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In this live episode recorded at BLUEPRINT4D in Dallas, Chandra and Paul explore how JD Edwards customers can modernize their systems by leveraging tools like object usage tracking. They discuss practical steps in analyzing object usage by filtering detailed data, using pivot tables in Excel, to identify commonly used applications and customizations to guide modernization efforts and improve user efficiency. The episode emphasizes the importance of building trust and open communication with end users, starting modernization with smaller changes to encourage adoption, and using data-driven insights to tailor training and streamline processes. Interspersed with humor and relatable anecdotes, the conversation also touches on organizational resistance to change, and the value of low-hanging fruit in digital transformation.
03:38 Modernization is a theme
06:00 Using Object Using Tracking
08:08 Detail and Summary Options
13:37 Just Do It In Excel - Analyzing data in Excel
16:30 Investigating user activity patterns
24:42 Talking with your users to build trust
29:20 Change is hard for all of us
37:16 Midwesternism of the Day
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