and cash flow statement. Cash to Invest in PeopleSoft Financials Release 9.2: Improve Liquidity with Accurate Cash Position Oracle Corporation Corporate treasures are focused on maximizing their portfolio investments at the lowest possible cost. There is an increased need to balance needed cash for operations and investing as much as possible in high rate vehicles. Maximizing investment while preventing overdrafts is a balance every corporate treasury seeks to achieve. Oracle’s PeopleSoft Cash Management Release 9.2 and Treasury Management Release 9.2 bring treasuries closer
to this optimal balance. In this session you will see the new and improved cash forecasting tool that factors in the organizations’ transactions and investment improvements in Oracle’s PeopleSoft Deal Management. PeopleTools Roadmap: Platforms & Engineered Systems Oracle Corporation Oracle’s PeopleTools 8.53 includes a number of changes in certifications. Are you looking to upgrade PeopleTools? Will your infrastructure be ready? Oracle will discuss certifications, our browser strategy as well as other platform enhancements. Hear about the advances in virtualization and the benefits that Oracle’s Engineered Systems provide PeopleSoft customers through consolidation, virtualization, and extreme performance. Peoplsoft - Advanced nVision Tips & Tricks City Utilities of Springfield PeopleSoft nVision tool is a power reporting tool. The objective of this session is to provide some tips and tricks that you can use to extend the use of this tool to enhance your reports. Expenses in PeopleSoft Financials Release 9.2: Who Says You Can’t Enjoy Expense Reporting? Oracle Corporation Oracle’s PeopleSoft Expenses provides flexible and configurable controls to help manage the secondlargest impact on many organizations’ bottom lines. With tools to minimize spend, reduce fraud, and ensure visibility, customers have implemented travel management programs that save time for employees and approvers while eliminating wasteful out-ofpolicy expenditures. Come and learn about the new functionality in PeopleSoft Expenses Release 9.2 and see the newly enhanced user interface that continue to streamline expense management. You’ll see how easy it can be for anyone, anywhere to manage expense reporting and approvals. Also, you’ll learn how organizations are deploying some of the exciting capabilities.
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JD EDWARDS Dynamic Re-order Point Calculator for JDE Kinross Gold Corporation Re-order point is a replenishment strategy used by several companies. Purchase Order Generator application in JDE generates a suggestion for purchasing a stock item whenever its available quantity is less than the re-order point quantity and there is no open Purchase Orders (POs) for that item. However, re-order point and the re-order quantity are static figures inserted manually by the user. In an environment with thousands of stock items and constant changes in consumption pattern, lead time or any other variable that could affect re-order point and re-order quantity, it is not feasible to rely on the user to manage manually those replenishment parameters. The results of re-order point, re-order quantity and PO Generator execution impact the inventory levels, which have a delicate trade-off between monies tied in inventory and service level. So, an enhancement to automate calculation of re-order point and the re-order quantity based on dynamic variables became necessary. Implementation of JDE Environmental Accounting at Lafarge Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Ltd. Environmental Accounting is a new module introduced in JDE 9.0 and has not been implemented anywhere. Due to statutory requirements, companies had been struggling to calculate carbon footprints
and integrate legacy systems to generate reports to comply with government regulations until now. JDE Environmental accounting has made it easy for companies to keep track of their carbon footprints and produce reports in BI to show compliance with statutory regulations. It can be easily integrated with Manufacturing modules of JDE and BI to publish reports instantaneously. We did a POC with Oracle for one of our largest client, Lafarge and implemented the module successfully with the client. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financials - Productivity & Reporting Improvements Oracle Corporation JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financials can improve your productivity and help you get things done quickly and accurately. Are your users struggling to get the reports they need to finish their tasks? Is your A/P department buried under a mountain of invoices? Tired of disrupting your business at period close? JD Edwards Financials SIG Meeting The Anschutz Corporation Join the JD Edwards Financials SIG as they talk about upcoming events, webcasts, content and the financials community. JD Edwards Financials Roundtable W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Join other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World Financials users to openly discuss issues facing other financials users. Implementing IFRS in North America (particularly in the regulated environment) Rondinone Management Services Inc. Peter Rondinone from JDEtips and Norah Dallimore from Powerstream present: What is IFRS and what does it mean for JDE clients? Learn about PowerStream’s efforts to convert accounting policies, procedures, processes and systems to be compliant with IFRS. • A review of IFRS changes that affected Powerstream’s JDE set up • Alternatives considered and approach taken • Use of tools, such as Insight Software’s reporting tool, to assist in validation of the new model
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TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATE 13 features education from your peers that have been there, done that. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Save yourself time and your company money by using peer advice and best practices to improve your processes. With over 50% customer sessions at COLLABORATE 13, you’ll leave with enough information to revolutionize your workflow. Check out some of the Tools & Technology sessions below. See all education by visiting QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE.
