2024 K-Rise Winter Newsletter

RISE K-Rise Systems Newsletter Winter 2024

2024 Newsletter will include: 1

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Newly Enhanced Products for Business Process Automation (BPA)

K-Rise Product Updates

2024 Quest JDE

Game Changers

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Employee Spotlight

Upcoming Events 2024 Blueprint 4D Dallas

2023 Past Events

Matt Sweeney

Welcome to 2024!

May this year be filled

(INFOCUS)

In this edition, we have exciting product

with success, growth, and countless

announcements, important updates, our 2024

possibilities! We are thrilled to bring you the

upcoming events, and a quick recap of our

latest edition of the K-Rise Systems

events that were a huge part of K-Rise’s

Newsletter, your go-to source for all things

success in 2023!

innovation and progress.

No-Code Designer Tools for Business Process Automation

(BPA)

We are proud to unveil groundbreaking additions to our product lineup! From enhanced features to new no-code/low-code solutions, K-Rise Systems continues to lead the way in providing cutting-edge tools that empower your business to thrive. Explore the latest no-code/low-code products we’ve been working on in this edition of our Newsletter.

The EASYProcess No-Code Platform is a system aimed at creating a uniform and accurate collection of data while maintaining a secure and efficient process for entering that data. This solution is fully configurable to meet your specific business process needs and can maintain any number of involved department roles and users.

Our No-Code IDE was created from our Low-Code IDE. Many No-Code Projects are 100% NoCode but the Low-Code IDE is available if needed.

It was natural for EASYProcess to evolve from a “Low-Code” to a “No/Low-Code” RAD Platform.

Companies are embracing no-code/low-code for mission-critical business-driven, enterprisegrade projects.

There’s a sharp increase in developing diverse business solutions focused on: BPA (Business Process Automation) MDM (Master Data Management) Workflow Centric Productivity and Cost Optimization Apps

… across the business: Procurement, Commerce, HR, Inventory, Manufacturing, and Custom.

Why No Code BPA: Companies across all industries are facing increased data volume and complexity with stricter governance & data controls, requiring a real-time event-driven process to achieve a single master view of data.

No-Code BPA configures to your business processes; standard or custom. Workflows, forms, and logic can be managed by business users with no coding necessary. Workflow notifications are available as: Email, SMS Text, and Native App. BPA also provides a comprehensive audit/log history along with completion time and other reports.

How BPA works: Business Process Automation (BPA) is a system aimed at consolidating data into a uniform and accurate collection while maintaining a secure and efficient process for entering that data.

No-code BPA provides an easy way to execute inevitable changes in data as necessary. PreIntegrated with JDE, business users can create workflows, forms, and logic using our drag-anddrop interface to improve and maintain your JDE data.

Our No-Code BPA solution is fully configurable to allow you to integrate various data collections–including Product, Supplier, Customer, Assets and Equipment, Employee, and Custom. It eliminates any current gaps, offering a holistic integrated, governed, and compliant data center.

A Business Process has three main components:

The Data

The Procedural Steps

The End-User Forms

The Data:

A visual representation of the data structure of a Business Process

The Business Process Data has the following components: Pre-configured Entity: The root data that will be modified in the business process, such as an Item.

This acts as a category or a holder for tables and fields that will be selected as part of

the data to be affected by the process. The Entity has two components of its own: Reference/Collection Entities: The specific JDE tables the process will be

updating or populating data into.

Properties: The specific columns in the JDE table entities. The type of

data that will be entered.

Ex: Line Type, Item Description

The Procedural Steps:

A “Workflow” or visual representation of the procedural steps of a business process

The procedural steps of a process are presented in the form of a “Workflow”. A workflow is a visual representation that drives the business process. The workflow shows and dictates what the next steps are in the business process based on the configured logic.

The End-User Forms:

End-User Form

Forms are displayed on the interface the end users interact with. This form prompts the user to enter the necessary information and uses that contained information to commit the data to JDE.

Processes, including the Form, Workflow, and Entity components, can be created and managed in the no-code IDE.

