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Successful Implementation of Mobile PO Approvals for J.F. Shea
The J.F. Shea Co., Inc. is one of the largest privately held construction and real estate companies in the United States. The J. F. Shea Company's activities include new-home construction, commercial construction, civil engineering, commercial and multi-family property development and management, construction materials and venture capital.
The organisation required a remote purchase order approval solution, and turned to Version 1’s Approval Express for JD Edwards. Approval Express is an add-on utility that has been designed to speed up and enhance standard JD Edwards approval processes. Approval Express works with all major standard email protocols to facilitate remote approvals seamlessly.
Client Profile
J.F. Shea
Established:
1881
Client Since:
2020
Employees:
2600
Industry:
Construction
Challenge
Mobile Approvals for JD Edwards
| An award-winning and highly regarded builder of residential communities in the United States, J.F Shea is a geographically diverse company with a significantly large number of employees (JD Edwards Enterprise One users) that travel to various job sites.
With the nature of their work, this group doesn’t necessarily need to log onto EnterpriseOne on a regular basis, however, they do use a custom ‘Extra Purchase Order’ system that was built by J.F Shea to facilitate their requests. The snag here for employees to quickly approve extra purchase orders was that the system requires non EnterpriseOne users to log in and approve Purchase Orders one at a time. The system also does not support mobile approvals, leading to a delay in overall Purchase Order approvals. Therefore, J.F Shea turned to Version 1’s Approval Express for JD Edwards to reduce the barriers for users to approve Purchase Orders ‘on the go’ from various geographical locations and work sites. This would give their users the option of not having to log onto Enterprise One to approve their Extra Purchase Orders but still provide them with the information they need to approve or deny decision in a timely manner. |
We are currently rolling out Approval Express to a phased number of users throughout our company. Roll out was completed quickly, with approximately 150 very happy approvers very happy with the outcome and think that the add on is wonderful! The Approval Express customer service is also excellent!”
- J.F. Shea
Implementation
Approval Express was implemented to process standard JD Edwards Purchase Order approval workflow messages. The new solution sits alongside J.F Shea’s standard JD Edwards system, where the Homebuilder module is utilised. As part of Project delivery, a requirement to accommodate a bespoke “Back Charge” process was identified and a small modification was delivered to accommodate attachments, related to this bespoke process, in the approver’s email. Approval Express has seamlessly integrated with J.F Shea’s current Extra PO application, which is an extension of the EnterpriseOne application.
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Approval Express for JD Edwards
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Benefits of Approval Express
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No need to sign in to JD Edwards
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Accessible anywhere
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Password protect approvals
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Supports multiple email addresses for a user
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Supports multiple languages
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No additional hardware required
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No additional software or mobile application required
Real Differences, Delivered
- Version 1 implemented Approval Express for J.F Shea on time and smoothly, with no additional hardware required.
- J.F Shea users can now approve or reject purchase orders from hundreds of geographic locations remotely on their mobile without logging into Enterprise One.
- Purchase Orders are linked to the JD Edwards Homebuilder module and also accommodates the bespoke Back Charge process.
- A phased approach has been utilised to release functionality across J.F Shea in a controlled manner.
- J.F Shea has been impressed by this mobile capability for JD Edwards processes and is now exploring how this could be utilised to streamline other procurement processes within the company.
About Version 1
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