PEOPLESOFT New Functional PeopleTools Capabilities for the Line of Business User Oracle Corporation Functional line of business owners this session is for you! In this session, functional line of business owners will learn how to align with IT to positively impact the business at a low cost. PeopleTools 8.5x capabilities including new PeopleTools 8.53 capabilities, like: related content, embedded help, pivot grids, hover-over, and more can deliver business value and innovation. With PeopleTools’ backwards compatibility you can positively impact the business without the high costs associated with upgrading your PeopleSoft applications.
PeopleSoft Technology Roadmap and the Value of PeopleTools 8.53 Oracle Corporation Oracle continues to invest in the PeopleTools product suite as one of the most effective ways to deliver enhanced value to PeopleSoft customers. Come to this session to see the value of Oracle’s PeopleTools 8.53 and what’s planned for the future of PeopleTools. You will see some of the new PeopleTools 8.53 features in action, hear about future PeopleSoft technology plans, and discuss how other customers are taking advantage of the latest product enhancements.
PeopleTools Roadmap: Mobile Applications Oracle Corporation Mobile functionality has become a bigger focus and expectation of today’s society. With the rapidly expanding tablet market in addition to the plethora of smart phones currently available, people expect to be able to take advantage of their mobile devices in the workplace. It’s more and more important to do your work wherever you happen to be, including outside the office. Attend this session to hear how Oracle is enabling PeopleSoft customers to do what they need to do, from wherever they need to do it.
PeopleTools Roadmap: Integration Broker Oracle Corporation Attend this session to learn about the new capabilities delivered with Oracle’s PeopleTools 8.53 Integration Broker. Oracle will discuss and show how this new release of PeopleTools simplifies standards based services and administrative tasks.
PeopleTools Developer: PeopleTools 8.53 in Action Oracle Corporation Oracle’s PeopleTools 8.53 brings significant new features that will benefit users, developers, and system administrators. Come to this session to see Oracle demonstrate many of the features included in this new release and discover how PeopleTools 8.53 can benefit your organization.
Understanding PeopleSoft Maintenance Tools and How They Fit Together Oracle Corporation Oracle’s PeopleSoft team has been investing heavily in tools that assist customers reduce the burden associated with application maintenance. Attend this session to hear about the arsenal of maintenance tools including some of the latest solutions such as Oracle’s PeopleSoft Update Manager, data migration using Application Data Sets, and the PeopleSoft Test Framework, and learn about the value they can deliver.
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JD EDWARDS Technology SIG Round Table - E1 Security Amway Corp The Quest Technology SIG presents this round table for discussion, sharing of solutions and gathering of enhancement requests. This round table will discuss the tools provided by E1 supporting security. System Administration feature improvements in 9.1 and beyond Oracle Corporation This session is a must attend for System Administrators, CNCs and IT Management. This will cover the area of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system administration by discussing the tools that should be used by all Administrators as well as the latest and greatest capabilities in this area. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools & Technology Product Update and Roadmap Oracle Corporation Are your ERP maintenance costs exceeding the benefits perceived by your business users? Come see how JD Edwards EnterpriseOne continues to Simplify IT and lead the industry as a modern Tier 1 ERP system which can be owned and operated at the lowest cost. Learn about the latest available and planned improvements to the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools and Technologies which make this vision a reality.