New Item Creation: A Business Process Example Below is a visual representation of the data structure for a business process called “New Item Creation”.

A visual representation of a business process “New Item Creation”, which contains two entities: “Item” and “Master Planning Family”.

The “New Item Creation” process will be updating two separate entities: “Item” and “Master Family Planning”. Creating a new item using this process will add records to the related JDE Tables, “Item Master”, “Item Branch”, and “Item Base”. The process will then also add records to the UDC, or “User Defined Codes” table to create the item there as well.

Entity

JDE Table Affected

Item

Item Master

Item

Item Branch

Item

Item Base

Master Family Planning

User Defined Codes

No-Code Designer Tools have four pillars: Workflow Canvas: This canvas creates the app workflow and associates forms with statuses. Note improved multi-task & logic functionality Form Builder: Simple Drag & Drop DIY form building integrated with JDE Fields, Data Dictionary, UDCs, etc.

Logic Designer: Creating advanced Logic and Integrations from a Drag/Drop Canvas!

Data Canvas: Easily work with Data, UDC, etc. sources.

A few examples of Business Processes

Some of the standard features of our

you can build with our Low-Code/No-Code

No-Code Designer Tools include :

Designer Tools: Item Master Creation/Modification with branch plants, price, cost, BOM, etc.

Vendor Creation/Modification

Customer Creation/Modification Item price revision Vendor W-9 Update, Banking Info Update Vendor compliance maintenance

Item SRP Code Maintenance Customer Category Code Maintenance UDC Maintenance Asset and Equipment maintenance

Business Unit/Company/Chart of Account Modifications Each process requires different data, integrations, and approvals, and the end result serves different goals and needs.

JDE Integration: Built-in Business Functions (BSFN), Orchestrator, UDC, Data Dictionary Extensive audit logs with the full history of approval/denials and data field change history.

Custom data storage outside of JDE in AWS RDS data store.

Interact with vendors and customers directly with our workflow Parallel processing of workflow across multiple departments Analytical dashboard on completion times,

approvals, denials, etc Builtin Native App Email and Native App notifications Take the first step today to eliminate tedious, complex, error-prone, and labor-intensive tasks and embrace a No-Code, Workflow, and formmanaged approach to organized master data.

Product Updates Your feedback has been invaluable, and we've been hard at work refining our existing products to meet and exceed your expectations. Discover the latest features, improvements, and optimizations that will enhance your experience with K-Rise Systems. These are the latest updates and revisions to our K-Rise Products:

1. DesignTime Low-Code Revision 2676 And RunTime Revision 1269 And No Code Revision 238: Actions To Entities Change Updated the Entity Actions category inside MDM Processes have been replaced with Process Entities to allow associating entities directly to the process.

Revision 2677 And RunTime Revision 1270 And No Code Revision 241: UDC Filter For DataRule Added a UDC Filter with DRDL02 to form properties.

Revision 2678: Workflow Action Areas Database Change Added columns to support workflow action areas.

Revision 2679 And RunTime Revision 1271 And No Code Revision 243: MultiTask Changes Tasks now run based off a MultiTask associated process which calls the CreateWorkflowTask service. Also added a new service called AssignActors

Revision 2680: Form Visibility Table Implemented a new table for form visibility.

Revision 2681: Widget Properties Implemented a new widget/webpage control property for No Code properties.

Revision 2682 And No Code Revision 248 And RunTime Revision 1272: Global Escalation Implemented global escalation for no-code workflows.

Revision 2683: Data Designer Changes Modified the Data Designer to be for individual entity and entity relations.

Revision 2684 And No Code Revision 258 And RunTime Revision 1273: No Code Workflow Split Split the no-code workflow logic from the low-code workflow logic.

Implemented new inputs for the Assign Actors service.

Revision 2685 And RunTime Revision 1274: Action Area Additions Implemented a new control in the MVC canvas called MVCActionArea to display actions in a given AreaName.

Implemented a new service called InvalidateAction.

