How does JD Edwards work?
JD Edwards is an “enterprise resource planning” or ERP system. This means that it goes WAY beyond a normal accounting system – way beyond just the typical financial modules such as general ledger, accounts payable and receivable to include almost EVERYthing that has to do with handling people, things and money that a business would do. So it handles, manufacturing, sales, shipping, purchasing, distribution and the entire “supply chain” from beginning to end. This company was founded by 3 ex-IBM employees to provide a complete “money, people and stuff” system running on the AS/400 and orginally to mining companys in the Denver, USA region but expanded all over the world. Now it runs a fancy Internet Browser Web front end that talks back to its large family of modules or sub-systems. When you buy JDE you buy whatever modules you need. Some companies ONLY use it for financials, while others use almost every module and since it is completely customizable and has an entire programmer or dev