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JD Edwards Mobile Solutions Oracle Corporation Companies today are under pressure to keep up with an ever changing business environment and struggle to meet the demands of an increasingly mobile workforce. Join us for a look at the mobility options currently available for JD Edwards customers and a discussion of where JDE mobile solutions may be going in the future. Everything you wanted to know about One View Reports in 60 mins Oracle Corporation Have you heard about One View Reporting? JD Edwards latest reporting tool is focused on end user productivity and ease of use. This interactive reporting solution combines your favorite EnterpriseOne applications along with Oracle BI Publisher to enable powerful reporting options. Come and learn and learn how easy it is to personalize existing One View Reports, or create your own reports from scratch. Feeling the need for speed? Find out how to get the most horsepower out of your E1 System Capscient Corp Are you hearing again and again that the system is slow? Do you have more users coming onto your system and you are not sure if the system can handle the load? Learn how to approach performance tuning with EnterpriseOne. Find out how to identify what “slow” really means. Learn the processes and tools available to ensure you get the most out your EnterpriseOne System.
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Why run PeopleSoft on Exalogic and Exadata? Super Fast, Risk Free and Cost Effective Oracle Corporation PeopleSoft applications on Exalogic and Exadata outperform other platforms in standard benchmark tests. In addition to performance, customers benefit from simplified support, enhanced manageability and ability to consolidate multiple PeopleSoft instances. Session will include a customer’s success story and provide insight on Exalogic and Exadata implementation. Art of the Possible: Maximizing Your PeopleSoft Projects (ESA) Solutions Oracle Corporation Unfortunately many organizations are not maximizing their PeopleSoft Projects (ESA) investment because they are unaware of true potential of the solutions they already possess. In this session, you’ll learn how to exploit PeopleSoft Projects (ESA) in new ways. You’ll see how PeopleSoft Project Costing pricing capabilities enables you to address complex services industry revenue recognition models, reprice for provisional rates on grants, manage transfer pricing agreements and government contracts, price for clinical trials, and more. Lipstick and Laptops - Tips from the Trenches AARP Join us for an interactive discussion with women who have chosen to make IT a life-long career, achieved success and lived to tell about it! We will ponder why our numbers remain so low in IT, mistakes we’ve made in our own career management and how you can avoid those same mistakes. From managing your boss, dressing for success, picking your battles and workplace protocol, you’ll receive tips from the trenches and practical advice you can really use. Gentlemen welcome!
The Value of PeopleSoft Projects (ESA) and Staffing Release 9.2 Oracle Corporation In this session, you will hear about the powerful new business functions, analytics, and user experience in Oracle’s PeopleSoft Projects (ESA) and Staffing Release 9.2. You will see demonstrations of new capabilities, like multi-dimensional rate definition, and high-productivity user interfaces, including the new mobile PeopleSoft solutions and configurable navigation models to benefit Projects and Staffing users. If you are in a project-driven organization or the Staffing industry, you need to attend this session. Get More Out of Your PeopleSoft Applications Using Tools that You May Not Even Know You Have Smart ERP Solutions Every new release of PeopleSoft adds new features and capabilities. Sometimes when moving to a new release, the existence of these capabilities is missed. Learn about four useful features that exist in PeopleSoft today and how you can quickly start using these in your organization.