Revision 2686 And No Code Revision 268: Data/Entity Changes Renamed several pages and objects to use business instead of MDM. Made several changes to entities.

Revision 2687 And RunTime Revision 1275: GetStatus Message Node Removal

Removed the Message node from the GetStatus service since the data can get large quite fast and it is unused.

Revision 2688 And RunTime Revision 1276 And ECC Revision 149: Receive Email Changes

Implemented 4 new nodes in the Receive Email service to facilitate moving emails between folders and checking a specific folder or EmailId/UIDL.

Revision 2689: Menu Item Target Column

Implemented 4 new nodes in the Receive Email service to facilitate moving emails between folders and checking a specific folder or EmailId/UIDL.

Revision 2690: EntityInputOutput Navigation Support Added new nodes to the No Code EntityInputOutput service.

Revision 2691 And RunTime Revision 1277 And No Code Revision 270: No Code Process Auditing Implemented an audit capability at the property level for requests on forms. These audit records can be filtered and searched on the Audit Search page in the No Code IDE.

Revision 2692 And RunTime Revision 1278 And No Code Revision 272: Invalidate Action Service Renamed several pages and ob ects to use business instead of MDM. Made several changes to entities. j

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Revision 2699 And RunTime Revision 1288: CleanInvalidXmlChars Service Change Added the ability to pass in custom regex to clean characters.

2. DesignTime No-Code

Revision 237: Logs In New Tab The logs link on the Menu and Home page now opens the Logs page in a new tab.

Revision 239: Usage In Form Designer Added the "Usage" feature to Form Designer.

Revision 240: EntityInputOutput Service Output Change Added MDMId as an output to the EntityInputOutput service.

Revision 242: No Code Multitask Status Tasks Bug Multitask Statuses are failing to create with the Start/Terminate statuses in the subworkflow. This means no connections can be made in the subworkflow.

Revision 244: Subworkflow Creation Fix Creating Subworkflow's adds NULL values for some Int datatype columns which breaks promotion of the MDM_Process objects. The columns have been added to the insert query.

Revision 245: Data Designer Property Data Rule Fix The Data Designer Manage Property window is failing to have a selection for the Data Rule dropdown. The selection for the data rule dropdown has been readded.

Revision 246: Data Designer Relation Keys Resolved an error when adding relation keys in the Data Designer page.

Revision 247: MultiTask Status Exit Fix MultiTask exits throw an error when they are deleted and recreated. Added code to properly delete the MultiTask status exit.

Revision 249: MVC Type In Visibility And Validation Widget Implemented an MVC type to save a webpage and controller for a form in the Visibility and Validation widget.

Implemented action area saving for form actions.

Revision 250: Widget Filtering Using a Lookup property now filters the widgets shown in the dropdown to widgets with the LookupWidgetNC property set to true. Using the textbox or textarea control type from non-static properties now filters the widgets shown in the dropdown to widgets with the HelperWidgetNC property set to true.

Revision 251: Form Group ContainerType Implemented a new feature in form groups called ContainerType. This allows the user to set the group to be a Collection, Reference, or Widget type. All existing groups are Reference types. The Collection type allows the user to specify an Entity and then a Collection Entity for the group while the Widget type allows the user to set a widget for the group. Only widgets with the FormInsertWidget property set to True will be selectable.

Revision 252: Process Entity Enhancements Process Entities are now disallowed from having the same name and process entities can no longer be deleted if they are in use in a form or in logic and will notify the user of where it is in use.

Revision 253: SAML Login Fix Fixed a query in the logic for SAML login.

Revision 254: Navigation Properties Implemented navigation properties in the backend.

Revision 255: Array Input Output Mapping Dynamic arrays now have the ability to be mapped in the user interface.

Revision 259: ProcessCanvas AutoScroll When dragging connections in the ProcessCanvas the canvas will now scroll with the user when passing the edges.

Revision 260: EntityInputOutput Output Variable Path Modified the path for the EntityInputOutput service.

