jill_maclaurin
Member
I have being trying to find some information on the differences between ERP8 and ERP9. Does anyone have a document that explains this or does someone know off the top of their 'XE' head?
Thanks,
Jill
Thanks,
Jill
askuodas
Active Member
Jill,
I think (not 100% sure) that ERP8.0 is really Xe Release 2,
and that ERP 9.0 is the new name for the next major release, previously known as B9.
Regards,
Adrian
I think (not 100% sure) that ERP8.0 is really Xe Release 2,
and that ERP 9.0 is the new name for the next major release, previously known as B9.
Regards,
Adrian
altquark
Legendary Poster
OneWorld B73.3.3 is called Xe and OneWorld B73.3.4 is called "ERP 8". There are really very few differences between the two, mostly application based changes since the technical foundation is identical (Service pack releases).
However, "ERP 9" or OneWorld B9 is a major release. JD Edwards have been developing B9 certainly since before I left JDE. If you look on the knowledge garden, you'll see several references to functionality changes that have been developed for B9 - much of this was rolled into the latest service packs.
The number one largest change will be the data model however. OneWorld - all versions - have closely followed, and have been restricted somewhat - by the World datamodel from the AS400. Of course, there has been some liberation from this data model over the past few years which prevents the "co-existance" model from correctly working with applications such as A/R - but most of the data-dictionary is identical to the World model.
The biggest restriction on this is the non-support of unicode which allows support of multiple multi-byte languages. JDE had a great market entry into Asia early in the product run, but fell down hard when it was realized that only a single double-byte language option could be used in a reliable manner. Of course, most companies that were interested in OneWorld in Asia had offices across most of central and northern Asia, and although there were workarounds, they were difficult to implement, and caused major headaches for some of these companies through their implementation.
By supporting Unicode, it will be possible to support an unlimited number of double-byte and single-byte languages - but this fundamental data change will prevent OneWorld from being co-existant with World software - except through a "logic" coexistance such as XPi.
There are a number of additional major changes that will occur with OneWorld B9 - I believe that the data model will also become more efficient, and JDE will normalize the model further. However, don't expect the release of "B9" to appear any time soon - as I mentioned before, JDE has no launch date for this version, and it could still be several years before release. Meanwhile, Xe is growing extremely strongly, and is reliably now supporting many many companies.
If you are wondering what version to upgrade to from World - I think there is a compelling reason to migrate to OneWorld today. If a company is relatively large, and World is providing scalability issues, then Xe is the correct solution - and will certainly place your enterprise in the right position for future changes with B9.
Jon Steel
OneWorld CNC Specialist
erpSOURCING LLC
However, "ERP 9" or OneWorld B9 is a major release. JD Edwards have been developing B9 certainly since before I left JDE. If you look on the knowledge garden, you'll see several references to functionality changes that have been developed for B9 - much of this was rolled into the latest service packs.
The number one largest change will be the data model however. OneWorld - all versions - have closely followed, and have been restricted somewhat - by the World datamodel from the AS400. Of course, there has been some liberation from this data model over the past few years which prevents the "co-existance" model from correctly working with applications such as A/R - but most of the data-dictionary is identical to the World model.
The biggest restriction on this is the non-support of unicode which allows support of multiple multi-byte languages. JDE had a great market entry into Asia early in the product run, but fell down hard when it was realized that only a single double-byte language option could be used in a reliable manner. Of course, most companies that were interested in OneWorld in Asia had offices across most of central and northern Asia, and although there were workarounds, they were difficult to implement, and caused major headaches for some of these companies through their implementation.
By supporting Unicode, it will be possible to support an unlimited number of double-byte and single-byte languages - but this fundamental data change will prevent OneWorld from being co-existant with World software - except through a "logic" coexistance such as XPi.
There are a number of additional major changes that will occur with OneWorld B9 - I believe that the data model will also become more efficient, and JDE will normalize the model further. However, don't expect the release of "B9" to appear any time soon - as I mentioned before, JDE has no launch date for this version, and it could still be several years before release. Meanwhile, Xe is growing extremely strongly, and is reliably now supporting many many companies.
If you are wondering what version to upgrade to from World - I think there is a compelling reason to migrate to OneWorld today. If a company is relatively large, and World is providing scalability issues, then Xe is the correct solution - and will certainly place your enterprise in the right position for future changes with B9.
Jon Steel
OneWorld CNC Specialist
erpSOURCING LLC
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