Success Snapshot: Sinclair International
Seamless JDE Upgrade with Proven Data
Integrity for Sinclair International
Completing a JD Edwards upgrade from EnterpriseOne Xe to v9.0 with
only four hours of business downtime is quite an accomplishment.
Sinclair International had been using JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Xe
for 10 years and had complex data stored across its various business
functions, in various currencies and formats. After evaluating its options,
Sinclair chose to use InsightUnlimited Upgrader, a real-time solution
that is quick to install and can report over all versions of JDE.
The company had been using InsightUnlimited Reporting for several
Products
JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne
InsightUnlimited™
Reconciler
InsightUnlimited™
Reporting
years and had been happy with its performance and functionality, so
InsightUnlimited Upgrader was the obvious choice for the upgrade
project. The project management time allocated to the upgrade, and the
carefully selected technologies, meant that the upgrade was completed
on schedule and with minimal disruption to business operations.
Proven Data Integrity
Proving data had been successfully converted was one of Sinclair’s
biggest upgrade concerns. Finding a reporting tool that easily switched
between the two different versions of JDE, so it could be used pre,
during and post upgrade, was a key part of the decision process.
InsightUnlimited Upgrader was compatible with both JDE EnterpriseOne
Xe and JDE v9.0 and its built-in data checking functionality meant that
discrepancies could be detected, fixed or accounted for as and when
they occurred.
“It was really important that we chose a reporting tool that didn’t have a
The Challenge
}} Finding a tool that could easily
switch between the two versions
of JDE
}} Moving large amounts of data to
a new system
}} Minimising disruption to
operations
}} Matching data in JDE Xe to data in
JDE v9.0 proving to auditors that
there were no data discrepancies
The Results
multi stage process or required intermediate processes. We needed a tool
}} Simplified project processes and
accelerated data transition
that had live and direct access to data in both EnterpriseOne Xe to v9.0 and
}} Minimal upgrade costs
could run comparison reports between the two sets of data”, said Adam
Pryke, IS Manager, Sinclair International.
By using the pre upgrade and post data conversion integrity reports
created by InsightUnlimited Upgrader, Sinclair was able to prove to the
auditors that the numbers in the new system matched the numbers in
the old one which would have been impossible to do without a tool that
}} 4 hours of upgrade downtime
during business hours
}} Proven integrity of data with pre
and post upgrade reports
}} Project completed on schedule
and on budget
could run the same report against different versions of JD Edwards.
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Minimal Business Impact
“
Another upgrade concern was downtime as users wouldn’t be able to access the system
InsightSoftware.com
was a known entity for
transition.
confident we could rely on
InsightUnlimited Upgrader
schedule and to budget.
limited but because of the out-of-the-box compatibility of InsightUnlimited Upgrader, data
was automatically mapped, allowing for simplified upgrade processes and faster data
reporting so we were
to keep the project to
until after all data integrity checks were completed. Time allocated to the project was really
”
Adam Pryke
IS Manager
Sinclair International
The upgrade started on a Friday afternoon with the project team running pre upgrade
reports, carrying out the upgrade and running post upgrade and variance reports to
identify any data anomalies. With the assistance of InsightUnlimited Upgrader, the system
was back up and ready to use on Monday morning with the company losing a total of 4
business hours.
“With InsightSoftware.com taking care of the data mapping in v9.0 it was easy to update
the data sources and switch to the new version of JDE. This meant we could quickly run
pre and post data conversion integrity reports. InsightSoftware.com helped us reduce
system downtime during migration to only 4 hours in total”, continued Adam.
Tight Budget Control
InsightUnlimited Upgrader was an integral part of Sinclair’s seamless transition to JD
Edwards v9.0 allowing the company to remove many of the complexities and costs
normally associated with upgrade projects.
“InsightSoftware.com was a known entity for reporting so we were confident we could
rely on InsightUnlimited Upgrader to keep the project to schedule and to budget. It was
really important that we were able to build data integrity reports late in the day with no
additional costs. It wasn’t until towards the end of the cycle we realised the value of having
a tool that could run pre and post go live reports. It just something we hadn’t taken into
account but fortunately we had InsightUnlimited Upgrader,” concluded Adam.
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migration to
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– Cathy
Reece,
Financial
Controller
– Adam
Pryke,
IS Manager
Bibby Distribution
Sinclair
International
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