Revision 261: FormDesigner Group Columns Fix The FormDesigner is not visually showing the number of columns a group has. Changed the CSS in a group to properly line up the properties based on the number of columns in that group.

Revision 262: Workflow UI Changes Renaming tasks now properly update the name on the canvas. New exits/actions now default to the color black.

Revision 263: Data Designer Changes The data designer entity has been updated to be individual entity and entity relation entities. Added new pages to create and modify entities and entity relations.

Revision 264: Process Canvas AutoScroll Update Reuploaded the files for the auto-scroll feature in the process canvas to keep it in sync with the backend code.

Revision 265: Form Designer Columns Default Added a default of 2 for the number of columns in a group.

Revision 266: Logic Canvas Changes Moved the start and terminate services for new canvases and slightly modified the area to click to select a connection.

Revision 267: Menu Description Updates Updated the menu descriptions to include proper spacing.

Revision 269: StatusExit Service Placement Change The StatusExit service has been moved to the right so that it does not overlap with the start service.

Revision 271: Service Search And Workflow Parameters Removal The service search feature along with workflow parameters has been removed.

Revision 273: Workflow Task Connector Targeting Fix The connector for workflow tasks is difficult to target. The range has been reduced for the connector blinking to show a more accurate range to target.

Revision 274: Help Links The help icon on the Logic Canvas and the IDE menu now open a new tab using this link: EP Docs Manuel.

Revision 275: Workflow Canvas Changes Cleaned up several actions and exits editing features and added the form status name to the Visibility And Validation window.

Revision 276: EntityInputOutput Service Navigation The EntityInputOutput service now allows the properties of the parent entity to be added to the service as an output and adds the value to whichever input it gets connected to.

Revision 278: MDM Rename Fix Form and Data deletion is failing to properly delete the objects. The controller that deletes the objects has been reworked.

Revision 279: Form Property Editing Resolved several small issues around editing form properties.

Revision 280: Form Services Updates The form services will now show updated Outputs when new properties are added to the form.

The navigation paths will update with the proper XSL path.

Revision 281: Connection Loading Fix After deleting a service with connected outputs and refreshing the canvas it will fail to properly load. Checks have been added to load the canvas.

3. RunTime Revision 1281: Form Designer Empty Group Fix If a group has no child, it gets connected visually to the group below when it is rendered. Groups with no children now stay independent when rendered.

Revision 1283: Form Event Input Change Modified the form input to be similar to the entity input.

Revision 1284: Form Property Event Update Updated the Form Property Event file to use the new BP titling.

Revision 1286: Log File End Times Fix When a log file is updated with its end time or space used, other log files may be incorrectly updated with those same values. Updated the log file queries with better where clauses.

Revision 1289: Invoice Page Counting Changed a count to keep track of pages instead of files.

Revision 1290: Classic Control Process Return Fix When a classic control process returns it updates the entire pages html. If this causes a JavaScript error it causes other actions like Notify to not work. Try catch statements have been added to allow for additional actions to work after errors.

2024 JD Edwards

Game Changers Week

Day 1: Upgrading to Release 23 & 24: Monday’s program is designed for customers who have recently upgraded to Release 23 or are making plans for Release 24 – get helpful insights, new feature demos, and best practices.

Day 2: Utilizing low code/no code tools: This program will include use cases, success stories, and best practices for how JD Edwards customers can utilize low code/no code platforms and tools to empower developers and business analysts to build a line of business and departmental apps.

Day 3: Automation: This program is designed to cover how JD Edwards users can eliminate processes and human error by taking advantage of process automation with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Attendees will walk away with use cases, success stories, and best practices.

Day 4: Personalization & Extensibility: Thursday’s program is structured to share how customers are leveraging Citizen Developer Frameworks to create new functionality within existing JDE applications using low-code no-code tools that don’t create barriers for upgrade with heavy customizations.