ELEVATE YOUR NETWORKING
"With the delivery of PeopleSoft Release 9.2 nearly upon us, PeopleSoft customers will have a unique opportunity to learn firsthand at COLLABORATE 13 how this release will add value to their organization. COLLABORATE 13 is shaping up to be another marquee user group event for PeopleSoft customers." - Marc Weintraub, Director, PeopleSoft Product Management
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EDUCATION
PEOPLESOFT HOT SESSIONS
EDUCATION
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JD EDWARDS SUPPLY CHAIN Visual Tools for Production Scheduling Acme Brick Acme Brick built an interactive tool to help with the production scheduling process. The tool visually aligns sales orders with production capacity, displaying the demand and schedule over time. The user can interactively create or modify the production schedule in a time-based format. Achieve a 99% Inventory Accuracy Rating via JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Warehouse Management Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. Learn how MEAA has achieved a 99% inventory accuracy rating via its effective use of WMS picking, shipping, and shop floor functionality. Discuss the advantages of the WMS solution and how to gain overall WMS improvements, reduce overall cost and become lean company. JD Edwards Enterprise One Transportation Management - So Many Options Truck-Lite Company, Inc. Enterprise One Transportation Management offers many options. With some out-of-the-box thinking, this is a very powerful tool that can help meet your shipping needs. We will review preferences that can be used for transportation and how they interact with other preferences and options. Getting the Most out of Dynamic Configurator Oracle Corporation Come find out how you can leverage 9.0/9.1 Dynamic Configurator to compose rules specifically designed to walk users through a configuration without ever making a mistake. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of the various rules processing methods available. What’s New for 9.1 Agribusiness? Oracle Corporation Learn about the three EnterpriseOne modules that apply to the Agribusiness and Food & Beverage industries: Grower Management, Grower Pricing and Payments and Blend Management. These three modules work together to solve industry problems to manage land and farm processes, improve visibility and control with grower contracts, monitor and track food safety, establish and maintain lot attributes from source to final product.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
SUNDAY OPTIONS JD Edwards World Import/Export -Electronic Document Delivery–BI Publisher Gateway Sunday, 9 a.m. – Noon JD Edwards World Security Workshop Sunday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
This workshop will review one of the most eagerly anticipated and significant set of security enhancements for JD Edwards World customers in JD Edwards World A9.3.
JD Edwards World and BI Publisher Workshop Sunday, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
In this training session, Preferred Strategies will cover the primary elements of developing ad hoc reports with BI Publisher Enterprise.
JD Edwards World Procure to Pay Workshop Sunday, 9 a.m. – Noon
This workshop provides an overview of the A9.3 Procure-to-Pay process, starting with the inventory based purchasing and continues through accounts payable including payment processing.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Labs - User Interface & One View Reporting Workshop Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Join us at this workshop to explore all of the latest and greatest in Oracle Application User Interface design through JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.1.
THURSDAY OPTIONS
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100 Day Upgrades Workshop 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
These sessions are offered
at no additional cost
to COLLABORATE attendees from Quest.
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EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE
The COLLABORATE 13 Exhibitor Showcase is your opportunity to interact with more than 250 cutting-edge solutions, ideas and products that are designed to improve the way you use your Oracle products. The showcase floor is conveniently set up like a town square. Test the latest Oracle products at the Oracle booth and gather with your new contacts in the Networking Lounge.
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QUEST-OPOLY Quest-opoly is Quest’s giveaway guide, designed to help you navigate the prizes offered by the Showcase exhibitors. Enter to win numerous prizes, including iPads, golf clubs or even a new car! Save over $200 - Reserve your hotel in the Quest block before your register
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HOTEL COLLABORATE 13 will include a way to save even more money when you register to attend. Book your hotel stay in one of Quest's conference hotels FIRST through the online tool in order to receive $200 off your registration rate. Shuttle service is provided between specified (◊) hotels and the Colorado Convention Center. All others are within walking distance.
QUEST HEADQUARTERS HOTEL
HYATT REGENCY DENVER (rates start at $215) Other COLLABORATE Hotel Options: Grand Hyatt ◊ ...................................................................................... (Rates start at $199) Hilton Garden Inn ◊ ............................................................................ (Rates start at $195) Embassy Suites Denver Downtown ................................................ (Rates start at $212) Crowne Plaza Denver Downtown ◊ .................................................. (Rates start at $190) Sheraton Denver Downtown ◊ ......................................................... (Rates start at $190) Courtyard by Marriott Denver Downtown ◊ ................................. (Rates start at $199) Residence Inn Denver Downtown – City Centre ◊ ...................... (Rates start at $199) The Curtis ◊ ......................................................................................... (Rates start at $179) The Four Seasons ◊ ............................................................................ (Rates start at $249) The Hotel Teatro ◊ ............................................................................. (Rates start at $239) The Ritz Carlton ◊ .............................................................................. (Rates start at $249) By booking with a COLLABORATE 13 hotel, you’ll receive some of the best room night rates in Denver. Additionally, COLLABORATE hotel blocks help to offset event costs – that allows us to invest registration dollars in the things you ask for, like a better dining experience, more networking opportunities and, of course, the chance to bring you the best and brightest speakers from the Quest community. Thank you for your continued support of COLLABORATE and the Quest community!
