Turner Industries
A JD Edwards World to EnterpriseOne upgrade enabled Turner to minimize customizations, provide a modern platform for a younger workforce, and handle 40,000 W2 employees on the payroll.
Turner Industries is its state’s largest private employer. Over the years, Turner had heavily customized their JDE World solution and with a workforce nearing retirement, recognized the challenges of managing it long-term. Enter JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and CSS.
The Challenges
A World to E1 upgrade cemented Turner Industries’ legacy on JD Edwards. A World client since 1994, Turner appreciated the value of their on-premise solution but recognized the need to modernize their platform for a younger workforce and minimize customizations for future growth and scalability. As the state’s largest private employer, and issuer of over 40,000 W2s, ensuring payroll issues were transitioned smoothly was critical. Additionally, they had some Turner-specific functionality that needed to be integrated into JD Edwards standard functionality, as well as third party bolt-ons.
The CSS Approach
With help from CSS consultants and ongoing JDE Managed Services support from CSS, Turner Industries successfully upgraded from World to E1. CSS incorporated special considerations around ETO fabrication, a custom Quality module, time capture programs, and planning. The new platform leverages standard functionality and positions them for growth and expansion, with plans already in place to implement additional E1 modules. Upgrading enabled Turner to confidently meet all the needs of their clients and partners and gave them a modern platform that will take them into future decades. Managed Services support allows them to focus on their business and employees while CSS’ tenured on-shore consultants oversee the daily needs of the modern JDE solution.
The Results
Turner Industries had a complex set of requirements for this large upgrade project. CSS implemented the full JD Edwards suite, including Financials, Job Cost, Contract/Service Billing, Subcontracts, Procurement, Capital Asset Management, Time and Labor, HR and Payroll–ETO, Work Orders, Advanced Pricing, and Inventory Management; and used the standard out-of-the-box functionality, alongside other integrated solutions for custom needs. The upgrade readied them for future expansion plans and gave them much needed visibility across the organization.
What our client says
“We knew we wanted to stay on JD Edwards but also knew we had to move to a modern version to handle our processes and continue to serve our communities the best. CSS helped navigate the complexity and guided us to complete success.”
– Amy Kling, Director of Business Systems