Day 5: Orchestrations: A popular topic for JD Edwards customers, Friday’s program is designed to help customers understand how to build business value through their use of Orchestrations, including topics like Orchestrator Studio, Logic Extensions, Message Attachments, Rich Formatted Messages, Aggregation, File Selector, Test Frameworks, etc.​

Register Here K-Rise Sessions: 1 Tuesday, February 27th at 1:30 PM EST (No-Code/Low-Code): What Is a No/Low-Code Development Platform and How Should You Use It? Accolade Wines Journey Using No-Code for 10+ JDE E1 Business Process Automation Projects

2 Wednesday, February 28th at 1:30 PM EST: B&G Foods: Master Data Material: Replacing SharePoint with Improved JDE Integration, Workflow, Forms & Business Processes

3 Wednesday, February 28th at 3:00 PM EST: Improving JDE A/P Invoice Business Processes with Integration / Automation & AWS Textract AI “OCR-as-a-Service”

4

Wednesday, February 28th at 4:30 PM EST: Affordable, Automated, Cloud/SaaS Data Collection for Inventory & Work Order Management from Any iOS & Android Tablet/Phone Device: Michelman Case Study Review

What Is a No/Low-Code Development Platform and How Should You Use It? Accolade Wines Journey Using No-Code for 10+ JDE E1 Business Process Automation Projects

Register Here

JDE suggests: “To Realize the Value of Your Enterprise Data & Avoid JDE Modifications…” invest in a No/Low-Code App Development Platform.

In 2021 Accolade Wines initiated “Project Leapfrog” for digital transformation. Some objectives included eliminating duplicate technologies, bespoke aged systems, and complex dataflows & integrations. The new approach involved “Standardization”, “Simplification” and “Consolidation”.

Accolade Wines in 2021 selected K-Rise and the acclaimed EASYProcess No/Low-Code Platform.

To date, over 10 strategic projects have been completed across the Business landscape (Commerce/Payments, Procurement, Inventory & Logistics) focusing on Business Process Automation.

Alex Sams, Business Analyst from Accolade Wines UK develops, maintains, and extends apps with EASYProcess. He will review the importance of Client Project Development & Management ownership with the EASYProcess Low/No-Code Platform.

The K-Rise EASYProcess Low-Code Application Development Platform was introduced to the JDE marketplace in 2005. It’s helped over 100 JDE companies achieve Process Automation projects across the business landscape for almost 20 years. It reduces costs & improves processes for increased productivity.

K-Rise Systems is a certified Oracle Partner, and our solutions are Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) Certified (32 & 64).

Our

acclaimed cloud-based Low/No-code Platform, EASYProcess, is modern, state-of-the-art, and exactly what JDE/Oracle promotes to keep your JDE instance vanilla. Our security controls are CPA-certified with SOC 2 Type 2 credentials.

B&G Foods: Master Data Material: Replacing SharePoint / Excel with Improved JDE Integration, Workflow, Forms, & Business Processes Register Here The SharePoint / Excel MDM approach worked but had issues requiring a new approach. B&G partnered with K-Rise using their acclaimed JDE pre-integrated No-Code IDE EASYProcess App Development Platform.

The B&G Master Data New Material Matrix factors: Material type: Finished Goods, Purchased Finish Goods, Packaging, Raw Material,s and WIP Cross-Functional Roles: Finance, Marketing, Logistics, Packaging, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Regulatory, and Product Development.

The improved matrix vision with advanced automation required a platform that provided state-of-the-art Workflow, Drag/Drop Form, Data, and Logic functionality that’s real-time integrated with E1. The platform needed to be Cloud No-Code for quick deployment, easy change, expansion, and client development ownership.

One big issue with SharePoint was it lacked advanced logic conditions, checks, and item flags which caused at times process flows to simply stop, without notifications to anyone. It required a lot of manual effort to fix item onboarding issues.

The session demonstration will review Business Process Automation examples like: 1 Real-Time JDE Integration: Integrated to E1 “Source of Record/Truth” was a necessity. Correct UDC values and changing Item Status and Type mid-process was a base requirement.

2 Advanced Multi-Task Workflow: IB&G needed more than simple; “submit and save.” At a status, the process needed to multi-task too many different Roles providing, as an example, “Request to Deny” Approval… changes the stocking type to “O”(obsolete).

