JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Business Accelerator for Engineering and Construction General Contractors

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1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Business Accelerator for Engineering and Construction General Contractors PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Accelerate time-to-value of popular ERP modules using implementation tools built for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Implementation tools include wizards, configuration components, and other assets Services and training from Oracle partners or Oracle Consulting Services Foundation Chart of Accounts for General Contractors Predefine user roles with core security established Industry-specific process flows financials, including: General Ledger, Accounts Receivables and Payables, and Fixed Assets Project Costing, including CSI Cost Codes, Job Cost, Contract Billing, Procurement and Subcontract Management, and Equipment Management HCM, including Project Time Entry, Burdening, Certified Payroll Reporting, and Union Processing Reports configuration Multi-currency capabilities Add any other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne module when business needs change and operations grow The Issue: Fewer Projects, More Competition, Tighter Budgets General contractors of all sizes face similar challenges increasing customer demands, mounting competition, increasing material and labor cost, tight project budgets and compliance. Owners demand on time and on budget projects, which means that general contractors must be able to manage all facets of a project and the resources associated in real time with complete, timely and accurate project information. Using outdated systems or just spreadsheets, notebooks, and filing cabinets is out of the question for GCs concerned about maintaining and growing their business and profits. Within this changing landscape, general contractors need the means to closely monitor and control in real time all aspects of a project such as subcontractor change requests, employee assignments and labor cost, and many other items. The Solution: An Oracle Accelerator Tailored to E&C General Contractors This Oracle designed and built solution incorporates key components of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne financial and operational modules into a solution that helps businesses streamline core operations. This package of implementation tools, with wizards and configuration components, service offerings and hardware recommendations, is designed to select and implement an E&C general contractor system built with full-scale ERP solutions that maximize productivity and profitability in a minimum amount of time. A Solution with Project Management Capabilities This solution provides full-scale JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications that streamline the flow of transactions, information, and materials within and across subcontractors. Project managers are able to track costs more effectively, eliminate repetitive data entry, and stay focused on the status of each and every project and contract. And when you want to increase the reach of the enterprise system, general contractors can add other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications all integrated and built on the same powerful database and toolset.

2 FEATURE/FUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS Configured E&C general contractor business processes Wizard to capture your process requirements Accelerated implementation services Built-in distribution business processes Pre-integrated tools and technology Flexible installation processes Real Time Project Visibility Budget vs. actuals, Earned value and estimate to complete, Commitments, Work orders, Time/Labor management Contract Status Visibility Billable vs. billed, Billed vs. received, Actuals to Budget, Earned vs. revenue recognized, Retention, taxes, excess, and so on Project Scheduling, resource assignments It also delivers leading practice configuration components that have been created specifically for E&C general contractors. Rather than spending time on activities such as setting up a chart of accounts, configuring commodity business process flows, defining user roles, or setting up system security, growing contractors can use our implementation tool. JD Edwards developed this Oracle Business Accelerator based on extensive experience in the construction industry with a focus on needs of general contractors. It supports fundamental business processes across financial management, job costing, procurement and material management, fixed assets, HR, payroll, and time and labor management. All help companies reduce their cost and improve profits. Questionnaire-Driven Software Configuration with Hardware and Services Like all Oracle Business Accelerators for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, this solution offers: A foundation of configured JD Edwards EnterpriseOne software that includes defined business processes and roles, with technical setup and installation support. Module-specific questions as part of the wizard to address your requirements when the Business Accelerator builds the initial environment. A complete bundle of open-standards infrastructure software that includes a web application server, portal, database, and security and technology tools. Services from Oracle partners or Oracle Consulting Services to speed implementation and address unique needs. On-site training from Oracle partners or Oracle Consulting Services that get users up to speed and productive quickly. Speeding Implementation for Rapid Time-to-Value Since this Oracle Business Accelerator for E&C general contractors includes many leading practice, configured components, your implementation time is faster, even when environment and technical setups specific to your hardware and database choice are considered. This implementation tool with accelerated installation and implementation services means that your solution can be up and running in weeks instead of months. Yet, even though this solution includes defined business processes that are refined by the requirements you specify in the wizard, you can further adapt the solution to support your specific way of doing business. Oracle partners and consulting provide implementation services to focus resources on those critical processes that are unique to your organization. The result is an implementation process that meets your needs quickly. Scaling Your Investment to Meet Changing Business Needs Oracle Business Accelerators for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne provide you with the ideal foundation for your enterprise systems. The included applications are the same full-scale products that are available outside of Oracle Business Accelerators for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne bundles and are not slimmed-down versions of our other offerings; they can be deployed with all other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications. With Oracle 2 JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS

3 Business Accelerators for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, you are not constrained by technology; instead, you build from a platform to scale with growth. Project Management Features That Support Your Business Needs Everyday Opportunity Management: Manage accounts, leads, contacts, and opportunities. Forecast more effectively and measure performance. Through the integration with Primavera, analyze your portfolio of proposed projects for risk and profitability in order to select the best projects for your business to work on. Project Budgeting: Project budgets are fully integrated with general ledger information. This real-time connection means that data can never be out of sync. Project and finance managers have access to the same accurate, up-to-date information for more consistent and timely decision-making. Resource Management: Gain payroll compliance with FLSA; union contract rate enforcement; federal, state, and local tax compliance; and reporting. Level resources across all projects to avoid over-allocation. Operational Sourcing: Select the best subcontractors for your jobs based on userdefined criteria and rating and ranking of criteria. Maintain an audit trail of the selection process. Procurement: Manage orders, review/approve requisitions, manage inbound inventory, and track supplier performance. Progress payments automatically calculate retainage. Job Site Management: Gain visibility into contractor performance. Enable timely payment for completed work to avoid claims. Through the integration with Primavera, facilitate project team collaboration so there are no surprises. Streamline field communications and document administration. Subcontract Management: Track subcontractor logs to automatically withhold progress payments based on user-defined conditions. You have the information you need to effectively: 1) verify compliance with contract terms; 2) identify existing and potential trouble spots; 3) provide information so your partners can implement operational and service improvements; 4) and tie performance to future contract negotiations. Change Control: Manage scope changes through formalized change requests and approvals of projects, subcontracts and purchase orders, and billing. This gives you notifications, a configurable approval process and an audit trail for change requests that could impact the success and profitability of your projects. Initiate changes across your organization, from the job site through to your back office. Contract Billing: Specify contract terms and conditions according to your owners individual billing needs. Optimize cash flow with the ability to view the billing and receivable status of all transactions related to a contract. Labor Billing and Automated Labor Re-charge (aka re-class or corrections): Automatically have labor charged to projects flow through to bill your owner with automatic adjustments to project and billing for any labor reclassifications or corrections. Cost Control: Keep a real-time view of all costs throughout the lifecycle of a project. You have the information you need to improve performance with a tailored view of original budget amounts, current costs, open commitments, final cost projections, and percent-complete information for each project or set of projects with drill-down capability. Revenue Control: You can save time with the automatic calculation of profit recognition based on job progress with the ability of historic and ad hoc profit analysis. 3 JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS

4 Forecasting: To help you take the guesswork out of developing final project values, methods of computation (MOC) formulas are built. Although Oracle delivers a series of MOCs to meet diverse forecasting requirements, you can also define your own customized columns that allow you to: 1) calculate specific account balances; 2) select ranges of cost codes, cost types, and category codes to review; 3) examine account information or balances for multiple jobs by a single project, company, state, contract, or job type. Reporting: Access a full range of job and financial information. For a company that has multiple projects at multiple sites, agreements with hundreds of subcontractors, and pressure from owners to comply with their requirements for progress reporting, it can be a challenge to efficiently satisfy all the competing demands for job information. You simultaneously fulfill your reporting needs and those of the project owner, the job site, and your corporate office. Reporting functionality includes: Project cost reports presented in the client s terminology and desired formats Ability to create a drill-down repository of supplemental information such as owner/client activity notes, legal descriptions, and incident logs Historic and ad hoc profit analysis Field progress reports, including job-site information on quantities in place and percentage-complete estimates Productivity and labor analysis Commitment reporting Financing/bonding reporting Asset Management: Streamline asset lifecycle management. Add, depreciate, split, revalue, and dispose of fixed assets. Ensure compliance with tax and accounting requirements. Manage equipment cost with inquiry, analysis and integration with General Ledger. You have complete visibility into equipment lifecycles through maintenance, monitoring, scheduling and testing. Solution Integration With this solution, you can leverage any Oracle Business Accelerator for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne including Financials, HCM, CRM, and Distribution. You can also purchase and implement any JD Edwards EnterpriseOne module. Recommended products include: Project Costing Contract and Service Billing Procurement and Subcontract Management Financial Management Capital Asset Management Human Capital Management Time and Labor Payroll Customer Relationship Management Project and Government Contract Accounting Integration to Primavera 4 JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS

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