TRAVEL DISCOUNTS We’ve secured discounts for COLLABORATE 13 attendees with Delta Airlines, United Airlines, SuperShuttle, Budget & Avis Car Rental. To view discounts and codes, visit the hotels and travel tab at QuestDirect.org/COLLABORATE.
• All room rates are single or double occupancy. • Rates are subject to 14.75% local tax. • Please be wary of hotel deals outside of the Quest block. There have been reports of housing pirates that are offering false information and reservations. *Note that all registration types are subject to a $200 fee for staying outside of our blocks. COLLABORATE organizers reserve the right to charge the full rate if hotel reservations are canceled. Local residents not requiring hotel accommodations will still receive this discount during registration.
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REGISTRATION | Who Should Register Through Quest? By registering through Quest, you receive special access to “Quest-only” events, training information & perks. All registrants have access to education sessions from all three groups unless otherwise specified. In order to receive the lowest rates possible, you must first reserve a room in the official COLLABORATE 13 hotel block & then provide your Hotel Acknowledgement number when prompted during conference registration. Individual Member $1,525* until March 6 $1,745* from March 7 - April 4 $2,065 Onsite
Individual Non-Member $1, 895* until March 6 $2,125* from March 7 - April 4 $2,445 Onsite
Member Group $1,295* until March 6 $1,51 5* from March 7 - April 4 $1, 835 Onsite
Non-Member Group (4 or more from the same company) $1, 745* until March 6 $1,965* from March 7 - April 4 $2, 285 Onsite
Government Member $1,095* until March 6 $1,205* from March 7 - April4 $1, 430 Onsite
Government Non-Member $1, 265* until March 6 $1, 390* from March 7 - April4 $1, 63 0 Onsite
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STEPS TO SAVINGS
1 Join Quest! Quest members receive discounts of $300-$500 off COLLABORATE registration.
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Go to QuestDirect.org/ COLLABORATE and click on the hotel tab. Reserve a hotel room via the secure online hotel link on the website. Save your passkey code.
Register at QuestDirect. org/COLLABORATE before the Early Bird deadline. Use your hotel code to save $200 off registration. Register 4 or more and save an additional $300+.
Group Registration attendees will have a new perk this year, the Quest Group Lounge! Just check the correct additional function option during registration and you’ll have: • Access to morning continental breakfast • A quick daily update from the Quest team about education changes and activities • A place to have some quiet time with your team throughout the conference with free wireless access. Space is limited so register your team of four or more early; only customer groups of 4 or more are eligible.
Early Bird rates end March 6! Contact 800.225.0517 or quest@questdirect.org with questions. *Price after $200 hotel discount. Attendees that book outside the Quest hotel block or do not book their hotel prior to registering for the conference will be charged $200 more than the rates listed on this page. Local Denver area residents are eligible to receive the $200 discount.
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Corporate members of Quest save
AT LEAST 2,000 $
by registering a group.
Purchase a corporate Quest membership for $ 995 prior to registering and you will save $500 per registrant, for a savings of AT LEAST $2,000 when you register a group of 4 or more. Group Registration attendees have a NEW perk this year,
The Quest Group Lounge! This includes: • Access to morning continental breakfast • A quick daily update from the Quest team about education changes and activities that are relevant to you and your team • A place to have some quiet time or a group meeting with your team throughout the conference with free wireless access Space is limited so register your team of four or more early. Only customer groups of four or more are eligible.
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