3 Communication / Visibility: Unit of Measure checks and validations occur across multiple roles and conditions. Advanced Workflow/Form/Logic platform functionality enabled complete automation with this complex process.

4 Replacing Hard-Coded logic with a Configurable Database: Category codes, Branch Plants, Item Defaults, and more had to be real-time and maintainable.

Master Data Management (MDM) provides organizations with an accurate and comprehensive view of their businesscritical data such as customers, products, vendors, employees, assets, equipment, and more.

K-Rise Systems is a certified Oracle Partner, and our solutions are Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) Certified (32 & 64). Our acclaimed cloud-based Low/No-code Platform, EASYProcess, is modern, state-of-the-art, and exactly what JDE/Oracle promotes to keep your JDE instance vanilla. Our security controls are CPA-certified with SOC 2 Type 2 credentials.

Improving JDE A/P Invoice Business Processes with Integration / Automation & AWS Textract AI “OCR-as-a-Service” Register Here

JDE AP Invoice Automation eliminates traditional paper-based processes/invoice backlogs. It provides tremendous business value with fast streamlined automated processing, resolutions, and approvals delivering… employee satisfaction, eliminating errors & overpayments, improved on-time payments (with incentives), and other cost savings.

The Two Main AP App Components:

1

Robust JDE Integration: Review our editable Best Practices Workflow Diagram, HERE.

2

Amazon Textract OCR AI: Advanced OCR-as-a-Service (no setup) Scan Engine. Introduced in 2018 with a powerful API (Expense Analyzer) that natively works against all your AP Supplier formats.

Diverse Supplier AP Invoice formats?

No worries, with Amazon Cloud Textract OCR AI / Machine Learning:

No Mapping, Position Based Templating, Config Setup - - OCR AI Does all the Work.

Higher Accuracy than Traditional OCR Security: Encryption, Privacy Controls, Compliance Standards like HIPAA

AP Invoice Automation App Functionality:

Files Supported: PDF’s, JPEG’s, Tiff, Handwritten – Even Phone Camera Superior Workflow “Engine” for JDE Integration, Exceptions, Approvals

Full Automate 3-Way (Receipt), 2-Way (PO) & Vouchers Optional Vendor Portal for Submit, “Flip” PO, Track, Payments

No/Low-Code AWS Deployed/Integrated: Keep JDE Vanilla, Quick Install Mobile/Browser: Easily Access, Import, Review & Work… from Anywhere.

E1 Integration: Orchestrations, Business Functions or Hybrid Robust Tolerances (Dollar, Date, Qty.) Logic, Freight, Tax, Media Object, Misc. Charges Functionality Combining AWS Textract with the best JDE Low/No Code platform, EASYProcess is a perfect combination for providing E1 clients with the best and most innovative JDE Automated Invoice Processing solution, bar none.

-Rise Systems is a certified Oracle Partner, and our solutions are Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) Certified (32 & 64).

Our acclaimed cloud-based Low/No-code Platform, EASYProcess, is modern, state-of-the-art, and exactly what JDE/Oracle promotes to keep your JDE instance vanilla. Our security controls are CPA-certified with SOC 2 Type 2 credentials.

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Affordable, Automated, Cloud/SaaS Data Collection for Inventory & Work Order Management from Any iOS & Android Tablet/ Phone Device:

Michelman Case Study Review

Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of specialized sustainable chemistry. They are on 9.2 release 23, tools 9.2.7.1. Trisha Muir, Michelman Director of ERP will review a compelling digital Inventory & Work Order project case study.

Michelman automated and digitized both Inventory & Work Order processes within Michelman. The projects created compelling paperless, automation & process improvements. Manual data entry and the associated errors were eliminated. Workers are task-prompted based on E1 rules and best practices.

Trisha selected K-Rise Systems and their JDE-integrated No/Low-Code EASYProcess development platform for the projects. Requirements included:

No Hardware Limitations: Any mobile device: Currently deploying Zebra Tablets with Scanners

Quick Development with Seamless Change & Expansion

Client Development & Project Ownership

Real-time JDE Integration using both Orchestrations (22) or Business Functions.

K-Rise provides an affordable barcode scanning solution. Barcode with any iOS, Android, or browser mobile device (including phone). We provide or shop

… freedom of device choice. This allows usage beyond the warehouse

floor. It can be used by remote workers and business users. K-Rise Systems is your turnkey shop for

providing value-added E1 software apps. We can help streamline and automate E1 inventory management processes from Inbound Item Receipt to both Internal & Outbound Warehouse Management.

This Michelman / K-Rise case-study demonstration will review: Digital / Paperless Work Order Management

Inventory Transfer

Inbound PO Receipt

Cycle Counting

Work Order Approve

Custom Project Examples

Inventory Issues

K-Rise Systems is a certi (32 &

fied Oracle Partner, and our solutions are Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) Certified

64). Our acclaimed cloud-based Low/No-code Platform, EASYProcess, is modern, state-of-the-art, and

exactly what JDE/Oracle promotes to keep your JDE instance vanilla. Our security controls are CPA-certi

fied

with SOC 2 Type 2 credentials.

Register Here

Register and reserve your spot today for this free virtual event!

Employee Spotlight

Matt Sweeney

Behind every success story at K-Rise Systems is a team of dedicated individuals committed to driving innovation and excellence. In this edition, we shine a spotlight on one of our outstanding team members Matt Sweeney, celebrating his contributions and learning more about the passion that fuels his work.

Can you give us a brief introduction of yourself, including your role and responsibilities within the K-Rise development team?

I work on the product team developing some of the tools used by the rest of the company. My biggest claim to fame is our mobile app, which I do all the development for. When my time isn’t needed there, I contribute to the web-based IDE or runtime environments.

Where did you attend school?

I went to Illinois Wesleyan University, where I got a BA in computer science and music.

Tell us about the musical instruments you play I play bass trombone (the best instrument), so of course I like a bunch of orchestral and wind ensemble music, but I also love musical theater and symphonic metal.

What are some of your hobbies or interests outside of work?

I enjoy video games, regarding, I would say I have a modest knowledge of literature and history. My favorite meme is Big Chungus.

What are some of your favorite foods?

I like a morning when I can brew some tea and cook a couple of eggs over hard.

How did you get started in the field of IT development?

I suppose you could say I got started when working in Scratch from a young age. I was pretty bad though -my UI needed to be more refined and the resulting programs needed an overarching design philosophy. I joined “computer-y” clubs in high school, and by the time I started college, I knew I wanted to study computer science. During that time, I got an internship at Argonne National Laboratory dealing with data collected on the operation of data centers and their infrastructure. After graduating in 2021, I started here at K-Rise.

What are some of the most interesting or challenging projects you've worked on as an IT developer?

One of my most intense and memorable projects was not long after I joined. Working on the mobile app, I had to integrate Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) to support shared device mode: a way for corporate-owned devices to be shared between multiple employees.

The only compatible library I found was the incomplete project of a Microsoft summer intern, so I learned how to finish implementing it myself. Dealing with so many new topics at once was stressful, but it was very rewarding to get everything working.

How do you stay updated on the latest trends and advancements in the IT industry?

I subscribe to a few newsletters about software development topics. And I don’t know if this counts, but I did take several courses on AI back in college.

What advice would you give to someone aspiring to become an IT developer?

The best & easiest step someone could take is to work on their own project(s). Ideally, you can produce something useful for yourself and in the process learn about unfamiliar topics and discover what you like. Plus, it’s a good chance to try the latest frameworks and libraries.

Upcoming Events 2024

Blueprint 4D Dallas Exciting events await you & K-Rise in 2024!

Join us for immersive experiences, insightful discussions, and hands-on demonstrations of our latest products. Whether you're a long-time partner or a newcomer to the K-Rise community, these events are the perfect opportunity to connect, learn, and shape the future together.

Mark your calendar and join us for Blueprint 4D Dallas 2024 where we will be presenting more great informative sessions! We guarantee it to be a transformative experience that promises inspiration, innovation, and endless possibilities!

Save the date and stay tuned for more details on our sessions!

Why attend Blueprint 4D Dallas?

Cutting-Edge Insights: Gain valuable insights from industry leaders and visionaries.

Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals and expand your network.

Exploration: Dive deep into the latest JDE trends, technologies, and strategies.

Workshops & Sessions: Participate in the many amazing JDE informative sessions & workshops.

2023 Past Events

(INFOCUS Denver)

We’d like to take a moment to reflect on

and team members who made each

the achievements and milestones of

success possible. Your support fuels our

2023. From successful product launches

passion for excellence. In case you

to engaging events, it has been a year of

missed it, here's one of the events in which

growth and collaboration. We extend our

K-Rise was a huge part of this past year:

heartfelt gratitude to our clients, partners,

K-Rise INFOCUS Educational Sessions Include:

1. Spotlight No-Code Designer Tools Session:

“BPA - Create, Modify, and Maintain JDE Master Data Seamlessly Using our No-Code Tools”

We have been helping JDE businesses simplify their data management with our Business Process Automation (BPA) tools for years.

Our No-Code Designer Tools come with pre-built integration for item master, vendor master, customer master, address book, UDC, etc. It includes 1000s of pre-configured JDE Fields.

The #1 feature of our BPA Designer Tools: EASY TO USE

If your users love to use Excel, Visio, email, and network folders for data management, they will love our NO-Code Designer Tools.

No-Code Designer Tools have four pillars 1 Workflow Canvas: This canvas creates the app workflow and associates forms with

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2. AP Invoice Automation Session:

“JDE A/P Invoice Automation Utilizing AWS Textract for our OCR-as-a-Service Platform” Is your accounting team looking for a way to reduce the manual tasks related to your Accounts Payable Process? We have the perfect solution for you with our A/P Invoice Automation based on our low-code platform, EASYProcess.

AWS Textract AI-Based Query Document API is used to intelligently get invoice information without needing position-based templates. We will show you how we do it in this webinar!

AP Automation will eliminate time-consuming and error-prone manual processes with a fully automated system that includes all of these features:

No Mapping, No Template, OCR AI Does All

Scanned Invoices Added to Vouchers as

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Media Attachments and Saved to the Cloud

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Support of PDFs, JPEGs, Tiffs, Paper/

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Handwritten Invoices

Automated Voucher Entry, 2-Way & 3-Way

Taking Pictures of Physical Invoices Using

Matching that Auto-Detects PO Receipt

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Vendors to Submit Invoices, Track Invoice

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Status & Payments, Flip a PO

Recommends While Keeping JDE Vanilla

Our acclaimed JDE OVI Certified (32 & 64 bits) EASYProcess Low-Code Platform provides JDE companies with an easy-to-use AP Automation web & mobile app that is pre-integrated with JDE data & logic.

Watch Recording Here

3. Michelman Using Orchestration to Transition from Standard JDE Scanning Solutions for Manufacturing.

Case study demonstration/review of the custom applications created to replace traditional scanning software Interested in E1 Work Order Process Improvement? This is a 2023 INFOCUS Session Replay you do not want to miss!

Michelman is a global developer and manufacturer of specialized sustainable chemistry used in agricultural and architectural coatings, digital printing, food service packaging, and advanced composites for automotive and aerospace. From helping grow food and keep it fresh, to making vehicles lighter and more fuel efficient, to shielding our homes from the elements, Michelman‘s environmentally conscious solutions protect and enhance the materials that shape our world.

Trisha Muir, Director of ERP, and Zaki Ahmed, JD Edwards Technical Lead from Michelman Inc. deliver a compelling Digital Work Order Case Study.

The in-depth demo showcases the User Role for: Chemists Quality Staging Operators Supervisors

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Quick development, seamless change & upgrade Notes Platform 100% client project & development ownership

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